August 31, 2006Last night I stumbled across a little issue I hadn’t noticed before. We’re in the process of deploying a new connection to our office for improved bandwidth, and reliability. Currently I have moved half of our servers to using the new line, and a handful are still using the old line. Last [...]
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August 30, 2006A few weeks ago, I wrote a quick comment on home users and backups. Today, over on Slashdot, a “Home User” posted the simple question “How do I backup“.
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August 28, 2006Well, I was supposed to be attending a Microsoft seminar tomorrow. I think it was titled “Microsoft Momentum“. Basically covers upcoming technologies from Microsoft. I originally hadn’t been interested, but one of the guys at work dropped me on it and told me to go along. Can’t hurt to see what [...]
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August 24, 2006This is pretty nifty. Interesting painting styles for your room.
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August 23, 2006The other day I got a little curious about the popularity of my blog. I’m pretty sure, or at least was, that I am probably the only one that reads it. That was until a few days ago when somebody posted a comment on one of my posts about promoting a domain controller. [...]
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August 8, 2006The other day I mentioned that it was a sad day, and here is why. My coconspirator in “network terrorism”, as he calls it, is heading homewards. This is great news for him and his fiance, and I wish them all the best of luck, going to be a little quieter back here, [...]
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August 6, 2006It’s about 9:30pm, and I had a random thought. Well not entirely random as it was inspired by something I was doing. Cheese and Onion sandwiches. I was making them. Why did this make me reminisce? Because I used to make them for my dad for work, and me for [...]
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August 4, 2006Most IT staff already know that most users do not backup their work, that’s what we get paid for. A small survey suggests that most users don’t back up their photos too. That’s fairly obvious from my seat, most home users don’t even backup their computer, why’d they even think to do their [...]
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August 4, 2006The BBC has an article on some artwork that responds to the viewers mood. This is a good example of technology at work, and a possible sign of what we might be able to do with robots. I think the possibilities are endless, and world domination is on its way… right?
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August 3, 2006For those that keep getting confused over the differences in KBps and kbps (there is a big difference), this is pretty handy.
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I'm a full time network administrator, working for a large company in the automotive industry. I enjoy spending time with my family, when I get away from work that is. I also enjoy photography, and computer programming.
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