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#Evernote Web Clipper – First Impressions

Those of us in the tech industry have to remember lots and lots of information. Of course I’m not trying to belittle the farmers of the world, as I’m sure they have lots of stuff to remember too – however I don’t recall ever being a farmer so I can only speak from the perspective I know – that of the tech professional.

The not-so-secret-secret is that when you are expected to constantly absorb whole gigabytes of data about every operating system, every web platform, every networking device, every email system, and so on – eventually some things get….lost. That… Continue reading →

Removing The “Featured Image” box in WordPress

If you, like me, do a great deal of WordPress development you’ve probably had clients ask you to remove that pesky “Featured Image” box from the Post Editor screen. It comes in really handy for some sites and for others it’s just wasted space.

At the time of this writing, there is no really good way to accomplish this using standard WordPress hooks. If you don’t believe me just try using a “remove_meta_box” function on it and see what happens. Of course, eventually the good people involved with developing WP will address this and the post you are reading will… Continue reading →

Posted in Web Development | Tagged Address, Editor Screen, Handy, Hooks, Image Editor, Image Ready, Javascript Image, Lt, Meta, Nbsp, People, Script Type, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Active Directory Photos

A client recently asked me about populating the Photo fields in Outlook and Lync. I had already set them up with an internal file share for photos, but he was hoping for a way to store the photos in Active Directory instead.

Of course my first instinct was to prepare a PowerShell script for him with a nice GUI interface so he could import the photo, and populate a custom attribute in AD.

Fortunately I instead did a bit of looking around to see how others have tackled the issue recently and I cam across the CodeTwo Active Directory Photos… Continue reading →

Posted in Active Directory, Other Software | Tagged Active Directory, Attribute, Client Time, File Share, Free Time, Future Point, Gui Interface, Image Name, Instinct, Job, Photo Fields, Share Photos | 1 Comment

Sony – They Haven’t Learned!

I don’t believe this. After getting absolutely destroyed in the press, in court of public opinion, and almost dragged into the real courts themselves, Sony has the (ahem) audacity to not encrypt the logon to the PlayStation Store website.

Don’t believe me, here’s the HTML of the Iframe that loads when you click, “Login”.

<iframe width=”350″ height=”410″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” id=”signin-iframe” name=”signin-iframe” style=”height: 510px; margin-top: 0px; width: 954px; ” src=”https://store.playstation.com/external/index.vm?returnURL=http://us.playstation.com/uwps/PSNTicketRetrievalGenericServlet”></iframe>

Note the lack of an HTTPS prefix.

Want more proof?

What does this mean to you? It means that whenever you visit Sony’s PlayStation Store website and you login,… Continue reading →

Posted in Gaming, ramblings, Security | Tagged Audacity, Coffee, External Index, Frameborder, Lt, Nbsp, Packet Sniffer, Playstation, Playstation Store, Proof, Public Opinion, Security Breach, Sony, Sony Playstation, Sony Store, Thin Air, Xbox, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments

My PowerShell Fibonacci Function

I have an absolute fascination with the Fibonacci sequence. In a few minutes of rare idle time I threw together a PowerShell function to generate Fibonacci numbers.

Just plug in how many numbers you want generated as the function’s argument and off you go. It’s so basic that just by modifying a few lines one could easily translate it into PHP orJavaScript.

function zfib($stop){
##By Zeaun Zarrieff

$a = 0
echo $a
$b = 1
echo $b

for($i=1;$i -le $stop;$i++){
$c = $a + $b
echo $c
$a = $b
$b = $c
}
remove-variable -name a
remove-variable… Continue reading →

Posted in Powershell | Tagged Fascination, Few Minutes, Fibonacci Numbers, Fibonacci Sequence, Php, Powershell, Variable Name | Leave a comment

Motorola DroidX Update 4.5.602 Now Available

Just in. If you are Droid-X owner a new update is available that changes the UI significantly including the formerly black menu backgrounds being replaced by white ones, the ability to have multiple UI profiles, very much like a PC, and an overall more Apple-like look and feel.

Other additions are:

Granular email folder sync options
A text-back prompt immediately following a declined inbound call
A Manage Apps button right from the main menu
A much brighter display with what appears to be increased icon resolution/quality

Droid-X owners should snap this up quick!

Zeaun Zarrieff is a successful Information Technology… Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Additions, Apple, Button Right, Folder Sync, Inbound Call, Menu Backgrounds, Mobile, Motorola, Profiles, Resolution Quality, Sync Options, Ui | Leave a comment

The TeddyPass Launch

Well,

With little fanfare we launched TeddyPass a couple of days ago. Initial promotions included a Facebook page, which already has about 300 likes, several promoted Tweets on Twitter, a movie-trailer style video on Youtube, and some social bookmarking stuff.

We also just got back some voice-over work for a radio commercial that we will be running on several web-radio shows in the next couple of weeks to help get the word out.

We also have the first few paying subscribers onboard, which is a big plus. Hopefully they love it and tell friends and family.

We also got… Continue reading →

Posted in Gigatas, TeddyPass | Tagged Couple Of Days, Downtown Chicago, Fanfare, Friends And Family, Heart, Launch, Movie Trailer, Promotions, Radio Shows, Subscribers, Tweets, Voice Over Work, Web Radio, Youtube | Leave a comment

Multitasking is the Way

So I have this idea. Maybe its’ a good one and maybe it’s a bad one, but it’s mine so I’m sticking with it.

My idea is that tech companies today have the wrong idea about things. We’ve seen, since the 90′s the rise of one-trick-pony companies that form around one single product and then spend years of their lives trying to make that product a success.

Most of these guys fail.

My idea is that those that fail, and even those that succeed, both have the wrong idea. Quite frankly the only difference I see between… Continue reading →

Posted in Business | Tagged Allegiance, Behemoth, Bill Gates, Challenges, Change Gears, Corporations, Different Places, Different Things, Gears, Insanity, Microsoft, Multinationals, Multitasker, Nbsp, Realization, Sum Total, Tech Startups, Trick Pony, Unwanted Product, Wrong Idea, Zuck | Leave a comment

The Real Reason That Google Bought Motorola Mobility

The news is abuzz with the revelation that Google has made a deal to purchase the mobile devices division of Motorola for a reported 12.5 billion dollars. Motorola competitors HTC and others almost certainly suspect, in spite of Google’s protestations to the contrary, that Google is making preparations for war with Apple, the maker of the iPhone, and may intend to eventually spin off a proprietary version of Android, with the open-source version becoming a feature-deprived stepchild.

I believe that these are completely mistaken assumptions. Google is the undisputed leader in both search and online advertising. Their Android platform is… Continue reading →

Posted in Business | Tagged Android, China China, google, Google News, Htc, Industry Analysts, Iphone, Membership Rate, Open Source Version, Peoples Republic Of China, Proprietary Version, Real Enemy, Real Reason, Republic Of China, Software Patents, Stepchild, Time Users, Timesink, Undisputed Leader, World China | Leave a comment

Windows Update Command Line Switches

Did you know that you could control Windows Update from the command line? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. I’d estimate that 98% of certified Microsoft professionals have no idea about this.

“Why is this important”, you ask? because if you can do it at the command line you can script it, and if you can script it you can deploy it.

Here’s the deal:

The command for controlling Windows update is, “WUAUCLT.exe”. Used by it self it doesn’t do much, but when you combine it with the command line switches listed below, it becomes a very powerful utility indeed.… Continue reading →

Posted in Scripting, Windows | Tagged Command Line Switches, Control, Microsoft, Microsoft Professionals, Updatenow, Windows Update | Leave a comment