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For the Seriously Lazy – wakeonlan

For the Seriously Lazy – wakeonlan

Note: The caveat to using Wake-on-LAN to wake your Synology box is that if you switch off the switch that connects your Synology to your network it will loose it's MAC address table map (the one that tells the switch which Ethernet port the Synology is plugged into)....

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Real SEO

I've been looking at SEO and finding that there is more to it than just links and keywords. One of the more important things is that the website has good content. Meaning something that a real human will find compelling and worth reading. Googles algorithm appears to...

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Lucid Chart – Online Visio Replacement

Lucid Chart – Online Visio Replacement

Just discovered Lucid Charts. It is a diagramming program you can run in your browser. First look: Feature Rich - Provides generic Network and Network Infrastructure Shapes. It provides Cisco, Azure and AWS shapes and a heap of 'clip-art' network and equipment shapes...

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Am I my Et Cetera’s Keeper?

Just discovered etckeeper yum install etckeeper etckeeper init -d /etc etckeeper commit "Inital Commit" Once you have done the above, your /etc will be under git version control.  You can then make changes to configuration files in /etc/* and etckeeper will...

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Attitude Diseases

Indifference (drift) (Hot or cold not lukewarm) What if it’s the wrong direction? Even if you go in the wrong direction but with feeling you’ll find out quicker and can adjust. Inspiration or desperation Strong Feeling people do better than people you need to...

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