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A collection of mostly IT centric posts from the last ~20 years
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Pentaho – Making sense of what program edits which file
Program: data-integration/spoon.sh Opens. .kjb, .ktr, .xml Program: report-designer/report-designer.sh Opens: .prpt
ITGlue Snippet
From Drafts post Feb 2019. Published April '25 So I have the following code: function Send-ToITGlue { [CmdletBinding()] param ( # Data Object to Send to ITglue [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] [object[]] $Data ) begin { $api__output_data = @() } process { $traits =...
ADSL to NBN
Post from 2019/04/29 at 11:16 am found in Drafts. Published April '25 NBN Comes to Ringwood East So the NBN cablers went down our street recently and connected the font two units in our unit complex via a catenary cable from the Cable TV cabling slung between the...
CakePHP passing data from beforeDelete to afterDelete callback
Old post found from 2019/06/15 at 7:55 pm in Drafts. Published April 2025 private $fileTemplateName = []; /** * @param $cascade */ public function beforeDelete($cascade = true) { $this->fileTemplateName = $this->findById($this->id); return true; } public function...
Azure Geographies/Regions/Availability Zones/Availability Sets
Putting this together with things I already know Geography = Australia For Geography I like to think of a Country Regions Australia East = BrisbaneAustralia Central = SydneyAustralia Central 2 = CanberraAustralia Southeast = Melbourne Within Azure I think that Regions...
Protecting your Confidentiality and Security
Use antivirus software on your computerEmploy a spyware-detection programInstall a firewallKeep all of the above continually updated, and install security updates for your applications and operating system.Beware of links or attachments in e-mail or instant messages,...