<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167</id><updated>2024-09-13T01:05:39.398-07:00</updated><category term="#MS SQL 2008;#MS SQL 2008 R2; #SQL R2; #SQL2008;"/><category term="#SSO; #Single-SignOn; #FTMG; #ISA; #RantingOfAMadNutCracker"/><category term="#VirtualBox"/><category term="VM Networking"/><title type='text'>All Things IT in a Nutcracker&#39;s Shell</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-3541443519191247335</id><published>2014-12-20T10:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2014-12-20T10:41:57.581-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 3 Mobile phones</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;If you are looking to get a new phone this festive season...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Often I share my opinions in social circles. Now just extending this to my FB friends.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;In 2014, I was asked to recommend a good phone by friends and family.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Before I put this forward... Here&#39;s the business stuff:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;1. I don&#39;t work for any phone manufacturer. Nor do I gain from it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;2. This is my opinion. It&#39;s based on research, observation and feedback on various technology forums.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Now that&#39;s out of the way...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;A phone selection depends on a number of factors. He biggest is affordability, needs and usability.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;The last element is where hangs usually gets sticky for the technologically challenged. Usability is what works for YOU.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;For example...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- If you need fast network access, you look for a phone with LTE.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- If you want to keep your apps, information, etc. then you will want to stay with the same vendors to easily transfer your things over to a new phone.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- If you want an overhaul - you have to consider a change in ecosystem - ie move from Apple to Android or WindowsPhone and vice versa.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s a mouth full and reason enough to just pickup the next &quot;cool&quot; thing &amp;amp; move on. For the millenials, this is not a problem!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;With All considered:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Sony Experia Z3&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Nokia Lumia 930 &amp;amp; 1520&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Apple iPhone 6&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Now we can discuss the merits of each.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Of course other do appear further down the list including Samsung Galaxy S5 and Huawei P7, HTC One.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;If you plan to move to Apple and take advantage of all it has to offer within its EcoSystem, you have to have accept that it&#39;s a long term relationship. Those who have moved out of it, do so painfully.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s the reason I use and stay with Apple.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Now that I want a really powerful camera on my mobile device of choice, Sony Experia shames all phones on this feature.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;WindowsPhone takes advantage of familiar interface you get from your laptop or desktop PC. Microsoft had managed to built a good ecosystem where you can login with an single ID and have your email, Office365 and other purchased apps that are integrated into the ecosystem. My&amp;nbsp;Outlook.com&amp;nbsp;ID is versatile across personal and business apps. Both One Drive for Business and the good old Skydrive (now called OneDrive as well) recognizes my personal ID and the single-sign-on works well as a result.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Apple&#39;s iOS devices tops it with overall user friendly interface. It remains attractive. Doesn&#39;t bog you down with prior experience or interaction with the ecosystem. From when you switch on your phone for the first time, you are guided through the relationship with Apple.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;As longwinded as that maybe, it sums it all up.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;For further insight, you can lookup Human-Computer Interaction study to understand design of technology interfaces at various levels.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;&quot;&gt;Thanks for reading...&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/3541443519191247335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2014/12/top-3-mobile-phones.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/3541443519191247335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/3541443519191247335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2014/12/top-3-mobile-phones.html' title='Top 3 Mobile phones'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Atteridgeville Atteridgeville</georss:featurename><georss:point>-25.773995 28.080272</georss:point></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-8788630029658221033</id><published>2012-08-17T04:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2013-02-20T06:51:42.497-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Web Presence and your Personal Brand</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
This is article two in the series about personal branding.&lt;br /&gt;
Previously I spoke about Infographics and how fascinating they are and what an impact they can make in your personal branding.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Web Presence is important.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
Well, Web presence is similar in many fashion. But the elephant in the room is Social platforms. When &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MySpace&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;was launched&lt;/a&gt; in August 2003, it spoke directly to those who were keen to build a socially cohesive brand. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; followed suit in Feb 2004. The obvious about the two is personal networking space.&lt;br /&gt;
