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  • This article explains how to configure Samba on FreeNAS to use Open Directory LDAP on OS X Server for access management of CIFS shares. Overview OS X Server provides a […]8October 7, 2013

    Configure FreeNAS Samba for OS X Server Open Directory

  • This article explains how to configure FreeNAS to use Open Directory LDAP on OS X Server to make it easy to manage user accounts or integrate with an existing network […]1October 7, 2013

    Configure FreeNAS LDAP for OS X Server Open Directory

  • This article will explain how to convert a single disk vdev in an encrypted ZFS storage pool to a mirror. This is useful if you have a single disk vdev […]0October 7, 2013

    FreeNAS: Convert an Encrypted Disk to Mirror

  • The Silverilght 5 RC brings with it some new features for 3D and XNA – Effects, RenderTargets, Multisample Antialiasing, and more. We’ll be updating the online content soon, but in […]2September 1, 2011

    Silverlight 5 RC New XNA Features

  • Silverlight 3D Model Importer Project If you’re looking for a quick way to get a 3D model loaded using the Silverlight 5 Beta, check out the Silverlight 3D Model Importer […]6May 9, 2011

    Load a 3D Model in Silverlight 5 Beta

  • Summary This article explains key differences between shaders and effects and describes how to implement high-level “effect” functionality and why you might want to. If you just want the code: […]0April 23, 2011

    3D Effect Class for Silverlight

  • Do you wish Visual Studio would compile your HLSL files automatically for you? With this build task it can! This is especially useful for taking advantage of the new 3D […]15April 22, 2011

    HLSL Shader Build Task with Visual Studio Integration

  • I was looking for a quick way to get syntax highlighting for HLSL inside VS 2010 and came across the NShader project. Install the extension, restart VS, and if you’re […]0April 21, 2011

    HLSL Syntax Highlighting in Visual Studio 2010

  • The 3D samples from my MIX11 session are now online. You can grab them on MSDN Code Gallery. XNA Math Library – Math library from XNA which is planned for […]35April 18, 2011

    Silverlight 3D Samples from MIX11

  • I’ll be at MIX11 on Wednesday April 13th to talk about a fantastic new feature coming to Silverlight 5 – 3D Graphics! I hope you can make the session or […]8April 9, 2011

    Silverlight 3D Graphics at MIX11

  • Normally you can change the computer name on a Mac by going to System Preferences / Sharing. After binding a workstation to Open Directory I was unable to change this […]2February 13, 2011

    Change the Computer Name on a Mac

  • Age of Mythology: Including Titans Expansion is a great game, and since the Titan’s Expansion was never released for the Mac, running the PC version is a job for Parallels. […]10February 6, 2011

    Age of Mythology Under Parallels

  • One thing I have struggled with through the years is getting computers to sleep and wake up like they’re supposed to. I have usually found the culprit to be one […]2February 5, 2011

    Mac With Insomnia

  • I noticed while playing Age of Empires III under Parallels that my settings weren’t saved. It turns out that the game uses a hard wired location for the path of […]0January 30, 2011

    Age of Empires III Settings

  • I recently experienced an issue where every time I launched iTunes it insisted on “Determining gapless playback information”. That wouldn’t be so bad if it didn’t freeze iTunes for 2 […]2January 23, 2011

    iTunes Determining Gapless Playback Information

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