[Discuss] [Position-available] Network Engineer @ Financial Recovery Technologies - Medford, MA

2018-12-20 Thread Matt Shields
UR MEDFORD, MA HEADQUARTERS. LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY, PLEASE. AGENCIES: WE ARE ONLY WORKING WITH PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AGENCIES ON THIS REQUISITION, SO IF YOU ARE NOT SUCH A FIRM, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR CANDIDATES FOR THIS POSITION. Matt Shields m...@shields.tv 78

Re: [Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?

2015-09-25 Thread Matt Shields
eryone, especially since my solution has server overhead, but I do know that it's worked better than any other solution I've tried with no effort on my part and with excellent results, which is what makes it a usable solution for me. Matt On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Rich Pieri

Re: [Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?

2015-09-24 Thread Matt Shields
ownCloud has version control ( https://doc.owncloud.org/server/8.1/user_manual/files/version_control.html), although you need to keep an eye on your server drive size. It will start to purge older versions if your disks exceed 50%. But by your definition this would still be considered a backup.

Re: [Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?

2015-09-24 Thread Matt Shields
hosting their own sync server will not be worth it and a backup drive taken to the bank is "good enough". Matt On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Rich Pieri wrote: > On 9/24/2015 6:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > >> Check out ownCloud. It let's you run your own cloud

Re: [Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?

2015-09-24 Thread Matt Shields
I use DropBox Business. Matt On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > > From: Matt Shields [mailto:m...@mattshields.org] > > > > So far have not had a single issue. > > I repeat the question: What happens if you interrupt the client or network >

Re: [Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?

2015-09-24 Thread Matt Shields
exception to this would be if it were for work, then I would suggest paying for a service. Matt On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On > > Behalf Of Matt Shields > > > > Chec

Re: [Discuss] Cloud-backup solutions for Linux?

2015-09-24 Thread Matt Shields
Check out ownCloud. It let's you run your own cloud based backup service. Matt On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Rich Braun wrote: > What do you use for offsite backup? > > Here's why I ask: For a few years I've been using CrashPlan as my primary > backup, and rsnapshot as a secondary. > > Abou

[Discuss] pfSense and Amazon AWS expert needed

2015-09-02 Thread Matt Shields
Anyone on the list an expert with pfSense and Amazon AWS? I'm trying to setup an IPSec VPN on pfSense in AWS for one of my clients to connect to and have some questions. I have the tunnel up, but I seem to be having issues getting traffic to route to or from the client's network and they have eve

Re: [Discuss] OpenSWAN VPN

2015-07-11 Thread Matt Shields
traffic through. > > Does your routing table look right? > > On 7/9/2015 10:44 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > > Does anyone have a working OpenSWAN config or can you see what the issue > > might be below? Current test environment is two Amazon VPC's with a VPN > > serv

Re: [Discuss] VPS suggestions

2015-07-10 Thread Matt Shields
Check out Linode.com Matt On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: > Hi All, > > Any VPS suggestions? For the last year I’ve been using Digital Ocean. > The price is right and the servers are fast. Unfortunately it appears > apt-get can’t update the kernel. You have to use the

[Discuss] OpenSWAN VPN

2015-07-09 Thread Matt Shields
Does anyone have a working OpenSWAN config or can you see what the issue might be below? Current test environment is two Amazon VPC's with a VPN server NAT'd behind firewall, UDP ports 500 & 4500 are being forwarded. I'm using the config below and it "seems" to connect, but can't ping/ssh to anyth

Re: [Discuss] Juniper VPN's

2015-06-12 Thread Matt Shields
I ended up telling them to open a ticket with Juniper and they were able to get their web based vpn portal to work with OS X. I guess it was an issue where the web portal wasn't telling OS X browsers to launch java properly. Matt On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Tom Metro wrote: &

Re: [Discuss] Juniper VPN's

2015-06-11 Thread Matt Shields
hu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey....@blu.org] On > > Behalf Of Matt Shields > > > > All the download links I've found are behind Juniper's locked down > > download site.

[Discuss] Juniper VPN's

2015-06-11 Thread Matt Shields
Anyone using the Juniper SA series VPN's? I'm doing work as a contractor and their web based VPN is not working for me (Mac laptop). I also tried their Junos Pulse software and it's not working either. I read online somewhere on the Mac to try the Java Secure Application Manager (Juniper's java

Re: [Discuss] xapo, what do you think?

