Category Archives: Software

MSI GE63VR 7RE-010CA Raider

So, I got a new laptop. The MSI GE63VR 7RE-010CA Raider. Last years model but no worse than my desktop machines 🙂 My Old MacBook Pro My original plan for the long weekend was to rebuild Windows on my MacBook … Continue reading

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So long VMware Server

I’ve been a long time VMware user.  I bought the original workstation version at 1.0 a decade ago and have been upgrading it ever since.  I thought it was the best thing ever though when their GSX version became free … Continue reading

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Cool Tool – MaxiVista

Do you have two or more computers on your desk?  Tired of confusing keyboards and mice between them, or using a clunky KVM?  Then, MaxiVista can probably help. MaxiVista is a software program that you install on your computers and … Continue reading

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DropBox

So, I’m looking at a couple web based storage services.  Actually, I’ve been looking at quite a few.  But only two seem to be useful to me. The first is DropBox which is available from getdropbox.com.  It installs on Windows, … Continue reading

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Open Source Databases

This was originally posted back in July. So, I’m on vacation and finally have some time to work on my open source configuration manager project.  I’m at the point where I have a bunch of backend modules finished and can … Continue reading

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