Juno Spacecraft Captures Stunning Image of Jupiter’s North Pole

August 27, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured stunning images of Jupiter’s north pole. According to NASA, the images were taken from 2,500 miles above Jupiter’s clouds, during the first of 36 flybys Juno will make around the planet. “First glimpse of Jupiter’s north pole, and it looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before,” said Scott Bolton, principal […]

Why the iPhone is Not the Best SmartPhone

Better Integration with existing Technology With rumors about the Apple iPhone 7 spreading, Apple is said to announce on September 7, the new iPhone will be ditching the head phone jack (Eadicicco, 2016). As long as they continue to produce phones with the lightning jack that’ fine by me. However, the iPhone is not the best […]

Welcome, Space Travelers

Explore the outer reaches of space, and the intricate workings of our solar system, Planet Earth and beyond. Follow Us On Twitter Photo Credit: @Nasa

Tonight’s Best: Venus-Jupiter Conjunction

Tonight, August 27, 2016, the sky’s two brightest planets Venus and Jupiter will stage the year’s closest conjunction of two planets. Venus and Jupiter engage in their closest conjunction in nearly a half a century. This Saturday night, make plans to get a clear view of the western horizon in order to see a celestial event […]

Venus-Jupiter conjunction Aug 27

On August 27, 2016, the sky’s two brightest planets Venus and Jupiter will stage the year’s closest conjunction of two planets. Venus and Jupiter engage in their closest conjunction in nearly a half a century. This Saturday night, make plans to get a clear view of the western horizon in order to see a celestial […]

Why Jupiter is the coolest object in the night sky

If you’ve never seen Jupiter up close under a telescope you’re really missing out on something spectacular. It is now late August and Jupiter can only be seen in the western sky just after sunset. However, a few months ago Jupiter was visible directly above the southern sky making it very easy to see with […]

The Early Days: Part III

It was January of 2009, and I was looking for a job. My sister worked for this particular company and could help me get an interview for an entry-level position in the billing department at a Revenue Cycle Management company. Luckily, it paid off, and I interviewed with the EVP of Billing Operations. This person […]

Move Files Older Than X Days Batch Scripting

I recently need to move files from one drive in Windows C: to another drive or volume E: due to space limitations. I created this batch file to move files from one directory to another directory older that X number of days. I moved all files older than 360 days. From an elevated command prompt: […]

Cisco On Demand Port Activation License Fiber Channel Switch MDS 9124

My company just purchased an 8-pack On Demand port activation for two Cisco MDS 9124 SAN Fiber channel switches. We are currently adding additional VMware hosts with dual-port HBAs. Each host will be single connected to each fiber channel switch. In the future we might add additional HBAs so that each host is dual connected […]

The Early Days: Part II

The government took down Napster, but there were still BitTorrents like Kazaa. Man, that site was my best friend. Not literally, but it was the first time I downloaded a Muse song. This was in like 2002 or early 2003. Download speeds were like 1.5 Mbps, and it would still take like 5 minutes to […]

All Systems (Are) Go.

This blog was created originally for me to share my experiences, problems, failures and ultimately successes with other like minded individuals that also work in various IT departments around the world.

Author: Brian N