2015-06-02 Thread Matt Shields
Check out Circle.com. It was started by Jeremy Allaire (of Allaire/Macromedia fame) and backed by a number of well known VC's Matt On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: > > > On Jun 2, 2015, at 11:02 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 09:55:12AM -0400, Eri

[Discuss] Cross platform Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware

2015-05-29 Thread Matt Shields
I'm fishing for what others are using for anti-virus/anti-malware on their Windows and Linux servers. Both commercial and open-source is an option. Matt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] Virtualized guests of OS X?

2015-04-09 Thread Matt Shields
I believe you can use Parallels Desktop and VirtualBox as well. Matt On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Anthony Gabrielson wrote: > Hi Eric, > Yes, I use vmware fusion and it just works. You just need to download the > installer for the version of OS X you want. > > Anthony > > - Original Mess

Re: [Discuss] External network scanning service

2015-03-30 Thread Matt Shields
Thanks Tom & Dan, I'll check them out. At a previous company our security officer used the self-hosted Nessus. Matt On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 04:28:35PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote: > > Matt Shields wrote: > > > I'm

[Discuss] External network scanning service

2015-03-27 Thread Matt Shields
I've used a number of open source tools such as nmap, Nessus, Saint. I'm looking for a SAAS that I can add my subnets and they will scan them daily and check for open ports and known vulnerabilities, etc and send us a report. They don't necessarily need to be full pen testing, but it would be nic

Re: [Discuss] bitnami stacks are awful

2015-03-06 Thread Matt Shields
I found that out the hard way when one of my clients was using the Bitnami Drupal AMI and was complaining how slow his website was for getting barely any traffic.. It was using ApacheFriends XAMPP as the backend web/db server. The problem was the way the AMI was deployed it used all the stock con

Re: [Discuss] os x = poop?

2015-02-12 Thread Matt Shields
x27;m sure it's gotten a lot better for Linux on the desktop, but I've never had the same issues with Mac. Matt On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > Going back as far as '95 I've been using Linux and ever since then I've > tried over and over to use

Re: [Discuss] os x = poop?

2015-02-12 Thread Matt Shields
Going back as far as '95 I've been using Linux and ever since then I've tried over and over to use Linux on the desktop. Each time I'd have limited success, usually the main reason for going back to Windows on the desktop is because of some corporate software needs (most often Office, Outlook, Pro

Re: [Discuss] OS X server question

2015-02-01 Thread Matt Shields
Ditto. I installed it on my mac mini out of curiosity. I haven't used it in production, probably wouldn't use it in the datacenter since I'm a die-hard linux on the server guy, but I would consider if it were an all Mac office. It seems to do a nice job of tying services that are Apple specific

Re: [Discuss] Python module for Windows services that runs on Linux

2014-12-03 Thread Matt Shields
: services.run(address) except Exception, e: print e Matt On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Mike Small wrote: > Matt Shields writes: > > > Anyone know of a python module that will let me query/start/stop a > Windows > > service? The module needs to be able work on a Li

Re: [Discuss] Python module for Windows services that runs on Linux

2014-12-02 Thread Matt Shields
box. Matt On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:57 AM, John Hall wrote: > > Have you considered using SaltStack? > http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/index.html# > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > >> Yes, run the python app on Linux but connect to a

Re: [Discuss] Python module for Windows services that runs on Linux

2014-12-02 Thread Matt Shields
Yes, run the python app on Linux but connect to a Windows server and query/start/stop a service. Matt On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Be

[Discuss] Python module for Windows services that runs on Linux

2014-12-01 Thread Matt Shields
Anyone know of a python module that will let me query/start/stop a Windows service? The module needs to be able work on a Linux system. I've looked around but it seems all the modules I find require the python app to run on a Windows machine. Matt ___

Re: [Discuss] Nagios config

2014-11-03 Thread Matt Shields
If you're going to use Nagios, use Icinga instead. Same modules, same configs, better interface. One example is say you are trying to acknowledge a number of services that are down. In Nagios you need to acknowledge them one by one. In Icinga, you can select them all, then do a mass acknowledge

