My employer decided to give its employees new smartphones. Mostly because we've been begging for them the last couple of years. Unfortunately, not the one(s) we (or perhaps I) have been asking for.
In my line of work I come across customers with wireless networks that need (some sort of) security in place. The only real question I get during those projects is; "Will it work with an iPhone or an iPad?" In my entire career, I haven't had a single question of that kind regarding Android or Windows Mobile phones.... There's no denying it; the iOS devices from Apple are huge. Even in the corporate market.
So, no corporate iOS device for me. Instead, they shipped the Samsung Galaxy S2 (listed as iPhone look-a-like) to me.
After I bought the Leica M9, I was in the market to get a new camera bag for the M9. The bag had to be small, versatile, and not scream '(expensive) PHOTO GEAR HERE!!!!'. Since I owned a Billingham bag before, my eye quickly fell on the smaller Billingham bags. Especially the Hadley Small looked very appealing. After checking the internal and external dimensions on the website I purchased the bag (Black FybreNite version) through Robert White in the UK. They had the bag in stock, and it was cheaper (with shipping included) than ordering it in the Netherlands. I also included the SP50 Shoulderpad, for additional comfort.
Just a small post with the instructions on upgrading Splunk on Ubuntu Linux.
First download the Splunk update. The Splunk website also gives you the wget command, which you can use directly on the Linux commandline.
Syslog-ng is a replacement for the default syslog daemons you get with most Linux distributions. The advantage of syslog-ng is that the configuration is easier to understand, and it gives the sys-admin numerous advantages. Especially in complex environments.
Let's say we have a RADIUS environment which is able to send authentication and accounting information through syslog to external devices. And let's assume that a relevant part of this syslog information is needed by a department within a large cooperation.
Installing syslog-ng (on Ubuntu) is done by the following command:
# sudo apt-get install syslog-ng
Through the use of syslog-ng we can store, and/or forward syslog information based on the following (but not limited to):
- source IP address
- destination IP address
- syslog level
- content in the original syslog message by using regular expressions.
All this can be configured in the /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf file.
Over the last couple of years, I've been storing my photos online @ Flickr. But I fear that time has come to move forward. Forward to another service for the next couple of years. The main reason for moving is that Flickr doesn't seem to innovate. No innovation basically means going backwards, in these days.
Flickr is a WYSIWYG environment. What you see is what you get, and not in the way this term is usually used on the Interwebs. There's no way of changing the coloring or appearance (white only). No way of integrating into another website (e.g. changing the URL).
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