Monthly Archives: February 2008

Consulting

Consulting 101

February 28, 2008 – 3:15 pm

Don’t talk religion or politics with a client.  Especially if either is their business.  Double especially if both is their business…

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Mac OS X Server

Mac OS X Server: Xserve Serial Port

February 27, 2008 – 3:21 pm

The Xserve has a serial port and it’s enabled by default.  You can disable by commenting out this line:

tty.serial      ”/usr/libexec/getty serial.57600″        vt100   off secure

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On the Road

Smoking is bad for your health

February 26, 2008 – 3:22 pm

So why don’t we quit.  Hmmm…

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Football

Woe is me

February 25, 2008 – 3:23 pm

I think I am suffering from “no football to watch depression.”  I miss my Bulldogs.

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Mac OS X Mac Security

Mac OS X: Enable X11 Forwarding

February 24, 2008 – 3:26 pm
In the /etc/sshd_config file is a line that says:
#X11Forwarding no
You can change this to:
X11Forwarding yes
That will enable X11 forwarding.  Of course, only do this if you know why (ergo I will not spell it out for you right now).
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Mac OS X Server

Mac OS X Server: Changing the IP

February 22, 2008 – 3:18 pm

One of the more common mistakes I see people make in the Mac OS X Server world is to just change the IP address.  There are consequences.  So, if you are going to change the IP address of your server, make sure to run the changeip command when you are doing so.

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Mac OS X Mac Security Mass Deployment

PGP FDE for Mac OS X

February 21, 2008 – 3:06 pm

OK, so you can encrypt disks, but not the startup disk – although if you could (and you will be able to soon) then it would be far easier to mass deploy than other solutionz…

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Interviewing

Interview Tips – February 2008

February 20, 2008 – 5:01 pm

An offer isn’t always a final offer.  Feel free to negotiate during the interview process to get what you want.  Hopefully each position is looked at from a long-term perspective.  Set the foundation early and if the organization isn’t willing to meet your needs then perhaps the position is not a good fit.

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Consulting

Crowdsourcing 101

February 19, 2008 – 3:32 pm

Step 1: Put up a post that asks “what can we do better.”  

Step 2: Read responses…

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personal

Goodbye Mr. Tree

February 18, 2008 – 3:34 pm

So there is a guy about 40 feet up in the air chainsawing the top of my tree down.  Sad…

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