In the previous article on Infographs, it was clear to me that the Social Network web space is in need to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_software&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;collation tools&lt;/a&gt;. And there’s plenty of API integrators out there who can help with the collation. But Infographics, would only serve the purpose of reflecting on your LTD &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Life-To-Date)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; brand. With the use of the likes of &lt;a href=&quot;http://vizualize.me/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Vizualize.me&lt;/a&gt; you can then draw on the timelines produced of your career. Same can be done with Facebook and Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Web Presence is important&lt;/strong&gt;. It is important for a personal brand to exist and flourish. Models, Artists, Musicians and…wait for it… ACADEMICS! Use it to highlight, connect, inter-connect, communicate and EXIST. To the rest of the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;If the question was to be asked”:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Will you be remember or known for your existence in 2112&quot;?” &lt;br /&gt;
What would be your answer?&lt;br /&gt;
Remember Star-Trek? That is what appeared on the show over and over again. One of the crew members walked to a tablet screen or holographic room and relived (through recorded data!) history as it was recorded by some famous or rich person.&lt;br /&gt;
Well, Web Presence for your personal brand should include both your favourable history and story of your life (and no, no one wants to know if you were thief, but it would be more interesting if you are a Hippy or Pantsula of the ‘80s)&lt;br /&gt;
Start building your brand. Start with today and work your way backwards, keeping the future in mind. Pictures, Videos, achievements etc. add more voooma to your personal brand on the web.&lt;br /&gt;
Lastly, Twitter, my favourite at present. It is there for your to speak to other people. it is not too different from MXit and SMS. it is just more accessible, cheaper with a lot more connections.&lt;br /&gt;
Enjoy your existence, keep record for eternity!

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I am fascinated by both. During my career spanning nearly 20 years, I&#39;ve witnessed technology, data, network convergence and divergence. I&#39;ve learned to adapt and integrate a lot of the changes we see on the web, in the workplace, in our social life into my knowledge base.&lt;br /&gt;
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Infographics, have therefore come to play a vital role in telling a story of any topic I am interested in. Data on the other hand, has become the very cornerstone of decision making, modelling, influencing and impacting. By including a signature into my emails pointing to my LinkedIn Infograph, I can influence and impact the how those I engage with regularly view me and my work life in the 20 years that passed.&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;ve come to appreciate the importance of my personal brand and the elements that make it what it is. That acknowledgement for me is important because I can change those elements that impact it negatively.&lt;br /&gt;
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Words have disappeared! Clearly - are we gonna get to understand the Cloud computing? Simply Yes.&lt;/div&gt;
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Apple and Google are both pioneers and always in the forefront of technological development within this generation. Apple&#39;s history is long and makes for a good novel to read. Google story is a heroic content of superheroes!&lt;/div&gt;
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But the two are not doing justice to the Cloud computing in the immediate. But rather provide for a healthy, juicy competition (an always welcome ingredient in advancing anything)&lt;/div&gt;
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Recently, I got involved in a project to uncover, develop and grow Cloud Service offerings (sounds like a self-help book, considering). The vast questions, the varying answers and understandings of Cloud, leaves the question: &lt;u&gt;are we going to get to define and understand Cloud Computing anytime soon?&lt;/u&gt;  I wish I can remain as calm in my thoughtout response and still say yes. My kids wont get to have a clear definition of Cloud Computing up until they reach or finish matric (Grade 12). &lt;/div&gt;
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But I love the competition right now. Not only with Google and Apple! but as a global phenomenon!&lt;/div&gt;
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Viva Cloud, Viva!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Interesting on how I ended up on this site today of all days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first thing is a memory - a very distant memory. Where I had previously worked with SQL 2000 as a DBA  more than 4 years ago. I quite this line and became a Security Systems Specialist. This essentially meant I never get to see a SQL console again anytime soon. Alas, it has come beckoning on my doorstep. Partly because this is in my CV as one of the technologies I intimately understand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As I stand - none of it seems true. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The first question that popped in my mind after a collegue sent some SQL script files to run, was where do I go? How do I do that again? more than 8 hours later, I&#39;m about to answer that question.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here are the basic steps to get me going:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1. Find a server on the domain I can use to install MS-SQL Express 2008 (note I found out the hard way that I needed the Advanced Edition with reporting installed).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;don&#39;t forget to check your pre-requisites i.e dotnet 3.5 at least; Windows Installer 4.2 (if you are running Windows 2003)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2. Download and install  MSQ SQL 2008 Management Studio (another lesson in why you should always revist technologies you&#39;ve worked with before).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Server Configuration checker also comes in handy - it is included with SQL 2008!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now that the basics are out the way, we can proceed with what got me stuck in the first place - &lt;b&gt;.sql script files!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;After installing all the required components, and several reboots. The server is ready for use with Microsoft SQL 2008 R2.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Amazing: After all that trouble and installing all components with SQL Express Advance Edition, Management Studio, Advanced Tools. &amp;nbsp;Voila! I can simply double click the script and it opens in the SQLQuery Debugger.&lt;br /&gt;
