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Monitor upgrade for #2024
Read more: Monitor upgrade for #2024I’ve been WFH in one form or another for 11 years (2013 to 2024). As part of working from home, I want to ensure my home setup is optimized. This includes ergonomics, productivity , sound, function and ascetics (plants, window view) Each element has improved over the years, however, until the first week of January…
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Montreal CUGC First ever event!
Read more: Montreal CUGC First ever event!Citrix user community groups exist in about 60 cities throughout the world. Montreal is a big city, 1.7 million in the metro, 4.2 million including the extended suburbs. In 2017, I met CTA Jon Pitre while we were working at Morgan Stanley, at that time the CTA/CUGC acronyms were new to me, however, I understood…
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vSan 8 express architecture on HP EliteDesk G4 home lab kit
Read more: vSan 8 express architecture on HP EliteDesk G4 home lab kitMy lab is in an in-between state, with 3x HP EliteDesk 800 G3 SFFs (Skylake i5-6500) and two new HP EliteDesk 800 G4 units (i7-8700). Until last week, the 3x HP EliteDesk G3s were in a 3 node vSan 7 setup (non express architecture) which is Samsung 860 standard SSD for storage and Samsung evo…
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A simple / fast method to ID EOL Windows server OS’s by PowerShell
Read more: A simple / fast method to ID EOL Windows server OS’s by PowerShellIn this post, I’ll talk about how to use a simple PowerShell script to scan for end-of-life versions of windows server within a Microsoft active directory environment. The script was written in October 2023, when a lot of IT depts are working hard to Win 2012 to meet the Oct 10, 2023 end-of-support timeline. It’s…
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The $4k contractor quote that inspired my DIY quest for a new front walkway
Read more: The $4k contractor quote that inspired my DIY quest for a new front walkwayAs part of my move into my Mercier-East Montreal, Canada house in May 2022, I’ve kept a list of tasks that I’ve been chipping away it. The most annoying of which, was to replace my cracked front walkway. The existing walkway was 4 concrete slabs, all of which were in various stages of decay. Here…
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Un-doing the muffler delete on my Lexus IS 350 F Sport
Read more: Un-doing the muffler delete on my Lexus IS 350 F SportIn January of 2023 , I bought my first seriously nice car, a 2017 Silver Lexus IS 350 F Sport with lovely red interior. I chose this car after a very extensive car search, read about it here and here The car’s nickname is SILVER BIRD. It’s silver, and FLYYYYYS The car came with ONE…
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Using AI to pick a new car wrap color for silver bird
Read more: Using AI to pick a new car wrap color for silver birdIf you followed my post from January of 2023, you’ll know I traded in my 2011 Subaru WRX for a 2017 Lexus IS 350 F Sport in Atomic silver. This is actually the second silver car I’ve owned, the first was an Acura 1.7 EL which I nick-named “silver bird”. The Lexus IS now bears…
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Recover from “trust relationship” error when local admin isn’t available
Read more: Recover from “trust relationship” error when local admin isn’t availableQuick post for a fix I’ve used a few times to recover from the following scenario: You attempt to logon to an existing VM with an existing known working domain account and receive the below message: Don’t fear! As long as you’re not working in an environment which blocks caching existing domain user credentials, you…
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How to deliver bad news
Read more: How to deliver bad newsIntro For the past 2 years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of interesting and challenging assessments for Citrix and VMware environments. Some of these assessments have been tied to a Citrix implementation , where we need to collect information to write the migration plan. Others have been proactive, where the client…
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Travelling with my beast friend
Read more: Travelling with my beast friendJune 27 to July 9th, I visited Austin and Dallas Texas for a long over-due vacation that wasn’t tied to work. As I often do, I brought my 10 LB 12 year old Maltipoo with me ; her name is Coffee bean. As a single guy since 2019, she means the world to me. Who…
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