SGD Cleartype
Cleartype in SGD using Windows XP
I sometimes connect to my own Windows XP workstation using Sun SGD (Sun Secure Global Desktop (Soon to be Oracle SGD). I was thinking about cleartype.
This isn't something new that I'm claiming, mostly just a way to document what I'd found for the next time I need it.
I remembered that there was some cleartype hack, and managed to re-find the following ClearType in Remote Desktop with XP - and wondered if it would work with SGD (considering that it uses a different RDP client internally).
So, using regedit, in the following location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminalServerWinStations
I added the key
AllowFontAntiAlias
that has a dword value of
00000001 (1)
Now the site I took this from says Windows XP SP3 - and that's what I'm using. A quick reboot and then everything is better.
The screenshot above was taken via SGD AFTER cleartype enabled, here showing it zoomed-in:

...which looks about right from here.
This should work just as well with a virtual Windows XP instance in a VDI environment.
Igloo
It is sooooo cold - how about building somewhere warm?
It's been a bit chilly here - not that bad, but bad enough.
Some folks down the road have built an igloo:

School Privacy
Legitimate use of photos taken in school
I'm entertained/worried by the issues relating to parents photographing/videoing their own and other peoples children at school events.
In respect for other people I haven't posted any pictures of any other children taking part in Linus's school nativity.
I am however less concerned about posting pictures of their parents taking pictures.

My/our position on the posting of normal family pictures on the internet is fairly obvious, but I'm interested in what other people think.
Hyderabad Hotel Pano
Panoramic view from my hotel room in Hyderabad
This is mostly a work-avoidance strategy, but I just got a really poor-quality panoramic picture from my hotel room window.
This would seem to be starting to be a recurring theme, so see also Bocham
Maybe later I'll see if I can get to the roof and do something better from there (and/or blag a better camera).
Also, see Where is Bob.
My Three Boys
One of the few pictures of them all sitting nicely
It is a rare occasion that we get a nice picture of the three boys sitting mostly nicely - but somehow Claire managed to take this:

Past Items
- SGD Cleartype
- Igloo
- School Privacy
- Hyderabad Hotel Pano
- My Three Boys
- PPC Networking
- Web Anlytics Wednesday
- Sea King
- Asa in the press
- Where is Bob
- First Light (3)
- Sets
- Web Analytics Wednesday
- Kids and Cake
- Breaking Social Web Rules
- Comments now open

