Currently there are lots of problems with the VMware Web Client Integration Plugin as I have noted on LinkedIn. Facing this issue, and having a need to download some files from a datastore to preserve them, you can see a puzzle taking shape. What to do if Flash has crashed your browser(s), and/or the Client Integration Plugin isn’t working? Maybe for some reason you also don’t have the fat client installed and you’re in the middle of an emergency?
Here is one workaround to easily move files off of a datastore without any fancy browser plug-ins.
So, if you’re in a bind fighting browser issues, no fat client, and need files off of a datastore quick, remember this trick. Hit a host in any browser, click on Web-Basaed Datastore Browser and go to town.
HOL-1710-SDC-6-MYVMW-HOL . 1 hr
I recently went on a motorcycle ride and went past Pine Mountain Inn. I did some research, as it had
Ventura County CA
been closed from a while by looks. Here is what it looks like today (photo right). It’s a sad story of a decades old business getting flooded by regulations, paperwork and bureaucracy to the point that they cannot operate. If you dig into it, nearly all businesses along this stretch of road have been run OUT of business by the county of Ventura County, CA. @CountyOfVentura is apparently unable to use logic and common sense, which unfortunately is common in government. They take your property WITHOUT taking possession by regulating the property to the point where the owner can’t use it. Listen to the verbiage in the video.
Links for further reading;
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/25/local/la-me-adv-pine-mountain-20120826
First, credits to Makezine where I originally saw this concept. James Floyd Kelly and Chris Jones are the article authors and the artwork / logo is from Brandon Steen
Initially I’m going to put most of my photos and videos here, and then I may add parts lists and details. If you want to build one, start with the article on Makezine. I wanted to add some visual and tactile steampunk type features, as the kid I was building for is pretty interested in mechanical detail and I thought she would appreciate it. When initially explaining it to my 3.5 year old granddaughter, she is also the one who asked what does it do if it finds a monster? Can it kill it? That prompted me to want to add a “kill” switch as well as sound when it’s scanning. Then, I felt it deserved a good case, so the matching Pelican 1200 was modded.
I am pretty mechanical and a solid DIY homeowner and DIY vehicle mechanic. I knew how to solder, but had zero experience with Adafruit, Arduino or anything like that although I am an IT person by day.
Here are the published video links of the project, followed by the photos. Jump to the bottom for the list of sources and products I used, which is still incomplete.
Monster B Gone bench mockup and explanation – video
Final Monster B Gone – video
Pelican 1200 case mod for Monster B Gone – video
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Recently I had the opportunity to participate in interviewing IT candidates in my current role as a System 
Administrator. In my prior position as an IT Director at ACCENT Marketing, I performed a lot of IT interviews. I had standard questions, weighted skills rankings, technical tests, and over time I had created a process that worked well. However, I had not been involved with interviewing for several years so a few things kind of jumped out as recurring concerns on several interviews. Keep in mind, these are technical IT interviews for sysadmin positions, and here are a few tips related to my recent observations. These are tips I haven’t seen offered and you should also be aware of broader interview success strategies.
To me, the goal of a first interview (from the candidate’s perspective) is simply to get to a second interview. During this first interview, the employer is simply trying to weed out the candidates that don’t fit and stack rank those who do fit. The ones at the top of the stack ranking get follow up interviews. That’s the cold truth; deal with it.
I have given you five tips that should be relatively simple to incorporate into your interview strategy, and should greatly increase your chances of success. Success in this case is a second interview. Good luck, and please send me feedback if you find these tips useful, or if you have example where they helped you out.
*disclaimer; these are, of course, my personal opinions, based on nearly two decades of experience. They come with no guarantee or warranty. Free advice, freely given, worth whatever is does for you.
I’ve got it up and running in the lab. Now I see this article;
A few years ago, Microsoft switched from per-processor to per-core licensing in SQL Server, and it’s about to do the same with Windows Server 2016. You may not be thrilled with the results.
“Microsoft’s auditors likely will have a field day with these new requirements for Windows Server, in the same way that they have used the ever-more-complex licensing rules for SQL Server to increase the company’s audit-based revenue in recent years,” warned Christopher Barnett, an associate attorney with Scott & Scott LLP.
Read the full text here;
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3028525/windows-server-2016-could-cost-you-more-than-you-think.html