Monthly Archives: April 2014

Test upload

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Thanos

  Also while I am thinking about it – for anyone who has to deal with large output from Nessus scans (Compliance, penetration testers, admins, etc.) here’s a link to a great post and Utility for managing those massive data … Continue reading →

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Security Updates

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Thanos

First there’s Microsoft’s new IE vulnerability revealed Saturday: Late Saturday Microsoft revealed a vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer that is being used in “limited, targeted attacks.” They are investigating the vulnerability and exploit and have not yet determined what action … Continue reading →

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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO): “Oregon Spirit” (Performed By Lisa Loeb)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Thanos

I’m normally averse to profanity at this website, but in this case the curses and profanity are so richly deserved that I must post it. One other thing: good recovery at the Federal health care site (Healthcare.gov,) I’m glad that … Continue reading →

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Solar Max

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Thanos

We are nearing Solar Maximum, which means that we will have some effects to radio spectrum telecommunications, like the X1.4 flare detailed below: NASA has confirmed that a powerful X-class solar flare erupted from the sun on Apr. 24. Thanks … Continue reading →

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360-Degree View of the Milky Way From NASA – JPL

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Thanos

This video shows a continually-looping infrared view of our Milky Way galaxy, as seen by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. MORE INFO BELOW… The icon in the lower right corner shows how the view changes over time, from our position in … Continue reading →

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Hailstorm

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Thanos

This gallery contains 5 photos.

Today we had a bit of hail during a heavy downpour. Leaves and twigs were stripped from the trees.

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Cloud done right

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Thanos

This Google Cloud Data center is a thing of beauty to anyone who has maintained large scale IT infrastructure long term. It’s well constructed, simply laid out, and efficient. The computing power displayed in these fully populated rows of chassis’ … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the new Host

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Thanos

My blog is now moved over to Hosting Matters due to their “all you can eat for under 12 bucks” hosting deal that I really couldn’t refuse. This is the first real post at the newly moved blog & at … Continue reading →

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Putin Decrements Our Peace Dividend: U.S. Ground Troops Being Deployed To Poland

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Thanos

If you were looking to the wind down of the Afghan war as creating a potential peace dividend, that’s now unlikely due to Putin’s nationalistic moves on the Ukraine. Poland and the United States will announce next week the deployment … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.9 “Smith” now available…

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Thanos

…and I am now running it here. Unfortunately I’ve calendared time with my resume today, so I don’t get to play with it past 11:00 am Central.

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