Archive for 'Web/Tech'
Remote Connection Technology
Posted on November 4, 2009, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
With the Swine Flu H1N1 virus going around, chances are you may have staff or yourself needing to be able to work remotely. Some might be off for the flu itself, others may be off work to care for loved ones who have fallen ill. Regardless of the reason, as a network administrator one of our tasks is going to be supporting staff and allowing them to connect back into the office. Some of us who are already supporting road warriors might find we need to scale up our solution and some of us will need to design and deploy a whole new solution. Continue Reading...No Comments
Time Change Tonight – Setting the Time Source in Linux
Posted on October 31, 2009, by Todd, under Linux, Web/Tech.
Just a reminder to everyone (at least in North America) that time changes tonight. We fall back an hour and gain an hour of sleep. Always check your systems tomorrow to ensure they changed correctly.
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TechDays Canada 2009
Posted on October 1, 2009, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
TechDays is now in full swing. Vancouver and Toronto have both been completed and have gone well. The remaining cities are coming along in November and December.
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Computer Naming Conventions
Posted on February 2, 2009, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
I am just browsing Slashdot this evening and I see a interesting article on naming conventions. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/02/2228254
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Google Search is Broken
Posted on January 31, 2009, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
I was searching this morning when I started to notice warnings that the site I am being directed to might contain malware. I did a news search and sure enough, I am seeing 
results in thailand and on a site called Neowin reporting the same thing. Here is a screenshot of what I am seeing searching site:google.com. Notice how their entire site might harm your computer.
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North American Time Change
Posted on November 3, 2008, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
Again, its the time of the year for the clocks to go back an hour. I forgot to mention this last week, so a little late. By now, hopefully all our workstations and servers are patched and we are not having any issues with the change in time.No Comments
PDC Keynote Speech Day 1
Posted on October 27, 2008, by Todd, under Microsoft, Web/Tech.
I was at the keynote speech this morning and Ray Ozzie announced Windows Azure and an offering for cloud based services. Today was geared towards the developer but they will be moving down the road to pretty much offering the complete Microsoft suite of products. Continue Reading...No Comments
IT Events in Toronto and Ottawa
Posted on October 1, 2008, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
I have noticed a few event going on in Toronto and Ottawa over the new few months. Events are always a good opportunity to get out and meet new contacts and network with your peers. Most of these events have a fee associated with them. If you are looking for lower cost events, check out what your local user group has going on. I'll post a list of user groups tomorrow. Got an IT event going on in Ottawa, Toronto or points in between? Let me know.
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The Strength of the Blackberry
Posted on September 25, 2008, by Todd, under Blackberry, Exchange Server, Microsoft, Web/Tech.
Mark Evans posted a bit about what he thought was the strength of the blackberry, which is its keyboard. While I agree with Mark that the keyboard is easy and makes popping of an email quick, I have seen my friends with iPhones do it just as quick as me. I also had to buy pointing sticks for some of the staff as they just couldn’t use the keyboard on their Blackberry, it was too difficult for them. I personally feel the strength of the Blackberry is its corporate inroads and how easy it is to get up and running. Getting a Blackberry running in a corporate environment is as simple as downloading the Enterprise Server from Blackberry, installing it on a computer and then linking it to your messaging infrastructure. There is no inbound firewall ports to open which helps mitigate the risk to the environment and there was no security certificates needed to be purchased . While these things aren’t harder to do work wise, in some environments it creates more complexity as there might be different teams for the firewall versus the messaging teams.
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Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Posted on September 12, 2008, by Todd, under Web/Tech.
I started using Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 a few weeks back. I installed it so I would know what to expect when installing it on the library computers. The biggest feature for public access computers is the InPrivate browsing.
