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Google Sesame Video Demo

Rich Kreider — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:51:55 +0000

Sorry for the poor quality. I just wanted to demo this for a few friends. Originally discovered at LifeHacker (http://lifehacker.com/5876559/sign-into-your-google-account-on-public-computers-without-typing-anything)

At a public terminal, visit https://accounts.google.com/sesame
Fire up your camera’s QR reader/scanner.
On your phone, allow the URL to open that the QR has scanned.
Choose Gmail or iGoogle.
Your browser will log you in.

Enjoy!

February 6, 2010 Joy Ride

Rich Kreider — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:40:48 +0000

Was just looking at some of my old videos I put on Facebook and came across this one from February 2010. I spent 4 hours digging out of my driveway with a broom and using my car to rock back and forth and “plow” the driveway. After escaping, I went on a joyride:

Documenting Chaos

Rich Kreider — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:11:53 +0000

It has surely been chaotic around the office lately! I’ve been assisting with migrations on the healthcare side for companies using Misys EMR/Misys Tiger to Allscripts ProEHR and ProPM.

Making the change involves a LOT of work. From the obvious software setup to hardware setup down to ActiveDirectory permissions on the new systems, user training, helpdesk support, etc.

This leaves me little time to document the process of installing and configuring systems.

Between a notepad with scribbled technobabble and a few dozen text documents floating around my desktop, USB drive, and sticky notes, things get confusing — fast! The worst part is that the entire team depends on me to “show them the light”. What once took me 2-3 hours to setup a single system, I now have down to less than 30 minutes from start to finish.

Today, I’m working on documentation. I’ve used so many different tools to help me document things on the fly — Wiki on a Stick, text editors, voice notes, etc. Probably the best tool so far that I’ve found is “The Guide”. This is an invaluable piece of software, which is free I might add.

Check out “The Guide” at the SourceForge project page: http://theguide.sourceforge.net/

Off to documenting…

16GB Sandisk/PNY USB Drive for $15.00

Rich Kreider — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:53:00 +0000

Found a steal of a deal at Staples last week. Grabbed myself a 16GB USB drive for $15 bucks while at Staples in Clarion, PA. It was on sale for $19.99 (normally $49.99) plus I had a $5.00 off eCoupon … Continue reading →

Setting Terminal Server Font Size

Rich Kreider — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:42:16 +0000

In Terminal Services, users cannot set Advanced properties for their display which prohibits changing DPI.

The following registry files need to be run on the terminal server on a per-user basis.

Original Link: http://blogs.oracle.com/ThinkThin/entry/setting_terminal_server_font_sizes

Original ZIP Download: http://blogs.sun.com/ThinkThin/resource/TS-DPI.zip

Local ZIP Download: TS-DPI

Here’s an example of the registry tweak per-user for 96dpi:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="-15"
"CaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"CaptionHeight"="-270"
"CaptionWidth"="-270"
"IconFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,45,6d,1a,f7,\
  d0,11,9e,a7,00,80,5f,71,47,72,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,8b,00,00,00,8b,00,00,\
  00,01,00,00,00,f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"IconSpacing"="-1125"
"IconTitleWrap"="1"
"IconVerticalspacing"="-1125"
"MenuFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
  00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"MenuHeight"="-270"
"MenuWidth"="-270"
"MessageFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"ScrollHeight"="-240"
"ScrollWidth"="-240"
"Shell Icon BPP"="16"
"SmCaptionFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\
  00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"SmCaptionHeight"="-225"
"SmCaptionWidth"="-180"
"StatusFont"=hex:f5,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000060
"Shell Icon Size"="32"
"MinAnimate"="0"

NOTE: I have not tested this in Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services.