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Random Tech Thoughts
by Kyle Souza
In my daily life of web designer, IT manager, database developer, Excel specialist, application programmer, server administrator, person with a modern phone, and internet user I come across some puzzling situations. Here you can hear me work through them. Become a podcaster and get one month free! Sign up for a Spreaker pro plan with this link to save: https://www.spreaker.com/plans?coupon_code=thetalkinggeek I love Humble Bundle (especially the book deals), check them out: https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner=thetalkinggeek And if for some reason you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support?utm_source=r
Episodes
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There are Offline or Missing Virtual Drives with Preserved Cache
Had a bit of a scare with a server that was displaying an error durring startup: There are offline or missing virtual drives with preserved cache. Please check the cables and ensure that all drives are present Press any key to enter the configuration utility. I was able to salvage everything...
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Rack Studs Series 2
How to install some new rack non equipment that didn't need rails, so instead of using nuts and bolts, I tried out these new "Rack Studs"... And it went pretty well! Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38moZrQ Please leave a rating/review for this podcast! If (for some reason) you want more of me, my...
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EnableLinkedConnections
Some older applications, like this one particular FoxPro application I'm dealing with, have trouble finding mapped drives on newer computers / operating systems (such as Windows 10). So, we just need to edit the registry a little bit! Please leave a rating/review for this podcast! If (for some...
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Humble Book Bundle: Learn to Code the Fun Way by No Starch Press
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/learn-to-code-the-fun-way-no-starch-press-books?partner=thetalkinggeek Think like a programmer: an introduction to creative problem solving Perl one-liners: 130 programs that get things done The book of f#: break free with managed to functional programming Learn...
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Can't Remote In, Black Screen When Logging On
If people having trouble remoting in and then you go to their local desktop and it's just a black screen, you might have a display driver issue. Open up the local group policy editor > local computer policy > computer configuration > administrative templates > Windows components > remote desktop...
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Pixel 3 XL not working with Windows Explorer
Sometimes updating device drivers is a mistake. Please leave a rating/review for this podcast! If (for some reason) you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com. And you can find me on social media at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KyleTheTalkingGeek/ Linkedin:...
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Nextcloud Web Installer
I have to install a second Nextcloud server on my main web server. The "web installer" makes it pretty easy. Please leave a rating/review for this podcast! If (for some reason) you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com. And you can find me on social media at: Facebook:...
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Free Computer Science Textbooks
Springer has put out a ton of awesome textbooks, and they made over 500 of them available for free download, including a couple dozen tech ebooks! An Introduction to Machine Learning, 2nd ed. 2017 by Miroslav Kubat Automata and Computability, 1997 by Dexter C. Kozen Computational Geometry, 3rd…
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Windows Server 2019, Change Product Key Does Nothing
This might also work on Windows 10, I haven't tried it. 1. Open an elevated command prompt. 2. slmgr.vbs /upk 3. slmgr.vbs /cpky 4. slmgr.vbs /ipk PRODUCT KEY OPTIONAL (do it if you have a problem, maybe do it even if you don't) 5. slmgr.vbs /ATO Reboot Enjoy! Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Mounting Attached Volumes In Amazon Web Services
That's a terrible title, my apologies, I didn't want to make it too long and convoluted. Basically, if you're trying to mount an attached volume that is not your primary volume to your Ubuntu server running on AWS you can't use SDF or even XVDF as your mount point, you need to use nvme1n1p1.…
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New-to-Me Server
I got a new, used server. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Setting The Background Color Of A Image Block In WordPress
Now that we're dealing with blocks if you want to put a background color on an image you have to go to your advanced, additional CSS classes section and reference a class that you have to create either in your theme files or in your special "additional CSS" area under the customizer. I needed the...
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Machine Learning Field Development Optimization
Speaker: Luther Birdzell, founder and CEO, OAG analytics Machine learning is here, artificial intelligence is a big part of our lives already. But the oil and gas industry is "generally" slow to adopt new technology. There are those of us though pushing to make these technologies part of our...
