The Deck
— Wow – it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything! Keeping the blog up to date is obviously not one of my priorities at the moment. Still, I think posting every once in a...
A small-press archive: 182 dispatches printed twice — once in fluorescent orange, once in federal blue — from one decade lived between three countries.
— Wow – it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything! Keeping the blog up to date is obviously not one of my priorities at the moment. Still, I think posting every once in a...
— I found a cheap Ricoh Mono Laser Printer – SP112, (Thanks OzBargain! https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/238682) and wanted to see if I could source some cheap stepper motors. Long story short – there are no stepper motors...
— Just like many other Pentax-DA* 50-135mm users out there, I have the SDM issue where the lens will no longer auto focus. While possible to repair yourself (not recommended) I have found a simple...
— How to display the IP and MAC addresses for all VMs in System Center 2012 VMM.
— Great tip on how to change the default windows audio output using a script.
— As part of my automated provisioning (yes – System Center and Sysprep will probably be a better option, but hey whatever) script, I need to be able to automatically assign an IP address to a VM....
— While I initially tried to get the Powershell Mount-VHD cmdlet working – I gave up as it didn’t seem to exist (despite obvious documentation: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848551.aspx) I was using a Server 2012 DS for testing...
— Draft for a PowerShell script that will copy a file to a uniquely identified VHD to assist in automated provisioning.
— I am still alive.
— So, the time has come to leave Japan. I really planned on staying here a long time but – due to a certain opportunity and various other ‘things’ we have begun to leave Japan....