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Sysadmin Professionalism Survey
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Charlie Rudinger Jan 27.
Gift store upgrade
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Robert Chipperfield Oct. 22, 2009.
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Short story: I found a computer laying in a field.
Long story:
I got my first computer in 9th grade. This was circa 1994. It was an
IBM Aptiva 486DX2/66 with 4 MB of RAM. It even had a CD-ROM. My mom
got it from Wal-Mart with her tax refund check…
Yep. It's a good reminder of why we need to be paranoid!
People actually read the emails their providers send? Amazing!
Seriously though, with sufficient resources and patience, it wouldn't be that hard to compromise even the most stringent networks. The more directed an attack is, the greater chance it…
Hello everyone. I wanted to make sure that everyone here knew about the New Jersey-area sysadmin conference, and that registration is now open!
If you're in NJ, NY, CT, or PA, then this conference is convenient to you, and you can meet some really…
New Jersey Professional IT Community Conference at New Brunswick, New Jersey
May 7, 2010 at 6pm to May 8, 2010 at 7pm
System administrators! Join us in New Brunswick, NJ, May 7-8, 2010, for PICC ‘10. The first Professional IT Community Conference (PICC) seeks to build the NJ IT community, to make it easier for people in IT to network, share ideas and encourage inte…
I woke up my wife this morning while laughing at this.
Man I wish I would have heard about this weeks ago. I have an awesome idea, but it would be hard to film and take some time to set up. Very cool that BigFix is doing this stuff.
done, do I get a cookie?
Looks like we made 500 users! Awesome! Congratulations Elizabeth and Michael (and all you other sysadmins!)
I recently got a lot more use out of my wiki. I found out how to write extensions. It's incredibly easy:
http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/2009/12/extending-mediawiki-for-all-your-sysadmin-needs/
Of course, my self perceived superiority is only over the unwashed masses outside of the SysAdmin network. I am but a lowly serf within these walls. =)
Man! How could you? :)
Would sysadmin professionalism be measured on the concept of helpfulness?
Hm... results in a month or so...
Done. Looks interesting. Especially the question concerning self-evaluating yourself against all other SysAdmins. I hope I'm not a victim of illusory superiority. =|
Tom Limoncelli has a survey on his blog asking about professionalism in system administration. If you have a few minutes, please go fill it out. There are only 5 or so questions, so it won't take long, and the results will be published soon.
Thanks!
I have a mediawiki install that I put up a couple years back. Everyone has gradually warmed up to the idea, and now there are hundreds of documents on it. The client services people have a template that they use for their clients, and it works reall…
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Rise of the hippopotamus
This isn't a particularly sysadmin-y entry, but that's ok.
I've noticed lately that hippopotamuses...err hippopotami(?) are on the rise in the public consciousness. Last year, my wife's grandmother entertained us at Christmas by singing "I want a hippopotamus for christmas". The fact that she threatened to do it for the 6 months leading up to it may have been the cause of her getting something like a dozen hippo-related gifts that year.
If you watch American TV, you might have seen the E-Trade… Continue
I've noticed lately that hippopotamuses...err hippopotami(?) are on the rise in the public consciousness. Last year, my wife's grandmother entertained us at Christmas by singing "I want a hippopotamus for christmas". The fact that she threatened to do it for the 6 months leading up to it may have been the cause of her getting something like a dozen hippo-related gifts that year.
If you watch American TV, you might have seen the E-Trade… Continue
Posted on December 3, 2009 at 4:29pm — 3 Comments
Interview with Tom Limoncelli
This is cut and paste from my entry at Standalone Sysadmin, but I'm excited about it, nonetheless.
I was also lucky enough to be chosen to interview Tom Limoncellli about his new training course at LISA '09,… Continue
I was also lucky enough to be chosen to interview Tom Limoncellli about his new training course at LISA '09,… Continue
Posted on October 17, 2009 at 4:57am —
Comment Wall (14 comments)
- At 4:26am on January 15, 2010,
Wesley "Nonapeptide" said…
- While trolling YouTube this evening, I found this at of the clear blue random. Thought you might find it amusing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Um5BMO3CyQ (You didn't make that, did you? =) )
- At 9:46pm on October 20, 2009,
ZeroStudio said… - The web design business is doing fine, thanks for asking...
- At 10:08am on October 19, 2009,
Elizabeth Ayer said…
- Actually, yes, if you could put me in touch with the Chief Usenix Bods in Charge of Demographics, I'd be grateful!
Feel free to do so privately..... Thanks!
- At 10:15am on October 17, 2009,
- I wish I were going to be at LISA!
But unfortunately, it's just that if you add an event you're automatically put down as attending it *(and I neglected to take myself off). Doh!
I'm still trying to think creatively about why my company has to send me, but sadly we don't deal very much with >Large< information systems.... hmm.....
- At 9:04pm on July 25, 2009,
Andrew Hale said… - Thanks for the welcome Matt! I've always wondered why someone hasn't made a site like this before. If someone did, I never found it in all my searching for anything SysAdmin.
- At 9:55am on July 18, 2009,
Ernie Oporto said… - Thanks for the invite. I have it on my calendar. It just depends on whether or not I have to work late that day. I will forward it to a few others.
- At 9:19am on July 10, 2009,
Daniel Mark Dressler said… - I really should get into the habit of rereading what I type. I of course missed the "will".
- At 8:58am on July 10, 2009,
Daniel Mark Dressler said…
- Ha I'm on, now I take a better photo.
- At 2:44am on April 2, 2009,
Paul Stoklosa said… - sounds good, but my significant other gets bored of my nerd talk very fast, so I'll probably be attending solo, if she lets me...
- At 4:11pm on March 31, 2009,
Devin Leung said… - Ok, a dinner meet sounds good. Let me know the details when you have them.
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