Re: [Discuss] Monitoring your AWS instances

2014-09-28 Thread Matt Shields
Did you get an email telling you about reboots begin scheduled? I know I have a number of systems being rebooted today around 2pm. If you log into the console, and go to EC2 then click on Events on the left side it will show you any ones that are scheduled in the future. If you change one of the

Re: [Discuss] Home security & automation

2014-09-22 Thread Matt Shields
At the very least I'll be doing a multi-camera setup on my own. Matt On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Bill Horne wrote: > On 9/21/2014 5:31 PM, Matt Shields wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:21 > AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > >> On 9/19/2014 4:37 PM, Matt Shields wrote:

Re: [Discuss] Home security & automation

2014-09-21 Thread Matt Shields
Part of wanting to do it myself is because I would learn about all the different components and be able to troubleshoot and fix them if necessary. Matt On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 9/19/2014 4:37 PM, Matt Shields wrote: > > I'd rather not go with a

[Discuss] Home security & automation

2014-09-19 Thread Matt Shields
I'm considering setting up my own home security system, video surveillance and home automation. I'd rather not go with a provider based system (like Comcast, ADT, Vivint, etc) since I want to control everything and not have to rely on a company for service or pay a monthly fee. Ideally I would li

Re: [Discuss] Wireless devices, 2 Wireless Routers, local network. DD-WRT

2014-08-27 Thread Matt Shields
It does, except when you're the only ops guy for the company (btw not complaining, I love where I work). So even vacations mean you're still technically on call in case of emergency. I recently went to Bermuda and while our Director of Engineer could handle the day to day stuff, I took care of an

Re: [Discuss] Wireless devices, 2 Wireless Routers, local network. DD-WRT

2014-08-27 Thread Matt Shields
I haven't, but I'm interested in your results. I also go camping and have had to resort to getting a mifi which has a 10GB limit and I often go over. if there was a way to do what you're doing and limit my mifi use, I'd be interested. I'd also be interested to see if someone could accomplish wit

Re: [Discuss] Selling GNU/Linux Hosting Business

2014-08-11 Thread Matt Shields
rote: > Thanks Matt! I took a look at webhostingtalk.com and it looks like a > valuable resource for this. Also, your advice to choose a buyer based > on the care they will give the customers is well taken. > > Will > > On 07/28/2014 10:14 AM, Matt Shields wrote: &g

Re: [Discuss] Sync Revisited

2014-07-30 Thread Matt Shields
l 30, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 7/30/2014 8:06 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > > Did you try ownCloud? > > Yes. It's horrible. I mean, BTSync and Syncthing are single executables. > Start the daemon and you're syncing files. Bang, done. ownCloud requires >

Re: [Discuss] Sync Revisited

2014-07-30 Thread Matt Shields
org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields > > > > Did you try ownCloud? It's a self-hosted replacement for Dropbox. They > > even have some built in apps, so I can use the web interface when I don't > > have my computer or phone to log in and edit documents similar to

Re: [Discuss] Sync Revisited

2014-07-30 Thread Matt Shields
Did you try ownCloud? It's a self-hosted replacement for Dropbox. They even have some built in apps, so I can use the web interface when I don't have my computer or phone to log in and edit documents similar to Google Apps. Matt On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > At this

Re: [Discuss] Selling GNU/Linux Hosting Business

2014-07-28 Thread Matt Shields
Check out webhostingtalk.com They have a section for people looking to sell their hosting business. Just do due diligence to make sure whoever is taking over your business is good. Even though they will no longer be your customers, the customers will still remember who you choose to care for th

Re: [Discuss] GPS feature in cellphones?

2014-06-05 Thread Matt Shields
Having worked for McCaw Cellular aka Cellular One aka AT&T Wireless Services, I remember them doing this in the 90's. Even if your cell phone doesn't have GPS capabilities, the phone companies could track you using what's called triangulation. It's not as accurate as GPS, but it's close enough.

Re: [Discuss] Antenna Signal Issues

2014-06-04 Thread Matt Shields
lu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > discuss-requ...@blu.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > discuss-ow...@blu.org > > > > When replying, ple

[Discuss] Antenna Signal Issues

2014-06-04 Thread Matt Shields
This is not computer or linux related but I'm hoping that someone on the list might have some technical experience in radio signals or wireless systems for audio engineering. I have the following wireless equipment. 2 wireless handheld mics, 2 wireless headset mics and 8 in ear wireless monitor s

Re: [Discuss] Are there any SSL certificate authorities that don't cost a king's ransom?

