How to read wikipedia during the blackout

Reading time: < 1 minute First post in a while huh?  Anyways with wikipedia blacked out for most people, thought I’d give a simple trick to enable wikipedia for normal people.  If you’re using internet explorer, go to tools -> … Continue reading

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Things I can’t do with my Adtran Routers

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes   I use Adtran routers a lot, I currently own four low-end “last gen” routers, and 2 “old as dirt” routers.  The old as dirt routers are 600 series voice routers, both have amphenol … Continue reading

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Random Fortigate config notes

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Since I’m plannning on taking the FCNSA next week, figured I’d blurt out some of the random notes I’ve jotted down.  When I take notes for exams, I keep them one line, so I … Continue reading

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Lookie look!

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Found an older pic of my family’s farm:   Sorry, it’s the best I have right now, and it’s out of date.  There’s another barn next to the bottom-most barn in the picture, and … Continue reading

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Don’t update your systems

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes   This goes aginst what most people tell you, but: Don’t update your systems… the day a new patch is released.  Now keep in mind, this doesn’t really apply to home users, but a … Continue reading

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Cisco Route Maps for Quad Links

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes   I had a customer in a suitation that pops up more than you would think.  They have a total of four circuits for one location, two terminating per router, all diverse circuits.  They … Continue reading

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I know I know

Reading time: < 1 minute So I’m a wee bit behind in my postings\ramblings, I’ll get back on track soon.  I think…   I have a Cisco CCNA:Sec class next week, so I wouldn’t be supprised if I have some Cisco … Continue reading

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Full IPv6 Chart

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes   340 Undecillion.  Not “million billion billions” or any of that crap.  There are 340 undecillion IPv6 addresses when going off of short notation, or 340 setillion addresses using long notation.    After looking … Continue reading

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My Marquee

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes   The marquee used for this blog is one I put together about two years ago from two desktop images I downloaded, recolored, and blended together.  I’m not a big graphics guy (hehe, fat … Continue reading

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Don’t get me wrong – The Pretenders

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes   Well, I’m now one month behind in my blogging, and it doesn’t look like I’m going to catch up any time soon; new house, potential new job, new Fortinet cert to learn, never … Continue reading

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50,001

Reading time: < 1 minute   Just broke 50,000 miles on my car (2009 G8 GT), pulled back in my drive with 50,001 miles.  Expected a check engine light to come on soon as I pulled in, but nothing of … Continue reading

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Fine Art Generator 2

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes  In my last postI talked about a small little app I made that generated “random fine art”.  I found a variation to that file that, rather than drawing to a background, it just runs … Continue reading

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Fine Art Generator

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes   Back in my DOS programming days, I made a neat little program while messing around with graphic routines.  It was done just by making an array of pairs of points, drawing a line … Continue reading

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I’m not gonna!

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes   I told myself I’m not going to ebay for a while.  The lab’s got lots of toys I haven’t even found places for yet, so I’m good.   Then today, while trying to … Continue reading

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LotM Stage Into Test

Reading time: < 1 minute   A lot of you know of the Legends of the Magi game I was working on a few years ago, dug up the intro demo I was using on each stage.  While not the … Continue reading

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