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Goodbye ExtraTorrent! Hello Zooqle!
Yesterday I posted that ExtraTorrent was closing up shop. In that post I mentioned a possible mirror, but that turned out to not be real. None of the download links worked. ExtraTorrent really is gone...
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Don't panic! New exploits and malware are released every day!
I work in an industry where security is kind of a big deal. Without getting into specifics, or naming company names, we'll just say that the companies I work with a lot are in the financial sector....
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A Zenoss error has occurred
I had a bit of a scare the other day after a simple reboot of my Zenoss 4.2.4 monitoring server. When the Zenoss server came back up, I went to login like usual and I received the dreaded "A Zenoss...
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Get into cryptocurrency mining the easy way with MinerGate!
You may be asking what is cryptocurrency. Well, Wikipedia describes it as:A digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the...
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mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
One of the most annoying things about Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server edition is that every time you go to run updates, you almost inevitably get hit with this message:mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no...
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How To Get Rid of Boxelder Bugs... Seriously!
This isn't really technology, computer or software related, but I thought I'd share this with you anyway since it is something that has literally been "bugging" me for the last two years. That is that...
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What is SNI?
I felt like writing this post because I deal with this question quite a bit at my company. What is SNI? Well, in short, SNI is an acronym that stands for Server Name Indicator, or Server Name...
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Match Head Rocket Science Experiment with Brizzle Fo' Shizzle
The above video is from my son Brayden, aka Brizzle's new Youtube channel called, "The Adventures of Brizzle Fo' Shizzle!"In this episode, Brizzle, his sister Kizzle, his Grandpa and I try a science...
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Coming Soon: FREE Wildcard SSL Certificates!
I was just made aware of some really awesome news for those of you that value your online privacy! I wrote in the past about free named SSL certificates from StartCom. That was pretty cool, and I have...
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Goodbye Photobucket! Hello Imgur!
Some of you may not have realized it. I mean, I just learned of it myself a few days ago, but if you host any of your images on the legendary image hosting site, Photobucket, chances are your web pages...
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Did the cryptocoin bubble burst?
I mentioned a little while back that you can still get into cryptocoin/cryptocurrency mining by using MinerGate, and mining alternative coins. The question now is, should you hold off on mining for a...
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How to turn off Android's WiFi Assistant/Google's VPN
You might be asking yourself, why would you want to do this. I mean there are countless technology blogs out there sucking on Google's teat claiming this feature is the best thing since sliced bread!If...
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L2TP VPN Not Working After Upgrading Windows 10 to 1703
I know it's been out for a little while now, but this morning I finally decided to upgrade my Windows 10 laptop with Creators Update version 1703. Everything went smooth, but there was one issue that I...
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Option to join a local domain missing in Windows 10 version 1703
As I mentioned yesterday, I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to the latest Creators Update 1703 for Windows 10. Sometime after the update, and fixing my VPN issue I stepped away from my desk...
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Simple Free Open Source Alternative to DFS
I am in the process of testing out VM's in Microsoft Azure. So far it's pretty bad ass, and there is so much you can do with it. It's truly remarkable, at least, that's my impression thus far.One thing...
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HACK: How to downgrade Windows 2016 Datacenter to Standard
At my day job, we are getting ready to open a new office. It's going to be a relatively small office, but we still wanted to have a local domain controller on hand for authentication, DNS, DHCP, etc.We...
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System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found. --- DUH!
Oh man, I write this blog post feeling absolutely foolish and humble. Please be gentle on me in the comments...The other day I needed to map a network drive for a number of users, so naturally I added...
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How To Solve Facebook Math: 6 ÷ 2 (1 + 2)
This is an older video I put out back when I was still doing Tech Chop. Lately, the Facebook math problems have been making their rounds again, so I thought I'd post it here. Check it out:In the...
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Long overdue post! mRemoteNG is back baby!
I have been an mRemote user for years. Even when the original project went tits up, and the new fork of mRemoteNG emerged, I've continued to use it.A few years ago I wrote an article about switching...
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How To Use Remote Assistance (Quick Assist) in Windows 10
Holy smokes! I discovered today that Remote Assistance still exists! It's actually been re-named to Quick Assist apparently according to Wikipedia. If that's true, it's funny that the application...
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