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1. Install SysStat
apt-get install sysstat


2. Enable Stat collection
Open vi /etc/default/sysstat
Edit the file, change “ENABLED” to “true”.

3. Start Sysstat
/etc/init.d/sysstat start


3.a. By default, sysstat reports activity every 10 minutes everyday.
If you’d like to change that interval, edit it here:
/etc/cron.d/sysstat


4. To look at your load averages, type in
sar -A

Tech Monitor, Performance, SAR, Sysstat, Ubuntu

If you have installed a Windows 7 Beta as Guest operating system on a VMWare server, over a Windows XP Base, you might run into issue with Network adapter (..like i did).

If that’s the case, follow these steps.
1. Go to Windows 7 Guest OS VMWare directory on your file system, and open the .vmx file in a notepad.
2. Add the following line to the end of the file and save it.
ethernet0.virtualDev = “e1000″.
3. Restart the Windows 7 Guest Operating system.

Windows 7 will recognize the network adapter and you should be able to connect to the internet.

Tech, Windows HowTo, Network adapter, VMWare, Windows 7

OutTwit’s latest release (#39) is packed with a number of powerful features – For example: Ability to save sent tweets, Keyboard shortcuts for posting tweets, Ability to filter incoming tweets based on Tweet type (FriendTimeline,@replies,Direct messages) to name a few.

In addition to all of that, one feature that I find particularly useful.. is the ability to Tweet my Outlook Tasks and Appointments.
OutTwit makes this almost painfully simple.
Follow these steps:

1. Go to your Tasks folder, select a Task.

2. Select “Retweet” from OutTwit drop down menu.

3. Change the tweet text if you’d like, and hit Update.

That’s all.
Along the same lines, you can Tweet your Appointments, Email messages.

How to receive reminders via Twitter
If you would like to get more fancy, follow these steps to receive reminders for your Outlook tasks, as Direct Messages in Twitter.

In order to do this, you’ll have to add rtm as your friend on Twitter. After completing the setup, follow these steps.

1. Pick a task from your Tasks folder.

2. Invoke Retweet command from OutTwit drop down menu.

3. Prepend the tweet text with “d rtm” and specify the reminder interval as needed. For example:

Twitter will send you a reminder for your Outlook Task item, as Direct message, at the specified time.

You can find more RTM commands here.

Tech GTD, OutTwit, rtm, Tech, TechHit, tips, Twitter

Freez iPod Video Converter lets you get your DVDs on your iPod or iPhone for free, quickly and reliably.
Small Video Soft offers a whole suite of free software – Freez iPod Video Converter, Freez DVD Ripper, Freez Screen Video Capture and more.

Lifehacker offers a few ways to put DVDs to good use. Check it out.

Tech, Utilities, Windows Tech tips

Website Monitoring Services need no introduction. There are several website monitoring services out there that provide uptime alerts and track your site’s response time.

However, if you own a business-critical website, you might need a bit more than simple uptime checks. Your website could be up, but your order forms could be broken. Your users won’t be able to place orders. And you can’t practically check these pages round the clock.

So, here’s an attempt to list a few low cost (<$10/month) website monitoring services, that provide transaction monitoring. It is not an ordered list, but PingDom seems most promising provider of the lot.

Here are a few more options.
Some of them provide very basic uptime checks with out any transaction monitoring.
Some them provide transaction monitoring, but are a bit pricey.

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Perhaps the ultimate signs of twitter’s success & popularity!

Domain name investment is a mature industry now with every word in the English dictionary long since reserved by some entrepreneur/squatter. Now Twitter has created a new supply of valuable “names”: Twitter IDs. They take the form of twitter.com/stiennon for instance. Have you signed up for your free Twitter ID? Do you own your surname? Company name? Brand identity?
Read on..

100 World’s Greatest Twitter Tips & Twitter Secrets The Ultimate “Twitter How To” Guide

Tech Tech, Twitter

The world just got a little bit smaller, small enough to fit in your iPhone.
Google has released an iPhone version of Google Earth.
Just swipe of your finger on your iphone screen, and you can fly all around the world.

With Google Earth for iPhone, you can:
• Tilt your iPhone to adjust your view to see mountainous terrain
• View the Panoramio layer and browse the millions of geo-located photos from around the world
• View geo-located Wikipedia articles
• Use the ‘Location’ feature to fly to your current location
• Search for cities, places and business around the globe with Google Local Search

This is a truly awesome iPhone app!

The Taj Mahal

Mount Everest

Tech Apps, Google Earth, iPhone

OutTwit conveniently lets you post & read tweets from Outlook, without having to open another desktop application or a browser window.

OutTwit’s latest version (0.5.2.34) comes with an extremely handy Preview feature that lets you read and post tweets from the Outlook toolbar itself.
Twittering had never been so easier!

Screenshot

Preview supports the following actions:

• Mouse over – displays the entire tweet.
• Click – opens the tweet in its own window.
• Shift+Click – if the tweet has a URL in it, open the link in a browser.
• Ctrl+Click – compose a direct (d) reply to the sender.
• Ctrl+Shift+Click – compose an @reply to the sender.

More details here

Microsoft Outlook, Productivity Addins, Tech, TechHit, Utilities, Windows GTD, Outlook, OutTwit, TechHit, Twitter