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What is consciousness?

What it is, why we have it, it’s still an unknown and we are a long ways from understanding. [youtube id=”ir8XITVmeY4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Also ref: Theory of mind

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Future-Proof Your Website for the modern web

The Windows Dev Team has released a set of tools to assist website builders adjust their sites to fit the design and feel of today’s and tomorrow’s  modern web. All the tools you need in one simple place Web Scan, Virtual Machines, and Remote Apps hosted in Azure to assist you. Stop on by and […]

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QOTD: Marshall McLuhan

“First we build the tools, then they build us.” – Marshall McLuhan   Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC, was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a communications theorist. McLuhan’s work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. McLuhan is known for […]

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Check Bitlocker Encryption Status, Simple PowerShell Method

If you have enabled Bitlocker encryption on your Windows client and wondering how far along you are in the initial encryption process this quick PowerShell command will help you. Steps The first step is to turn on BitLocker Next, Right click PowerShell and select Run as Administrator Issue the following command: manage-bde -status c: to show the status […]

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Using Get-SPWebTemplate to list available site templates in SharePoint 2013

In this tech-short we will go over a simple yet effective way to list out the available site templates in SharePoint 2013. Using the New-SPSite PowerShell cmdlet allows you to specify the name of a template to use. In my case I was unaware of the name of available templates in my SharePoint installation.  Using the Get-SPWebTemplate […]

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SharePoint Server 2016 IT Preview

The SharePoint Server 2016 preview is now available to download from the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48712 Note: Windows Server 2012 R2 is required Brief on Install Instructions Review SharePoint Server system requirements Download and install full-featured software for a 180-day trial When prompted, use the following product key: NQTMW-K63MQ-39G6H-B2CH9-FRDWJ