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VMWare and a nice network tool

By scott | Published: July 17, 2006
If you have been exposed to VMware, you know what I’m talking about when I start talking about how great it is. In a nutshell, VMware will load on top of your Windows operating system and provides a ‘Virtual’ PC inside of your existing computer. It emulates everything to the point where an OS loaded [...]
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Test Post with Microsoft Word

By scott | Published: May 25, 2006
This is a post from the new feature in Word 2007 that allows you to create and post blog entries directly to your (supported) blog. I just downloaded several of the new Beta 2 Office Family products and performed an upgrade to my existing Microsoft Office 2003 Installation. Everything is looking good so far, I have to [...]
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domain name expiring

By scott | Published: January 31, 2006
good grief….  My domain name expired and earlier today I lost resolution to my domain through my ISP.  Network Solutions had transferred it to one of their pages with an explanation stating that it had expired.  Well, so much for transferring it to godaddy this year (where all my other domains are registered at).  You [...]
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Linksys VOIP

By scott | Published: January 25, 2006
There has been tremendous noise coming from Linksys lately regarding VOIP products.  A press release was release today between Airband and Linksys detailing a trial that will begin in Dallas using the Linksys One Solution (pdf).  Airband will use a product called the Cisco Systems Service Node to provision and route calls for the Linksys [...]
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New Job

By scott | Published: January 25, 2006
Well, after 6 years I am leaving my current employer and going to work for another company.  I am excited about the new opportunity and look forward to starting.  In the meantime, I am in the process of trying to get everything wrapped up – so that I can leave.
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My Dell Axim x50v is back

By scott | Published: January 23, 2006
I purchased a Dell Axim x50v handheld last year and was generally happy with it from the start.  The default OS at the time was Pocket PC 2003 SE, with an available upgrade to Windows Mobile 5 promised in the future. Dell charged 40 bucks for the version 5 upgrade a month or so ago when it [...]
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Update your Fedora OS using yum

By scott | Published: January 5, 2006
Want to keep your Redhat/Fedora/RPM Based Linux system up to date? Well, here is ‘yum’ to the rescue. yum (yellowdog updater, modified) has been developed by Duke University. Here is their definition of yum: Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur [...]
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a ‘Core’ Fedora Core 4 Installation

By scott | Published: January 5, 2006
This documentation is provided so that you may use to successfully install a very ‘core’ installation of Fedora 4. Most people that aren’t Linux guru’s/experts, quickly get lost in all the package selection menus, etc…. It is my intention to provide instructions on how to build a very ‘light’ installation of Fedora for a server [...]
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HOWTO: Linux as a Windows Domain Controller – Trustix and Samba

By scott | Published: December 23, 2005
In a previous post, I talked about my new love for Trustix. I will attempt to document another installation using Trustix to act as a Windows Server for Microsoft Domain Controller Services, File Sharing, and a web server. Even though I am going through this process for my home server – this is the exact [...]
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The Road to Advancement

By scott | Published: December 20, 2005
Yes, the environment around the I.T. department continues to change. Soon it will be a distant memory of the past – where the definition of a ‘good’ I.T. employee was a knowledgeable techie in their area (I don’t like the word geek).   Information Technology departments are looking for more than someone who just is good at [...]
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