A cooling fan problem for the CPU in the PC or the network switch. It is rattling like crazy and driving you up the wall. You can either buy a new replacement, fan or re-oil the fan. Yes, that is…
Creating encrypted PDFs
Creating encrypted PDFs on a locked-down computer. Recently I have a request to send encrypted PDFs. The source file is an Excel workbook and I can’t install any software.
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
I saw there were lots of AWS videos on the HR training portal. Recently I have found there is a certification track for Architect Associate! Maybe it is time to pick up the slack on this.
Starting on Python
I am starting on Python programming. This was after two incidences that required me to mass translate some Cisco config files.
SMTP failure, multi-skilled or by Towers
The UPS monitoring server goes through the firewall to reach the SMTP relay server. After hardening, the test emails are not going out. The server engineer was pulling his hair out because everything looks fine at his end. There is…
Correct date on HP Photosmart All in One printers
Setting the date and time for HP Photosmart printer
RISC microprocessors
CPU photo from Wood be Nice ARM microprocessors have been making the headlines. I thought I dig up my undergraduate paper on Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) microprocessors. This was written in 1995 with the resources of a small library.…
Yaaahhoooooo!!!
Are you a Yahoo user? You might want to change your password. At the same time to any other web service that you have the same user id – password combination. Yahoo just been hacked via some really old tech…
ITIL
When started in the IT industry, certain things were niggling me. Like what was the best practice for running an IT operations. In the pre Yahoo days, there simply none to be found. With the advent of search engines, learning…
Google Apps for Business
The service provider that host this website enables a few email accounts for communication. After years of battling spam using Outlook spam filters and Mail Washer, I have thrown in the towel when the notebook harddisk died along with all…