Well – thanks to a contract glitch I’m spending a few weeks off work. 🙂 No biggie, and I’ll be back before you know it. It’s been a great opportunity to get some stuff down around the house, build my new workstation, get backups under control, etc. 🙂 My new workstation is a riot, started …
Category: General
Feb 11
Government purchasing….
Ok, the way government budgeting/purchasing scares the hell out of me as an engineer, and as a tax-payer it gets me absolutely barking. It starts off in the budget. Department heads go around and ask all of their people how much money they’re going to need to do their job. When supplied with this information, …
Jan 25
Celerra fun…
Just a bit of Celerra fun. The content on this site is on a Celerra NS500 back-end. It’s protected in a show of great trust and support by nothing but Celerra SnapSure. (30 daily checkpoints) In the six or so months I’ve been running this there are now more than two dozen sites here, including …
Oct 12
Microsoft loses data, but no backups?
Microsoft, T–Mobile Apologize For Data Loss, Offer Month Credit File this under whups. Microsoft loses data. That’s not a big surprise. But I’m in a situation where Microsoft is recommending to a customer that they use almost exactly the same technology to protect their new exchange environment – there is a HUGE part of me …
Sep 10
I’ve got the power….
But apparently the brain-trust that runs the facilities for my customer doesn’t. If you’ve ever seen a datacenter go completely black, it’s a scary thought. If you’ve ever seen someone actually manage to take out the power to *JUST* the servers (leaving the lights and AC functional) Well that’s just a work of art… That …
Aug 12
On storage requests
Jul 12
Everything changes….
I’m going to do (have done) the one thing you’re never supposed to do when you have an established online presence.. I’m moving the blog. Nothing major, but i’ve decided that I’m going to re-dedicate ’50micron.com’ to an actual business site, in a shameless fit of self-promotion. I’m leaving the original content pages where they …
Jul 06
The Clariion@Home Project
Well – it’s been interesting. if i’ve been remiss in my postings of late it’s because I haven’t had time to scratch, let alone actually spend any time working on non-work stuff… (Which, sadly, this qualifies as since no-one is paying me to do this) It’s in – it’s up – it’s running. After literally …
Mar 25
On Security….
Security is a good thing….until it isn’t. Security isn’t a good then when it interferes needlessly with productivity. By needlessly I mean to say when you don’t get the security you’re looking for but instead make it harder for your people to do their job than needs to be. A few examples: 1.  Company “A” …
Mar 24
Support Calls
So I had a failure – Tuesday night last week, which caused me (forced me, really) to write this post: I Miss the Good Old Days Now in the grand scheme of things, it was probably a bit snarky, but at 4am I think I legally am not responsible for my actions. But the bottom …
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