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Afternoon Sessions Roundup
Production monitoring & optimization David milam, BBM, Amazon web services Krista Novstrup, principal analytics engineer, SEEQ corporation Hydrocarbon and logistics management Per Christian Hauge, director of oil and gas, Tieto Afternoon break - pretzels, popcorn, dried fruits Pipeline…
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Startup Central: Emerging Technologies In Oil & Gas
There are three really cool startups that got to showcase their technology at this event, and participants were allowed to then discuss their products and business ventures with them. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Customer Journey: Hilcorp
Bill Roth, the vice president of information technology at hillcorp energy company, gave a fantastic presentation about how they are leveraging Amazon cloud technologies to augment and automize their IT infrastructure and team. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Morning Session Roundup
Ion geophysical: PR-FAQ transformation journey Chris usher, President and CEO, ion geophysical Morning break, third floor, wisteria ballroom Open subsurface data universe Kumar Lakshmipathi, principal Solutions architect, Amazon web services Philip Jong, chairman of the open sub surface data...
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Keynote
Don Bulmer kicked off the event and introduced Arno Can Den Haak who provides lots of great insights on technology adoption within the industry. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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AWS Oil & Gas Day 2019 - Getting Started
Amazon Web Services hosts a lot of events, and today in Houston, is one specific to the Oil and Gas industry. I am here on behalf of P&P Oil & Gas Solutions, https://ppogs.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Humble Book Bundle: Linux & Unix By O'Reilly
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-unix-oreilly-books?partner=thetalkinggeek $1 Tier: Classic Shell scripting, first edition Linux device drivers, 3rd edition Introducing regular expressions, first edition Grep pocket reference, first edition Learning GNU emacs, third edition Unix power...
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Test Your Sorting Options
I'm looking for a few new computers on Amazon and when I change my sorting options I get one one-thousanths of the number of results. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Website Speed Follow-up
I "finished" (it's never really over). Speed is a factor in your search engine results. You have to think "mobile first", but don't ignore desktop. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Page Speed Insights
I run through image compression, asset optimization, and caching options to improve the load time of a website. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Don't Distribute Sample Content
When you send a newsletter, make sure you don't send sample content / demo content. I don't know if it was a automated send because of a word press plug in or what, but this does not look good for the people who sent it. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Grooper Giveaway
The cool people over at grooper.com sent me a couple of mugs to give to one lucky listener! I will be releasing an episode where I do a really technical discussion with someone from the Grooper team about getting thier machine learning platform set-up and usable. A lot of times artificial...
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Unhelpful Help Docs
I tried to cancel my office 365 subscription and kept getting frustrated because every link I clicked on didn't take me to a page where I could do the action that that link was describing but instead took me to instructions on how to do with that link was describing, instructions that first took…
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You're Unsubscribing Has To Work
I recently got an email that I do believe is legitimate, but they're unsubscribe link takes you to a dead page - innocent mistake or shady way to keep their email list from shrinking? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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netwrix SysAdmin-Avenger QUIZ
I got a fun email quiz from nerwrix: If you're a sysadmin, you are undoubtedly endowed with superpowers. But maybe it's time to get to know yourself better: exactly which avengers superhero are you? Answer these 7 simple questions to find out. https://www.netwrix.com/sysadmin_avenger_quiz.html...
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Resetting A Windows Password Using A Linux Boot Disk
Spoiler alert, it didn't work. This will work on pre-Windows 10 computers. https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Setting Up One Email Address That Goes To Multiple People In G Suite
I had to set up an email address in g suite that when an email was sent to it multiple people received the email. This is done by setting up a group, and making sure that the access settings are correct. https://thetalkinggeek.com https://www.podbean.com/thetalkinggeek...
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Humble Book Bundle: Microsoft & .Net by Apress
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/microsoft-and-dot-net-books?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 $1: 1. C# 7 quick syntax reference - a pocket guide to the language, APIs, and library (2nd edition) 2. Visual studio code distilled evolved code editing for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux 3.…
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Disk Inventory X
Disc inventory X is a disk usage analyzer for Mac OSX. It gives you a treemap for a graphical look at folder and file sizes. It's like windirstat, for Mac. http://www.derlien.com https://thetalkinggeek.com https://www.podbean.com/thetalkinggeek https://www.spreaker.com/thetalkinggeek Become a...
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A Couple Excel Issues
I was recently asked a couple of Excel questions, one was about a filter that just stopped filtering data in a column about halfway through the spreadsheet, and the other was about a formula that stayed looking like a formula and didn't calculate anything. https://thetalkinggeek.com...
