You can clear the DNS cache on a Mac by using these commands (depending on the version of OSX you're running):
If you're running RDS on a vSphere server with VMware Tools installed, you may wish to remove/hide the system tray icon. This can be done by setting a certain registry value.
The registry value is:
Change the value to 0 will effectively disable the icon the next time a user logs on.
Never unsecurely transmit passwords and other sensitive info via e-mail again. Just use One Time Secret will ensure that the sensitive information can be viewed only once. This allows for easy and secure transmission of passwords, VPN keys and the likes.
Online image editing was never this easy, and it's entirely free and requires no registration:
Pretty handy indeed!
Each time Google Chrome gets updated, it leaves behind the old version of Chrome. While this comes in handy when you have to downgrade, it also builds up (precious) hard disk space. You can, however, manually remove the old installation files.
Google Chrome is installed by default in your local profile folder, at:
In that folder you will find the main executable (don't remove that) and the different versions of Chrome.
You can simply delete the lower version numbers so that only the highest version remains. This clears out on average 80-100 MB per folder (although it could very well be much more).
A neat plugin for Pidgin is Lock-n-Roll.
Download here: http://csammisrun.net/blog/2009/06/lock-n-roll-11/
It automatically sets your status to Away, and sets a predefined status message, upon locking your computer (or when it gets locked via screensaver).
Just so you (and especially I) don't forget:
If you have some CPU time to spare and wish to donate it for a good cause, check out:
In case you have issues on your Windows 2003 concerning VSS, Microsoft has an update rollup available for download to fix certain issues with VSS:
Ever since the official announcement of the iPhone 4S, I'm reading basically everywhere on how disappointed the fans were about the iPhone 5 not being announced, but instead the iPhone 4S was...
To all those sites and fans (which in my opinion aren't really fans): why are you nagging about the iPhone 5? There never ever was an official announcement or rumour about the iPhone 5 ever being announced or released. The iPhone 4S is the next generation of the iPhone. So what's it's not called the iPhone 5? It's only a name, invented by those spreading rumours in the first place. It never was announced by Apple at all. So cut the cr*p and move on...
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