This post is in response to me thinking that people may be wondering how to use Chocolately, as discussed in "Getting Started with Chocolatey", to install applications to a remote Windows 7, 8 or 10 computer. The quickest solution is to utilize PsExec's remote command...
What is Chocolatey and why would I want to use it? Chocolate: "A typically sweet, usually brown, food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground, often flavored, as with vanilla. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, or used as a...
When I am working from my Raspberry Pi (RasPi) I am usually connecting to it using SSH or some other method that doesn't require a GUI. However, when I do need access to the GUI, I don't want to have to connect a display directly to the RasPi. For a while I had been...
One of the most critical aspects of setting up a new system is creating a system image. Especially for Windows systems. Who wants to install updates and reboot all day long? Whenever I set up a new system I install all of the updates, drivers and software that are...
In the previous blog entry I wrote about Aqua Connect Terminal Server for Mac OS X. While I think it's a great application for an organization that can afford to implement it, I cannot. I'm sure there are others out there wanting to implement terminal server...
A few years ago I fell in love with Windows Terminal Services Server. Then I learned about the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) and fell in love with it even more because I could bring old computers to life by booting them over the network with a brand new,...
Last year I purchased the SMC WiFi Phone for Skype and was extremely disappointed. Haunted by it would probably be a better phrase. A reader of this blog by the name of Wayne gifted the Belkin phone to me. Thankfully so, because I was still needing a phone to use with...
In my best television announcer voice: "Digital TV has better picture, better sound and more channels!" Unless you've been living under a rock then you have probably heard that a million times by now. If you have been living under a rock then you need to check out the...
I have been seeing a lot of articles lately about high dynamic range (HDR) photography. I've always been fascinated by it. I read through a couple of blog entries and decided that I should try it myself. In the past I have said that I couldn't do things like HDR due...
Since I got this iBook G3 I've been primarily using it for communication (email, instant messaging) and multimedia (audio podcasts and my music collection). Unfortunately, the iBook doesn't have a great deal of power since it is running Tiger which is a bit more...