Dell has this great piece of software called “IT Assistant” which I use to keep an eye on all of our Dell servers, switches, desktops, et cetera. It uses SQL Server to maintain a database of all the information it has to keep track of. It uses the database A LOT! The problem with thisContinue reading “Compressing the LDF!”
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COFFEE DETOX: DAY 3
I am now three days off coffee. My last cup was Friday morning. I slept like the dead last night and decided to forgo my usual Monday morning eye-opener. Instead I had two cups of an energy-oriented green tea – it’s definitely not the same, but it’s better than nothing. Yesterday afternoon I began readingContinue reading “COFFEE DETOX: DAY 3”
Workday
I was so flippin’ productive today I ought to pat myself on the back. I wrote a killer LDAP query to implement a query-based distribution group for our Exchange clients, made some good solid security enhancements in some of our Group Policy objects, resolved an issue with one of our DHCP servers’ authentication, and madeContinue reading “Workday”
Bullets fly at news crew’s car
From CNN: “A Turkish television network aired video showing reporters ducking for cover as their vehicle came under attack in Georgia.”
It’s Sort of Like Russia’s Mexican-American War…
Reading up on the history of the Mexican-American War, I am intrigued by some apparent parallels between the casus belli of that conflict and what seems to have preceded the current situation in the Republic of Georgia. I need to learn more about why there are Russian “separatists” in South Ossetia. How did they getContinue reading “It’s Sort of Like Russia’s Mexican-American War…”
