Hidden SonicWall administration web page

SonicWall firewall units (often? always?) have a hidden administration web page at http(s)://hostname/Diag.html. There you will find many extra items to tweak.

Getting hitched!

For those who are curious what's happening with our wedding...

We're having the ceremony @ Cataract Falls and our honeymoon stay will be @ Rose Court Cottage in Arcata. See more pictures of Rose Court Cottage here and here.

We plan on getting in a lot of hiking during our stay in northern California.  We'll be trekking in the  Redwood National Forest and/or Prairie Creek State Park hopefully, and may do the Avenue of the Giants drive (though the weather might make this less appealing).  Of course we'll be stopping by the city forest and the marsh as well, as they are nice and close.

California DMV clues

Some quick clues for the California DMV:

Teleconferencing services

Teleconferencing services

I actually had difficulty getting phone numbers in a timely manner for a couple of the major carriers, so I resorted to dialing PIC/CIC codes + 0 so I could ask an operator of the carrier in question.

I've listed the rates here for the major carriers, because I researched them, but I've decided to use GlobalConference.com The rates were very good, the online management console thought out well, and the line-quality was good. A one hour conference with 7 people cost me $20.

 
GlobalConference
http://www.globalconference.com/

Services
Toll-free line fee: $.10/min per person
Non-toll-free line fees: $.10/min per person
No additional fees.
 

AT&T / SBC

1010288 + 0

Business hours:
Toll-free line fee: $0.71 per minute per line + $15 setup charge.
Non-toll-free line fees: $0.40 per minute per line + $15 setup charge.

Outside of business hours:
Toll-free line fee: $0.44 per minute per line + $10 setup charge.
non-toll-free line fees: $0.27 per minute per line + $10 setup charge.

Dial out:
$0.71 per minute per line + 4$ per port set up charge.


Sprint
1010018 + 0 for information

Sprint Conference Center
800-366-2663

Note: Held for more than five minutes before someone answered.
Non-business hours (I wasn't yet aware that there were different rates for business hours)
Toll-free line fee: $0.44 per minute per line + $3 setup charge.
non-toll-free line fees: $0.26 per minute per line + $3 setup charge


Verizon
Verizon Conference Connections
888-561-9405
Only open weekdays, business hours.

Here's all you need to know to set up a conference call...
 
Have the following ready:
Date of the call
Time of call
How many lines
Approximate duration of the call

When you have all that ready, call Verizon conference call center at 800-483-9999.


Review-Zone.com
Conference calls @ review-zone.com

There's a lot of providers listed here.

Windows Shutdown Troubleshooter

Master Boot Record (MBR) explained

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A very good article on how the MBR works can be found here.

Historically, in Microsoft-land, the MBR has been repaired using a DOS boot floppy and the command fdisk. However, the command fdisk is incompatible-with-Windows NT/2000/XP.

In walks "MBR Fix". It's free and it works from Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 command prompt, and so is perfectly suited for use in removable operating systems (ERD Commander, BartPE, WinPE, etc.) You can download it here.

IBM Software Installer

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The IBM Software Installer is the only package which requires manual installation on a Windows 2000/XP Thinkpad. It will acquire all other necessary packages, drivers and updates.

Symantec System Center console shows "~E ~V in ~F" as last user logged in

Symanted Documents the issue here.

Disabling all Internet Explorer BHOs (Browser Helper Objects)

This is a very, very useful tip from Microsoft on how to quickly disable all browser toolbars (or BHOs) in the click of a single checkbox. Handy for spyware removal.

– Sean

Linux installation notes

Most common rpm install line is:

rpm -ivh application

To verify installation:

rehash
which application