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Category: Computers

Managing Hyper-V Server in a Workgroup Environment

Posted on January 22, 2022May 12, 2022 by tommy

Hyper-V Server is great and it’s also completely free. Yes, Windows 10 Pro comes with the option to install and run Hyper-V, but anyone running more than a couple of virtual machines will eventually gravitate towards a dedicated virtualization server. So how do you manage Hyper-V Server if it doesn’t have a GUI? Any Windows…

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Securing Remote Desktop with SSH Tunneling

Posted on August 10, 2021January 18, 2023 by tommy

The dangers of exposing Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to the internet are well documented. It’s no surprise that a tool designed for ease of use has become a prime target for scripted brute force attacks and other exploits, allowing compromised machines to serve as attack vectors for Ransomware. There are several practices for enhancing Remote…

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Connecting UPS WorldShip to MySQL

Posted on December 24, 2019May 27, 2021 by tommy

If your business uses an e-commerce solution or ERP that records customer shipping information, then chances are you can integrate your shipping database with the UPS shipping platform, WorldShip®. Simply put, you can ship packages by keying in order numbers or any unique reference number. All relevant fields can be customized to automatically populate from…

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Integrating PayPal with Perl

Posted on November 3, 2019November 10, 2019 by tommy

Story time… In 2013, the company I work for acquired another company and everything that came with it. They had an e-commerce website using PayPal as the payment processor. It was an outdated site that needed work on both the front and back ends, but we were reluctant to touch it since it wasn’t broken….

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Creating PDF’s with Perl

Posted on April 14, 2019June 3, 2022 by tommy

I’ve long been a user of PDF::API2, a module available for Perl. I use it everyday at work and along with a few other modules, it has made Perl an invaluable tool for me. Being able to generate PDF’s for reports and documents allow for a bevy of automation shortcuts where traditional Data Merging, or…

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Wiring A Simple Null Modem

Posted on March 1, 2019April 17, 2019 by tommy

A few months ago, I found myself needing a null modem cable to connect to a server, the Dell Poweredge R810. I had to figure out why it wasn’t booting (a RAID issue). At the time I didn’t have a VGA cable for video out, but luckily I did have a regular straight through serial…

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Linux on the 1st Generation Apple TV – Part 2

Posted on October 13, 2018May 24, 2022 by tommy

You have two options for Linux. First is OSMC (https://osmc.tv/download/). Downloading the Apple TV images to a USB drive and booting is the easiest path to get Linux on the Apple TV. It is the method I would recommend. However if you’re like me and you want a vanilla Linux distro, there is option 2,…

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Linux on the 1st Generation Apple TV – Part 1

Posted on October 10, 2018August 24, 2021 by tommy

Many have forgotten about Apple’s first-generation set top box, the original Apple TV released in 2007. By the time these went on sale, Macs were already in transition-mode to Intel processors. Although Apple’s mainstream computers carried Intel’s then new “Core” processors, the humble Apple TV was relegated to a lower cost, low-powered Pentium M chip…

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    May 15, 2022
  • Managing Hyper-V Server in a Workgroup Environment
    January 22, 2022
  • Securing Remote Desktop with SSH Tunneling
    August 10, 2021
  • Control Two Independent Stepper Motors with an Arduino
    July 31, 2021
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