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Archive of entries posted on June 2008

Poor man’s file compare with Powershell

Frustration levels went high today as I was burned by another bad config in our prod environment.  While we wait for a more robust config file management tool that will handle all our web app configs and service configs, we have relied on a Powershell script that stages code for prod and tweaks the config [...]

Thoughts on volunteering at Special Olympics

Yesterday I had the chance to help out at a Special Olypmics event that was held at the University of Richmond.  A coworker at SnagAJob.com had broadcast a need for volunteers.  Her sister was the coach for the Area 26 team out of Northern Virginia.  I was attempting to volunteer as a chaperon but somehow [...]

Helpful hints on connecting to Cisco VPN on Ubuntu Hardy Heron

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After getting a new wireless router and moving my desktop PC (running Windows XP) upstairs to the hallway, I went to work getting my VPN connection to SnagAJob.com up and working again. My plan was to try it out from the [...]