2013-07-31 Thread Matt Shields
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Bill Horne wrote: > I'm pricing SSL certificates for my employer: we're talking about putting > up a "donations" page, and that means using SSL. > > Symantec is charging for Beluga caviar and delivering fish eggs: over $700 > per year. > > Thawte, their little-kn

Re: [Discuss] encrypted basic cable

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Daniel Barrett wrote: > > I found a similar no-set-top-box plan on FIOS for even less money, > > $10/month, switched, and never had a problem again. > > You're referring to a plan that only covers the retransmission of local > broadcast stations

Re: [Discuss] Cable Modem Woes / Looking to Compare Notes

2013-04-25 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Rick Umali wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm looking to compare notes with people who use Comcast Internet. > > For the past month or so, my wife, who works from home, has complained for > fairly regular outages with our Internet. We live in Arlington, and the > outages

Re: [Discuss] Patch/Server management software

2013-03-26 Thread Matt Shields
ing like Puppet or Chef? Or something orthogonal to those > features? > > http://bitfieldconsulting.com/puppet-vs-chef > > Drew Van Zandt > Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) > Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST > > > > On Tue, Mar 26, 2

[Discuss] Patch/Server management software

2013-03-26 Thread Matt Shields
Anyone know of software that will give me a dashboard of my servers in my network, what software is installed on them, what software needs to be updated and let me target a remote update for those pieces of software. Say for example there's an SSH update for my CentOS 5.6 boxes, I hit one button a

Re: [Discuss] On-site backups revisited - rsnapshot vs. CrashPlan

2013-02-20 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Rich Braun wrote: > I wrote last month a query about CrashPlan free peer-to-peer software from > Code42. I failed to get satisfaction from the vendor, even though the CEO > of > Code42 made a response, you can view the thread at > > https://crashplan.zendesk.com/

Re: [Discuss] Network monitoring tool recommendation

2013-02-06 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:29 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > On 02/06/2013 02:00 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > >> On 02/06/2013 12:34 PM, Matt Shields wrote: >> >>> Also try ntop. Set it up on a standalone computer. 2 network ports, one >>> for management, o

Re: [Discuss] Network monitoring tool recommendation

2013-02-06 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > Cacti, Nagios, and Intellipool are all solid for this. > > * > Drew Van Zandt > Cam # US2010035593 (M:Liam Hopkins R: Bastian Rotgeld) > Domain Coordinator, MA-003-D. Masquerade aVST > * > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:11 PM, David Rosenstr

Re: [Discuss] Boston CO's

2013-01-29 Thread Matt Shields
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Alex Pennace wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 09:09:27AM -0500, Matt Shields wrote: > > Anyone have a list of CO's (Telco Central Office) in the city of Boston? > I > > know there's one at 1 Summer St and 300 Congress. I'm looki

[Discuss] Boston CO's

2013-01-29 Thread Matt Shields
Anyone have a list of CO's (Telco Central Office) in the city of Boston? I know there's one at 1 Summer St and 300 Congress. I'm looking for a list of all CO's for a project I'm working on. Matt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.bl

Re: [Discuss] webmin

2013-01-24 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: > I am setting up a server for a fairly technical guy, not a admin level > guy, but a smart kid that can do/figure out most tasks, and I also trust > that he has the temperament to recognize and call me before he does > anything *bad*. General

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

2013-01-15 Thread Matt Shields
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Rich Braun wrote: > I learned something about international shipping this year. Know why we > don't make much in the USA anymore? Because a couple of companies have > built an oligopoly of shipping services: the costs are incredible, and the > paperwork burden is

Re: [Discuss] satellite Internet vs. fixed wireless

2013-01-09 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 04:54:13PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote: > > It makes you wonder what happened to fixed wireless around here? People > > were all excited about it back around 2000. I think there are still a > > few companies in the Boston area

Re: [Discuss] data caps

2013-01-08 Thread Matt Shields
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields > > > > profit sharing. Quincy happened to strike a good deal with Com

