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LeapMotion unboxing and quick review

Posted on July 25, 2013 by

Today I got a really nice surprise when I got to the office, our LeapMotion devices had been delivered! Yes, I ordered eight of them and no, not all are for me 🙂 LeapMotion is a small and incredible smart … Continue reading →

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Installing Rasplex on a Raspberry Pi – SCART and HDMI

Posted on July 15, 2013 by

This is something quite different from the normal content here at pureVirtual, but I thought I’d share my success story on how to get Rasplex on a Raspberry Pi to work over both SCART and HDMI. First you might ask, … Continue reading →

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EMC World 2013 – Best one yet?

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

I’ve spent the last week in Vegas, meeting incredible people and learning a lot at this year’s amazing EMC World. Amazing, just like every year, but always a bit different. Time for an EMC World 2013 wrap-up don’t you think? … Continue reading →

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Managing Razor provisioning with Puppet – Part 1

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

If you’ve gone through the tutorials on how to get started with Razor and Puppet that I’ve posted earlier (see here for the first part of five) you should have a Razor and Puppet installation already up and going. For this … Continue reading →

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VMworld Europe 2012 post-event wrapup

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Last week over 8000 registered attendees enjoyed the warmth of Barcelona, delicious tapas and an amazing VMworld. Were you there? If you were, then you might remember some of the things below. If you weren’t, continue reading to get more … Continue reading →

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The Human Face of Big Data – Who are you?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Who are you? What’s your daily life like? Is it anything like someone else’s in countries like France, Brazil or China? EMC launches a mobile app today where YOU can play a big part and create a digital mosaic over how people … Continue reading →

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Automating lighttpd installations with Puppet – Part 2

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

In Part 1 of this series, we configured our puppetmaster to make sure that our nodes would get an installation of lighttpd up and running quickly. Now to get a smarter environment where you don’t have to add all the stuff … Continue reading →

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