The author expresses a fondness for static routing despite the advantages of dynamic routing protocols like BGP. Static routing is praised for its predictability and reliability, contrasting with dynamic protocols that can err or misunderstand configurations. The piece highlights the beauty of simplicity in networking amidst complexities in dynamic environments.
Read more "Why I Still Love Static Routing (Don’t Tell [Redacted])"The author reflects on their experience with data backups after a sysadmin’s mistake led to production downtime. They emphasize the importance of understanding storage systems over merely having backups. While snapshots offer quick recovery, true resilience comes from validated backups. Knowledge in system restoration is crucial for effective data management.
Read more "Data Recovery Insights: Learning from Mistakes"“There’s an RFC for that.” That’s something my colleague and resident networking genius, Jefferson Cowart, says right before my brain prepares for impact. We were in the middle of a migration from static routing to dynamic (BGP) when Jefferson casually dropped, “You should probably be aware of the evil bit.” Now, I didn’t say it […]
Read more "Why Firewalls Wish the ‘Evil Bit’ Was Real"All Systems Argo: A Journey Through Technology, Security, and Storytelling There’s something poetic about the phrase All Systems Argo. When I registered this domain years ago, it was a playful mashup:“All Systems Are Go” — the phrase you hear before a rocket launch — and Jason and the Argonauts, my dad’s favorite story. The name […]
Read more "From Sysadmin to Cybersecurity: My IT Transformation"In 2019, I bombed a Linux interview. The recruiter had matched me to a role that wasn’t in my wheelhouse, and I walked into the conversation cold—no prep, no context, and no clue what was coming. The guy on the other end seemed like he was more interested in proving what I didn’t know than […]
Read more "🔥 The Origin Story – From Rejection to Reinvention"SAN zone create for Brocade 6500 series switch using the CLI commands We have two new ESXi hosts that need storage mapping to our Dell Compellent SAN SC8000s. Each ESXi host is dual port 8Gb HBAs. We have two separate fabric zones (FabricA and FabricB). This way in a HA fail-over only one switch needs to be […]
Read more "Adding/Removing ESXi hosts to Brocade Fabric Switch Cli (6500 series)"For about the last 4 or 5 years I would be formatting a desktop to install Windows 7/8/10 in order to give this new PC to an end user. Every once in a while I would run into the error when selecting the partition during the Windows installation that prevents me from installing Windows. The […]
Read more "We Couldn’t Create A New Partition Or Locate An Existing One Windows 10 (Solved)"In the tax debate hosted by CNN on November, 28th, 2017, between Sen. Ted Cruz, Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, Maria Cantwell, and Tim Scott – Cruz asked Maria Cantwell, “What’s the difference between a Democrat and a Socialist?”1 – asserting between Bernie Sanders and Herself in the Democratic Party. She then avoided directly answering the […]
Read more "What’s The Difference Between A Democrat And A Socialist?"Ever have a user that recently married, or created a username only later to realize there was a spelling mistake (not on the fault of IT of course)? Our old Sys Admin used to botch this process so baldly, that as of this day I have tried to refrain from changing anyone’s username in AD […]
Read more "How to Change An Active Directory and Exchange Username After Marriage or Mistake"For $699 (the iPhone 8) or $799 (the Plus), you get a device that makes calls, plays games, takes pictures, shows movies, gets you everywhere, and does everything better than ever before. And yet it’s already obsolete (Pierce, 2017). However, for the price of a laptop that vastly superior you too could be the proud […]
Read more "The iPhone 8 is here! It’s the Dumbest Smartphone to Date"
All Systems (Are) Go. 