Review and Giveaway: Eaton 5PX1500RT UPS
Jan 13th
We have seen many networks fail because of poor power considerations. A UPS is a key factor in keeping up with a 99.9999% uptime. UPS or Uninterruptible power supply kicks in when there is a power failure. These UPS’s can safely shut down your equipment to keep them from going down hard.
Eaton sent over there 5PX1500RT UPS for review and for us to keep (consider this our disclosure.) It is a 1500VA-class Line Interactive Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS). This rack-mountable UPS weighs in at 65 pounds and is made by a 100 year old company! We will be giving away our review unit so please chime in below in the comments as to why you should be the proud recipient of the device (you will have to pay for shipping though!)
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My laptop display is turned to the right, to the left, up or down… Quick Fix
Dec 24th
If you or a little one flipped your laptop display chances are you are freaking out. Stop… Don’t worry you can flip it right back to where it is supposed to be with the following hot keys:
- Ctrl-Alt-Up – right side up
- Ctrl-Alt-Right – 90 degrees
- Ctrl-Alt-Down – 180 degrees
- Ctrl-Alt-Left – 270 degrees (If that doesn’t work try Ctrl-Shift-R)
SIRI released for jailbroken iPhones – Warning sends your data to China!
Dec 21st
The word on the street is if you have a jailbroken iPhone 4 now you too can access the full functionality of SIRI using a Cydia program called H1Siri. But, Before you run and download your copy know that they will send ALL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO CHINA!
According to Gizmodo – Grant Paul has detected that the hack sends your personal information through a server in China. And with personal information I mean email, SMS, calendar, contacts and location. Good luck with that.
Beware of the hacked Siri! If you really want it be patient or go get a damn 4s!
_ThejailBrokenAdmiN_
Google Easter Egg: LET IT SNOW!
Dec 20th
Are you interested in seeing a snow storm cover your Google listings? Google has introduced a new Easter Egg this weekend for those of you looking for some virtual snow and not getting a blizzard like last year!
All you have to do is open up Google’s homepage from any HTML5 compliant browser and type in Let It Snow.
When it is done click Defrost and thaw out!
AtA’s Crashing Issues Have Been Resolved…
Dec 19th
Hey Hey Hey…
It looks like some spam comments were causing the site to crash on all posts… Our traffic dropped from 4k hits a day to 20 hits a day! The comments have been removed, the database has been repaired…
If you see something funky make sure you say something! If you can’t comment email info at asktheadmin dot com.
Thanks for all you loyalty and Happy Holidays!
Give The Gift of Cloud Backup for The Holidays
Dec 9th
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I’m sure that like me, most of you are the tech support for the family. Every time your creepy uncle goes to a sleazy porn site, you have to stop by his house and clean up his computer’s internet VD (Viruses and Malware). You’re mom calls you because she can’t figure out how to print pictures of her precious little dog, and your dad’s hard drive is crashing every time he plays Farmville on Facebook. We at AskTheAdmin feel your pain.
How many times have you just told your family, “screw it, re-install Windows”? Of course they can’t because all of their precious files are on there, and of course they never ever back that stuff up! Why not give them the gift of backing their stuff up for them? Not just to an external hard drive that will fail in 6 months either. I’m talking about true set and forget automated cloud backup!
Back in August I wrote about how I am using some software at work to backup my servers. It’s called Crashplan. Now Crashplan has some pay versions if you want to back up to their servers, but they also give you the option to set up your own cloud solution for free! Plus it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux! That means no matter what you’re relatives use, they can backup using Crashplan.
I said cloud backup though right? This is where you come in. I recommend buying a relatively low-cost NAS device with RAID, or you can build your own Bauer-Power SAN using Ubuntu, IET, ZFS and GlusterFS. Then you can install Crashplan on your computer at home, and backup all of your friend’s and family to your redundant storage; because Crashplan will let your friends and family backup to your machine over the Internet using a simple friend code. You only pay for your home storage.
With this solution their files are offsite, and you are once again the computer guru that swooped in and saved the day!
Now when they call you after pooching their computers, you can re-install with confidence, and restore all of their essential files. You can also drop off an extra drive at their house, and back your stuff up to them. Ulterior motive? Maybe. Awesome idea? Absolutely!
The cool thing about Crashplan, besides it being free, is it also saves data using deduplication and encryption. That means the files you save for your relatives will be secure and won’t take up a lot of space. It’s a friggin’ thing of beauty!
If you decide to do this for your family over the holidays, let us know about it in the comments!
-=El Di Pablo=-
