Archive for December, 2008

Installing Windows 7 Beta 1 in VirtualBox 2.1.0

In: VirtualBox|Windows

31 Dec 2008

If you’ve snagged yourself a copy of Windows 7 Beta 1 and are anxious to give it a whirl, installing it in a virtualized environment is a great way to go. It’s no secret that VirtualBox is my favorite VM application, so I wanted to mention a bit of advice for getting it working properly.

SOCKS Proxy with PuTTY and SSH

In: Windows

29 Dec 2008

Connect back home to encrypt your network traffic. If you’re on a Windows box and have the SSH server already accessible, you can be on your way in minutes.

Running multiple X11 sessions

In: Linux

24 Dec 2008

Got a misbehaving application preventing logout or maybe there’s a game that demands then entirety of your screen? There’s a couple of different ways to start a second X11 instance, both of which are very easy to use. One requires just a few keystrokes, and the other allows you to embed one session within your existing.

VirtualBox 2.1 new features

In: Linux|Mac|VirtualBox|Windows

17 Dec 2008

A detailed analysis of advantages and limitations of the most important new features of VirtualBox 2.1.

Unsigned integer data types

In: SQL Server

4 Dec 2008

I’m sure there are more posts like these to come, but I just wanted to get this out there. It’s been a small annoyance of mine that carried over from my MySQL days, but why aren’t there unsigned numerics in SQL Server? Why do I have to waste a whole bit on the sign in [...]


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