Alpine Linux looks good for x86 based network devices
http://www.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Main_Page

Create Synchronicity – portable app nad sync tool

It's portable, it syncs, it can be scheduled, it's FOSS.
it's cool, but it's windows only.

Invincible waterproof sports coat (jacket)

Saboteur has started taking pre-orders for their new waterproof jacket. It looks lovely, but at $800, even with the 15% PREORDER code discount it doesn't come cheap.

1dl.us – swis army knife util site

Nice all in one tool for:
- whatismyip
- url shortening
- picture uploading
- pastebin
- 1hour temp read only email
- password generator

Yummly – new meta recipe search engine
Yummly is a new meta recipe search engine, pulling data from loads of sources including my personal favorite Epicurious.
I'm so going to be trying the Shrimp Stuffed With Shrimp:-)

Tiny SATA to USB3, with 3.5″ drive support

This looks good. Measuring 75 x 38 x 17mm and weighing a mere 23g, the tiny adapter allows users to connect their 2.5”/ 3.5” SATA devices (e.g. HDD, SSD) to a PC (via USB 3.0) at data transfer speeds of up to 128Mb/s (read) and 95Mb/s (write). The GBox Mini, backward compatible with all USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports, is bundled with DriveClone 7 Pro and data transfer cables. It is expected to hit store shelves in Japan come July at a MSRP of USD 22.

QtdSync – at last a decent rsync binary for windows.

Completely portable, with server support. Brilliant

McDonalds fries at home

J. Kenji Lopez has a great recipe for making McDonlads fries over at seriouseats. I can't wait to have a go. He uses a three/four step process, blanching, frying, freezing (optionally), and frying again.

Sage 200 Active directory deployment that works.
I recently had to deploy the sage 200 client, and unsurprisingly the deployment docs were wrong. They make reference to an installshield msi that doesn't exist on the install CD. It is there, but it's packed inside another msi. This is how I did it.
Note that I'm using a MSSQL2008 server, so this may be different if you are using 2005.
- Grab the SP3 msp file for sage, Sage200V2009ClientSP3.msp (I have no idea where from)
- Run the setup exe from the client folder of the CD on a client machine.
- Progress throug hte install to the point where it asks for paths.
- Browse to the %temp% folder (start -> run, enter %temp% and hit enter)
- Look in a folder called _isXX, it should be at the top
- Copy the iiscript1150.msi file to your deployment path
- Now look in the temp folder for a folder called {7775F8DA-E53D-4D25-95B2-76BF9539EFB3}
- Copy the following files from that folder to your deployment path: Microsoft WSE 3.0 Runtime.msi, msxml6.msi, sqlncli.msi, SQLSysClrTypes.msi, SharedManagementObjects.msi.
- Look on the install CD, and copy the following files to your deployment path: SQLSERVER2008_ASADOMD10.msi, SQLSERVER2008_ASAMO10.msi
- Open a command prompt and navigate to the client install folder of the CD and run:
D:\Sage 200 Client>msiexec /p "[PATH]\Sage200V2009ClientSP3.msp" /a "Sage 200 Client.msi" LOGON_PATH="\\[SERVER]\Sage\logon" SPOOL_PATH="\\[SERVER]\Sage\spool"
- The administrative install will ask you where you want to put the deployment. Choose the deployment path with all the other MSI's in it.
- Create a GPO to deploy the software, and include the MSI's in the following order:
- msxml6.msi
- sqlncli.msi
- SQLSysClrTypes.msi
- SharedManagementObjects.msi
- SQLSERVER2008_ASADOMD10.msi
- SQLSERVER2008_ASAMO10.msi
- Microsoft WSE 3.0 Runtime.msi
- Sage 200 Client.msi
And that should be it














