Where Enterprise Computer Networking and Video Games Meet!
Shows: The Jolly Roger Blocast: Enterprise computing At It's Best The Black Spot: Our Views On Video Games
Hosts: Mike, Mr BagHead and Randy
What did we use?
Intel BOXD945GCLF Intel Atom processor 230 Intel 945GC Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo, APEX MI-100 Black Steel Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case 250W Power Supply, 1Gb Kingsten, 40 GB Segate, Sony DVD drive.
This Jolly Roger covers Adobe Express, Orcale free downloads, Disk enclosures, bookreviews, and a short Baghead Video!
Show Notes:
http://www.Photoshop.com/express
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html
http://www.newegg.com
http://tv.abobe.com
We have now released our e-mail addresses
Mike[No Spam]armorytech.com
Randy[No Spam]armorytech.com
*change [No Spam] to a @ sign. Damn Spiders
You know we put the beer on the table in JR14 as a “shout out” to the Beer Pirate.
Show Notes:
http://www.comodo.com
http://www.ejc-crypto.co.uk
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
Certifications listed in video:
2008 Randy Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 2003
2008 Randy Microsoft 2003 Designing Infrastructure Security 70-298
2008 Randy Microsoft 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure 70-294
2008 Mike Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000 70-292
2008 Mike MCSE Microsoft Windows 2003
2008 Mike 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000 70-296
2007 Mike MCSA Microsoft Windows 2003: Messaging
2007 Mike MCSA Microsoft Windows 2003
2007 Mike Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 70-284
2005 Randy Windows Server 2003 Planning and Maintaining 70-293
2005 Randy Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator 2003
2004 Randy Windows 2003 Server 70-290
2004 Randy Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure 70-291
2003 Randy Windows XP Professional 70-270
2003 Randy Windows 2000 Server 70-215
2003 Mike Managing a Windows 2000 Network Environment 70-218
2002 Mike MCSE Microsoft Windows 2000
2002 Mike Designing Security for a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Network 70-220
2001 Randy Cisco Networking Academy
2001 Randy Cisco Certified Network Associate 2.0
2001 Mike 2000 Accelerated Exam for MCPs Certified on Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 70-240
2000 Randy Certified Novell Administrator 5
2000 Mike Networking Essentials 70-058
2000 Mike MCSE Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
2000 Mike MCSA Microsoft Windows 2000
2000 Mike Implementing and Supporting NT™ Server 4.0 in the Enterprise 70-068
2000 Mike Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Proxy Server 2.0 70-088
2000 Mike Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 IEAK 70-080
1999 Randy HyCurve Certified HTML 4.0 Instructor / Webmaster
1999 Mike Microsoft Certified Professional
1999 Mike Implementing and Supporting NT™ Server 4.0 70-067
1999 Mike Implementing and Supporting NT™ 4.0 Workstation 70-073
1998 Randy Networking Essentials
1998 Randy Microsoft® Internet Information Server 4.0
1998 Randy Microsoft Certified Trainer
1998 Randy Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 4.0
1998 Randy Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet
1998 Randy Internetworking with Microsoft® TCP/IP
1998 Randy Implementing and Supporting NT™ Server 4.0
1998 Randy Implementing and Supporting NT™ 4.0 Workstation
This is the 9th show of The Jolly Roger Blogcast. This week we discuss the new skype version, Vista Service Pack 1, Mike and Randy each choose 3 cool and free applications; Auslogics Disk Defrag, TrueCrypt, SpywareBlaster, AVG, Avast, CDBurn.exe, and Virtaul PC 2007.
Have you ever downloaded a video from the internet that your system would not play? There is a fix; you can watch the dirty little bit torrents you pulled down by installing the Combined Community Codec Pack.
This pack was created with the goal not to break anything on your system. “…the CCCP was created to replace the filter packs provided by several anime fansub groups into a single reliable pack capable of decoding practically any group’s files - without breaking compatibility for other formats.”
CCCP is super easy to install, and the defaults are set for the average user. ”goal of CCCP isn’t to decode everything, but to support sensible releases. ffdshow can decode more video formats than listed here, but most of the formats are turned off with the CCCP default settings. If you need any of them, you can turn them on yourself in the relevant filter configuration dialog.”
One issue you need to know about is that if you install this on a system where the users do not have admin then there are a few more steps to the install process. Click here if need.
The CCCP includes audio and video codecs for:
Video codecs:
MPEG1 is supported by Windows
MPEG2
MPEG4-ASP
Xvid
DivX (all versions)
Generic/other MPEG4 ASP (3ivx, lavc etc.)
MPEG4-AVC/H.264
Theora
WMV9
Flash Video
Audio codecs:
MP3 and MP2 and MP1
AC3
DTS
AAC
Vorbis
IMA ADPCM - rare
LPCM - on some DVDs, more common on HD DV & BD
FLAC - no .flac splitter included, you can only play it if it’s in MKV
TTA
WavPack
If you need a decoder for your video CCCP is the exe you have been looking and it is free. They do except donations.
The CCCP is only for windows 2000, XP, and Vista. No linux CCCP, use mPlayer.
Have you been thinking about learning scripting? Well if you work in IT the answer should be yes. I bought Microsoft Windows Scripting Self-Paced Learning Guide by Ed Wilson a few months ago. I didn’t have a driving project so I took my time reading it.
Pros: This book starts with the basics. If you don’t know anything about scripting this is where you should start. This book walks you through the scripts and explains what each part does. The biggest pro is that you really learn scripting. $29 for a techie book is not a bad price. You can buy it at Amazon.com
Cons: Some parts were repetitive, once you have read parts there are whole sections you can skip later on in the book. Understand this is not a scripting “reference.” If you are looking to perform some specific task chances are it is not in this book.
Over all if you don’t know scripting in just a few weeks you will be writing scripts to create folder structures with corresponding global groups or a script to find double dead ends in your TradeWars 2002 game. I enjoyed it and now I have added a new skill to my IT War Chest.
What you don’t know what Trade Wars 2002 is? Well that’s for a future blog.
nd it is free. They do except donations. 
