Another year recedes into the horizon and a new year dawns upon us. I’ve been thinking about what to make of the past couple of years and also how to look forward to the next. It’s been a while since I last posted so let’s get back as I share my commentary of the past, present, and future…
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I’ve been putting on backyard fireworks shows for family and friends for a few years now. Each year becomes progressively bigger, more complicated, and I hope better. COVID-19 was a big obstacle to getting fireworks and supplies but we managed to put on a show for people.
Read on to see the show, details of construction, preparation, bloopers, and lessons learned.
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Today, January 28th, is the annual Data Privacy Day.
Read on for data privacy hygiene tips!
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Halloween is always a big deal in my house. There’s something about fire that draws us in and excites us in a primal way. Whether it is fireworks in the air or a carved pumpkin with flames shooting out the head.
Read on to see how to create a DIY flaming jack-o’-lantern!
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Once again I put on a fireworks show for the Fourth of July. As per my standard, each year becomes bigger and better. However, this year was difficult because of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Read on to see the show, preparation, bloopers, and lessons learned.
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When was my server last rebooted? Who shutdown my machine? Read on to see how easy it is to find out using the Windows Server Event Logs.
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Like water flowing downhill, attackers will take the path of least resistance to compromise a system. Old technology that doesn’t learn new tricks is a prime target.
The ACM published an article in the Communications of the ACM by Keith Kirkpatrick which delves into security issues with SCADA systems.
Read on about SCADA systems and the security implications of old technology.
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A while ago I wrote a post about the SQL Server error log. Today I will show how to load the SQL error log into a table for analysis via T-SQL.
Read on to see a couple of ways to traverse all the error logs and load into a table for analysis.
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Last month was Computer Science Education Week. Once again I volunteered for the Hour of Code to support this endeavor.
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September marked the 3 year birthday for my blog. It is times like this that I like to reflect upon the past year and see what I have learned.
Read on to hear about my last year in blogging!
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