[This is my Grandmas 6mo. old Cocker Spaniel Puppy Luna terrified of the Hex Bug i got my little brother for Christmas.
Filmed on an Apple iPhone 4S in 1080p High Depth.]
[This is my Grandmas 6mo. old Cocker Spaniel Puppy Luna terrified of the Hex Bug i got my little brother for Christmas.
Filmed on an Apple iPhone 4S in 1080p High Depth.]
[Montgomery Gentry, Where I Come From Lyrics.
Don’t you dare go running down
My little town where I grew up
And I won’t cuss your city lights
If you ain’t ever took a ride around
And cruised right through the heart of my town
Anything you say would be a lie
We may live our lives a little slow
But that don’t mean I wouldn’t be proud to show ya
Chorus
Where I come from
There’s an old plow boy out turning up dirt
Where I come from
There’s a preacher man in a cowboy shirt
Where I come from
When a couple boys fight in the parking lot
No, nobody’s gonna call the cops
Where I come from
See that door right there, man I swear
It ain’t never been locked
And I can guarantee that it never will
That old man right there in the rocking chair
At the courthouse square I’ll tell you now
He could buy your fancy car with hundred dollar bills
Don’t let those faded overalls fool ya
He made his millons without one day schoolin
Chorus
Where I come from
There’s a pickup truck with the tailgate down
Where I come from
The pine trees are singing a song of the south
Where I come from
That little white church is gonna have a crowd yeah
I’m pretty damn proud
Where I come from.
guitar solo
Where I come from
There’s a big old moon shining down at night
Where I come from
There’s a man done wrong gonna make it right
Where I come from
There’s an old plow boy out turning up dirt
Where I come from
There’s a preacher man in a cowboy shirt
Where I come from
Where a couple of boys fight in the parking lot no
Ain’t nobody’s gonna call the cops
Yeah, that river runs across that Oakland rock
Where I come from (x2)]
"The evolution of an IT professional's home network:
(Forgive the wall of text. I just kept going and going...)
Step 1: What's all this about?
Has a broadband connection, a stock WRT54G that runs a laptop and a desktop on stock DHCP range over 192.168.1.0/24
Step 2: Hrm, this is neat.
Adds a Windows Server "for tinkering"
Broadband connection, stock WRT54G that runs a laptop, a desktop on stock DHCP range over stock DHCP range over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server
Step 3: Add HTPC
Broadband connection, stock WRT54G that runs a laptop, a desktop and a HTPC on stock DHCP range over stock DHCP range over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server
Step 4: Now I realize that I can store files centrally and managing four machines seperately is a pain.
Broadband connection, stock WRT54G that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with three AD-integrated clients (laptop and desktop and HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media.
Step 5: Not enough storage! I'd better upgrade my server or add a NAS.
Broadband connection, stock WRT54G that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with three AD-integrated clients (laptop and desktop and HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS.
Step 6: Centrally stored files now requires a backup solution.
Broadband connection, stock WRT54G that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with three AD-integrated clients (laptop and desktop and HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server.
Step 7: Performance is suffering. I'll add monitoring and whatnot to help troubleshoot.
Broadband connection, stock WRT54G that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with three AD-integrated clients (laptop and desktop and HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server. Server now running MySQL / PHP site and maybe NAGIOS.
Step 8: SNMP is fun. Look at all the pretty charts! I'll get SNMP aware devices!
Broadband connection, WRT54G now running DD-WRT connected to a Dell PowerConnect or HP ProCurve switch from eBay that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with three AD-integrated clients (laptop and desktop and HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server. Server now running MySQL / PHP site and maybe NAGIOS and a SMTP that forwards to a smart host that notifies you of any alerts on your smartphone.
Step 9: Security concerns. All of my Quicken data is on my server being accessed over a simple WEP key.
Broadband connection, WRT54G now running DD-WRT connected to a SNMP-enabled Dell PowerConnect or HP ProCurve switch from eBay that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with five AD-integrated clients (laptop, primary desktop, two "test" machines and your HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server. Server now running MySQL / PHP site and maybe NAGIOS and a SMTP that forwards to a smart host that notifies you of any alerts on your smartphone. Wireless traffic now encrypted via a locally signed certificate from your server running certificate services and authenticates via RADIUS to NPS.
Step 10: The wife is sick of you tinkering with her laptop. So you build a stub wireless network for her.
