If you have been in the job market, chances are that you have received a lot of “offers” from recruiters. Lots of times, these “offers” are for short-term contracts, in random places around your country. I thought I’d pick apart the email header, and share it here. It’s not uncommon to receive email from recruiters, especially through services… Read More »
Recently, Jon Evans of TechCrunch posted a really intriguing article discussing why your software development package is behind schedule. It’s a really good article, and I agree with 66 percent of it. He makes and explains two of the three points really well. As a systems guy, I take a bit of umbrage with the third point.
There are a two really easy ways to get the netBIOS name of the local machine. One leverages API calls to Win32, while the other simply queries an environment variable.
A recent tip for installing VB6 on Windows 7 has included the installation of an old version of the DirectX 7 library. Here is that process.
It’s been ten wonderful years since I brought this site on line. Ten years. Wow. This is the longest job I’ve ever held. Let’s see what’s been going on here for ten years.
I present to you now a classic. This was originally submitted to the Network Working Group as RFC1882 by Bill Hancock, Ph.D., in December of 1995. I revisit this every year, and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. Enjoy this blast from the past.
Recently, one of our developers came to us with a failed “server”, and requested the IT department assist in recovering data from it. Powering the box on revealed the click of death. Ouch. Let’s give this a shot.
Have you ever needed to make a circle for your web site, with text inside of it? Normally, you’d create a graphically representation, with the text inside. Did you know you could do it with a simple little CSS class?
During the installation of Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR), you may run into a puzzling error, “Failed to invoke PowerShell query SCVMM components are not installed.” Luckily, an easy fix.
VPN creates a secure and private tunnel between the user’s device and the distant server which is connected to Internet, thus securing your outgoing and incoming data from interception and snooping. The tool was majorly used by employees to access remotely their company network through a secure channel. Now, this tool can be used by anyone for securing… Read More »