Category Archives: SysAdmin

Getting the QCN ONavi USB Sensor Going Under 64-Bit Windows

I had a heck of a tough time getting the ONavi USB sensor operational and stable under Windows to work with the Quake Catcher Network project at Stanford. I tried numerous different hosts and operating systems, but wanted to get … Continue reading

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Setup Mail Rules to Send “Out Of Office” Backscatter to The Trash (UPDATED)

If you are on a number of maillist lists, you feel my pain. When you want to contribute to a listserv but are tired on receiving all the junk email associated with various people’s auto-responders for vacation or out of … Continue reading

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Lenovo Thinkpad X130e First Impressions and Review

I was able to get my hands on a loaner unit from Lenovo via CDWG this week. This is the unit from Lenovo that they are specifically marketing to the education sector. I was eager to play around with it … Continue reading

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Blocking The Big Education (Edu-Junk) Spammers

There are two main organizations that I know must be dishing a thousands or millions of spam a day out to the school community. I have been watching the constant spam spewing from a few sources over the last couple … Continue reading

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Host Only Networking Setup With VMWare Fusion 4

 
I have used VMWare Workstation and Fusion for many years now on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X host operating systems. I have used the “host only” networking on Windows and Linux host operating systems, but never on OS X … Continue reading

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