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VMWare + ipfix + NAT = intermittent fail

Posted on 21 May 2014 by stuff writer

So I put all of these things together a while ago for bandwidth reporting: VMWare‘s netflow reporting – I configured a virtual distributed switch to send netflow reporting to a collector.  Every time some machine runs up its internet usage, the … Continue reading →

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Ocean basket case

Posted on 15 May 2014 by stuff writer

Years ago we went to Ocean Basket and came away with 50% food poisoning (two ate, one came away sick).  We have not been back.  However, we did not say anything to anyone at the time.  Why make a fuss? Today, their … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 14.04 GPT EFI faiL

Posted on 12 May 2014 by stuff writer

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and ran into a problem.  Starting with the default 64 bit version using pretty straightfoward settings as a new installation, I ended up with this terse message after the installation completed: Operating system not found It … Continue reading →

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Thanks for nothing, Mozilla

Posted on 4 April 2014 by stuff writer

So Mozilla just threw its CEO Brendan Eich under the bus because the brainless baying hounds of homosexual rights came barking at their door. Thanks Mozilla. What an example you have set.  You have just given in to terrorists – … Continue reading →

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Cloudflare doesn’t help your DDOS

Posted on 3 April 2014 by stuff writer

Ever since CloudFlare helped out Spamhaus with their big deal big DNS reflection DDOS attack, conventional wisdom has said that if you are faced with a DDOS attack, you should give CloudFlare a shot. By all means, give it a … Continue reading →

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Teacher unions versus children

Posted on 16 March 2014 by stuff writer

So teacher unions are against systems where the state diverts education funding from government schools to independent schools, since this puts the decision making about schooling in the hands of parents.  In the process of giving decision making powers to … Continue reading →

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Android Emergency

Posted on 13 March 2014 by stuff writer

On the way to work one fine morning, I stopped at a road accident scene, with some rather traumatic injuries – I thought someone had died, but instead of being dead, that someone spoke to me and asked me to … Continue reading →

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Arrays

Posted on 7 March 2014 by stuff writer

A programmer working on a large project noticed that every single variable was stored in a separately named instance: int c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6; This meant that there was a lot of code of this sort: c1++; c2++; … Continue reading →

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My new password

Posted on 4 March 2014 by stuff writer

I’m changing all my passwords to asterisks: ******** Now, when I enter my password, I can see what I’m typing.

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Netgear STP bug (or something)

Posted on 27 February 2014 by stuff writer

I found a fun bug today. We have a stack of netgear switches in our office – and we keep getting disconnected at odd times. I already found a switch which did not have STP enabled, and turned that on, … Continue reading →

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