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Why I use VLANs
I get often asked by my friends, why do you use VLANs? If you are a network administrator you know what VLANs are, why are they are used and so on. But most people aren’t network administrators… so if you Read more…
Tech
Time for new switches :)
I bought two new HPE OfficeConnect 1920S switches to replace the previous ones I had, the HP ProCurve 1810G-8. The old switches were in use for at least 8 years now, these switches were (at the time) sufficient but nowadays Read more…
Weight Loss
The one dollar bet
No, this article is not about a casino, it is about weight loss. I made a bet with a friend of mine, we are both in a weight loss race now. The idea is who loses the most percentage of Read more…
Weight Loss
Weight loss is challenging (115.8)
It has been a while since I blogged about my weight loss, at the end of last year I was near the 110 but Christmas came, new year, and before I knew it I was hitting the 117’s again. At Read more…
Study
One down, 35 to go
I passed my exam Wednesday! Of the 34 questions I was allowed to have 11 wrong, I had 7 errors. So that’s enough to pass. It was a difficult exam, but I made it. The course was an introduction in Read more…
Tech
Gathering more and more logs
I’ve been working on my logging I talked about in last post, and I’m gathering more and more data from my servers. This is quite interesting because I can see what kind of activity is going on, on my network Read more…
News
The Washington Post Parody Paper
If you were in Washington, D.C. last week, you had a chance to be one of the lucky recipients of a parody newspaper spoofing the Washington Post and crowing about the “Unpresidented” flight of Donald Trump from the Oval Office Read more…
Other stuff
We are getting hacked
I’ve setup a logging system on my place to capture various log files from various sources. One of the sources of particular interest is of course my firewall, it is by far the most log-heavy machine in here and getting Read more…
Tech
My new headset
I bought myself a new headset, and thought, let’s try something a bit different. I’ve heard a lot of good stories about Plantronics, so I thought to give that brand a try. I’m glad I did. This headset excels literally Read more…
Software Development
This keyboard was worth every penny
It has been over 2 years ago that I bought this keyboard, it is the very first keyboard that didn’t break within 3 months of usage. Every other keyboard that I had (especially a lot from Logitech) have broken within Read more…