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Also my database is located in the data path that I defined. - instead of the one supplied. (but that&#39;s another lesson in scripting).&lt;br /&gt;
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At least that the thought that crossed my mind when I read the article on the NY Times web &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;A Year with few Blacks in US Movies&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/movies/awardsseason/13movies.html&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hollywood’s Whiteout&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But the truth is far from it. A few days ago, I wrote about &lt;a href=&quot;http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-debt-feature-by-cnn.html&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Black Debt,&lt;/a&gt; based on a feature by CNN. But what I did not mention in the article, is the successes of indebtedness of Black Celebrities. Perhaps because the scale weighs very lightly on those who have fallen in the darkness of debts. But the success enjoyed in the Film industry both in the Diaspora and in Africa, is far more staggering than it appears in the lime light.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Thus, the NYT article seems be on the spot, at least as far as US whiteout is concerned. Is this racially driven? I doubt it. But an evaluation of the status quo. Let me take you back 2010 in Black films, or perhaps the nostalgia of &lt;a title=&quot;Tyler Perry&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;For Colored Girls&amp;quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/thetylerperry&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tyler Perry’s&lt;/a&gt; films which touch Black people in the US. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;My recent favourite, “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forcoloredgirlsmovie.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;For Coloured Girls&lt;/a&gt;”, (&lt;a title=&quot;WikiPedia: For Colored Girls&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;check the Wiki&lt;/a&gt;)and I have tweeted and wrote about it on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/boikanyob&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my FaceBook&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#160; page. Whys is this film not at the Oscar’s or better yet, why has it not appeared on the Awards circuit around the world. The simplest answers (and a pain staking one) is … the &lt;a title=&quot;For Colored Girls release dates&quot; href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/releaseinfo&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;release date&lt;/a&gt; was beyond the required release&amp;#160; date for the nomination. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But….this is not true. &lt;a title=&quot;Rules of the Oscars(tm)&quot; href=&quot;http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule03.html&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rule 03 of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&lt;/a&gt; says different. So simply, this film should have been in. Unless I missed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;something.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style=&quot;padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px&quot; id=&quot;scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:1115cc84-6363-4723-8f6c-f51602782d70&quot; class=&quot;wlWriterEditableSmartContent&quot;&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/Oscars+Academy+Award+Rules&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Oscars Academy Award Rules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But nothing I missed on the list, as the NYT article continues, the question in my mind increases and gains and upsetting momentum. Is it racial? Is it Talent? Is it the flavour of the year?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I am disturbed by this. In over a decade, I came across a film that inspires a movement. A film that dissects the ills of society in its deepest form. This film, I found, to conjoin its predecessors to form a collage of films that raises questions about how we, as Africans, can allow ills to continue to ravage our fibres through and through.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you are wondering what I am blubbing about, here is a quick short list. Tell me if it draws on the same fibres as I see it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Also look at &lt;a title=&quot;Black Films from the US&quot; href=&quot;http://mghardie.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/30-greatest-black-movies-part-1/&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;http://mghardie.