I love the "I think I may have broken something" at the end of this video featuring hard drives, desktops, and other components in a long line of toppling dominos around the shop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ak1I49BhE … [Read more...]
Privacy concerns are nothing new but the speed of digital changes the game
All of the information about the NSA spying on US citizens certainly brings the topic of privacy up to the forefront. PBS Off Book covered the topic of online privacy in this video and looked into some of the history of privacy concerns from the government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCmKJyVx9AY … [Read more...]
SysAdmin wildlife
For SysAdmin Day 2013, SolarWinds created this playful video chronicling the life of a SysAdmin like a wildlife video special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU92ryHp_Fg … [Read more...]
Time lapse of rewiring a server room
Happy SysAdmin Day 2013! Take a minute to enjoy watching a well done wiring job completed in time lapse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MKI-3an54 ScoNet Team @ QMC (Daniel Licon, Daniel Stone, Sean Honnoll, Brandon Fulton) rewiring server room and consolidating servers to one rack. … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s hardware stress-test facility
Microsoft's 'On the Whiteboard' series visits a secret facility "without any windows" where Microsoft tests the stress points of its hardware. With the company heavily invested in the Surface tablet, the resilience of their hardware is very important. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jprmTQyPwmA … [Read more...]