VirtualBox allows you to take snapshots and restore them. It works some of the time and to be fair this has got a lot better in recent versions. The process for restoring a snapshot is unusually awkward to the point that I’m blogging it so it must… more »
Category: "Techie"
There are always problems with upgrading server appliance software because of the amount of different configurations there are. more »
I've been in I.T. for all of my working life. I'm a geekie type but I have a personality underneath with friends to prove it. I've met a lot of techie people who are, quite frankly, really dull so I can see where the stereotype comes from. We are like policeman and lawyers - handy to have in your arsenal of friends but you probably won't invite them out for a beer unless you need something. more »
There is a really handy utility for Un*x called: redir (redir.c). It is a user level program that does port redirection. It’s really handy if you want a quick and dirty way of making traffic on one port on your machine point to another port on… more »
The first page in my documentation is always the title page. You know the sort - big company logo along with the title of the document and a couple of other useful pieces of information for filing like file name, version, last update date and author. more »