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Personal Fitness – Losing the spare tire
A few weeks ago I started a “Biggest Loser” competition at work, trying to foster a healthier lifestyle and better eating habits mixed up with a little friendly competition from my coworkers. I...
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Rollerblade Macroblade 90 – Impressive Skates
This morning I debuted a pair or Rollerblade Macroblade 90’s on the Schuylkill River Trail between Pawlings Road and Rt 202 in Norristown, PA. It was a leisurely 13+ mile skate as I tested out my new...
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Oracle spams IT professionals blames network issue
Why is it that people still try to blame the network when either they don’t completely understand what broke or when they don’t want to admit what actually happened? It’s the digital equivalent of...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015
Last year at this time I had pictures from a few different snow storms to post with this greeting. This year it’s been extremely warm around southeastern Pennsylvania so this picture is from our...
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I’m making the jump to HTTPS and SSL for this blog
In early January I enabled HTTPS/SSL on the discussion forums with the primary goal of securing user credentials that were being used to log into the forums. Almost twelve months later I’ve found some...
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Networking Field Day 11 – January 2016 #NFD11
In a last minute surprise I’ll be joining the folks from Gestalt IT along with a who’s who of Information Technology bloggers, visionaries and pundits attending Networking Field Day 11 in Silicon...
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SMTP Mail and Verizon
This morning I’m still trying to clean up my servers and I’ve run into another issue. Looks like Verizon is blocking all SMTP mail from one of my servers; host relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11] refused...
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It’s the networks fault #18
Here’s a look at a few different articles and posts that caught me eye over the past few weeks… Articles Network Field Day #NFD11 by Dominik Pickhardt – Dominik will be attending Network Field Day 11...
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Launching the Network Broadcast Storm Podcast
Over four years ago I had the idea of trying my hand at a podcast. I enlisted a number of IT professionals from the Network Infrastructure Forums to join me including Dominik Pickhardt, then real life...
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Home Desktop Upgrade 2016
It’s pretty funny how I actually find these posts pretty entertaining to myself… going back and looking at all the desktop upgrades I’ve gone through over the years. In any case I thought it was high...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016
I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year! Cheers! You might also want to read these other posts... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015 Merry Christmas &...
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Over the holidays I spent sometime perusing the log files on my server and found several interesting problems. One of those interesting issues dealt with the traditional cron job I had setup running...
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Home Theater Upgrade
Over the holidays I decided it was time to upgrade the home theater equipment in my basement. At the center of my old setup was a Hitachi 51SWX20B 51″ rear projection TV that I purchased back in 2003....
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Desktop Upgrade 2017
I honestly wasn’t planing a desktop upgrade, but you know what happens when hardware dies… time for an upgrade. Unfortunately the wife’s computer recently died so I gave her my desktop (swapping SSDs...
View ArticleIt’s the networks fault #18
Let’s everyone be honest here… working in Information Technology requires certain skills. Probably the most important skill set is what I’d call your ‘Google-Fu‘. Your ability to efficiently search...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018
Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in 2018! Cheers! You might also want to read these other posts... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2016 Merry Christmas and Happy...
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YouTube TV – cutting the cord with Roku
Like many folks before me I’m looking to cut the cord on the traditional cable TV. I picked up a Roku Streaming Stick+ and enrolled in the 7-day trial for YouTube TV since it’s available in the...
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July 2018 Update – Broken Ankle
I’m still alive and kicking… albeit only with one leg right now. A few weeks back I broke my ankle playing ice hockey. I’ve been playing hockey for just over 25 years but accidents happen. I was...
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iWalk 2.0 – The better option to crutches?
I wrote this article a while back now but never got around to posting it. If you have a non-weight bearing injury below the knee, the iWalk might be just the tool you need to regain some amount of...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Cheers! You might also want to read these other posts... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2021
I’m sure many of you, like myself, are eager to put this year behind us…. and likely many more are missing loved ones that are no longer with us. There’s no doubting that 2020 will be remembered along...
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Weight Loss and Personal Health
In 2020 my diet and personal health choices finally caught up to me and I had to make some drastic changes. Since that September day I’ve lost more than 60lbs using a mixed low-carb / keto diet....
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I had a screw loose !$%&#
If you live in the Northeastern United States you’re probably still digging out from the massive winter storm that blew through the area over the past three days. Here in my local area of Pennsylvania...
View ArticleThe Swedes are coming!
No, I was hacked with some stolen user credentials. I was surprised today when I noticed that someone had posted a new article to this site at 6:36AM this morning titled “3 Reasons to Start Using...
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PA TAP 529 Investment Plan for College
While this topic is very different from the usual content I write, I feel it will have value for those young adults with children that are sure to be following a similar track in life; “How do I pay...
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