Category Archives: System Admin

Neat way to offer Remote Assistance

System Admin
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Untitled document Now this is very cool. One of my partners, Travis Creighton, posted this on a mailing list and it is very cool. You know how the Remote Assistance game works, right? You have to ask them to go … Continue reading

Downloads to check out this Weekend

Programming, System Admin
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Here are few downloads that caught my eye and are sure to fill up a boring weekend assuming I get more than an hour off to play around. Enjoy. Windows RSS Screen Saver Sample in C# Creating Windows Mobile 5 … Continue reading

IIS 7: First Looks

Microsoft, System Admin
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Note: As a Microsoft MVP I'm entitled to some confidential information. All the information contained in this post is public knowledge and does not reflect the final product nor my experience with the beta. Legal stuff out the way: WOW … Continue reading

Virtually Free Server R2

Microsoft, System Admin
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John Howard recently left Technet and moved on to become a Program Manager for Windows Virtualisation. Today he announces, on the heel of many rumors, that Virtual Server 2005 R2 is indeed free. Why, you may ask? Although there are … Continue reading

Developer worlds collide: Atlas & CentOS

Microsoft, Programming, System Admin
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While the two are not similar in any perceptive way I feel these announcements mark a day on which two closet technologies really matured. First Microsoft releases Atlas, an IDE for AJAX web based applications and CentOS releases a stable … Continue reading

Learn to opeR2ate a computer!

System Admin
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To all my international friends: I'm sorry if you didn't get the title. In USA there is this annoying and patronizing commercial for Video Professor, which is basically a collection of video's and how-to's to get you started operating your … Continue reading

Technet Magazine

IT Culture, System Admin
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Perhaps I've been under a rock lately but there appears to be an online Technet Magazine and its available in both HTML and help (.chm) format for portability. And oh, it is worth the read, for example check out SharePoint … Continue reading

Beatrice’s New Book Is Out

IT Culture, System Admin
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And yes, thats me right next to Harry. I had dinner with Beatrice and Harry about a month ago and I was quite happy that they decided to put me right next to Harry. I'm not sure exactly what I … Continue reading

A day in a life of a sysadmin

Misc, System Admin
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Well, it could be worse… I could be a network admin… Did a huge presentation on Linux for our group, in the usual Vlad style – from concept, through installation all the way to the catch. Everyone seemed to like … Continue reading