Network Dictionary — Server Hugger

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Server Hugger  —  a sysad­min who like to able to touch their serv­ers, typ­ic­ally to the point of obses­sion. Thus they must have data cen­ters in their build­ing or very nearby (which is becom­ing increas­ingly dif­fi­cult).
As read on GigaOM
Trailer Park 2.0: Where your data lives.
Server hug­gers like […]

Network Dictionary — Spinning Rust

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Spinning Rust  —  term for con­ven­tional hard disk drives with motors and using ferrous-​​​​based plat­ters for data stor­age. Probably derog­at­ory now that Flash Drives are begin­ning to replace con­ven­tional drives.
List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand wave­N­et­work Dictionary  —  NAT’dNetwork Dictionary  —  Pain Relief […]

OS X:Using Web Kit for HTTP, Website Analysis and Network Testing

Safari (or Webkit) has a neat debug­ging fea­ture built in. It is avail­able in both OS X and Windows ver­sions. When test­ing per­form­ance of web­sites through applic­a­tion inspec­tion on fire­walls or load bal­an­cer it can be a use­ful tool to get visibility.

Network Dictionary — Appsellation

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Term to describe the “add on selling” of Network Management applic­a­tions as an upgrade to your net­work.
Approximately the equi­val­ent of ask­ing “would you like fries with that” when order­ing net­work equip­ment with the same out­come  —  you can’t really eat that many fries and sugary […]

Review: How Close Was My Top5 on Cisco’s Viral Marketing for ASR9000

Couple of weeks ago I pos­ted Top 5 things about Cisco’s Viral Marketing announce­ment. How did I do ?

Review:Cisco ASR9000 Router — Nothing to Look at Here, Move on Please.

I didn’t bother with the Cisco ASR9000 launch thing. Glad I didn’t waste my time.

OSX: Text Editing

I don’t do “word pro­cessing”, I write. I have dif­fer­ent tools for writ­ing depend­ing on the task. Here is a review of OS X text edit­ors that I use and would recommend.

Domain Tasting Looking Dead — at Last ICANN Is Doing Something

ICANN pos­ted today that AGP deletes are down 84% which means that abuse of the so-​​​​called “domain tast­ing” sys­tem is look­ing dead.
ICANN | AGP Deletes Down by 84%

OSX: Eject Key Joyfulness

When shut­ting down your MAC using func­tion and the eject but­ton is the fast­est way to get things done.

Using the Wrong Date Formatting and the Global Problem — ISO8601

When work­ing in a global com­pany, a major prob­lem is the way that some coun­tries use the wrong date format­ting. Say hello to ISO8601, stand­ard for date formats.

Internets of Interest: 7^th Nov

IP Addressing for HA Links for ASA/​FWSM/​ACE Etc– Poll

What IP address­ing do you use for the sync /​ fail­over /​ HA links between your highly avail­able devices ?

RANT:Cannot Copy Text From Product Quick Reference Guide. What ?

I attemp­ted to copy some text from the CPQRG today only to find it is copy pro­tec­ted. Why ? Is it a secret ? Don’t we want to sell things anymore ?

Network Dictionary — Process Humping

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» Process hump­ing: The act of imple­ment­ing and then fol­low­ing pro­cess for the sake of hav­ing a pro­cess. Usually done by people who want to make it look like they’re doing some­thing, or are too stu­pid to work out what needs doing any­way.
With thanks to […]

Rant:D-Link Hijacks Your Internets — in FIRMWARE

Ubersource points out the D-​​​​Link router/​​modem firm­ware forces you to go their web­site and receive spam­vertising about secur­ity soft­ware. You have to login to the router, go Advanced and OPT OUT to stop this.
This is very poor prac­tice. Opt-​​​​out is NEVER ACCEPTABLE, and using a piece of hard­ware that is fully paid for to perform […]

Why Rate Articles ?

I have intro­duced an art­icle rat­ing sys­tem at the bot­tom of each blog post. Why do I want to do this ?

Number 1 Reason to Avoid Using the Cisco Learning Network | Cisco Study Blog

Brandon makes a good point about Cisco inter­ven­tion in the Cisco Learning Network. In gen­eral, Cisco employ­ees have a tend­ency to over­step the mark and can be rather taken with their ima­gined import­ance. They also get very defens­ive about look­ing after the ‘com­pany image’ or their pub­lic pro­file.
Number 1 Reason to avoid using the Cisco Learning Network […]

Blessay: Personal Ethics and Corporate Morals — My Choices

One of the chal­lenges of pro­fes­sional life is that my con­science can be ‘chal­lenged’ by the cor­por­ate pro­cess and actions that I deem wrong, by my per­sonal moral code, are quite accept­able in cor­por­ate morality.

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