Re: [Discuss] data caps

2013-01-08 Thread Matt Shields
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Tom Metro wrote: > Lets move on from DRM and GPL to another topic we all love - data caps! > > The clips and commentary below became too long, so I'll provide a tl;dr > summary up top, and pose a question for discussion. Here's the premise: > data caps are not abou

Re: [Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

2012-12-31 Thread Matt Shields
On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Mark Woodward wrote: > What am I missing? Why can't you FedEx it? > > > On 12/31/2012 10:36 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > >> I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered >> everything I need directly to the

[Discuss] Travelling abroad & taking technology

2012-12-31 Thread Matt Shields
I have buildout a datacenter in London in January and I've ordered everything I need directly to the datacenter because of everything I've heard about dealing with customs. The only exception of a single piece of equipment we forgot that probably won't make it if I ship it now (a Cisco serial cons

[Discuss] Open Source Monitoring

2012-12-04 Thread Matt Shields
I've been a longtime supporter of Nagios (and more recently Icinga) and Cacti, but I've become extremely frustrated with the complexity it takes to manage extremely large installations. It usually starts out fine but when you've got a lot of people in it, it gets messy. Nagios also should have bu

Re: [Discuss] [Slightly OT] Streaming video services?

2012-11-30 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Kyle Leslie wrote: > I'd add that with Netflix depending on the unit you get varies the content > you get. My XBox 360 has always had different streaming content than a > friends PS3 or Set top box. > > That could have changed now but I dropped my subscription bec

[Discuss] [Position-available] Sr and Jr Linux/Network Engineer

2012-09-07 Thread Matt Shields
We have a couple positions open for both Sr & Jr Linux/Network System Engineers. Below is the description of the Sr position. Please contact me directly if interested. Location: South Boston (near South Station) Compensation: commensurate with experience Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Re: [Discuss] 'nother question

2012-08-08 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Matt Shields wrote: > > On the client, try "nmap -sT serverIP" to see if your client > > can see port 22 open. > > FYI, you can test SSH connectivity more simply like: > > % telnet ssh-server 22 > Tr

Re: [Discuss] 'nother question

2012-08-08 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Derek Martin wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 07:10:44PM -0400, dan moylan wrote: > > > Maybe add the verbose option and post the output to the list. > > > > ok, here 'tis: > > Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host 192.168.0.103, user moylan, > command scp -v -t -

[Discuss] [Position-available] Sr and Jr Linux System Engineers

2012-08-03 Thread Matt Shields
We have a couple positions open for both Sr & Jr Linux System Engineers. Please contact me directly if interested. Position Overview: The Systems Engineer is responsible for building, implementing, and managing products and solutions for production environment, while ensuring 24/7 availability. Th

Re: [Discuss] iPhone vs. Android - the backup problem

2012-07-20 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Kent Borg wrote: > Matt Shields wrote (privately, but I think it is of general interest and > not confidential): > > Just an FYI for anyone who uses iTunes and buy's apps and music from >> Apple. If you have lost your content for whateve

Re: [Discuss] Looking for work

2012-07-03 Thread Matt Shields
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Rich Braun wrote: > Jerry wrote: > >> Don't volunteer anything and don't be negative. > > Edward Ned Harvey responded: > > Agreed with everything Jerry just said, except "don't volunteer > anything." > > ... I feel the best interviews > > are usually the ones where

[Discuss] [Position-available] Sr and Jr Linux System Engineers

2012-06-19 Thread Matt Shields
We have a couple positions open for both Sr & Jr Linux System Engineers. Please contact me directly if interested. Position Overview: The Systems Engineer is responsible for building, implementing, and managing products and solutions for production environment, while ensuring 24/7 availability. Th

Re: [Discuss] Web Maintenance software (for Windows)

2012-06-07 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:37 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > > The only way he is going to do it is through DreamWeaver, period. I > > always found light colonels to be stubborn. > > Here's the thing: he isn't doing you a favor by managing the site.

