Interesting Session on Kids Computing at PETE&C Conference Some of you that know my work have heard me say I am usually not allowed to go to any congferences but with my new job I know have a chance to go to LISA (even if it isn't in Philadelphia) and other Conferences. Since LOPSA-East has…
It has been two years and it has gone by very quickly. The link to my 2012 statement is here https://lopsa.org/content/2012-candidate-statement-john-boris When I ran for the board i was pushing for Education and the Mentorship program. So I became the liaison for the Board to the Mentorship Program. It has been a very informative…
My 7 Year Old hacker Strikes Again A short while back I wrote about my 7 year old Granddaughter who I nicknamed "Kevin" due to her password cracking skills. Well today I found out she struck again. While commuting into $WORK I get a call from her father asking "Will the school charge me to…
Windows XP End Of Life and a Health Service Provider The other day while working on my old laptop at home (well it is about 5 years old) A message popped up that said Windows XP support ends April ?, 2014. So I figure I have to bite the bullet and now get the extra…
Dealing with a 7 year old computer hacker Over a recent weekend we had our 7 year old Granddaughter stay over. All of my kids have been around computers since they were old enough to sit at a keyboard (41, 39 & 34). So it stands to reason my Grandchildren would follow suit. My Granddaughter…
It is Election time again and this year there are six people running for five seats. I want to speak about the incumbents. This endorsement does not mean any non support for the other candidates but I want to show my support for William, Dan and Ski. The three of them do a lot of work on the board over and above the quoted "5 hour per week" involvement you are told when asked to run for office. I still do not know how they handle their day job as well as the other duties they perform on the board.
In January I assumed the Secretary duties from Jesse Trucks, which has pushed me over the promised 5 hours per week involvement. Most of that was learning how to do Wiki text and also transcribe our meeting minutes from recordings. (Learning MediaWiki was a plus since at $WORK I had started using that for…
Hurricane Sandy made me think long and hard about my power stratagy for the servers I maintain. Not to go into the deep infrastructure suffice it to say that I have 17 remote servers plus 8 internal servers under my watch. My internal units are on an UPS and also that Data Center is backed…
The title says it all. Back during my machinist days at the US Mint in Philadelphia we had a one week course in analytical trouble shooting. The course used a ficticiuous maintenance Machiinist called Ferd. Ferd always jumped to the conclusion about a problem. He walked up to a machine that wasn't working and assumed…
Computers, Networks and Murphy's Law While on vacation recently good old Murphy's law came up and bit me. In my selection of a vacation rental I made sure it had broadband access so in case I had to put out fires at $WORK I could easily connect. Also for the ride there I had my…