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Basic Squid Proxy Setup with Debian Lenny

In a previous post I showed you how to setup a basic Squid Proxy with Ubuntu 10.04. This morning I setup a the same solution but with the Debian Lenny distro. The reason for this post is due to the fact that the syntax is a little different, so I’ll keep this one short and sweet.
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VMware ESXi: Using Windows Server 2008 R2 as an NFS Server

My goal is to create a new VMware datastore on my Windows Server specifically for *.iso images. This allows me to store these images away from the Virtual OS itself and helps relieve a bit of storage space.
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Exchange 2010: Email send error | Client was not authenticated

One of the first of my Exchange 2010 issues to resolve. The issue involves the receive connector’s permissions that are configured to only allow authenticated access. You can easily configure this with Exchange PowerShell Management Console.
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Add the Official ‘Tweet Button’ to your WordPress Blog Site | iframe

You can grab the official Tweet Button Documentation from the Dev page at http://dev.twitter.com/pages/tweet_button.
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Gmail | Sending an *.exe as an attachment via Google Mail

Did you realise that you can’t send an executable file as an attachment in Gmail? Well I didn’t, not until the situation occurred and I really needed to send this *.exe over to a client.


I tried to put it in a *.zip file, it failed. I then tried to put that *.zip file into another *.zip file, it failed again. You’re going to laugh at how easy this was to get round but still, read on :-) .
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Twitter | Fake your GeoLocation

UPDATE: You can now use the same trick with Tweetdeck Desktop.

Geo tagging is becoming a popular sport at the moment and the momentum doesn’t seem to be slowing down either with startups like Foursquare and even Facebook considering the value of GeoLocation. Personally I use it a lot in Twitter but I have come to learn to although it’s a good idea I don’t like GeoLocating from house, I think is a little too personal. That alone has led me to this, faking your GeoLocation. Take at look at my ‘Where on Earth’ page, this show you my latest location Tweets.
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