Accidentally Shutting Down

To save power, I often "Sleep" my home computer.

Or with a zero client, I often "Lock" my computer.

To prevent myself from accidentally clicking "Shut Down" in the Start Menu and to configure your power button:

1) Right click on your taskbar

2) Properties | Start Menu tab

3) Change the "Power Button Action".

Note that the button on the bottom right of your start menu is considered a power button...

Robocopy a directory of source files

robocopy /s source_dir dest_dir /xd .svn obj

/xd excludes directories (skip .svn and obj directories)

robocopy /s . /xd .svn obj target* /xf *.vtg *.o /maxage:1

/maxage:1 only copies files less than one day old (i.e. stuff I've changed in the last day)

PowerDVD 8 on Win7

After rebuilding my Win7 PC, I reinstalled PowerDVD 8. However, Blu-ray's wouldn't play unless I go to:
"Settings..., select the Blu-ray Disc tab, click the Advanced button, select the Windows Aero tab, Uncheck Allow PowerDVD to automatically disable Windows Aero to optimize Blu-ray Disc playback."

Thumbs up for the Sony Ericsson MW600 Bluetooth Headset

After shearing off one side of my earbud headphones in my bike, I wanted a wireless headset. I picked up a Sony Ericsson MW600 , but couldn't figure out how to pair anything properly. The solution was to hold down the power button long enough to turn on the pairing when you should see the pairing icon (left) . This works on my iPod Touch 8 GB (2nd Gen) and with my home PC via a MediaLink Bluetooth v3.0 dongle.

Test SMTP Relaying via Telnet

telnet relay.server.local 25

helo server.local

mail from:joesmtptest@server.com

rcpt to:joe@server.com

data

hi!

.

QUIT

Current Readings...

Reading Lifelong Activist by Hillary Rettig. This book has the shortest chapters I've ever read. The first part of the book is a good, concise book about career planning (which is all I've read so far).

I read Karma Chameleons by Dirs & Fordyce (saw this at the library). It was a fun reading about these Brits trying to find happiness, but it was sad that they achieve nothing. I did like their epilogue's suggestion to "think of one thing you did well yesterday".

I read John Piper's Don't Waste Your Life, a modern day re-iteration of Jesus' great commission, but with an "out" for secular work.

Change your Windows login screen background http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_7_logon_background_changer/