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Getting Started With Chocolatey

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...

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Redo Backup and Recovery

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...

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Mac OS X terminal server using Vine Server

Mac OS X terminal server using Vine Server

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...

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Aqua Connect Terminal Server for Mac OS X

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,...

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Belkin Desktop Phone for Skype

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...

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Digital Stream DTX9950

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...

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Mailplane for Gmail

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...

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