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Conficker [?] is set to start its new "upgrade" right now, starting in the GMT timezone and rolling around the world as
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I've got too many address books in too many places. With over 6000 contacts, I don't want to have think about how to merge or maintain the them on an ongoing basis. I've got two Thunderbird email address books, two Google GMail address books and my BlackBerry address book to deal with. I want them all to sync live. I don't want to have to run a Windows server in order to run a BES server [?] and maintain it just for contact syncing.
There are many ways to do the same thing, but some ways are much more efficient. Sometimes being more efficient requires a bit of work up front, but saves you an invaluable amount of time later, especially in the middle of an emergency.
The ability to backup network router, switch and firewall configurations automatically not only saves time, but can help troubleshoot when there are many cooks in the kitchen, or even if there is just one forgetful chef. The idea is simple: have a resource that automatically periodically goes out to each device on the network and makes a copy of the configuration. Further, an automated report generated daily showing the difference in configurations, in case something has to be rolled back.
As I said in my last post, I run MythDora 10.21 for my custom DVR solution. MythDora is a combination of RedHat's Fedora [?] 10 and MythTV [?] 0.21 which bundles into an install most of what you need for a DVR solution. Here are a few screen shots I took today.
I purchased a Hauppauge HVR-1600 (Model 1178) and sorted through adding it to my Linux-based home recording system which runs MythDora 10.21. I've already had a Hauppauge PVR-500 for 2 years and it works great for recording two TV shows at once, but it only supports analog. I've wanted to make the switch to digital for some time, but I knew that the cards at the time were still new and digital support in general was green.
I've had a Blackberry 8830 World Edition with Verizon which was nice and fast, and very nice as a modem tether to my laptop. More recently I've had a Blackberry 8820 with AT&T - the slowest I've ever seen, and a carrier I'd recommend against if you want speed. The Verizon GPS was locked down, but Google Maps pin-pointed it close enough to get directions or do searches. AT&T has the GPS unlocked, but the internet sluggishness is so annoying, even ssh crawls. Bother are excellent phones, no matter the cell company flaws.
The question really is not if you will use IPv6, but when. You probably already do and just don't know it. If you don't live off the grid and you do purchase gas, electric and water services, no doubt you home has an IPv6 or two assigned to some of the devices on your property, such as your gas, electric, and water meters. Why? Well it sure makes addressing hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of devices that much easier for utilities and municipalities.
I remember when I first started this journey to start my own company. I shared that I thought it was time to strike out on my own with my family. One of the first obstacles I ran into was what to call this new company? It seems like a simple enough question, and perhaps I built to high of an obstacle in coming up with a name. When it came down to it, my oldest son had it right: Roysdon Networks. Roysdon's my name, and building Networks is my game.
