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Darrell Moore

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Engineering Explained: Windows 10 Restart Versus Shutdown

  • January 10, 2021
  • Tagged as: ACPI, BIOS, Bitlocker, Engineering Explained, Fast Startup, Restart, Restart vs Shutdown, Shutdown, TrueCrypt, UEFI, Windows 10

A long time ago–in the bad old days–when people were done using their computer they’d reach over and throw the power switch, which would make a big “thunk”. This sound would reverberate through the entire…

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PotW: The Perfect Project Computer

  • January 10, 2021
  • Tagged as: CanaKit, Docker, Kali, Kubernetes, Linode, Linux, Pi-Hole, Pick of the Week, PoTW, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 4, RetroPi, Serverless

As any Engineer will tell you, in order to stay sharp and ensure you’re on top of your game you have to be able to have a lab environment available. Some Engineers run their labs…

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David Recordon Named White House Director of Technology

  • January 10, 2021
  • Tagged as: David Recordon, OAuth, Open-Source, OpenID, White House

A man named David Recordon has been named White House Director of Technology as part of the Office of Management and Administration under the next Joe Biden Administration. This is a position that is currently…

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Darrell Moore
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Learning Linux: Ulauncher

  • January 3, 2021
  • Tagged as: Learning Linux, Linux, PowerToys, Unlauncher

I realized this year that I’ve been using Macs now for a decade. And while that may sound like a while to some folks, it’s nothing compared to other Apple Mac users. Considering Apple has…

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PotW: Unchecky

  • January 3, 2021
  • Tagged as: Pick of the Week, PoTW, Unchecky

My pick of the week is a little application that will stop your from installing a lot of software that you never intended to install. So, imagine this: you find a free piece of software…

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SolarWinds Has Went SUPERNOVA

  • January 3, 2021
  • Tagged as: Microsoft Defender, NMS, Orion, SolarWinds, SUNBURST, SUPERNOVA

Back on December 20th on Episode 35 we told all of you about the SolarWinds Orion Supply Chain compromise that led to 18,000 of their clients being potentially compromised with malware we now know as…

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Learning Linux: micro text editor

  • December 20, 2020
  • Tagged as: CLI, Editor Wars, Learning Linux, LearningLinux, Linux, micro

The Editor Wars Back in the dark days before the Internet. Before Word Perfect and Microsoft Word. And, yes, even before TikTok, there was a war. In this war the future of text editing hung…

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PotW: KringleCon 3

  • December 20, 2020
  • Tagged as: Christmas, Holiday Hack Challenge, Jack Rhysider, KringleCon, Pick of the Week, PoTW, SANS

My recommendation is the SANS 2020 Holiday Hack Challenge called KringleCon 3: French Hens. This year marks the 17th Annual Holiday Hack Challenge and we are saving the holidays, once again. For our Engineers out…

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SolarWinds Hack Could Affect 18K Customers

  • December 20, 2020
  • Tagged as: FireEye, Orion, SolarWinds, UNC2452

As engineers, we are all well aware of the recent breach over at FireEye. Unless you’ve been living under a data center floor tile, it’s been pretty hard to miss. Here’s what we know: this…

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Interviewing Explained: S.T.A.R. Method

  • December 13, 2020
  • Tagged as: Interview, Interviewing Explained, S.T.A.R., S.T.A.R. Method

Today would normally mark the occasion for an Engineering Explained segment. But, I felt that some of our entry-level Engineers might benefit more if we took a little time to go over an interviewing method…

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