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So Malcolm Gladwell got the data all wrong…or did he?

Posted on January 12, 2021 by dbclin

In this article, I’ll share some newbie explorations I’ve made in the areas of data analytics and pro hockey. I recently embarked on a crazy journey into the world of data analytics. There’s nothing all that crazy about data analytics,… Continue Reading →

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IT Security and Data Backups

Posted on January 3, 2021 by dbclin

Early one recent morning my Linux workstation failed to boot. And just like that, all my work plans for the day ground to an immediate halt. This was the Linux workstation that was host to thirty years-worth of data: The… Continue Reading →

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How Companies Get Your Data – And What They Can Do With It

Posted on November 16, 2020 by dbclin

Curious about what kinds of personal and even private data you may be exposing through the course of a normal day on the internet? How about using “all kinds” as a starting point? Here, adapted from my new book, Keeping Up:… Continue Reading →

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How to Create a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your IT Team

Posted on September 4, 2020 by dbclin

You know the old joke: there are two kinds of companies, those that’ve been hit with an IT disaster, and those who don’t yet realize they’ve been hit with an IT disaster. But what they all have in common is… Continue Reading →

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What is a LAN? The Local Area Network Explained in Plain English

Posted on July 30, 2020 by dbclin

A local area network (LAN) is really nothing more than a structure for organizing and protecting network communications for all the devices running within a single home or office. Let me break that down a bit. When I say, within a… Continue Reading →

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Linux Package Management with Snaps

Posted on July 7, 2020 by dbclin

A big part of administrating Linux machines – especially remote machines – is managing and installing software. When something goes wrong with a local application or when something on the file system breaks and needs fixing, you’re often going to… Continue Reading →

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AWS CloudFormation: Where to Find Help When You Need It

Posted on May 4, 2020 by dbclin

Staring at a plain, dumb command line prompt with no clue what to do with the AWS CLI next can be a humbling experience. And, in my experience at least, staring at the Management Console for AWS CloudFormation can be… Continue Reading →

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AWS CLI Tutorial – How to Install, Configure, and Use AWS CLI to Understand Your Resource Environment

Posted on April 30, 2020 by dbclin

How to get exactly the account and environment information you need to manage your AWS account using just the AWS CLI Installing the AWS CLI is actually quite simple. The best way to get it done is to head over… Continue Reading →

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How to use Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) to replace your server-based email server

Posted on March 4, 2020 by dbclin

One fine day, for no discernible reason, my Ubuntu 18.04 business server stopped forwarding mail to my Gmail address. Just the day before, the .forward files I’d created in the home directories of the local server accounts I use for email –… Continue Reading →

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How to use a Bash script to manage downloading and viewing files from an AWS S3 bucket

Posted on February 4, 2020 by dbclin

As you can read in this article, I recently had some trouble with my email server and decided to outsource email administration to Amazon’s Simple Email Service (SES). The problem with that solution was that I had SES save new messages… Continue Reading →

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