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Comment Spammers... not why Al Gore invented the Internet
Submitted by schettino on November 20, 2012 - 12:28pmThe spam hit parade keeps on rolling!
Simple Munin Wifi Traffic Monitor
Submitted by schettino on October 3, 2012 - 2:16pmAnother in the endless series of Munin monitors, for the sharing on the internets - Intellinet 450N Wifi Router
Mac Update Madness!
Submitted by schettino on August 17, 2012 - 9:44pmIt's update time again. This time, the Macs got some love.
Windows Phone 7
Submitted by schettino on May 24, 2012 - 4:29pmPart 3 in my ongoing Microsoftification is now complete. I'm using an HTC Titan with Windows Phone 7.5, and not my iPhone.
Update Saturday
Submitted by schettino on February 11, 2012 - 1:01pmToday I updated stuff. For a few hours. Yay, the simple life provided by modern technology.
C++ 11
Submitted by schettino on February 3, 2012 - 5:14pmJust finished up two days of finding out what's new with C++ (C++ 11) at GoingNative2012. You should view the rebroadcasts at that link.
More Munin Monitoring Madness
Submitted by schettino on December 15, 2011 - 11:49amAnother quick Munin monitor script, this time for drupal 6 (since it works on the database itself, YMMV and who knows if it works on drupal7.)
NoSQL, Drupal. Drupal major upgrade. Modules. Modules Modules.
Submitted by schettino on December 5, 2011 - 12:08pmIn the last major chunk of work I did for Nokia, I was working with mongodb (one of the crop of NoSQL document stores popping up like mushrooms in the fall in New England) and, despite some serious warts, I was impressed with the value of an unstructured schemaless data store when working on a fluid prototype. I've been thinking ever since that drupal's data store would be a natural fit for something like mongodb. I wasn't alone.
Powershell and Perf Counters - oh bother!
Submitted by schettino on November 14, 2011 - 4:47pmAs part of the new reality of working for Microsoft, I'm learning all the Microsoft ways of doing things. I'm in an Operations group doing very large operational things. The intersection of these two lines of thought are PowerShell and Perf Counters.