Archive for July, 2007
Sending large files via email.
Jul 30th
Sending a file using email is always a hit and miss situation, your provider may allow a certain file size, but will the recipient’s provider allow the same size or smaller?
So to help with this issue, Arunalabs have created a service called Arunasend, what this enables you to do is send a file with a max size of 100Meg to anyone via email. The recipient gets a link via email which points to the file on Arunalabs’s server.
With these types of services my concern is always about privacy, Arunalabs are working on a permission system for the service, but isn’t there quite yet. So I wouldn’t go sending off your Quickbooks
files or other sensitive info of that nature over it, but for helping clients out with patches, service packs etc, its ideal.
Mod your Iphone All Easy Like – But you gotta have an Intel Mac to do it. (Ringtones, Backgrounds & Home Screens)
Jul 29th
The guys over at IPhoneAlley.com are ahead of their game. They’ve even gotten it to version 2.1. The program is called Ifuntastic. Michael Jonhston at Iphone Alley writes
“First on the list of improvements is a “news”
section of the app where changes are posted. You can rename the app to anything
you like, as well. The “Home Screen” can be rearranged much more extensively and
.m4p is now a recognized extension.”
IFunTastic is an Iphone Mod App that has been written to allow more extensive customization of the Iphone Home screen, as well as background graphics and ringtones. Looks like the race is well underway to completely go against Apple’s original intentions of keeping the back side of this phone secure with a (what seems to be) virtual “do not enter sign”. Not gonna happen, and I’m pretty sure these hacks are going to become more pervasive over time, spanning OS’s and platforms. In fact, I would love to see a God-app released for this thing so I can finally justify spending the $600 buckaroos for this pretty toy.
This hack is a prime example of how the more subdued methods of getting into this phone are going to become prettier, easier to use, and more mainstream than ever. And I love to see the progression of underground programming.
For all you early adopters out there who have happened to pair an Intel Mac with an Iphone, this little app will make your Iphone cooler than anyone else’s, espescially those hapless Lusers who dont check AskTheAdmin for the daily fix of tech goodness.
For the meantime, us PPC Mac owners wait patiently until these guys release a multi-processor version, but the grin on our faces will be apparent.
Peace
Commodore64 (the one you played Bruce Lee on)
Sending large files via email.
Jul 29th
Sending a file using email is always a hit and miss situation, your provider may allow a certain file size, but will the recipient’s provider allow the same size or smaller?
So to help with this issue, Arunalabs have created a service called Arunasend, what this enables you to do is send a file with a max size of 100Meg to anyone via email. The recipient gets a link via email which points to the file on Arunalabs’s server.
With these types of services my concern is always about privacy, Arunalabs are working on a permission system for the service, but isn’t there quite yet. So I wouldn’t go sending off your Quickbooks
files or other sensitive info of that nature over it, but for helping clients out with patches, service packs etc, its ideal.
Flickr on the desktop. (Windows only)
Jul 28th
Check this out, Flickr background rotator, everyone and their grandma has a Flickr account, so why not use the background on your desktop as a gallery!
As the name of the app suggests, it rotates your desktop background with images found in your Flickr account, or you can specify tags to use for acquiring images for your rotating background. Make sure you have .NET version 2 installed, since
that’s its only requirement, besides that, download and enjoy!
Got Linux? No problem, us Linux users can do the same with
with the help of an application called Webilder. If you have
Ubuntu check out this how-to for Webilder.
Application: Power shell with e-book (Windows Only)
Jul 28th
Windows Power shell is a command line scripting language which makes the life of a an administrator who has to deal in a Windows environment real easy.
So what can Powershell really do? Well:
- Manage Active Directory and its objects.
- Hardware and process monitoring.
- Server and client machine application deployments.
- File system interaction.
- Network interaction.
Pretty impressive! So download it and learn how to use it with this ebook, also you may want to use the demo files associated with the ebook, which are here.
AtA Updates: C’mon Ask The Admin Some Questions…
Jul 28th
We have made some more additions to the site including a language chooser for our foreign friends. Sorry guys the Russian and Arabic were not working. At least not from Google for free. We wanted to use WordLingo because it actually creates crawlable pages. Plain and simple foreingners could search in their own native language and come up with a relevant AtA post – Now that’s fu%ing cool (pardon my French – but don’t try translating that). Our new email system is up and Info@AskTheAdmin.com is waiting for your questions.
Hit us up – try and stump us! Let us solve your technical woes…
We have made those SpotBack modifications (Actually the good folks @ SpotBack made them for us). Now the site loads and all the content comes in and then the scripts load – so you can read the site and see all the graphics while the page continues to load. Let us know if you are seeing load problems – comment with your browser and os (please). AskTheAdmin is outgrowing its britches here @ blogger. We might be taking one of those overly generous offers of hosting us. What do you guys think of WordPress over Blogger? There seems to be a lot more fun add-ons and plug-ins over blogger. What are you thoughts young admin? What experiences have you had either way? We have had representatives stop by from Dell and IBM amongst others! Keep participating and let us know whats going on in your technical lives!
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Have a great weekend guys!
Karl L. Gechlik