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/30-greatest-black-movies-part-1/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;American Gangster – about a black man who becomes a drug lord. –[Denzel Washington]&lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;     &lt;h5&gt;Jason Lyric – about a young woman who needs a reason to leave the ghetto. [&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jada_Pinkett_Smith&quot;&gt;Jada Pinkett Smith&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeem_Woodbine&quot;&gt;Bokeem Woodbine&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker&quot;&gt;Forest Whitaker&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/h5&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;    &lt;li&gt;     &lt;h5&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Precious Wiki&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_(film)&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Precious&lt;/a&gt; – about a young teenager abused. [&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabourey_Sidibe&quot;&gt;Gabourey Sidibe&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%27Nique&quot;&gt;Mo&#39;Nique&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/h5&gt;   &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p&gt;While the above is a reflection on the most recent films, I think you get the idea. What is available for The Academy of Motion Pictures as a selection on black films? As much as they venture across the 4 Oceans all the way to Australia, across the Atlantic etc. to find films suitable to be called OSCAR Nominees. They can venture to other places,&amp;#160; not to fill a quota but to get the broad audience they so miss in their eggshells.&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/8357316419265328511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/oscars-blackout-of-african-films.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8357316419265328511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8357316419265328511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/oscars-blackout-of-african-films.html' title='Oscar’s blackout of African Films!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-705459044732360629</id><published>2011-02-15T22:23:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T02:35:57.084-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Black debt - feature by CNN</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Are we waiting to become an issue? I think this is the general state of black economy. When politicians on the African continent speak about economic emancipation, they refer to a socialist agenda rather than to state of wealth. For most ruling parties, economic empowerment us for those who&#39;ve sacrificed for the current political agenda.    &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;I dare you to ask 10 of your black/African friends if they will realize wealth in the next two years. I doubt you&#39;ll get and honest answer.     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;The series featured by CNN: &amp;quot;Almighty Debt&amp;quot;, so far I have seen the first episode. Books such as &amp;quot;The Capitalist Nigger&amp;quot; have also covered this topic from a different angle. BUT they are satin the same thing. Are you listening?     &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;I live on South Africa. I would not have it any other way! For the simple reason I love my country!     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Several articles and coverage of this&amp;#160; has been done by many other bloggers and web writers. George Alexander(sic)&amp;#160; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-alexander/my-review-of-cnns-almight_b_771155.html&quot;&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-alexander/my-review-of-cnns-almight_b_771155.html&lt;/a&gt; posted a piece on it. One of many I had to read before presenting my opinion on it. The Hinterland Gazette &lt;a href=&quot;http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-cnn-black-in-america-documentary.html&quot;&gt;http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-cnn-black-in-america-documentary.html&lt;/a&gt;, also had an interview with &lt;a title=&quot;BLACK IN AMERICA&quot; href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/obrien.soledad.html&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CNN&#39;s Soledad O&#39;Brien&lt;/a&gt;.     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style=&quot;padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px&quot; id=&quot;scid:84E294D0-71C9-4bd0-A0FE-95764E0368D9:9c07c7ba-a62a-459f-b3b6-55833d2eb7bc&quot; class=&quot;wlWriterEditableSmartContent&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&amp;amp;cp=-1.757537~20.03906&amp;amp;lvl=2&amp;amp;style=r&amp;amp;mkt=en-us&amp;amp;FORM=LLWR&quot; id=&quot;map-be7fe0bb-b2e1-4735-ac9f-c19d18cd637b&quot; alt=&quot;View map&quot; title=&quot;View map&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TVz6Bp8x2mI/AAAAAAAAAB8/XB-cydyzp4k/mapea15704ee404.jpg?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;405&quot; height=&quot;250&quot; alt=&quot;Map picture&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This, the dark continent, is where all this is pointing to. The root of Black poverty and subsequently Black Wealth. This, the heart of the world Diamond rich plateau&#39;s and belts of Maize and Copper.&amp;#160; Africa, is rich in minerals which over the past few millennia, it has been colonised and explored and exploited for those minerals.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But the thought of wealth for its inhabitants is as much an insult as it is a curse. The hierarchy of debt for any people, starts on two ends.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TVz6CIB66xI/AAAAAAAAACA/Td85Nauq5xo/s1600-h/BlackPoverty7.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px&quot; title=&quot;BlackPoverty&quot; alt=&quot;BlackPoverty&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TVz6C8_enXI/AAAAAAAAACE/X1yEziqerhc/BlackPoverty_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;114&quot; height=&quot;78&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;ol&gt;   &lt;li&gt;The first end, (1) individual and their contribution to the society they live in. This individualism is driven (in my opinion, but let me know what you think) by the following factors:      &lt;ul&gt;       &lt;li&gt;Education foundation. Are the core basics of literacy and numeracy in place? Are Life skills taught early enough as enabler? In Primary education, is personal finance taught and trained? Are business and systems thinking introduced early enough as an empowerment tool? – We have moved away from communal living and this is currently confided to semi-urban, peri-urban and rural South Africa. &lt;/li&gt;        &lt;li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;     &lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt;  &lt;p&gt;A friend, Oscar, made a suggestion which works to explain some of the frustration above….