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How to create your own Roku Channel–Part2: Icons and Images

First off, there are really 3 sets of images: Images distributed with your application in its package Images posted in the Roku Channel Store when uploading the package Category and item images referenced by the xml files and stored on your web server Here is the somewhat ambiguous description from the Artwork guide included in [...]

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How to create you own Roku Channel

I recently got a Roku box, and while there is an impressive list of available channels, I wanted to create my own.  I searched around for a way to do this on the net, but there really is very little in the way of a good how-to for windows.  I found THIS link but its [...]

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vSphere Client and general VMware/ESXi notes–Part 1

How to COPY a VM from one ESXi server to another when you don’t have access to the physical server (only access via vSphere Client)? Method #1 (note* I suggest this is done on a machine (could be a vm) located near (network wise) the servers – otherwise its extremely slow): Download “VMware vCenter Converter [...]

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Extremely Annoying Ringtones

I use my iPhone as a pager (via SMS alerts) and need a ringtone that can ALWAYS wake me up in the middle of the night.  The default ringtones from Apple just don’t cut it (especially the ones used for text alerts).  So, like any geek, I created my own.   Here are a few [...]

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