To anticipate and prevent
I’d like to take this post to briefly introduce you to John, today’s guest blogger. Please note: He spells his name funny and weird, and by that I mean he uses more letters than needed — but oh well. I guess he wants to be “unique”. Regardless, John has done a segment about DBA (Database…
I figured the best way to start this spot is with 4 ways for absolutely anyone to make their DBA’s life easier. Never start a conversation with “I just need this one thing, really quick”. This rule can be expanded to replace one with any given number. Reasoning: You are not a DBA and most…
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This may seem a little odd, but earlier this evening I read a blog entry titled “100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write“. It is exactly like it sounds. Chris Brogan (the blogger) is asking others to write articles for the 100 titles he put down. Its amusing, and a personally fascinating concept. I think…
Getting OpenVPN to run under Windows Vista is actually relatively easy. There are just a few tricks to keep in mind. Get the latest version of OpenVPN. 2.0.9 works for me, 2.0.7 did not If you still have UAC enabled (It is those “Accept/Deny” dialog boxes), you must right click on the installer and “Run…
A few quick notes about advertising here: It hasn’t gone so well so far. No one has said a thing about them. I’ve removed the silly text link, as it was doing nothing I made some serious changes to the tower-ad because it was displaying all sorts of junk (ex: skiing in tahoe & mexican…
I recently got the documentary “Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers” which turned out to be very interesting. I don’t follow much of the regular news, I find it too depressing. I know there has been a lot of hoopla about the use of Private Military Contractors (PMC) in the U.S’s recent war. Understandably so,…