&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-down_economics&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/705459044732360629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-debt-feature-by-cnn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/705459044732360629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/705459044732360629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/black-debt-feature-by-cnn.html' title='Black debt - feature by CNN'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TVz6Bp8x2mI/AAAAAAAAAB8/XB-cydyzp4k/s72-c/mapea15704ee404.jpg?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-5472071104023362004</id><published>2011-02-09T22:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T22:38:05.119-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Your boss wants it all!</title><content type='html'>Taking from Alicia Keys signature track</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/5472071104023362004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/your-boss-wants-it-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/5472071104023362004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/5472071104023362004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/your-boss-wants-it-all.html' title='Your boss wants it all!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-7465528481511817700</id><published>2011-02-09T11:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T14:26:19.641-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The flamboyance of romance</title><content type='html'>It is that  time of the year when love is in the air and holds no boundaries! Lovers,  single and coupled, look for that spark that reminds them of  passion and romance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Romance! A big word from where I am sitting. A word not frequent in my vocabulary nor in my word index. But of all other times in any given year since primary school, no where else are the words love and romance used interchangeably than the last few days! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It gets scary the commercial value behind it. Thus the flamboyance! If you understand that your girl friend wants to be pampered, ten you also understand that this is the worst time for your pocket to be doing it! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Post the valentines day nostalgia, it&lt;br /&gt;Would be good to learn a new trick! Sony dump her. Pamper her with simple things. But you need to know&lt;br /&gt;What tickles her fancy. What gets her exited to be your girl and not wishing you had Pounds and Euros. Simply, driving home from work, pickup the guilt free flowers at the street corner. It helps to know that Woolies sells excellent plant food. Your guilt free flowers will look like great quality expensive buy! one she will be talking about for a while. The simplicity of flowers I&#39;d that you get away with less flamboyance and expenditure come valentines day! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are forgiven long before you transgress Valentines extravaganza! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take it from me.  Quality costs but not always money. Time and bother are costs most guys are never willing to invest on. immaterial until someone comes and does it for you! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, go out and spot the flower guy a R20 it is worth it&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/7465528481511817700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/flambouyance-of-romance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/7465528481511817700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/7465528481511817700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/flambouyance-of-romance.html' title='The flamboyance of romance'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-8840626836456365807</id><published>2011-02-09T07:54:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T07:55:08.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Proverbial Best Practice Mantra</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;How often? How often? How often? have you had a consultant, a specialist, an expert, a professional…tell your bosses: Implement it with Best Practices!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I hear this all the time. Not because the pro’s and experts an consultant are right. But because my boss simply does not think I am worth what he pays me! (There I said it!)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So, the proverbial bite into the apple of Best Practices is that even ITIL.org has changed the reference to Good Practice. There is always a good way to do something. Don’t reinvent the wheel when you can do it the same way someone has done it. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;If you are a business owner, then you’d be two minds about this:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;1. Innovation requires thinking out of the box! that’s where you are willing to put your money.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;2. Following precedence will save you money. Simply because it has been proven to work.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;That said, each day (ask your IT Engineer/Administrator, and he will confirm the inevitable truth!) something goes wrong with your IT systems for one simple reason: Someone is being creative/innovative with your money! – Do you hear those &lt;em&gt;ching $ chings&lt;/em&gt; $!!! That is money being poured right out of your pocket!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Let me get back to the interesting bits. IT Companies are profit makers like any other company. But since the Dot.com bubble, a lot (if not all of them) have realised that to stay in business, they need a service delivery model that builds relationships with customers. This model is based on giving the customer a hassle-free Service and make sure they build a long lasting relationship with you as a customer (Yes, I work for one of these companies). But the crucial factor, is that they need to apply Good Practices to the solutions implementation and daily operational support to your IT systems.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;That little tit-bits said…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The frequency at which things go wrong is phenomenal. Thus a monitoring system – not to prevent but to detect when something goes wrong – this is an essential tool for your IT Administrator! A cost that would save you thousands!.