Author: Derek Seaman

graphical user interface, application

Top macOS App picks for 2023

As 2023 is soon upon us, I wanted to give a shout out to what I think are the top macOS apps going into the new year. One of the reasons why I'm a fairly recent Windows to Mac convert (about 3 years ago) is the quality of the ecosystem...

My Dream Desk Setup (2022 Edition)

My Dream Desk Setup (2022 Edition)

Introduction I've been a remote worker for the last 7 years, and during that time my office setup has evolved. So when COVID hit, nothing changed for me in terms of my work environment. However, what has changed for me is my at-home desk setup. Over the past few months...

Home Automation: Hubitat Hub SMTP/SMS Notifications

Home Automation: Hubitat Hub SMTP/SMS Notifications

For a couple of years now I've been using the Hubitat Elevation C7 home automation hub. I was doing some tweaking this weekend, and I wanted to setup SMTP and SMS notification channels. I had been using Twilio for SMS, but it wasn't a free service. And I also wanted...

My Stream Deck XL Configuration Explained

My Stream Deck XL Configuration Explained

A few months ago I saw several people I follow on Twitter exclaiming about their Stream Deck. I'm not a "streamer" nor do I do Twitch, but the concept of physical buttons to run commands on my Mac was very interesting. My button configuration is ever evolving, but I thought...

My Top macOS App picks for 2021

My Top macOS App picks for 2021

Update: Dec 12, 2021: I discovered a new must-have app called OpenIn. I've added it to the list below.--Very recently I purchased a new Mac, a 14" M1 Pro running Monterey. I did a clean install of all my apps and data, and thought it would be a good time...

Migrating ESXi boot from USB/SD to m.2 Storage

Migrating ESXi boot from USB/SD to m.2 Storage

For many years home labs, and even in some production environments, booting VMware ESXi from a SD card or USB stick was an easy and simple way to deploy ESXi. For example, up until today I booted my Dell Precision 7920 ESXi 7 host from a high endurance SD card...

Nutanix Collector 3.4 is now GA

Nutanix Collector 3.4 is now GA

Hot off the press is Nutanix Collector, v3.4. What is Nutanix Collector? Nutanix Collector collects the cluster statistics such as usage data of the allocated resources from AHV, ESXi, and Hyper-V clusters. Nutanix Collector provides a simple method to quickly capture configuration and performance metrics of your virtualized environments and...

Nutanix AOS/AHV 5.20 LTS is now GA

Nutanix AOS/AHV 5.20 LTS is now GA

Hot off the software press is Nutanix AOS 5.20 LTS (Long Term Support). This is a major new release, that rolls ups new features and bug fixes from AOS STS (short term support) releases 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, and 5.19. AOS 5.20 is a maintenance branch from 5.19.  You can directly...

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