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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A collection of 9 posts
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,
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
My new favourite travel accessory - the GL.iNET GL-MT300N-V2 router
Recently I've been traveling more for work and found myself in need of a good travel router to connect all my devices while on the road. For example, when I'm in a hotel I often like to connect my Amazon
You can't get there from here - port blocking by residential ISPs
Recently I was working with one of my customers to setup the Azure Files [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/storage/files] service - a cloud based file sharing solution from Microsoft that allows you to "mount Azure Files shares
Lenovo shipping times are a lie
Sorry if this sounds like a bit of a rant, but I wanted others to be aware of the deceptive marketing practices used by Lenovo on their online store. Think of this as a "public service announcement" and perhaps a
Introducing CopyIT.app
Have you ever been in a situation where you need to copy text between multiple computers/devices but didn't have a simple way to do it? Maybe it's some long command you need to run, or a product key you