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useful Linux stuff

Posted on September 5, 2015April 22, 2022 by Jim

This is a collection of useful Linux commands and procedures that I compiled as a reference for me since I always forget this stuff. Hopefully it will prove to be useful for others too 🙂 &n... Read More

Gartner MDM magic quadrant…SE performance

Posted on February 6, 2014February 6, 2014 by Jim

I have been working on the high scale performance program for the Initiate Master Data Engine (MDM SE and vMDM post IBM acquisition) in large scale commercial settings for over 7 years. I’ve hel... Read More

Recovering lost iPod/iPhone parental passcode

Posted on July 17, 2012July 18, 2012 by Jim

Recently we upgraded our kids’ iPods to iOS 5.1. In doing so our Parental Control passcodes somehow got scrambled and we could no longer install applications. I did not want to erase the iPods a... Read More

multiple Airport AP’s; improving coverage

Posted on September 14, 2010July 18, 2012 by Jim

I’ve been a proponent of using separate devices for wireless home access and general purpose firewall/networking. I’ve deployed a VPN/firewall and a 24 port gigabit green switch as the f... Read More

home storage with FreeNAS

Posted on September 14, 2010July 18, 2012 by Jim

I’d been searching for a centralized storage solution on and off for a few years, but I finally got serious about it in the Summer of 2010. While searching around, I came across FreeNAS (http:... Read More

photography equipment

Posted on November 7, 2009April 6, 2014 by Jim

I got the camera bug from my father and grandfather. It started with my first 35mm, a cheapo Konika, and has continued to grow with my D40 and collection of lenses. Here’s a summary of my equipm... Read More