Today is the 16th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. The last Friday in July is a reminder to thank your SysAdmin for keeping your operation running. I like to extend SysAdmin Day to all IT Pros because it usually requires a team effort. From the help desk to DBAs to developers, communication, problem-solving, and constant learning of new technology is … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2015
Rounding up Windows 10 news on launch day
Windows 10 updates began today. Near midnight last night, Terry Myerson tweeted that the first wave of upgrades had begun. https://twitter.com/tmyerson/status/626250294884593665 The Windows blog headline reads that the free Windows 10 upgrade is available in 190 countries today and the Windows 10 launch site gives 10 reasons to upgrade and the Microsoft blog tries to start … [Read more...]
The ‘What’s under the box?’ way of troubleshooting
A visualization that helps me think through troubleshooting problems or explaining my thought process to others is what I refer to as 'What's under the box?'. This approach to troubleshooting harkens back to solving math problems in grade school. You might be given a series of values for X and Y and be told to complete the equation. You then have to figure out what the formula … [Read more...]
NewEgg defeats patent troll, celebrates with sale
NewEgg is holding a 24 hour 'When we win, you win' sale. The 'win' is in response to a lawsuit that was decided in their favor over patent troll TQP Development regarding SSL, basic online encryption. NewEgg has not lost a patent troll case trial since 2006, according to the press release. “We chose many years ago to fight meritless patent lawsuits not just as a matter of … [Read more...]
Google begins untangling Google+ from other products, starting with YouTube
Yesterday, Google posted to the official Google blog with a post titled Everything in its right place. The post goes on to explain how you will be able to use Google without Google+ and how Google+ will become a more focused product. So in the coming months, a Google Account will be all you’ll need to share content, communicate with contacts, create a YouTube channel and more, … [Read more...]