Author Archives: Mike

About Mike

I am currently a technical instructor and courseware editor for Guru Labs LC. I am shuffled between teaching a) online classes b) classes at the company HQ and c) Random places around the US for week(s) at a time. All classes are classes on Linux. Most are Red Hat. I have the following certs: On RHELv5: RHCSA RHCT RHCE LPI: LPIC-1 LPIC-2 I also have a couple SUSE certs too... A+ with speciality in Windows and DOS environments. I tend to keep a running Gold Medallion status with Delta Airlines.

I’ve Been Selected!

Posted on 2012.04.14 by Mike

Not to long ago I submitted a topic for the 2012 Utah Open Source Conference. The other day I found out that not only has my paper been selected; it was popular enough to be scheduled twice!

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ejabberd and SSL certs

Posted on 2012.04.1 by Mike

Recently I managed to take a couple hours and finish the epic struggle of setting up an XMPP server.

Categories: ejabberd, Free, Free as in Beer, Free as in Speech, Free Software, FreeBSD, IPv4, IPv6, Linux, Networking, OpenSource, Red Hat, SSL, sysadmin, Technology, TLS, XMPP | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The greener drinking fountain

Posted on 2012.03.17 by Mike

Today is St. Patrick’s day and I am leaving Chicago without seeing the river or parade. Sad, I know.

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Theadamsresidence.net is now IPv6 enabled

Posted on 2012.02.23 by Mike

Recently theadamsresidence.net underwent maintenance for some pending updates. As part of the process IPv6 was enabled for the host in an IPv6 capable environment. As a result it is now possible to access the site using IPv6. A few useful things:

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When USA Today is worth more then 75¢.

Posted on 2012.02.13 by Mike

Today is another day on the road and hopefully more then a dollar. This week I am stationed in a place that I expect to be fairly warm and sunny: Texas.

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Speaking at UTOSC 2012 Member of The Internet Defense League