



How to: Automate Horizon Mirage tasks via API and PowerShell
VMware Horizon Mirage is a layered image management solution that separates the PC into logical layers, which are owned and managed by either IT or the end user. Mirage enables enterprise IT administrators to centrally control the base and application layers guarantying a consistent view of the image across all endpoints. Through the Mirage Management Console, the administrator configures and manages clients, base images and app...

3d images: Correcting the Viewport colour display of imported AutoCAD drawings, when added into a Layer in 3Ds Max
Often, imported AutoCad drawings lose their original colour once added into a new layer (using “Manage Layers” toolbar) in 3Ds Max. This “glitch” usually frustrates numerous users for a number of reasons, as...






Keyboard Command Craziness
The most common complaint we get about CodePen is how we override the keyboard commands for some functions. Most notably, ⌘-1, ⌘-2, and ⌘-3. If you have the CodePen editor open and that tab active, those keyboard commands will expand the HTML, CSS, or JS editor respectively rather than change active tabs, as many browsers do by default. Having keyboard commands for these actions is important to us (literally, we use it ourselves...




LinkedIn's New Recruiter Homepage Gives Headhunters Better Search, Status And News
LinkedIn has been launching a number of new features to improve engagement on its site, and today it’s taking that strategy out to one of its premium products, LinkedIn Recruiter, with the launch of a new look for the...


Annotated History of My Most Used Shell Commands
An oldie, but a goodie. This time I annotate it with reasons as to why things are used so much. If you blog, post your own! For reference, anything after a "#" is an annotation. $ history | awk '{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}'|sort -rn |head -n 20 166 git # I am a software developer. 138 make # Building the book takes 5 to 8 commands depending on format. 68 touch # Readying the book for...