Damogran6

I've been out of the datacenter business for...well, not very long. But when I was there it was blade servers and mezzanine networking. Now I see datacenters with a solid perimeter of LP generators (presumably not for…

Computers were supposed to make things better, make us smarter, allow us to do things we couldn't do without them. Now when my wife wants to watch a show on Max (not HBO, or HBO Max), I have to context switch because…

I've largely avoided short-lived Wireless Access Points by spending enough money on hardware that had a good reputation (Apple Airport equipment for the better part of a decade, and now Netgear ORBI stuff). I found a…

I'm finding that I picked up a LOT of IT knowledge over the past 40 years...and that some of our new hires are missing out on that foundation...skills are weak on networking, Bottleneck troubleshooting, understanding…

I have an RV with a hotspot, I don't want new hardware or a monthly fee for something that's going to be sleeping through the winter...does anyone know of an AT&T compatible 15Gb SIM I could buy to play with the…

Went to set up my new car payment...stymied because I could only find 3 of the 4 things I needed. (one, single, hardcopy had the account number in full) Went to cancel Paramount+...instructions online didn't match the…

Our corporate policy is to fully scan our Hard Disks with AV weekly. It never finds anything. That's 22,000 systems using a full CPU core every week...adding wear and heat and power consumption. Likewise, marketing for…

I've noticed in the last couple of years, the mind's a little slower, the flame isn't quite as bright, the desire to learn YetAnotherProduct isn't there. When I was younger, I remembered the grey haired hackers that…