[Discuss] Collection of New England "resources"

2012-05-07 Thread Matt Shields
All, This weekend's emergency has had me thinking I was wondering if it would be worthwhile to create some pages on the BLU site where we can list resources such as consultants including their areas of expertise like programming, sysadmin, DBA's, networking, etc and brief summary of their areas of

Re: [Discuss] Emergency consultant needed

2012-05-05 Thread Matt Shields
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Matt Shields wrote: > I wish I had the time to do this myself but I'm booked solid. I have a > friend who is in need of a consultant. They know the office environment is > Windows, not sure what the office network is. They also have some cloud

[Discuss] Emergency consultant needed

2012-05-05 Thread Matt Shields
I wish I had the time to do this myself but I'm booked solid. I have a friend who is in need of a consultant. They know the office environment is Windows, not sure what the office network is. They also have some cloud services at Amazon but they're not sure what is hosted there(Windows/Linux or

Re: [Discuss] Boston-area green screen? [OT]

2012-04-20 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Ricker, William wrote: > I don't know if pro photo gear rental shops are even open on the weekend > --Original Message-- > From: Tom Metro > To: Daniel C. > Cc: L-blu > Subject: Re: [Discuss] Boston-area green screen? [OT] > Sent: Apr 20, 2012 16:49 > > Dan

Re: [Discuss] Discuss - Software Engineering union

2012-04-20 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > Union have had their place, and some times they may have use today. > > Unions came about when employers were abusing employees. > More resent history have employees abusing employers. > > If we all played nice like we were taught in kindergart

Re: [Discuss] Bourne Shell variable assignment question

2011-12-15 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Matt Shields wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > >> I have not done my homework on this as much as I should. >> A coworker needs to set variable names and values input from another >> file. Normally, I would

Re: [Discuss] Bourne Shell variable assignment question

2011-12-15 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > I have not done my homework on this as much as I should. > A coworker needs to set variable names and values input from another > file. Normally, I would source that file, but he specifically wants to > parse the file. > So, in simple terms,

Re: [Discuss] Backing up LVM partitions using snapshots

2011-12-14 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 12/14/2011 12:34 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > >> I've been watching the (second?) incarnation of this thread for a >> while now and I think that I see your point. I wonder if the "TRIM" >> functionality that is being added to filesystems in

Re: [Discuss] Competition of broadband

2011-12-04 Thread Matt Shields
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 12/02/2011 07:44 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > >> I see that Bill H. says that TV service isn't an issue for him, but it is >> one. In fact, TV service is the root of how broadband is deployed in >> Massachusetts. >> >> Back in the 1970s, whe

Re: [Discuss] Any Subversion geniuses out there?

2011-12-02 Thread Matt Shields
onv --from-code=UTF-16 --to-code=UTF-8 ms-text-file.txt > > plain-text-file.txt > > I also ran it through "tr -d '\r'" to scrape off the ^M at the end of > each line before dropping it into the output file, but that's a separate > issue. > > >

Re: [Discuss] Any Subversion geniuses out there?

2011-12-02 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields > > > > What I was wondering is it possible in Subversion when a changeset is &g

[Discuss] Any Subversion geniuses out there?

2011-12-01 Thread Matt Shields
It's a long story but basically we have a number of developers that all use MS Sql Server Management Studio to write/edit their schema (along with other tools such as Visual Studio, notepad, etc). For some reason when you create a .sql script using SSMS even though it's text it does some funky enc

Re: [Discuss] Howdy

2011-11-30 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:14 PM, John Abreau wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > I live in Newton where we have Vz (FIOS), Comcast, and RCN. In general my > > Comcast service has been excellent with any outage not their fault. > > > The difference is that you l

Re: [Discuss] Security

2011-11-02 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 11/02/2011 01:10 PM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > > At my work, here are a few vending machines. One of these machines has a > > nice little antenna on it. Presumably, it communicates via cellular > > network to the vendor in order to rep

Re: [Discuss] Security

2011-11-02 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Gregory Boyce wrote: > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:10 PM, wrote: > > At my work, here are a few vending machines. One of these machines has a > > nice little antenna on it. Presumably, it communicates via cellular > > network to the vendor in order to report on usag

Re: [Discuss] lvm snapshot cloning

2011-10-26 Thread Matt Shields
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On Oct 25, 2011, at 7:51 PM, ma...@mohawksoft.com wrote: > > > > The snapshot has no effect on the master, and yes, we've already said and > > we already know it is a weakness in LVM that if you don't extend your > > snapshots you lose them.

[Discuss] Any Amazon EC2 experts?

