Archive for Juni, 2013
Italy Mount Vesuvius – online webcam
Freitag, Juni 21st, 2013BMW 4 Series Coupé – power, sportiness and a breathtaking design
Freitag, Juni 21st, 2013NetApp Clustered Data OnTap 8.2 – handle data growth and reduce IT disruptions
Freitag, Juni 21st, 2013Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 – desired state configuration
Freitag, Juni 21st, 2013
A new feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 called Desired State Configuration to deploy fully functional websites to multiple unconfigured Windows servers. Get familiar with Desired State Configuration by creating and deploying basic configuration to a single server. Then use a Desired State Configuration Data file to deploy a website to multiple Servers – cause a configuration drift and correct it by redeploying configuration
BMW F 800 GS Adventure – equipped for long distances and extreme conditions
Donnerstag, Juni 20th, 2013Korsika – online webcam
Mittwoch, Juni 19th, 2013
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 – set defragmentation schedules
Mittwoch, Juni 19th, 2013 Defragmentation in virtual machines is a topic that should not be ignored – in fact a defragmented virtual machine can provide an amazing performance difference. The built-in scheduled task is not enabled by default but you can do it – then your task is enabled and on every wednesday at 01:00 the defrag task will be running – in a virtualized environment with 100+ VM´s can impact on your storage system quite seriously if all VM´s start to defrag at the same time – one way to mitigate this is to set the start day and start time different on all machines
$hour = Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 24
$day = Get-Random -input “Monday”, “Tuesday”, “Wednesday”, “Thursday”, “Friday”, “Saturday”, “Sunday”
$date = Get-Date
$at = Get-Date “$($a.Month)/$($a.day)/$($a.Year) $($hour):00″
$Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Weekly -at $at -DaysOfWeek $day
Set-ScheduledTask -TaskName ScheduledDefrag -TaskPath \Microsoft\Windows\Defrag\ -Trigger $Trigger | Out-Null
EPFL’s School of Computer and Communications Sciences – to measure the dimensions of a room using just a few microphones and a snap of your fingers
Dienstag, Juni 18th, 2013
At EPFL’s School of Computer and Communications Sciences – a team from the Audiovisual Communications Laboratory (LCAV) – has developed a computer algorithm that can accomplish this from a sound that’s picked up by four microphones – the software can build a 3D map of a simple, convex room with a precision of a few millimeters
Airbus A350 XWB – first flight
Dienstag, Juni 18th, 2013Raspberry Pi for Dummies – you should run to your nearest bookshop
Montag, Juni 17th, 2013
Onion Pi – make a Raspberry Pi into a anonymizing Tor Proxy
Sonntag, Juni 16th, 2013
Tor is an Onion Pi routing service – every internet packet goes through 3 layers of relays before going to your destination
Scanadu Scout – the first medical Tricorder
Sonntag, Juni 16th, 2013
Scanadu Scout measures, analyses, and tracks your vitals – it’s no accident that doctor visits start with checking your vital signs. Scanadu Scout provides you with access to valuable data which your body provides every day
Fusion-io – giving you a quick and easy history lesson in NAND flash along the way
Sonntag, Juni 16th, 2013X2 Biosystems xPatch – end-to-end system provides real-time data for head impacts
Sonntag, Juni 16th, 2013
The X2 Biosystems xPatch system notifies athletic trainers, coaches, and team physicians in real time about impacts to players heads, and provides a suite of tools supporting athlete assessment in bench vs. play decisions, recovery and safe return to play protocols
Acer Aspire R7 Series – the notebook designed for touch
Sonntag, Juni 16th, 2013
As an ordinary notebook the Acer Aspire R7 Series is extraordinary – this PC is packed with high-end components to enhance productivity and entertainment
