Technology

Day 2 was a lot more “networky”, so it was pretty tough. I got through all the labs and stuff worked, but if I’m honest I didn’t really have a clue what I was doing. Added to that, I won’t have privilege to do most of the stuff we covered when I’m on the real kit, so I’m pretty much going to forget it all in a few days.

Once again, it’s testament to the course that a complete networking gumby like me was able to survive the day.

Day 3 has got some sections that are more relevant to me. I’ve been swimming, so now it’s Monster, Diet Coke and Coffee for breakfast, check out of the hotel, then head off to start day 3.

Cheers

Tim…

As I suspected, I’m the only person on the course that doesn’t know what a network is. If I had not been tinkering with the reverse proxies over the last year I would have been pretty much lost.

The course itself is well structured and the teacher is good. The fact I’ve not flounced out in a huff is testament to that. The pattern will be quite familiar to anyone who has been on a hands-on course before. Discuss a topic with slides, then do a hands-on lab that works through that stuff.

WordPress 3.9.2 has been released. It’s a security release with a bunch of important fixes for some nasties. The changelog is here.

Depending on your setup, you might have automatically updated anyway. If not, go on to your dashboard and give it a nudge.

Cheers

Tim…

I’m on an F5 Load Balancer training course for the next 3 days.

I have no idea what to expect and to be honest, I really don’t think I should be here. With the exception of a bit of fiddling with Apache reverse proxies, I don’t really know anything about this stuff, so I’m not sure if this will go over my head or be intensely slow and boring…

If anything comes out of it worth blogging about I certainly will.

I’m going to kick this post off by taking sides in a long-standing feud.

Apple is amazing.

There. Edgy, right? Okay, so maybe you don’t agree with me, but you have to admit that a whole lot of people do. Why is that?

I just noticed that KeePass 2.27 has been released.

I was introduced to KeePass at my current job and now I use it for everything at home too. You can read how I use KeePass here.

Happy upgrading…

Cheers

Tim…

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KeePass 2.26 has recently been released. I would suggest going with the portable version, which is an unzip and go application.

If you want to know how I use KeePass, check out my article called Adventures with Dropbox and KeePass.

Cheers

Tim…

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If you are using a Windows desktop, you need MobaXterm in your life! Version 7.1 has recently been released…

I know you think you can’t live without Putty, Cygwin and/or Xming, but you really can. Give MobaXterm a go and I would be extremely surprised if you ever go back to that rag-tag bunch of apps…

Cheers

Tim…

PS. Includes “Updated OpenSSL library to 1.0.1g (for “Heartbleed Bug” correction)”

Hot on the heels of WordPress 3.8.3 comes WordPress 3.9! The downloads and changelog are in the usual places.

I’ve just manually initiated the auto-update on five blogs and all went through OK.

Cheers

Tim…

WordPress 3.8.3 came out yesterday. It’s a small maintenance release, with the downloads and changelog in the usual places. For many people, this update will happen automatically and they’ll just receive and email to say it has been applied.

I’m still not sure what to make of the auto-update feature of WordPress. Part of me likes it and part of me is a bit irritated by it. For the lazy folks out there, I think it is a really good idea, but for those who are on their blog admin screens regularly it might seem like a source of confusion. I currently self-host 5 WordPress blogs and the auto-update feature seems a little erratic. One blog always auto-updates as soon as the new a new release comes out. A couple sometimes do. I don’t think this blog has ever auto-updated…