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Cloud Computing: More Like Costco, Less Like Oxygen
The hype around the cloud computing is getting tiresome.
The recent highly-visible downtime with Amazon is not a rare occurrence, it just happened to be so widespread that Amazon and others that rely on the EC2 infrastructure had to publicly address … Continue reading
Using Dock Cleats As Cable Managers In Classrooms
When it comes to computer cabling in classroom environments, no matter what you do for the long runs, you usually a mess on your hands those final few feet to the faculty equipment.
No matter what you do in your school … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Hardware, Independent School, Lick-Wilmerding, SysAdmin, Tech Articles, Video
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Hack a Box To Protect Outdoor Power Supplies
When installing network equipment outside, it is not always possible to have the electrical cabling and components on the interior and safe from the elements. This was the case recently for me when I installed some outdoor Ruckus Wireless access … Continue reading
Fixing OS X ‘Dark-Dock’ Without Logout
Since moving to OS X 10.6.5 and switching to 64bit, I have noticed from time to time the Apple Finder Dock can get confused. This usually happens on a right-click or control-click of an icon in the Dock to hide … Continue reading
Using Cron In OS X To Restart Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Agent
Don’t get me wrong, I am happy Symantec finally released a Mac OS X 10.6 Agent for Symantec Backup Exec 2010 but it is a little buggy. So much so, that we feel we really need to just have it … Continue reading
Posted in Mac OS X, SysAdmin, Utilities
Tagged agent on mac os x crashes, automate restart of mac os x backup exec agent, cron and backup exec os x, restart backup exec on os x
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