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The dawn of personal computing

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The coolest oil painting for a vintage computer enthusiast (such as myself).

Some NeXT level stuff

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I managed to get some NeXT workstations this week from a former colleague of mine who also collects vintage computers. For those who don't know what a NeXT workstation is, it's essentially the UNIX system that became Mac OS X, as well as the UNIX system that Tim Berners-Lee used to create the world's first Web server using his new protocol called HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol).

PowerShell Essentials for SysAdmins

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Last week, I gave a presentation entitled “The Practical Guide to PowerShell” to the local IT user group (WWITPRO) that went over very well. This blog post is a summary of that presentation.

2015 in review

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Yes, I actually did stuff this year...

World of Commodore conference

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Seriously, this actually exists.

Breathe new life into an old PowerBook G4 using Linux

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The latest Linux PPC distributions run MUCH faster on it!

The fastest computer I have ever owned!

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Seriously, it's FAST.

The evolution of BYOD

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BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device, and is a mobile email strategy that is dominating the IT landscape today. But to fully understand what BYOD is, and why it’s important today, we first have to examine how it evolved.

Microsoft ReFS vs Oracle ZFS - FIGHT!

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Last night, I gave a presentation at WWITPRO (Waterloo Wellington IT Professional Users Group) that demonstrated the differences between ReFS and ZFS. This blog summarizes the key details.

The evolution of Information Technology

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The names we've used have change a lot over the years...