I Think Users Must Hate Me

It's the only explanation for the things that happen to me. My users hate me. Microsoft hates me. Linux...I guess it sort of likes me. This is a blog of my trials and tribulations as a sysadmin and help desk monkey by day.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Windows 7: Byte Me

I've had to play with Windows 7 in the workplace lately. It's been...interesting? First of all, Microsoft did improve heavily f...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

OSNews isn't OSNews

One of the tech sites I follow is OSNews. It was originally a website for...well, news about operating systems. Linux, Windows, OS X, etc. ...

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Lower Merion School District Spying Report Issued

The findings of an independent consulting company (Ballard Spahr, LLP) were released recently regarding the remote monitoring of student lap...

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Thinking About the Future of Data Access, NetBook Edition

've had some occasion now to reflect on the netbook and how practical it is to use it for mobile data access, and now I've been usin...

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Microsoft Licensing: The Pain It Keeps On Rolling

I continued to set up the Dell machine from the other day . I started out my day at the office where I updated my supervisor on the installa...

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The Unpacking Experience: PC vs. Mac

I wrote that I recently purchased two 13-inch (mid-2010) MacBook Pros as gifts for myself and my wife. Late last week I also had to unbox a...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

MacBook Pros (or, Surprise, Honey!)

I recently emailed a friend of mine about an unrelated item in life but alluding to self imposed stresses that I'd blog about in the ne...

Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Merion School Spy-On-Kids-With-Webcam Case

Wow. Every once in awhile I get hit with a story that leaves me scratching my head and saying to myself, "What the hell were they thi...

Sunday, March 14, 2010

EEE PC: More Conclusions

I've been using the EEE as my primary system for over a month now. So what's it like? First the upsides. My data is always with ...

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Encrypting your Laptop: Summary Thoughts

The issue of encrypting your data is far more complicated that I'd like it to be. After doing this on my work laptop running OS X and my...

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About Me

Barry VanEmery: I'm a self-described technology geek and bariatric surgery patient. If you have an interest in technology, geekdom, Asperger's, trying to become a published author and/or bariatric surgery, you may find something of interest in one of my blogs. Or maybe not.

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