Re: [lopsa-discuss] Managed switches for home use

2014-06-06 Thread Robert Novak
Not all products have freely available firmware, but I just verified that with an utterly-unentitled login I was able to download 12.2.44-SE6(ED) for the C2970G-24T. You will have to register an email address/CCO account and accept the encryption agreement (or download W/O CRYPTO), but I don't eve

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Benefit suggestion.

2014-04-28 Thread Robert Novak
Michael, I think it's a reasonable suggestion. I can't say I'd use it personally, as I have almost 20 years invested in my email address, but as I said on Twitter about a completely unrelated topic: "Just because you can't see the use case for something, or don't like it, doesn't mean it isn't th

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Backpack or bag what do you use?

2014-03-04 Thread Robert Novak
Depending on which laptop(s) I'm using, I have a couple of Timbuk2 bags that work well. From what I believe was a "medium" I found like-new for $8 at Goodwill, to an XL that I got as a welcome gift two or three jobs ago, they're good stuff. I also have a thrift-store assortment of other bags, much

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Face-to-face exchange of contact information?

2013-10-07 Thread Robert Novak
I'm not completely in the habit yet (since last I looked it didn't work on my phone), but I like the combination of paper business cards and Evernote Hello. You can scan a business card from an iDevice (hopefully soon from an Android device as well) and it can match up with certain other contact s

Re: [lopsa-discuss] OTY: Ninth Circuit says border searches without suspicion are unconstitional

2013-03-15 Thread Robert Novak
or of another LOPSA member. Is it really > appropriate that the list should be used for that purpose, instead of > private channels? It's threads like this that inspire people to NOT post > something useful because of the fear of upsetting the list police. > > Mike > > &

Re: [lopsa-discuss] OTY: Ninth Circuit says border searches without suspicion are unconstitional

2013-03-15 Thread Robert Novak
I'd have to agree with Luke on this. There are lots of issues (actually, most of them) that can by some stretch of the imagination be related to system administrators. (Paper bag laws? All sysadmins use groceries, right?) If it takes four paragraphs to explain why something is a great fit for the

[lopsa-discuss] Reminder - IPv6 at BayLISA this week (San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley)

2012-07-17 Thread Robert Novak
es. Solaris in San Francisco: 8/16/2012 at 7:30pm, Joyent HQ, San Francisco Details (soon) and RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/BayLISA/events/42780152/ We'll be back in Silicon Valley for September's meeting. Watch for details once we have them. See y

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Update : Developers you can Get a Dell XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux ..

2012-07-09 Thread Robert Novak
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Tracy Reed wrote: >> >> While I'm not a huge fan of Dell I really would like to support them when >> they actually do good things but this is a head-scratcher. Some might say that "beat them down before th

Re: [lopsa-discuss] LOPSA NYC Meeting - What Knewton has learned from Amazon's AWS services - April 10th @ 7PM

2012-04-03 Thread Robert Novak
Alas, I'm on the wrong coast, but it looks like your bitly link has the wrong URL (http://www.lopsa-nyc.org/content/what-knewton-has-learned-amazons-aws-services). http://www.lopsa-nyc.org/content/how-knewton-uses-aws appears to be the right one. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Doug Hughes wrot

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: CloudFlare and WARP Mechanics at BayLISA March 15th

2012-03-11 Thread Robert Novak
ics around virtualization for an upcoming meeting, and short topics for our June Short-But-Cool demo-fest, so if someone has recently made your world more manageable, feel free to point me toward them or point them toward me. Thanks, Robert Novak BayLISA

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Weekly oncall rotations: Which day do you start on?

2012-03-02 Thread Robert Novak
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Matt Disney wrote: > [...] > Can anyone comment on weekly oncall/helpdesk rotations that start on days > other than Monday and how you liked it? > Friday noon is current company's cutover. I like it because if you've had a rough oncall week (which seems to be one

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: BayLISA February 16th meeting - OpenLDAP and SSL

2012-02-02 Thread Robert Novak
ack to the site and change your status. And if you, a coworker, or your company would like to give a presentation or sponsor a meeting, feel free to get in touch with me. Thanks, Robert Novak for BayLISA ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: CFEngine's Mark Burgess at BayLISA this Thursday in Mountain View

2012-01-17 Thread Robert Novak
ting? If so, please let me know. We have some people lined up and some on our wish list, but we want to make this the most useful group for all Bay Area sysadmins (and those of you from outside the Bay Area who might find yourselves out here on a third Thursday!). Thanks, and hope to see a few of yo

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: BayLISA meeting Thursday 11/17 - Message Systems and Board Elections

2011-11-15 Thread Robert Novak
7;ve attended meetings before (preferably) and have the commitment and capacity to help make BayLISA grow and improve. If you're interested in becoming a part of the BayLISA board, get in touch with me so we can get you on the ballot. Hope to see you al

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: BayLISA October 20 - Coraid ATAoE and Post-Cloud SysAdmin - Also org notes for BayLISA

2011-10-19 Thread Robert Novak
Looking for speakers/topics/volunteers We're always looking for people to suggest, or be, speakers at our meetings. We are also interested in local folks who'd like to get more involved in the organization. Contact me directly if you'd like to get involved. Thanks, Robert

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: BayLISA Meeting May 19: DTrace w/Brendan Gregg

2011-05-12 Thread Robert Novak
nterested in getting involved with the BayLISA board, either as future members of the board or as observers/active volunteers. As always, if there are any questions, feel free to drop me a note. Thanks, Robert Novak BayLISA Secretary/Cheerleader ___ Discus

[lopsa-discuss] Silicon Valley: BayLISA meeting (Pkg Mgmt) this Thursday in Mt View

2011-04-17 Thread Robert Novak
nstrating FreeNAS 8 in June (along with some "short but cool" demos), and a few others we're working on in the background. Check out http://www.meetup.com/BayLISA/ for the latest details, and feel free to send any suggestions to me directly or to b...@bayli

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: BayLISA meeting March 17th feat. Arista and Force 10

2011-03-09 Thread Robert Novak
Hi everyone, BayLISA, the local sysadmin group for Silicon Valley, meets the third Thursday of each month with presentations from local technology companies and professionals. The meetings are open to the public, and are usually held at LinkedIn in Mountain View (a few minutes from 101 and Shoreli

[lopsa-discuss] SF Bay Area: BayLISA meeting this Thursday feat. ISC / BIND10

2011-02-14 Thread Robert Novak
Hi everyone, Quick note for the San Francisco/Silicon Valley members (with apologies to the others on the list). BayLISA, the local sysadmin group for Silicon Valley, meets the third Thursday of each month with presentations from local technology companies and professionals. The meetings are o

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Embracing the LOPSA name

2011-01-11 Thread Robert Novak
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Charles Jones wrote: > The real fun comes in explaining my license plate, which is "IM ROOT". Other > > Also fun is explaining to people who are unaware of who "Cisco" is. They > usually think it is "Sysco", which is a food service distributor :) I'd like to see a

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Embracing the LOPSA name

2011-01-11 Thread Robert Novak
idwest. That's a very specific example that most people (even midwestern vegetarians, all six of them) have no problem understanding on a sufficient level. It's a simple network with multiple "workstations" that most people have seen in some form or another. Throw in web-ordering