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Next, is the indelible TechNet and online resources. These are essential tools. Mainly because – whatever challenge you have, someone has had it and found a solution and shared it with the world! So why not send you IT Administrator to those Geeky gatherings and forums? it will probably cost you $1,000 or loosely R8,000! – So think again about what you save on.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;“Best Practice” or “Good Practice” whichever you choose, the fact remains, it is there for a reason. But this reason is not absolute. The fact that your business is unique with unique circumstances, means that the “Good Practice” baseline has to be adjustable. And someone has to make this determination (ref: Monitoring Systems). This is human computer interaction (#HCI) on another level, not your users but your administrators.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Show me a perfect system, I’ll show you a perfect universe. Better yet, I will show you a perfect person! All these are a fable! no doubt about it. Innovation is a continuous improvement thus there is no perfect anything. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There’s always room for improvement. The Best Practice Mantra means you need to find how it will best suite and work for you and your environment. And that only remains until something else changes or gets added to the environment, then “The Best Practice” has to be adjusted, improved, modified.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We insist every time on two things: Keep a record/track of changes, know how to reverse the changes if they are not suitable. If these two are not done, then you are definitely in trouble things will always break and you’ll always be chasing your tail trying to figure them out.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The bigger the environment, the more you will have to spend on monitoring both operation environment and the changing environment. Any good CIO knows that a good IT strategy has to have very good tools. If you are paying your CIO/CTO around $500K (R2mil), make sure you have a supporting IT CapEx and Opex of at least $20million (R100mil ).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style=&quot;padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px&quot; id=&quot;scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:66e9fa23-ecc5-48b3-8c87-2d8a1e6ddf13&quot; class=&quot;wlWriterEditableSmartContent&quot;&gt;Technorati Tags: &lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/CIO+Strategy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;CIO Strategy&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/IT+Strategy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;IT Strategy&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/IT+Best+Practice&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;IT Best Practice&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/Best+Practice+vs+Optimal+Configuration&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Best Practice vs Optimal Configuration&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/ITIL+Service+Strategy&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ITIL Service Strategy&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/IT+Administration&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;IT Administration&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/Perfect+systems&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Perfect systems&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/SCOM&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;SCOM&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tags/Systems+Monitoring&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Systems Monitoring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/8840626836456365807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/proverbial-best-practice-mantra.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8840626836456365807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8840626836456365807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/proverbial-best-practice-mantra.html' title='The Proverbial Best Practice Mantra'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-8408350501971252152</id><published>2011-02-08T11:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T11:26:13.744-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A memory to be lived</title><content type='html'>I count everyday like it&#39;s a new day! Every memory like it&#39;s new&lt;br /&gt;Every word uttered like I&#39;ve never heard it before&lt;br /&gt;And remember you like you&#39;ve never left! &lt;br /&gt;I want you to know this! I want to be there like you&#39;ve never left! !- )( &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That jacket you gave me to&lt;br /&gt;Wear for my first interview fits like you&#39;d seen it worn before! :-))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That car you thought I scratched, you&#39;ve found out the truth, it wasn&#39;t me!! But I am still sorry about it. :-( &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the soul food you craved, I had it cooked just in case you drop by! Yes, skop sa peri-peri le bogobe! Mhhh! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She asked me if you are anything like me? I don&#39;t know but this  I know: your uniqueness and my difference are the strength in our similarities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, you brought me into this world to be as strong as you! To be a man on character, a man loving and fearing of God&#39;s will! A man thoughtful and respectful! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How should I be of who  &amp; what I am?&lt;br /&gt;I ask of certainty when and where it is not required but of necessity is the strength of knowing: we are on borrowed time!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/8408350501971252152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/memory-to-be-lived.