The Sys Admin

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I started listening to the Java Posse podcasts and over Holiday break I have been listening to a bunch of older Java Posse podcasts, and came across a Java Posse interview with Ted Farrell from Oracle that I thought was worth mentioning. This interview was done in October 2008 and Ted spoke about the Oracle [...]

Here is a great Linux Admin blog with plenty of content for the both the beginner and the advanced Linux Admin. The name of the blog is nixCraft and it has been in my RSS reader for a while, and I wanted to share with you a couple of the scripts and links that I [...]

I came across another great Unix Support site that I thought I would share with you. Brandon Hutchinson is a Senior Unix Engineer who started to document his work for reference by himself and coworkers. The site is http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/ and he has also started to wiki to better manage changes and allow others to contribute. [...]

I am sorry for the lack of posts here, I recently changed positions which has kept me fairly busy. I just started at MIT in their application infrastructure services group and have been focusing on my new position more than my blogs. This weekend I started reading and came across a post from Kris at [...]

I have had a couple inquiries and suggestions after my last post however I have had no real written contributions. The one bright spot is a note that I received from Kris at Geekbits3. Kris is a system administrator and blogger from Australia that publishes a great blog that focuses on Unix and Linux management. [...]

I came across a great little Linux/Unix blog that is worth checking out. It’s called the Linux Screw and there is plenty of great Linux and Unix content, presented in a nice clean looking blog, with plenty of graphics.
Check it out ……

Technorati : Linux, Unix

In the last few months Microsoft has published a lot of content on their Technet Webcast Weblog. I have provided links to most of the new content which includes information on Sharepoint, Windows Server 2008, and the Communications Server:
SharePoint 2007 Podcasts – Collaboration, Content Management, Search
TechNet Radio: Network Access Protection (NAP) for Windows Server 2008
New [...]

I wanted to share my thoughts with you on a couple of sites. One site I have mentioned before the other is new to me. The sites are The ITIDIOTS and The Daily Cup of Tech. Both sites have a tremendous amount of content for folks looking to refine their technical skills.
The ITIDIOTS is a [...]

There are 6 new Microsoft Security Patches coming out next week. Four patches affecting Windows with a Maximum Severity rating of Critical that will require a reboot, another patch that also impacts Windows with a criticality of Moderate and one patch that affects Microsoft Office with a criticality rating of important.Here is the link to [...]