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TPM chips the achilles heel of re-purposing old hardware for vSphere
Read more: TPM chips the achilles heel of re-purposing old hardware for vSphereINTRO Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips went into common usage in the early 2000s when the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) was formed by Intel and other companies to enhance hardware security by providing a secure environment for cryptographic operations and secure key storage TPM chips typically measure about 1 x 1 inch or smaller, if…
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BMW X1 aka “white lightning”
Read more: BMW X1 aka “white lightning”Let’s do a blog post in the format of ‘the 5 W’s’: WHO / WHAT / WHEN / WHERE / WHY, for my latest car purchase, almost an annual event now. I’ll go through the W’s in a different order: WHO: I’m 46 this July, I live in Laval (close to Montreal), Canada. I’m an…
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Let’s rack & roll with a Dell R640 to ‘serve the home’
Read more: Let’s rack & roll with a Dell R640 to ‘serve the home’The title of this blog was an obvious lift from the mighty Patrick Kennedy blog ServeTheHome Server Storage and Networking ReviewsCheck out the site or watch his related YT channel INTRO First, let’s start with some numbers 46 years old is my age as of Oct 2025 20 is the number of years I’ve been…
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Let’s visit the Florida Panhandle
Read more: Let’s visit the Florida PanhandleMy parents used to live as snow birds in Gulfport, Florida, which is close the city of Tampa. I visited them at their Florida home 3 times over the years, and I really enjoyed my time there They sold their Florida home in the spring of 2024, and around Dec of 2024, I missed it!…
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