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8408350501971252152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8408350501971252152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/memory-to-be-lived.html' title='A memory to be lived'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-8729478702633533040</id><published>2011-02-03T10:45:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T10:59:28.474-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Here we go again! The classic office idiot</title><content type='html'>Every company has one. The classic office jerk! He is characterized by his loud must be seen must be heard voice and opinions. Needless to mention that the opinions come I&#39;ll informed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, I am recalling from a recent office incident calling technology articles and exhibitions running is the US very early in the year. In particular a reference to the TABLET market which is very competitive and volatile. Each tablet maker is looking to advance the consumer drive behind their product. The consumer drive in question is the ability to attract the same quantities of sales as with Apple(tm) products. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The iPad has revolutionalised the UMPC market which Bill Gates spoke about over 6 years ago.   Then as a departure point in an office conversation, and curiosity to hear what excites techno geeks in the office, I brought up the pending Samsung Tab running Windows7  and equally versatile. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then suddenly cornered and challenged, I was asked to produce evidence to the latter. At the time it escaped my recollection. To buy time, I asked to google it and later produce it. a day later, wishing I had either saved the link or never started this conversation, I had to produce it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out comes the classic office idiot standing on top of his desk, shouting proudly and courageously &quot;he is a liar! He is a liar!!&quot; &lt;br /&gt;OUCH! that pierced rite through!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a matter of seconds, I hadj </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/8729478702633533040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/here-we-go-again-classic-office-idiot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8729478702633533040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/8729478702633533040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/02/here-we-go-again-classic-office-idiot.html' title='Here we go again! The classic office idiot'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-7374597579835935246</id><published>2011-01-29T22:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T23:01:09.315-08:00</updated><title type='text'>iPhone powered blogging</title><content type='html'>The past two weeks or so have seen great excitement since iPhone4 has been delivered to my doorstep. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now is a good time to get cracking with some techno geeking around with the pod. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That said, with a tiny touch screen, I am typing this from the little pod. Getting accustomed to the touch means getting familiar with the spell checker and it&#39;s little quirks. I am loving it nevertheless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an avid photographer, I was hoping to get my hands on a MacBook pro and some good photo editor like the CS5 from Adobe with lite room and the other tidbits.   Did I mention that I am writing this with an iPhone4&#39;s touchscreen keyboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, I admit that I am a late adopter when it comes to tech gadgets. That comes from being a sceptic though a big fan of StarTrek and Beyond2000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/7374597579835935246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/01/iphone-powered-blogging.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/7374597579835935246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/7374597579835935246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2011/01/iphone-powered-blogging.html' title='iPhone powered blogging'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-324350513818469575</id><published>2010-12-31T05:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T05:33:47.672-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another blog about Systems Analysis (and Mark Pearl)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;-Ever heard of Mark Pearl? …&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Mark, a geek blogger @ &lt;a title=&quot;http://geekswithblogs.net/MarkPearl&quot; href=&quot;http://geekswithblogs.net/MarkPearl&quot;&gt;http://geekswithblogs.net/MarkPearl&lt;/a&gt;. Got me started very well with my Informatics studies. Giving brief summaries and explanations of concepts and so on…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;So, Mark – come 2011 – I hope you don&#39;t mind me adding to subject or just plainly sweating the small stuff.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;- Lets all have a mighty 2011!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/324350513818469575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-blog-about-systems-analysis-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/324350513818469575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/324350513818469575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-blog-about-systems-analysis-and.html' title='Another blog about Systems Analysis (and Mark Pearl)'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-5692975639049330256</id><published>2010-12-23T03:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-23T03:53:54.609-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#SSO; #Single-SignOn; #FTMG; #ISA; #RantingOfAMadNutCracker"/><title type='text'>Windows Live Writer - Proxy Authentication</title><content type='html'>A great Blog editor would not prompt me for proxy authentication especially if my proxy is not prompting for authentication. Single-Sign-on (SSO). So, if the Editor is a Microsoft Product, oh - say Windows Live Writer! right? and the Proxy server is, say another Microsoft Product, say...Ahhmm - ISA Server or even better FTMG! Then what on the planet is it that the Windows Live Writer would prompt and even fail to authenticate me on an MS AD integrated proxy/firewall service?&lt;br /&gt;
