Exporting Active Directory security group members to text file

One of the bosses asked me for a list of users in a security group just now. Thinking too high of the M$ management console I thought I can just copy and paste all members but I was wrong. So had to learn a new command on the good old command prompt:

dsget group "group distinguished name (DN) i.e. CN=Sales\\ Latin America,OU=Distribution Lists,DC=microsoft,DC=com..." -members >> filename.txt

and ta-da, all members popped up in the text file called filename.txt!

Portal 2 on Valentine's Day

It is really encouraging to see Valve has invested into making this Portal 2 trailer for Valentine's Day. It could mean that they are dedicated and hard working, or just desperate to get some publicity, or maybe both.
I really enjoyed Portal. It is a clever little puzzle game built around a very simple idea. Get from A to B using a portal that you can place in almost any surface. Portal 2 will have co-op mode hence the which is what the trailer is aiming to bring forward:

The King's Speech

I finally went to see The King's Speech last night in the nice art deco cinema in Ulverston. There were surprisingly a lot of people in the audience, no doubt some of them for the second time. Most of them in their sixties though and only a few in their thirties or forties. If it weren't for numerous Bafta and Oscar nominations I would most likely not go to the cinema to see it. Much rather wait and watch this kind of film at home on the DVD.

There was a lot of talk about this film in the media for quite a while now, so I was hoping it is not going to disappoint. The opening 10 minutes of the film were a good sign. King George about to give a speech couldn't have been shown better. When you think about the whole film there isn't really a huge plot in it. There's no action, CGI or sex scenes either. What this film was about is character development, from start to finish. Directing is very good but the film would have been a total failure if it wasn't for brilliant acting all around, especially Colin Firth playing King George VI, Geoffrey Rush playing his speech therapist Lionel Logue and Helena Bonham Carter playing Queen Elizabeth.

Mass Effect second play through

Finished my second Mass Effect play through :D. Managed to get few more achievements in the process which is always a nice bonus. I'm not sure if I should start playing Assassin's Creed Brotherhood next, continue playing and finish Dead Space (I'm half way through) or jump onto Mass Effect 2 for the second play through and bunch of DLCs that I'm yet to start playing... Might do all at the same time :D

Need a new flight bag

Need to get a new flight bag before April and I want to make sure it is the last one for the next ten years or so. It is a pain that each airline can set their own rules for hand baggage so I'll have to go for something smaller, not to close to the typical size limits.
Here's British Airways allowance as of February 2011: