There seems to be much talk these days of tunneling and Voice-Over-IP(VOIP) most of it for the singular purpose of keeping the communications secure or hidden from the nasty overlords of the Internet. There seems to be two camps in this and two main technologies. Session Bandwidth Optimization and OpenVPN. Both do similar things, but…
Category: Expose
Nuveum offers Free High Performance Virtual Server for donating
It would seem that my Startsomegood.com project for helping the Unemployed is starting to gain some traction. Our first corporate Donator not only donated to the campaign, but decided to add an extra reward to my project. For anybody donating $10.00 or more, to the project for helping the unemployed, they get a free High-Performance…
What happened to “Human” in Humanity?
I really do need to ask this question. I appreciate my followers and yes, they’re a loyal bunch. I do need to EVERYBODY one question and everyone on the Internet. We all go about our lives. We see the homeless person at the exit ramp, on the sidewalk, etc. Granted a lot of them are…
Free Tech Support from me…
OK. I really believe in my project for helping the unemployed, so here’s what I propose. If you donate to my project and of course, get others to donate to my project, I will provide you with free tech support (my skills and advice) for a period of time. Donate: $25.00 you get 1 hour…
My Activism Project / My Ongoing Passion / Helping the unemployed find hope
By now, there are quite a few of you who know me. 40000+ active feeds being read every day with 1900+ unique visitors a day with an average of 6-7 pageviews. So it’s clear I’m definitely helping people. So I ask you help me with my activism project. I’ve put up a project on kickstarter…
I guess this is a call out for help
I’m at the point where I can’t support this blog due to the traffic I’m getting. I really need some donations or something. I’m pushing about 5 GB of data a day and due to my divorce, I can’t afford to support this continually. I’m not asking for donations, although, they would help, but I…
A review on Alix Boards for a Firewall
I know firewalls and have definitely tested and worked with many appliances. One of the most interesting and successful appliances out there seems to be the Alix board. These boards are built on Cheap chipsets (VIA) and cheap processors (Geodes). So here’s my reaction to them. (I own 3). 1. If you’re going to use…
Backups. Being prepared for the restore.
Backups are something that is so important in any system that one should look carefully at not just the backup solution they are using, but the restore solution they’re going to have. Here are my recommendations and views on Backups. 1. Don’t assume that just because you bought a backup package that it just “works”…
When was the last time you had a technology audit?
This is a message to everyone who runs any kind of technology in a business. The posting is directed towards everyone who has their own applications, servers, blogs, websites, etc. Special Note to CIOs/CTOs: I understand you run an organization that has many people under you. I understand that you feel you’ve got your resources…
Web Based Email. Be Careful If you use it
It seems everyone is moving towards the email paradigm of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Windows Live Mail (formerly Hotmail) and the like. Here’s something most people don’t realize and I think it’s important for you to understand exactly what it means. NOTHING IS FREE. Why do these companies give out free email services? The real answer…