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- Apr 9, 2018
Hello. We no longer have a Facebook page.
I hated Facebook from the get-go. Sure, everyone else was using it, and as my Mom was always keen to point out, I may be the kind of...
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- Mar 31, 2018
Migrating DNS from macOS Server
Great guide on how to do this from Apple, available here. In short, it’s a pretty simple process. BIND has been the DNS source of choice...
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- Feb 26, 2018
Migrating Data from the Apple Wiki Server
We used Wiki internally for a year or two back in the early 2010’s – it was neat, clean and well-designed, but we long-since moved to...
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- Jul 25, 2017
SSL, TLS and Alarmism.
Excerpt from an email I received this morning from Harbortouch, entitled “POS Systems Are Now Useless”: “Considerable changes are being...
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- Jan 4, 2017
SIP
I love my Tesla Model S. It’s a fabulous car and there are many fabulous and ultimately very boring things that I could say about it....
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- Nov 1, 2016
SMART Errors
Fascinating and informative article from the good folks over at Backblaze. Digging into the statistics of drive failure isn’t exactly an...
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- Sep 7, 2016
Airpods (or “Why Should I Pay A Hundred and Sixty Bucks for Wireless Headphones That Will Fall
Today was Apple’s big Fall 2016 New Product Introduction and Pancake Breakfast Jamboree. As is traditional, we got treats and surprises...
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- Aug 3, 2016
Backblaze Q2 reliability
Ask a dozen IT folks what they recommend for internal storage and you’ll probably hear a dozen different answers. Most of us have – at...
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- Aug 2, 2016
Certification Uncertainty
Seth and I have been lax in keeping up with our shots of late. We’ve been busy (which is a good thing) and thus only just got around to...
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- Aug 1, 2016
Excess Baggage
I carry a bag around with me all day long that contains the following items: 1) Laptop 2) Notebook & pen 3) Water bottle 4) Business...
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- Jul 28, 2016
One Billion.
“Cupertino, California July 27, 2016 – At an employee meeting in Cupertino this morning, CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple recently sold...
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- Jul 21, 2016
MAC OS X AND TESLA API (PT. 1)
I bought a Tesla Model S a couple of years ago, and have only recently started shutting up about it. This has been a herculean effort all...
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- Jul 20, 2016
watchOS 3 and Auto unlock
I’ve been throwing caution to the wind of late, which is refreshing and laudable in a young man with the world at his feet, a story in...
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- Jul 19, 2016
The Secret History of Mac Gaming
One of the things that Seth and I have in common is that we came up in the bad old days of the Macintosh – the pre-Return-Of-Jobs days....
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- Jul 18, 2016
Braumeister
If you’re using a package manager on the Mac then chances are that you’re using Homebrew (http://brew.sh). Back in the day I was a...
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- Jul 17, 2016
The pros and cons of going by the book.
I bought a new desk a while ago. My old desk (in the cramped home office I shared with my long-suffering wife) was one I made myself and...
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- Jul 15, 2016
Mandatory Fun
Google announced yesterday that Google+ will be transitioning from a standalone product to a core service for Google Apps. That in itself...
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