Adventures in stupid technology
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Remove Tunnnel Adapters from IPCONFIG
I’m a network administrator and I use the command <ipconfig> a lot. Unfortunately Microsoft has managed to complicate almost every aspect of Windows networking in VISTA including the <ipconfig> command. It now displays the status of 14 useless (until you start using IPv6) Tunnel Adapters and pushes the info you want to see out of…
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China Olympics Opening Ceremony – Shock & Awesome
With a stunning display of precision, pride, technology and beauty China sends a message to the world: “We are pretty rich and awesome!” Checkout a Gallery of image with highlights of the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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Capture and record component video (YCrCb)
Hauppauge has just released the worlds first commercially available HD Component video capture device (review & unboxing). The HD PVR is can be picked up at selected retailers now and I want one before the MPAA shuts them down. SageTV has already announced that the it will work with their Media Center application and I can’t wait to…
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Dell PowerVault RD1000
A while back when I bought a small business server for a client and the Dell PowerVault RD1000 seemed like a relatively inexpensive backup option compatible with Backup Exec 12 so I added it to the order. After a few months of use I’m convinced that this thing is a just a glorified SATA to…
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Virtualize your old computer
Virtualization is process of separating a computer system from its underlying platform resources. In other words taking a system off of its existing hardware platform and letting it run on virtual resources. With today’s multi-core computers it has become easy to consolidate several older systems into one. VMware has released two tools that allow anyone…
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Block MP3’s from getting on your file server
IT managers know that when it comes to keeping music files off of corporate file servers & workstations that acceptable use policy the lawyers ripped off the internet is only as good the paper it’s printed on. Every environment I’ve word at has had to deal with inappropriate media files that made their way into…
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HP printer drivers: software engineering gone wrong
I’ve worked with HP Printers throughout my entire career. Lets face it, they’re still the gold standard in business laser printing. So when the time came to refresh all HP printers at a clients headquarter site, I found that HP had made some changes to their popular 2000, 3000, and 4000 lines of business laser printers. Unfortunately…
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Archive your corporate e-mail, it’s the law
As of December 2006 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) rules have been amended to require institutions to archive their email and other electronic data so they can present present it as evidence in civil litigation. An entire industry has sprouted up to help companies comply with what is commonly termed eDiscovery law. The…
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Goodbye Oettinger GTI
The dot-com bubble was good to me, ain’t gonna lie. By the time I was 21 I was obsessed with this car and had enough cash to buy it with cash. Looking back, I put way too much money into it and thankfully sold it in ’04 to finance a trip back to school amongst…
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Cisco Catalyst with StackWise not that wise
Today I attempted to add a Cisco catalyst 3750 to an existing stack of Cisco switches. A stack is a number of sequentially connected switches via the proprietary 16gbps StackWise™ cable. As the advertising story goes adding a switch to an existing stack should be as simple as connecting the switch to the stack via…