Viktor Steinwand viktorsteinwand

Expose IIS or IISExpress running in a Parallels Windows 7/8 VM to your OS X host

Rename your virtual machine

In your Windows 7/8 VM, go to Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Computer Name and click Change. Name this whatever you like, e.g. windows. Restart your VM.

Add an ACL rule

Open CMD or Powershell as administrator. Add a URL ACL entry for your new name on the port of your choice, e.g.
netsh http add urlacl url=http://windows:8080/ user=everyone

Add a firewall rule

Converting a Word Document to Markdown in Two Moves

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

The Solution

As it turns out, there are several open-source tools that allow for conversion between file types. Pandoc is one of them, and it's powerful. In fact, pandoc's website says "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." But, although pandoc can convert from markdown into .docx, it doesn't work in the other direction.

	// SAMPLE ONLY -- DON'T USE FOR REAL STUFF UNLESS YOU'VE REVIEWED AND TESTED :)
	// Needs work to make robust: check property type's class has default ctor and so on.
	// Can also filter out interfaces as these will be auto-subbed.
	public static T SubFor<T>() where T : class
	{
	var gettableVirtualProps = typeof(T).GetProperties()
	.Where(x => x.CanRead && x.GetGetMethod().IsVirtual)
	.Select(x => x);

	var sub = Substitute.For<T>();

	<?php

	/**
	* Drop this into the shell directory in the Magento root and run with -h to see all options.
	*/

	require_once 'abstract.php';

	/**
	* Fix duplicate url keys for categories and products to work with the 1.8 alpha1 CE url key constraints.

	To disable the autostart of the NCP Secure Entry Mac Client GUI application on a Mac, just edit the /Library/LaunchAgents/com.ncp-e.ncpmon.plist file and set the value "RunAtLoad" to "false" (from "true"). It's faster to do it via command-line, like this:

	$ sudo nano /Library/LaunchAgents/com.ncp-e.ncpmon.plist

	Then move the cursor right below the line containing "RunAtLoad" and change true to false.

	Cmd+X, Y, Enter

	Ready!