Some notes and examples for setting folder permissions on Windows machines using Icacls.exe and VBScript.
Migrating network printers with VBScript
I’ve thrown together a few VBScripts for exporting network printers from a 32-bit Windows XP environment and importing them into a 64-bit Windows 7 environment.
A good WordPress theme for Google’s Panda update and Google+
Google’s Panda update and the unyielding impact of Google+ on organic search has motivated me to start using more cutting-edge technology at ardamis.com, starting with a new theme that makes better use of HTML5 and microformats.
Windows Phone 8 by Nokia
The upcoming Windows Phone 8 looks terrific on a slick Nokia phone.
Ardamis in 2012 – new look, more microdata, faster code
Ardamis.com is starting out 2012 with a new look, better structured data markup, and a revamped anti-spam system.
The Little Golden Books – William Faulkner connection
The opening passage of “We Help Daddy”, by Mini Stein, has very clear echos of Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”, intentional or not.
Two Xbox consoles, one gold account, and offline achievements
What happens when your offline achievements were earned while the same gamertag was being used to connect to Xbox Live on another console?
Autonegotiation
Some notes on the commonly misunderstood subject of network autonegotiation, with an emphasis on duplex mismatches caused by differences in configurations of two partners to a connection.
GameFly shipped Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Woohoo! GameFly shipped Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim!
A common sense workaround for installing SetPoint in a VMware virtual machine
A workaround to installing Logitech’s SetPoint utility in order to map mouse buttons on a Windows XP virtual machine running in VMWare Workstation 7.