Surgery
Wednesday morning I will undergo some much needed oral surgery. I will be off work and away from most of the tech world until Monday. I hope recovery…
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Rich
Just another IT guy.
Show Jobs that Will Run in Microsoft SQL Server
I don't remember the link I found this little tidbit at, but it's useful. This will display the scheduled jobs on your Microsoft SQL Server instance that will…
Index Fragmentation Report in Microsoft SQL Server
I came across something that I found useful today when troubleshooting some query performance reports. I won't re-post the entire article, but here's what I found useful and…
Display Data and Log File Paths for Microsoft SQL Server Instance
Find all the data and log file paths for all databases on Microsoft SQL Server instance. SELECT name, physical_name AS current_file_location FROM sys.master_files
My .screenrc
I'm bored, so here's what my current .screenrc is (screenshot included). backtick 1 60 60 /usr/local/bin/checkmail.pl hardstatus alwayslastline hardstatus string '%{= kW}%-Lw%{= KW}%50>%n%f* %t%{= kW}%+Lw%< %{= kG}%-=[Mail: %1`]…
Foo Bunny
Create a Redirect to your Google+ Profile
April 2, 2009: RIP Google+. 🙁 It is pretty simple to setup your domain to redirect to your Google+ profile. For example, I have https://techish.net/+ which redirects to…
Debian Wheezy Bind9 Failing to Start
After installing Bind9 chrooted to /var/lib/named in accordance to this guide (link), Bind9 is failing to start due to the following error noted in /var/log/daemon.log To resolve this,…
The Last Supper at Benihana's
We decided to go to Benihana's for some great hibachi grill before my surgery on Wednesday. This is similar to the Last Supper in a way. I'm having…
Time
I just do not have time for this… or do I?
Loyal SkyDrive Users: Upgrade to 25GB Free, while supplies last…
Microsoft SkyDrive is launching new apps that are functionally similar to DropBox allowing integration into Windows desktop and synching your data to your SkyDrive. With this launch, Microsoft…
Interactive Office 2003 to Office 2007 Command Reference Guide
If you have trouble figuring out where certain things moved to when you upgraded from Office 2003 to Office 2007 or 2010, you can use these interactive guides…
Allow Inbound ICMP on Server 2008 R2
Here is how to enable ICMPv4 echo from the command line using netsh in Server 2008 R2 netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request…
How To Send Email Notification On Failed or Successful RDP Logon
In server 2008, it's quite easy to attach a task to an event. In EventViewer, simply right-click on the event and choose Attach Task to This Event. This…
iptables facepalm
Facepalm Friday I think! I recently reconfigured my iptables based firewall and stupidly forgot to allow access out to Akismet for spam filtering on WordPress. No wonder I…