RHCP Stadium Arcadium

John Frusciante, thank you! Finally, some flipping guitar solos! Stadium Arcadium is once again different from their previous album, By The Way. Some of the funk that was brought back is fantastic; the rythmatic song construction is phenomenal. Keidis has this uncanny ability to string words together and make them sound good [...]

Handling the tech support/customer service experience

Everyone has had the pleasurable experience of dealing with tech support/customer service at one time or another. Fellow sysadmins can attest that there are times that one must bite the bullet and pick up the phone. I come across this all the time, usually when I have to replace a part under warranty. The situation [...]

A-Z Favorite Artists

With the whole iTunes is spying on me paranoia circulating as of late, I thought I’d share a taste of my musical selection.

A - Aerosmith
B - Beatles
C - Coldplay
D - Doors
E - Eagles
F - Foo Fighters
G - Greenday
H -
I - Iron Maiden
J - Johnny Cash
K - Korn
L - Led Zeppelin
M - Metallica
N - [...]

Happy Christmas

I’ve taken all the Christmas cards verses I’ve received this year and put them all together in a giant mash-up. Enjoy.
Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year, I wish you the very best of the season, with good will in my heart I send you tidings of health, happiness and [...]

System Administrator Truths

What are your top ten system administrator truths? Here are a few of mine:

Be very pessimistic
Start from a known state of the system (switch off - switch on).
Make sure you can leave the system exactly like it was before you touched it.
Dont fix what isn’t broken.
Even if you are genius, follow the manual/RTFM.
Dont reinvent the [...]