Essential Tools of the Trade for System Administrators
The Prologue.. (best said with Frankie Howerd voice) So you’ve been dutifully warned about what you may be in for if you choose to pursue such an exotic career as system administration and...
Category: General
Sysadmin Documentation
If there’s one sure thing in the life of a sysadmin (besides late night alerts and early burnout) it is that sooner or later and probably sooner, you will need to document what you...
Ubuntu Smartphone
Every year some people like to proclaim “this year will be the year of the linux desktop!” or words to that effect and subsequently there is much debate on whether it will be this...
Network Administrator
The network administrator is one of the most important people in any IT department as without a properly functioning network, your online business may as well not exist, your office workers will find themselves cut...
Password Management
Anyone who spends any time online these days will soon find themselves having to keep track of logins for an ever increasing array of sites, web services, social networks, and perhaps even servers from...
Web Hosting Comparison
One of the most important things to consider when building a presence online is the type of web hosting which you will need and so in this web hosting comparison I will cover the main...
Learn Linux for 2013
2013 has arrived and you may be wondering what to do with the new year that many said would never arrive – well what better than to learn linux now and finally make that...
WordPress vs WordPress
So you’ve decided you want or need a blog on the interwebs where you can publish your news, views, words of wisdom or wacky opinions which will change the world or get you in...
Free Web Server Monitor
Following up on my previous article on server monitoring software I decided to whip up a quick monitoring script, just for fun. This script is a standalone monitor for HTTP (ie. web) and checks for...
Server Monitoring Software
The internet runs on servers and every web site runs on a server (or multiple servers) somewhere and that includes those in “the cloud”. When a server is down a site may also be...
