• Articles and Books,  public speaking

    Dead Tech Books

    As an author of technical books, I’ve been very interested in the comings and goings of technical books for a long time. This new Instagram feed is an expedition into what once was and how quickly the times change. Feed is embedded into a page on krypted to make it easier to see. Curious how many of my books are now “Dead Tech Books”…

  • Consulting

    NetWare + Portlock

    When you run into booting issues with NetWare it’s often a simple fix.  Move a file, edit a file, rename a file, etc.   But getting to the point where you can actually implement the fix can be a pain.  The Portlock Boot CD can come in pretty handy at this point.  It enables you to mount a file system and edit it even if the host will not boot properly. It’s not that I’m saying that you should invest more money into that crusty old NetWare environment in most cases, but in some cases it can be a saviour…