Posts by Mike Taber
Next week
Well, it looks like I’m going to be in Paris, France for business next week. On the off chance that any of my readers are in the area, and want to get together for a drink or something, let me know.
Read MoreJob Listing
Chris Vance asks: “Can you remind viewers what technologies you’re looking to hire for? While I’m happily employed, I live in the area and know lots of software engineers (all employed, though, to my knowledge).” Certainly, although that’s probably not quite the question you should be asking. In the broader sense, I’m not looking for…
Read MoreIncredibly ineffective security
I’m often amazed at the lengths that companies will go to in order to ‘secure’ their networks and computer systems from tampering. I’m also amazed at how prevalent security holes are in their systems on a regular basis. I do a fair amount of traveling throughout the Northeast doing security consulting for Fortune 1000 companies.…
Read MoreOutstanding Customer Service
Several weeks ago, I placed a job listing on jobs.joelonsoftware.com for a developer to add to my company. The website as most of you probably know is a subdomain of the popular Joel On Software website. While I wasn’t too keen on spending $350 for a chance at finding someone, Fog Creek did offer a…
Read MoreVMWare and AMD X2’s
I use VMWare… a lot. As I commented to on of my readers, I use a lot of different operating systems in my business, including: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, HPUX and AIX. This list doesn’t include the various service pack levels, or kernel versions that each of…
Read MoreRealtime tracking systems
Last week I placed an order with ThinkGeek.com for a couple of surge protectors for my office and a two-in-one, red and green laser pointer for when I’m giving presentations. Yesterday I received my order. Today, I received an email saying that it had shipped and would be arriving shortly. Before you ask, yes I…
Read MoreFor Love Or Money
I wrote this article the day that Bill Gates announced he was leaving Microsoft to pursue a career as a philanthropist. It sat on the shelf until about two weeks ago when I started helping Rob Walling edit his article Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money. I couldn’t help but be reminded of it,…
Read MoreRouting problems fixed
Since Friday when I installed my new colocation server, I’ve been experiencing routing problems. Basically, everyone could get to my server except for me. Technically, if I were to VPN from my home office into my office in Worcester, I could see my server without a problem, but some routing broadcasts at my ISP were…
Read MoreIf you can read this…
If you can read this, then your browser is now hitting the new server.
Read MoreWebsite warning
I just thought I’d give my subscribers a heads up. This weekend I’ll be moving my blog, corporate website, and email server to a new server in a colocation facility. My install is tomorrow morning at 9am, so I’ll make the DNS changes Friday night. Hopefully by Monday morning, they’ll be more or less propogated.…
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