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It’s the networks fault #11
Here we go again… it was a bit of a crazy week for me personally. I have to present this week on Data Loss Prevention to a general IT audience. In my research I found the numbers and statistics almost...
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It was time for a change… perhaps not a completely fresh look but something a little tidier than what I already had up and running. A few months back I stumbled across a problem with the Mystique theme...
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RSS Feed and MailChimp
Over the past few months I’ve noticed more and more bloggers abandoning Google’s Feedburner service fearing the inevitable shutdown and lingering service problems. I decided this week to take the...
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It’s the networks fault #12
In my last ITNF post I mentioned that I was giving a presentation on Data Loss Prevention specifically as it relates to healthcare. The presentation went well but there was some shock and disbelief...
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Last night was my first experience using a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine while sleeping. I’m using a Phillips Respironics System One with a ResMed Mirage Quattro full face mask....
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Hosting Provider – Digital Ocean (Part 2)
Last week I published an article highlighting my move from Linode to Digital Ocean. On Monday morning Linode reached out to me to ask if I would be interested in re-running some of my benchmarks on...
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SPAM Templates Anyone?
There’s a lot of talk about SPAM the last few weeks. Yesterday I read a Brian Krebs story titled, Don’t Like Spam? Complain About It. It was interesting to learn that the miscreants as Brian likes to...
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Information Technology Certifications – My Opinion
I’ve never been a big fan of technical certifications. The primary reason being that I’ve met far to many certified people that clearly didn’t understand the material they were supposedly certified in....
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It’s the networks fault #13
It’s December and the Christmas season is upon us yet again. This year it seems the amount of marketing and sales messages hitting my Inbox is at an all time high. I love NewEgg just as mush as the...
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Winter Storm Pictures
I woke up this morning to a winter wonderland here in southeastern Pennsylvania with about 3-4 inches of the white stuff on the ground. I had planned to get the Christmas lights up outside this...
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2014
It’s amazing that yet another year has come and gone. I’m beginning to suspect that the older I get the faster time moves. It was an extremely busy and tiring year both professional and personally....
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What’s in your laptop bag?
I recently had to clean out my laptop bag… not from some desire to actually clean, although it’s been getting heavier and heavier every year so it was probably well over due. After almost 17 years at...
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It’s the networks fault #14
It’s been an incredibly busy January for me as I transitioned from managing a large regional network with 10Gbps WAN links to managing a large global network with 100Mbps WAN links. It’s always...
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Winter Storm Pictures – Part 2
It’s been a wild and crazy week here in southeastern Pennsylvania. In December I made a post extolling the beauty of a recent snow storm. This past week I saw the furry of mother nature as multiple...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2014 #IrelandInspires
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!! It’s been more than 15 years since I was back to Ireland to see my family and friends. I spent a lot of time in Ireland when I was younger working on my Uncle’s dairy farm...
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It’s the networks fault #15
I’ve been crazy busy over the past five months and I’ve really slacked off writing content. So what better way to inspire myself than to highlight some of the great content already out there. Avaya...
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Rollerblading – Schuylkill River Trail
I really enjoy rollerblading, it’s a great outdoor low-impact variable workout. You can take in the scenery and/or listen to your favorite music or even a podcast or two. I’ve been rollerblading on the...
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2014 World Cup
While I’m not a rabid soccer (football) fan I enjoy following the various soccer teams and the 2014 World Cup is no exception. The tournament is scheduled to kick off tomorrow in Brazil, although...
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Networking Field Day 8 #NFD8
The folks at Gestalt IT are putting on yet another Networking Field Day event in Silicon Valley. You can follow the hash tag #NFD8 on Twitter and/or watch the live video streams at...
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