Best Web Hosting 2016

I have used HostGator for some time, but have ran into issues with their support lately. After reading a lot of different forums and blogs, I discovered that HostGator had been acquired a few years ago by an investment group Endurance International Group (EIG). This group has acquired a lot of highly successful web hosting companies. […]

Apple TV Developer Kit Tips

If you were lucky enough to receive one of the new Apple TV developer kits I’m sure you noticed that it wasn’t plug-and-play out of the box. Apple ships the developer kit without a copy of tvOS installed. It makes sense that they did this on purpose to ensure that everyone who received the kit also had a valid […]

Windows 10 Remote Server Administration Tool

The wait is finally over! Microsoft finally released the production version of the Remote Server Administration Tool for Windows 10 on 8/19/2015. The release of this tools comes in conjunction with Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 if you’re interested in checking it out. A few caveats, RSAT will only work on full versions of […]

Windows 10 KMS Activation

For anyone trying to use Windows 10 KMS Activation with their existing KMS activation server, here are the steps I had to follow to get it up and running. First, if you haven’t already entered the KMS Client Setup Key for your version of Windows 10, here are the published client keys. Obviously, these are not your unique KMS […]

Trend Micro Deep Security 9 Tips

Let me start off by saying that these tips may not be officially documented or supported by Trend Micro. These are simple fixes for some shortcomings in the administrative interface which I have run into. Tip 1: Directory Synchronization Search Filter cannot be modified through the GUI. If you have configured Deep Security to synchronize […]

Secure Password – FAIL!

As news of company breaches, web site hacks, and accounts being compromised become almost a weekly occurrence, you would expect that companies are giving you the tools to keep your accounts secure. Lately I have been very frustrated to find that there are a lot of web sites which prevent you from choosing a secure […]

Cisco ASDM and UCS Manager Java Errors

Hopefully this simple, but undocumented fix helps save you some time if you run across a similar Java error when trying to run your Cisco ASDM or Cisco UCS Manager console. I spent hours last night, and a few more this morning trying to figure out why I could no longer launch my Cisco UCS […]

RIP Steve Jobs

Here is an copy of the email that Apple CEO Tim Cook sent to employees on word of Steve Jobs passing. Team, I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today. Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human […]