Broadband connection, primary and secondary WRT54G now running DD-WRT broadcasting two distinct wireless network SSIDs connected to a SNMP-enabled Dell PowerConnect or HP ProCurve switch from eBay that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with five AD-integrated clients (laptop, primary desktop, two "test" machines and your HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server. Server now running MySQL / PHP site and maybe NAGIOS and a SMTP that forwards to a smart host that notifies you of any alerts on your smartphone. Wireless traffic now encrypted via a locally signed certificate from your server running certificate services and authenticates via RADIUS to NPS.
Step 11: But you now have WEP back on your network! Segment it!
Broadband connection, primary and secondary WRT54G now running DD-WRT broadcasting two distinct wireless network SSIDs connected to a SNMP-enabled Dell PowerConnect or HP ProCurve switch from eBay that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with five AD-integrated clients (laptop, primary desktop, two "test" machines and your HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server. Server now running MySQL / PHP site and maybe NAGIOS and a SMTP that forwards to a smart host that notifies you of any alerts on your smartphone. Wireless traffic now encrypted via a locally signed certificate from your server running certificate services and authenticates via RADIUS to NPS.
Network is now split into two VLANs with two SSIDs: one certificate encrypted with RADIUS authentication that points to the home network, the other to the wife's SSID that's wep encrypted with the passphrase of "1111111111".
Step 12: But the wife can't print! Hey routing is fun!
Broadband connection, primary and secondary WRT54G now running DD-WRT broadcasting two distinct wireless network SSIDs connected via two Cisco 2621 routers purchased off of ebay that run a /30 connector network with OSPF routes to allow access to the network attached printer and the internet. All this connects to a SNMP-enabled Dell PowerConnect or HP ProCurve switch from eBay that runs an active directory integrated network from a server now running AD, DNS and DHCP with five AD-integrated clients (laptop, primary desktop, two "test" machines and your HTPC) over 192.168.1.0/24 with a static IP for the server that has a file share for shared media that may or may not redirect to a NAS and backs up to an external USB drive plugged into the server. Server now running MySQL / PHP site and maybe NAGIOS and a SMTP that forwards to a smart host that notifies you of any alerts on your smartphone. Wireless traffic now encrypted via a locally signed certificate from your server running certificate services and authenticates via RADIUS to NPS.
Network is now split into two VLANs with two SSIDs: one certificate encrypted with RADIUS authentication that points to the home network, the other to the wife's SSID that's wep encrypted with the passphrase of "1111111111".
At this point:
You are now a full-fledged home networking nerd, proud of your network with it's clever use of VLSM. Your network diagram has been posted to [H] and hangs on your wall. Pictures of your rack are in the networking thread and you post in the 10TB club.
Step 13: Sh*t is breaking! OMG the power bill!
Your eBay gear starts to break and your eBay habit takes on a life of its own. Fiber! Multichannel Cisco WAPs! PoE! IP Telephony! iSCSI! ESX! VPN tunnels!
Step 14: AAAAaaaaaa!
You tear it all down, selling or e-cycling the majority of it.
Broadband connection, a stock WRT54G that runs a laptop, a desktop, an HTPC and a storage server on stock DHCP range over 192.168.1.0/24″]
[I have no fight left.
Just done.
Wanna cry.]
[I remember where i was.
You remember where you were.
Together we remember.
10 years ago tomorrow, a tragedy was struck upon our country.
Together we lost all sense of security and hope.
But over the years we have united and proved that we will not let anything hold us back.
But yet the scar still remains.
The memory is still there.
9/11 was a turning point. It helped us realize that in time of need we can all be there. That we can all support those in need. I would like to personally thank those Men and Women who dedicated there time and lives on that day. I would also like to honor those who had fallen. As well as send my love and prayers to there families. While being so young on that day, i remember praying. Praying that everything and everyone would be alright. That when i would wake up the next day, all of what happened would of just been a dream. But unfortunately, it was reality. Reality that crushed my fellow brothers and sisters. Together we cracked. But together we rebuilt our strength. 10 years may seem like like forever ago, but to me? I remember that date as yesterday. My prayers go out to everyone tomorrow. All the lives lost are still missed. And will never be forgotten.]
[A video about 9/11 from fellow geek and YouTube user Chris Pirillo (lockergnome)]
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