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A Bit of Irony to Brighten your Day

I logged into my Macbook this morning and was greeted by a suspicious popup message. See the underlined word. Spelling errors often indicate some type of scam, spam, or malware. As of 2021-06-18 I believe it may actually be legit. There may just actually be a delicious bit of irony in this popup notification. I’llContinue reading “A Bit of Irony to Brighten your Day”

Amazon Shopping and Delivery

I am so happy Amazon is finally displaying more realistic and accurate delivery dates.  Until recently, I was getting accustomed to buying a product with an expected delivery date that would keep changing.  In the last few years, I have bought quite a few things on next door delivery but I don’t remember EVER gettingContinue reading “Amazon Shopping and Delivery”

Sunrun Solar Acquisition of Vivint

The Sunrun acquisition of Vivint last year did not seem like it was going to be a big change to me.  As a Vivint customer, I wasn’t worried.  After all, they have to honor my existing contract. A few weeks ago a Sunrun sales rep reached out to me to look into a large  gapContinue reading “Sunrun Solar Acquisition of Vivint”

A lot of work in Windows RDS

I was putting a lot of work into assembling a backup/recovery strategy for my Window RDS environment (12 servers and growing) and stumbled across this AMAZING powershell module. This is going to help me tie everything together into a much more effective recovery strategy than what I was working on. Thank you to Micha WettsContinue reading “A lot of work in Windows RDS”

Paramount 2021 SuperBowl Commercial

You have a lot of nerve, Paramount! Claiming to be a streaming PROVIDER? You’re a streaming DEPRIVER! Get a clue, Paramount. You’ve stolen enough content we paid for and you broke the licensing through your inability to manage your streaming content competently. And no response or compensation? How about a $100 gift card for allContinue reading “Paramount 2021 SuperBowl Commercial”

Max out CPUs

I needed to perform a stress-test on a Windows Server with many CPUs. There used to be a tool named “consume.exe” in the Windows 2003 Resource Kit. I unfortunately did not keep a copy of this toolkit. D’oh! Along comes Mark Russinovich to the rescue (as always) with Sysinternals! CPUstres is the tool to useContinue reading “Max out CPUs”

Predictions for 2021

It’s time to finally put this in writing! I have some interesting predictions for this year. This summer will be particularly interesting. There will be a monstrously huge hack. A major hosting provider (not naming any names). Let’s make it detailed, just to make it interesting: A minimum of 300 million mailboxes and/or private drivesContinue reading “Predictions for 2021”

Fight COVID, Alzheimers, and Other Illnesses

You can put your computer to the task easily by setting it up with Folding@home: https://foldingathome.org/ All it costs you is a few minutes of your time and the electricity it takes to make this run. This project has resulted in numerous advances in medicine. It is easy to get started and your contribution willContinue reading “Fight COVID, Alzheimers, and Other Illnesses”