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After my workout at the gym on Friday, I checked my vmail to find a frantic message by my wife. Apparently, our next door neighbor’s house was struck by lightning and was on fire!
My wife was upstairs in our house when it happened. She heard a loud “boom” and thought it might have […]

A reader of Windows Server Cookbook wrote in the other day to tell me he enjoyed the Japanese version of the book. The Japanese version? I didn’t know there was a Japanese version. As it turns out, yes. One of the interesting quirks of the publishing biz is that foreign subsidiaries […]

The much awaited second edition to the best-selling Active Directory Cookbook is now available at Amazon. This edition has over 500 recipes (up from 325 in the first edition) with new chapters covering ADFS, MIIS, ADAM, and Exchange. The lovely Laura Hunter provided most of the additions and we had another strong group […]

Fred has been working diligently to find a venue and date for BarCampRDU. It didn’t take him long! Red Hat is kind enough to host it (great location btw) and the date is set for July 22nd. Sign up on the wiki. Great work Fred!
UPDATE: I’ve signed up to be an […]

I haven’t used a Mac in over 10 years. In 1996 I ditched my Power Mac in favor of Solaris for development and Microsoft Windows for office apps. Now I find myself coming full circle after purchasing a MacBook Pro last weekend. Over the last couple of years I’ve seen more and […]