I saw a commencement speech video on doing small tasks. The speaker talking about doing your bed in the morning. That completed task will give confidence to the next one. And the next one. At the end of the day,…
OnePlus 3T apps in memory
The OnePlus 3T comes with 6GB of RAM. By default, this is limited to 32 apps running in the background. One day, I got fed up of waiting for Pokemon Go to load.
Stationless Bike Sharing
We have been using these bike sharing services during the weekend as family outings. One day as I was taking the bus home, Google Maps said there is a 10 minute walk home. So I thought why not cycle. The…
LMS Network View stuck on hourglass
In Cisco web site, it is called Network Topology View whereas, in the LMS Topology Services Main Window, it is called Network View. After launching the Topologies Service Java plugin, if the hourglass icon does not go away within a…
Console in Chrome browser
I don’t do web development, so I was surprised to discover that there is a console in Chrome.
Racking Cisco UCS C220 server
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) C220 server is a line of proprietary servers to run various applications like WLC, ACS, ISE, Prime etc. These applications are Linux based but it can also be a VMware hypervisor. The customizations of the…
EDC Torchlight
Carry a torchlight? Nah, there is one on the phone, courtesy of the camera flash. The number of times I turned on the flash torchlight is just a few times. In that few instances I have really used it, the…
Saving your fingers with Punisher Multi-tool
I got into multi-tool because I was looking for a window breaker for the car. (Still looking) The Punisher multi-tool has a cool looking hex nut spanner, pry bar and bottle opener. Other than attacking tins of Milo and biscuits,…
OnePlus 5
OnePlus 5, the fifth (some say 6th) edition of the flagship killer phones. It has some killer specs to go with it. Qualcomm 835 SOC with 6/8GB of RAM. The now standard storage of 64/128GB. The 5 looks set to…
STARTTLS
DISA recently started using STARTTLS by default for all mail servers. DISA which runs the US Department Of Defense IT systems. STARTTLS is an encryption standard for email protocol. Current email communications are in clear text. You can protect the…