I saw this phrase in a job description last week: Troubleshooting at all layers of the OSI model. That sounds a bit intimidating, right? Maybe at first. But let’s not overcomplicate it. Once you get past the terminology, it’s a logical way to locate and fix problems. Chances are you already do most of this [...]
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Troubleshooting at all layers of the OSI model
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 15, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/04/troubleshooting-at-all-layers-of-the-osi-model/
Welcome, Tony’s Kansas City readers
Thanks to Tony’s Kansas City for the link this morning. Tony noted that “Security dude reminds us that Google Fiber could kill the software industry.” That’s an interesting spin. I do think it will affect the software industry–but so long as Kansas City stays at the forefront and the rest of the country is content [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 24, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/03/welcome-tonys-kansas-city-readers/
How to maximize a Computer Science degree
Yesterday an interesting question popped up on Slashdot, asking for an alternative to a computer science degree for an aspiring web developer. He complained that what he’s learning in class doesn’t relate to what he wants to do in the field. Assuming that by “web developer” he means someone who can code stuff in ASP [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 12, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/02/how-to-maximize-a-computer-science-degree/
Facebook’s IPO doesn’t have to be the end of Silicon Valley
I saw a story on Slashdot this weekend writing Silicon Valley’s obituary at the hands of the Facebook IPO. The logic is that since social networking is an easier path to riches than traditional science, people will choose social networking. In the short term, he may be right. But in the long term? The Facebook [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on May 21, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/05/facebooks-ipo-doesnt-have-to-be-the-end-of-silicon-valley/
RIP, Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore
Commodore founder Jack Tramiel, the orchestrator of the first line of affordable personal computers, died this weekend at the age of 83. I don’t know exactly what to think about it, and I’m probably not alone.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on April 9, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/04/rip-jack-tramiel-founder-of-commodore/
Quit sniveling about a tech skills gap and train your workers
Infoworld tells employers to quit sniveling about their workers not having enough skills and train them. Sounds good. It worked in the organization where I work.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 14, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/03/quit-sniveling-about-a-tech-skills-gap-and-train-your-workers/
Remembering Michelangelo
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Michelangelo virus. If you don’t remember, on March 6, 1992, Michelangelo was programmed to overwrite the first 100 sectors of a hard drive–not quite as destructive as formatting a drive, but to the average user, the effect is the same. It was a huge scare–John McAfee predicted five [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on March 7, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/03/remembering-michelangelo/
Egg on my face
I dragged my computer back over to Micro Center this afternoon. It took three of us, but we got the computer working. It’s a long story. It would have been a much shorter story if I’d remembered my rule #1. I won’t bore you with the details, except to say the second technician, upon hearing [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 12, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/egg-on-my-face/
I need a hair dryer, some nail polish, and two clothespins
At least it looked like a clean break. I commonly run errands mid-evening because strapping my two kids into seat belts is a good way to keep them from tripping over their own shadows and hurting themselves. So we did that one night, and when we got home, my wife logged onto Facebook, where a [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 7, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/12/i-need-a-hair-dryer-some-nail-polish-and-two-clothespins/
Buy toys now, but keep procrastinating on the electronics
According to The Consumerist, if you’re shopping for Christmas (or Hanukah or Kwanzaa or any other giving occasion) gifts right now, this is a good time to buy toys but not necessarily electronics. The logic makes sense.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 28, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/11/buy-toys-now-but-keep-procrastinating-on-the-electronics/