Wednesday, September 22, 2010

My Computer autolabel script

As a systems administrator I log into A LOT of different servers and VDI desktops. Sometimes I would get confused as to which computer I was on. So now I included this as part of the logon script:

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Const MY_COMPUTER = &H11&

Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
objComputerName = "My Computer"&vbCr&"["&objNetwork.ComputerName&"]"
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_COMPUTER)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
objFolderItem.Name = objComputerName
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Works like a charm! Now my computer icon says:

My Computer
[hostname]

Just a quick look to the desktop and I know which system I am on.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Roasting Coffee Beans on the BBQ


My friend John found this on the internet so I thought I would try it out.

http://coffeeroastersclub.com/coffee_roaster_drum_for_your_barbecue_-_standard_model_-_gen2_design



I ordered up a bunch of sample packs of green beans from http://www.greanbeanery.ca

Easy to roast up a batch and wow, talk about lots of fun and good coffee.
Yum!