If you're in the Group Policy Management Console a lot like I have been the past few weeks, you can save some time using Starter GPOs. Starter GPOs act as templates for configured settings that you will want to use repeatedly. In my instance, I created a starter GPO for "Managed Labs". Now, when I create a GPO for a new lab I can choose this starter GPO to start off the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Adobe Flash Player and AIR updated a week after latest patch
Adobe Flash Player was just updated last week and is now due for another patch. This also shows how out of sync version numbers have become. The most common will be for Windows and Macintosh instances of Adobe Flash Player updating to version 11.4.402.265. Android and Linux users can find the latest security version numbers from the accompanying Security Bulletin. … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Metro style CSS for websites
The Windows 8 Metro Style user interface for the Windows Start Menu and new Metro Style apps may very well define the popular styling of all sorts of interfaces for years to come. It seems many designs merge toward singularity as the learning curve is reduced with a system people are already familiar with. If you would like to make a website that matches the Windows 8 Metro … [Read more...]
UrtheCast – 24/7 live HD streaming video of Earth from the ISS, coming next year
UrtheCast (pronounced like "EarthCast") is a Canadian company with an ambitious plan to attach two Earth-facing cameras to the International Space Station. It will then stream the HD video live and provide the captured still images for free. The ISS orbits earth from 350km above Earth and orbits the Earth 16 times a day with a variation that will cover most inhabited areas of … [Read more...]
How to: Add a new folder in Google Reader
I subscribe to a LOT of RSS feeds. Most are of personal interest but some are work-related and others are to keep on top of tech-related news. Some sites publish a lot of articles in a day when only one or two are of interest to me. We've covered some basic and advanced RSS tools that can make those more manageable but if there's no easy way to filter the content you want, just … [Read more...]