Recently, a colleague of mine transitioned to a "Director" position within an organization, intriguingly without any direct reports. The rationale? The organization's only method to offer the deserved compensation was by elevating them to such a level, highlighting a lack
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Hey HDSB - Security is EVERYONES problem.
Tonight I received the following email from the Halton District School Board: To summarize the email - Edge Imaging, a vendor tasked with managing school photographs for yearbooks during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years, experienced a data breach. This
Supporting legacy 4 digit dialling in Microsoft Teams
Migrating an organization's communication system to Microsoft Teams represents a pivotal shift, particularly for large enterprises rooted in established dialing practices. Unlike traditional telephony systems, which rely on extensions, Teams emphasizes user identity for calls, enabling users to reach colleagues
Automating Mikrotik provisioning, or how I learned to love IPv6 link-local addressing
In the realm of network management, automating device provisioning stands as a critical and often challenging task. Recently a customer asked me to help them in automating the provisioning of Mikrotik devices. For those not familiar, Mikrotik produces a wide
Canada's Proposed Bill S-210 - Won't somebody please think of the children?
Recently, the Canadian political landscape witnessed a significant development with the passage of Bill S-210, also known as the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act, through the Senate. Despite initial reluctance, Senators ultimately passed the bill in April,
CRTC 2023-358: A False Dawn for Canadian ISP Competition?
Today the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released it's long awaited decision on Temporary access to fibre-to-the-premises facilities over aggregated wholesale high-speed access services. This decision is aimed to take action to address the declining competitive intensity in the
I got fucked by Clutch.ca
For many people, selling a car is no walk in the park. It's an intricate process that can often leave us feeling bewildered, under pressure, and quite frankly, underserved. These feelings can be amplified when we are dealing with relatively
AI Wrote My Book (and most of this post)
This is a small tale of how I got my first "book" published on Amazon - "Bytes of Desolation - Verses from the Digital Wasteland". As someone who's always wanted to be a "published" author, and a firm believer in