Monthly Archives: January 2012

The best thing about my Kindle is my kids have no interest in it

As the kids have moved into toddler age and beyond, I find myself with more opportunities to read here and there.  I can work through a New York Times article in between mopping up my 1.5 year old son’s spilled cereal … Continue reading

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Until there is iPhone screen sharing, using PhotoPen to mark up screen shots for family tech support

As the family nerd, I am the go-to source for computer tech support.  As an iPhone devotee, it also means that I am the person who gets the call when someone’s phone isn’t working (one family member opted to go … Continue reading

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Solved: Invoke a cygwin script from an asp.net web application and stream the output to the browser in real time

For back-end system monitoring like log analysis, I frequently use cygwin scripts to process data.  These tools are often useful for diagnosing issues or checking whether a problem could be specific to one server in a pool.  I’ve wanted to … Continue reading

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Use Instacast to manage iPhone podcast subscriptions without syncing or streaming

While Apple has steadily rolled out updates over the past several years that eliminate the need to sync with a computer (Exchange accounts, iCloud, over-the-air updates, to name a few), I have been stuck syncing my phone over a cable … Continue reading

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