Running an oncall rota
Being part of an oncall rota is pretty much a certainty if you work in the systems or operations team at any IT orientated company. Stuff needs to be working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and therefore...
View ArticleA quickstart guide to Systems Management
Systems management is very easy. Start with a blank slate. Write on the slate. Demonstrate that, in the event of the slate being wiped clean, you can reproduce the contents of the slate in full. Wipe...
View ArticleKubuntu 12.10 and VMware Workstation 9.0 kernel panic
Yesterday I upgraded my laptop from Kubuntu 12.04LTS to 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal”. One important change here is the move from Linux kernel 3.2 to 3.5. The upgrade went smoothly enough but, upon reboot,...
View ArticleUnwanted email from Communicado Ltd
As my regular readers will know, I run an antispam and antivirus email filtering service called antibodyMX. About two weeks ago, I started seeing some deeply weird junk traffic coming through. A lot...
View ArticleCommunicado update: A change of tactic
The work to make Communicado’s life as difficult as possible continues and it does seem like we’re having some success. When I started this project, Communicado registered all their domains through...
View ArticleBuying a custom gaming PC from Overclockers UK
My current workstation and gaming PC is slowly disintegrating. I built it myself from components some 6 years ago and it’s simply wearing out. Several USB ports don’t work and Windows sometimes...
View ArticleGetting started with a UniFi Dream Machine Pro
It’s not an exaggeration to say that I’m an Ubiquiti fanboy. I like their kit a lot and my home network has been 100% UniFi for quite a few years now. I’ve just moved in to a new home which I’m getting...
View ArticleWhen contract hunting goes wrong: TEKsystems & Allegis Group
I was approached by a recruiter from TEKsystems who were looking for a Linux systems administration and automation type person for a project with one of their clients. I took a look at the job...
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