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O365 prompting for an alternative email address

By | October 31, 2022

Recently, O365 started prompting users in my organization during sign-in to add an alternative (Authentication verification) email address. This is not an option we turned on, nor is it an option I wanted to be enabled. If the user needs help resetting their password or having issues signing in, our policy is for them to… Read More »

Idiots using RAID0

By | October 20, 2022

About once a month I read a post somewhere that some poor schmuck is using or wanting to use RAID0 for spanning two drives together or thinking their SSD’s going to get better performance. If you are one of those idiots, we cannot be friends. I cannot deal with that amount of stupidity. RAID0 was… Read More »

Dynamic DNS

By | May 14, 2022

I’ve decided to drop Spectrum Business as my internet provider at home and move to AT&T Fiber. The only negative was that I would lose my static IP, but gain an Internet connection that is 5 times faster for the same price. Since I am no longer running a mail server from my home, I… Read More »

Basecamp and me

By | December 24, 2021

At my previous job, Basecamp was implemented for project management and a journal of what we worked on. For the majority of the time myself and one other co-worker were the only two adding daily entries. Sometimes we had a little fun with them. Below is a screenshot I found that I had saved from… Read More »

Mouse wheel is backwards fix

By | August 26, 2020

My old Logitech mouse finally needed to be replaced. It has lasted me almost 10 years. I just picked up a Logitech M705 wireless marathon mouse from Office Depot for 29 dollars. Just a bit smaller than I care for, but a very nice mouse. Only problem; When I use this mouse on Linux, the… Read More »

Allow only specific IP ranges for phpMyAdmin

By | August 26, 2020

When you have phpMyAdmin installed, you do not want everyone to have access to the site. You can easily block access by allowing only approved IP’s or IP ranges. Edit the /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf file and add the IP address range to allow using the, “Require ip” line. In the example below, you can see IP ranges… Read More »