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That was a great series, as were the other two associated with it.

That sounds like a good entry for the Bacon Actuator! https://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/solarwinds-community/geek-speak_tht/blog/2017/07/07/altactuator-the-bacon-editio…

I love your phrase: "Embrace The Console!"

I'd prefer TACACS to RADIUS, but will accept both.

No, you might be thinking of the relationship between bacon and "Jerky", not "jerks".

For Solarwinds Admins & Thwack admins & players who can read music:

All things in moderation. Understanding a thing fully before deploying it is critical to success. When I think of every bit of automation that initially caused more troubles than it solved . . .

Mmmmm . . . I can SMELL it . . .

The Escher .gif is some poor guy falling endlessly down an Escher staircase.

I'm so surprised that this isn't a thing, that I had to go into NPM and search out the User Setting regarding NTA. And there's NO way to provide the granular rights you want! Hmph! With all of the options there, I expected there'd be a drop-down that offered multiple rights for NTA administrators. How did this fall through…

I'd use this as another tool to try to break through the silo into servers & applications.

This was a peaceful and calming article--very zen-ish. Obviously every job can be improved with thoughtful consideration and design.

Just wait'll you turn 50 and face that first Colonoscopy . . . The linked article by Dave Barry's worth a read if you love a good laugh with a good ending (no pun intended).

This widget sounded interesting--until I added and saw all of my nodes show up in the Resource due to having one or more interfaces down. I'll have to play with the SQL filter before leaving in my main page--it's currently just too many false alarms.

There's only one graphic that properly shows the benefit of automation:

When Microsoft lost its first certificates before it opened its web site, that set the tone for their competence and security. Don't go there. Hacking a car's remote control? Surely it's not only VW who's vulnerable to this. But I learned long ago that automobile security can be defeated with a rock the size of a golf…

Thanks, Peter! Congrats right back at you for your 2018 point gains! You're the guy to beat, now, and I expect to see you ahead of me by next summer or sooner!

I live just NW of Superior, Wisconsin. Tuesday evening at 4:30 p.m. my rain gauge was bone-dry. By 5:15 p.m. it had 2.1" of new rain in it. That was a juicy one! Plenty of lightning, some stronger winds (that caused no damage of which I am aware). Lake Superior is at an all-time high water level at the moment. Back in the…

I don't know why, but The Folksman turned me off. They're obviously singing & playing instruments for real, with skill. Perhaps it's their style, their hokey tongue-in-cheek manner? Soggy Bottom Boys wiped up The Folksman in my book.

Quantum Life? And so it begins . . .

Six years old & still going strong! Thanks for enabling this.

Trolls. Enough said. Shut 'em down. Find 'em & shut 'em down. No one has time for that behavior, yet their anonymity creates false bravery. Consequences are what are needed. Well, that and better parenting.

Wireless is only convenient. Not reliably secure, not fast, not reliable. When hospital staff approach my team for recommendations about new wireless expansion, I typically try to show them the risks. For the sake of convenience to you, and occasionally to patients, are you willing to add new wireless devices to the…

Points have been appreciated! ;^)

If only there were a SW product that could do all the mapping we wish / need, in the ways we must have it, displaying only the amount of info we want . . .

I love unplugging! But I only do it when I'm wilderness camping, and even then I miss some of the information (when there's no wireless coverage) as it pertains to safety items like changing weather conditions. Like you, I've read numerous articles that show how sleep is lessened or negatively impacted when a person has…

Makes me remember this one from much more recently: Soda spill may have caused Bloomberg blackout | New York Post