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Humble Book Bundle: Programming By O'Reilly
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/web-programming-oreilly-books?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 we've teamed up with O'Reilly for our newest bundle! Get he looks like CSS - the definitive guide, you don't know JS - ES6 and beyond, and learning PHP, my SQL and JavaScript. Plus, your…
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Humble Book Bundle: Coders Bookshelf By No Starch Press
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/coders-bookshelf-books?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 Get the rust programming language, the principles of object oriented JavaScript, python playground, and more! $1: 1. Understanding ECMA script 6 - the definitive guide for JavaScript developers 2.…
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SSMTP on Ubuntu Issue
I was getting a SSMTP authentication failure 535 5.7.8 error on an Ubuntu Linux web server when trying to send password reset emails from a site that was hosted on it. I had to do a couple things, including enabling access from "less secure apps". https://thetalkinggeek.com...
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Share Permissions Are Different Than Regular Folder Permissions
I was having a weird file permissions issue with a network share on a Windows server. All the permissions for the file and folder looked good. I needed to look at the Share permissions though, which is a separate little management console. https://thetalkinggeek.com...
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WordPress Malicious Script Recap
This is a sub 4-minute summary of my more than 40-minute-long episode where I tracked down what was causing pages on a site to redirect to some other website, spoiler alert: it was a malicious script! Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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WordPress Site Infected By A Malicious Script
So there's this website where almost all the pages that you go to end up redirecting you to some other website that is trying to get some ad revenue. This isn't some virus trying to steal information, it's not distributing pornography, it is hijacking web traffic. So, I struggled a little bit…
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WinDirStat
I've got low free space on one of my drives, so I used this great free application for figuring out what files and folders are the culprits. Thanks windirstat! https://windirstat.net/ https://thetalkinggeek.com https://www.podbean.com/thetalkinggeek Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Download Your Google+ Data Before It's Too Late!
Google plus is going away, I know we're all sad about it, but Google has made it very easy for you to get a copy of all the stuff you posted! Check out their download your data page for this relatively simple process. https://thetalkinggeek.com https://www.podbean.com/thetalkinggeek Become a...
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Humble Book Bundle: Linux By Wiley
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-wiley-books?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 $1: Linux essentials, 2nd edition Ubuntu Linux toolbox - 1000 + commands for power users, second edition Linux all-in-one for dummies, 6th edition Beginning Linux programming, fourth edition $8: Lenox…
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Humble (Software) Bundle: Intro To Code
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/intro-to-code-bundle?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 Awesome online courses for you. We've teamed up with zenva academy for our newest bundle! Get access to online courses on game development, web development, computer vision, machine learning and AI,...
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Humble Book Bundle: Python 2019 By Packt
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-packt-2019-books?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Humble Book Bundle: Hacking For The Holidays By No Starch Press
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/hacking-for-the-holidays-books?phone=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 no starch press is here with a bundle of books long over there back, Santa style. Get serious cryptography: a practical introduction to modern encryption, black hat python, Android security...
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Humble Software Bundle: Best Of Stardock
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/stardock-software-bundle?please=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 We've teamed up with Stardock for our newest bundle! Get software like Start10, Groupy, and Fences. Plus, your purchase will support St. Jude children's Research Hospital and a charity of your...
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Microsoft Is Getting Rid Of The Edge Browser
Microsoft is getting rid of their edge browser and switching to a blink based browser, same as chrome and the majority of other web browsers available! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support.
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Humble Book Bundle: CyberSecurity By Packt
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cybersecurity-packt-books?please=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 $1: Nmap: Network exploration and security auditing cookbook, 2nd edition Network analysis using Wireshark 2 cookbook, 2nd edition Practical cyber intelligence Cybersecurity attacks (red team...
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Counting Things
This one is very general. Basically, when you're counting things you have to decide how to represent the count. If you're adding multiple counts together then you really have to decide what to count. Do a good job counting. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Bundle: Big Data & Infographics, By Wiley
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/big-data-infographics-books?partner=thetalkinggeek&charity=1827413 We've teamed up with Wiley for our newest bundle! Get titles like 101 design methods: a structured approach for driving innovation in your organization, cool infographics: effective communication...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In my daily life of web designer, IT manager, database developer, Excel specialist, application programmer, server administrator, person with a modern phone, and internet user I come across some puzzling situations. Here you can hear me work through them.
Become a podcaster and get one month free! Sign up for a Spreaker pro plan with this link to save: https://www.spreaker.com/plans?coupon_code=thetalkinggeek I love Humble Bundle (especially the book deals), check them out: https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner=thetalkinggeek And if for some reason you want more of me, my blog is https://thetalkinggeek.com
Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/random-tech-thoughts--2829929/support?utm_source=r
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