As part of security policy, the Windows password policy ensures the user’s password is sufficiently complex and fresh. Windows by default do not detect the difference between old and new password. It even accepts a password with one character different…
Cisco IOS scheduled tasks
I was wondering how to keep a “reload in” command to act as a fail-safe when working with remote equipment. There can be only a single reload Someone recommended using scheduled tasks or Embedded Event Manager (EEM), In the EEM,…
Cisco LMS and SSH
In the Cisco LAN Management Solution or LMS, the Topology Services has a nifty feature. Right mouse click on a device, you can choose to Telnet or SSH to the device. This module based on the Java plugin is not…
The Expanse (TV series)
The Expanse is a sci-fi TV series from SyFy channel. It is about human occupation or colonisation of outer space and Mars. The series is very well made and covers the following about space and space travel. Water and air is…
Assault or anger waiting to explode.
A 69-year-old man was assaulted by a 62-year old man. This happened when the older man brushed against the younger man. The victim was punched in the eye and later suffered a heart attack. Despite efforts by a bystander, the assailant escaped…
Singapore’s Prayer to the Bell curve
The Bell curve or Normal distribution is used among other things, academic grading. A few Redditors gathered together and wrote a prayer. Our Father, Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name; Thy midyears come Thy will be done in…
OnePlus 3T is running out.
The 5-month-old OnePlus3T is running out. OnePlus is scheduled to announce a new device in June. They have announced that stock for 3T is running low. The device with a SnapDragon 835 SOC with 6GB RAM and 64GB flash memory…
Fountain Pens and studying
I recently got into using Fountain Pens. This continued even after a lost bunch of them at work. On another front, I have been dragging my feet on studying for my Project Management Professional certification. It was really a bore to…
OxygenOS 4.1.3
I have used OxygenOS 4.1.3 for about 2 weeks and it has won me over. It is a battery sipper. I left it uncharged and overnight it just consumed 2 % (100 to 98%). There is some niggling Mobile Radio…