Aaron’s Area: The Life of a Texas nerd in California.

So a few things I had to deal with this morning that might be of use to other IT departments with a similar setup. Cyberoam Weirdness We use a Cyberoam i200 appliance as our firewall/content filtering/magic connectivity box. They’re a pretty solid appliance but occasionally have some weird hiccups. The Problem:  Users reporting no e-mail…

So I’ve renewed my subscription to World of Warcraft after nearly a year of not playing. I’ve had multiple hiatuses (or would it be hiati?) over the years and generally do come back for the expansions out of curiosity. What’s intrigued me the most about this current expansion and patch set isn’t the new stuff,…

Addendum 12/5/2010: I know I’m probably asking for it here posting an update, but I will anyway. The guys at Manga Plasma commented on this post in episode 20. I found it pretty amusing actually. I apologize to Screago for misspelling his name/handle. I had actually written this  after listening to the first six episodes…

Something that’s been on my mind lately, indeed something I’ve been feeling convicted of is the subject of Faith and geeks of faith. I’ve been reading a lot of science fiction/hard science blogs and literature lately and am finding it terribly hard to keep pursuing the hobby.

  I decided a while back that I’d broaden my horizons on the food I ate. I decided at least once a month I’d learn to make something new and try it. Then I’d try to make it my own. This isn’t really my first experiment but it’s definitely the bravest so far, and one…

The subject matter here is something that hits pretty close to home for me. This is on the topic of online gaming. My boss recently asked me how hacking World of Warcraft accounts was a money making business. He didn’t see how, of course most non-gamers wouldn’t think about this. Unfortunately a lot of gamers…

This isn’t unsafe for the product at all. We found Sennheiser VMX Office wireless headsets are not only half the cost of Plantronics but actually work better with Shoretel. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location:W 7th Ave,Amarillo,United States

Twitter is a pretty cool web application. In 140 characters or less you ‘tweet’ about what’s going on around you. The service can be used on phones, your PC, from web pages, and dozens of other innovative solutions. The feed can be seen with practically all methods used to post to it. It seemed like…

With some of the security changes people keep talking about at Facebook I thought I would put my thoughts and advice up here. I have some credentials that make me at minimum ‘knowledgable’ on the subject. I have been working in the IT industry in some capacity for over ten years. I have been a…

Part one of the Social Insecurity posts deals with some semi-legal related issues about social networking. Keep in mind the best thing to do when you have to take part in the legal system is listen to your attorney, and pretty much keep your mouth shut. Remember you have the right to due process!