2011-10-25 Thread Matt Shields
I need a way to be able to copy around 30x Win2k3 AMI's (EBS backed) from us-east-1 to us-west-1 weekly, so automation and ease of use would be great. Not looking for a extremely manual process like creating new AMI in us-west-1, then recreating everything manually. I've checked out CloudyScripts

Re: [Discuss] Server Room Power

2011-10-13 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matt Shields > > > > A long time ago I got fed up with trying to calculate amperage, so I &g

Re: [Discuss] Server Room Power

2011-10-13 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > One question I have is in planning. One day we received a shipment of about > 5 or 6 Intel systems from out Toronto office. We ordered a rack, switch, and > a rack KVM. We initially plugged everything in to a wall outlet. ran fine > until it

Re: [Discuss] Old computers Re: (OT) Steve Jobs 1955-2011

2011-10-08 Thread Matt Shields
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Rich Braun wrote: > Jerry Feldman mentioned an old computer: > > My first home computer was an Apple II (1978). What Jobs saw back > > then was that a desktop computer could be useful to real people. > > At the time, there were a few hobby computers. I almost boug

Re: [Discuss] (OT) Steve Jobs 1955-2011

2011-10-06 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 10:19:49AM -0400, Matthew Gillen wrote: > > On 10/06/2011 09:23 AM, Dan O'Donovan wrote: > > >> My next cell phone will be an openmoko > > > > > > I remember saying that five years ago - kinda glad I got an iPhone >

Re: [Discuss] Thumbs Up To Ben

2011-10-06 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:49 AM, wrote: > > Today the biggest threat to long term freedom, and history as a whole, is > the cultural and legal acceptance of DRM. If you think about this and its > eventual elimination of the free flow of information, you should be > scared. VERY SCARED. > > Steve

Re: [Discuss] more on software patent

2011-10-04 Thread Matt Shields
3 Hsuanyeh Chang : > > > If I have the honor, what I can offer now is to write up, in the name > of > > > BLU, a "request for ex parte reexamination" and get it on file in the > > patent > > > office in an attempt to invalidate the asserted patent(s). But, I &g

Re: [Discuss] more on software patent

2011-10-03 Thread Matt Shields
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote: > 35 U.S.C. 101 Inventions patentable. > > "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, > manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful > improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the

Re: [Discuss] Self-introduction and more on software patent

2011-09-30 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote: > Thanks to many kind notes from BLU members. I believe what I have done > wrong is that I failed to introduce myself before speaking out. So, here > is > a little bit of myself. > > I have a graduate degree in theoretical physics and done

Re: [Discuss] How do I determine what hard drive screws I need?

2011-09-29 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of John Abreau > > > > I've got an HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server, which uses 2.5-inch SAS or > > SATA drives. > > The machin

Re: [Discuss] The America Invents Act

2011-09-28 Thread Matt Shields
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang wrote: > > 2. Apparently, engineering schools should consider opening at some courses > on patent and copyright laws for future engineers. Filing a patent > application doesn't mean you should ultimately pursue and get a patent. A > patent appli

Re: [Discuss] LVM Re: A really interesting chain of functionality

2011-09-27 Thread Matt Shields
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > From: Mark Woodward [mailto:ma...@mohawksoft.com] > > > > I don't think this is right. Running nagios on a snapshot would do > > nothing. A snapshot is protected from change. Typically, what you would > > do is this: > > > > Create a vo

Re: [Discuss] LVM Re: A really interesting chain of functionality

2011-09-27 Thread Matt Shields
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Mark Woodward > wrote: > > On 09/26/2011 07:17 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > >> > >> So, this all serves to rather emphasize my point, which is to say... > >> (LVM) Create snapshot, mount it, monitor it wit

Re: [Discuss] LVM Re: A really interesting chain of functionality

2011-09-26 Thread Matt Shields
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Rich Braun wrote: > The open-source LVM manager in Linux provides excellent _read_ performance. > Where it suffers relative to commercial products (NetApp, Isilon, et al) is > the _write_ performance. > > In this thread, a criticism is leveled that it eats up dis

Re: [Discuss] How do rack vendors compare?

2011-09-22 Thread Matt Shields
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm looking to install some basic 19" racks in my house/basement to make > it easier to mount some of my home networking equipment, including about > 200 wire terminations for ethernet, cable, and phone, and a couple > computers

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