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Enough&amp;nbsp;about what&#39;s broken. The reason was that, unlike the other posts,which came from my personal laptop, I thought I can use my office notebook for some worthy Posting on an OLD Active Directory issue I am working on. I will have to put that into an MS Word document then publish from there with no pics! back to the stone age!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/5692975639049330256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/windows-live-writer-proxy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/5692975639049330256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/5692975639049330256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/windows-live-writer-proxy.html' title='Windows Live Writer - Proxy Authentication'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-5381662184504671208</id><published>2010-12-20T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T06:09:56.692-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#VirtualBox"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="VM Networking"/><title type='text'>VirtualBox Internal Network</title><content type='html'>&lt;w:sdt contentlocked=&quot;t&quot; id=&quot;89512093&quot; sdtgroup=&quot;t&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 1pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;w:sdtpr&gt;&lt;/w:sdtpr&gt;&lt;w:sdt docpart=&quot;12019C0E8D314CB49DB9DDA2C93DE903&quot; id=&quot;89512082&quot; storeitemid=&quot;X_F1629623-62C8-4F0E-91CF-A90036C72E51&quot; text=&quot;t&quot; title=&quot;Post Title&quot; xpath=&quot;/ns0:BlogPostInfo/ns0:PostTitle&quot;&gt;&lt;/w:sdt&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;
_this is where this blog started _ but now, I know how not to override my previous post! lol&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;This blog is starting on a completely wrong foot. I started working with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virtualbox.org/&quot;&gt;VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(from Sun) a few months ago and recommended this to friends and associates alike.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The recent challenge I&#39;ve had to deal with is &quot;Host-Only&quot; networking – having a virtual network strictly running between all the Virtual Machines (VM&#39;s) and the host only.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The article (blog) by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fooksheng.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-bridge-networking-on-virtualbox.html&quot;&gt;Fook Sheng&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(using bridge networking on VirtualBox – 9/06/2009)&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&quot;NAT does not work, and surprisingly Host-only mode does not either... i don&#39;t know why.. it should be simple a bug or something wrong on my side..&quot;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;…left me challenged in deed. Sounds too old to mention but true otherwise.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So, to get started – I&#39;ve setup VirtualBox ver. 3.2.12 – with two virtual NIC&#39;s one bridged and one internal network.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Bridged Network works – I get internet on the virtual machine via the host.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;But Internal Network does not work (192.168.97.0 subnet 255.255.255.0) – to be more precise – from the VM (192.168.97.101) , I cannot ping the virtual adapter (192.168.97.1) – Destination host unreachable.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;My knowledge or lack thereof networking tells me the error is routing related. So, how do I solve this?&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The expedition begins….&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/virtualbox-internal-network.html&quot;&gt;Expedition pages...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/5381662184504671208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/virtualbox-internal-network_20.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/5381662184504671208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/5381662184504671208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/virtualbox-internal-network_20.html' title='VirtualBox Internal Network'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1434900118937754167.post-220089836417298192</id><published>2010-12-20T04:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T07:11:14.016-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VirtualBox Internal Network (expedition part 1: begins)</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;This post was republished to All Things IT in a Nutcrack... at 03:44:30 PM 2010/12/20&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;VirtualBox Internal Network (expedition part 1: begins)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The expedition begins…. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9u-9XujpI/AAAAAAAAAA0/8TzeGa_0gNs/s1600-h/image%5B3%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9u_rup3rI/AAAAAAAAAA8/NYUnl1y34aE/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;359&quot; height=&quot;303&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;I’ve decided to do a fresh install of VB 3.2.12 to see if there is anything I missed…(RTM…that would also help a great deal)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The first thing I noticed… was that from previous versions to this one – the network component is marked clearly:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Virtual networking – Bridged Networking &amp;amp; Host-Only Networking&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;This then brings back the question: How do you get the “Host-Only” networking to work in such a way that you can run an internal network.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Remember my setup:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Host runs Windows 7, with 4GB Ram, &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Guests run Windows XP, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2003 each with 20GB VDI, 1024Mb Ram.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;At any point, I would like to run two virtual machines (as I can with VMWare Server)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Simple, right?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Expedition part 1 continues….&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;But….when you start to configure components yourself…..&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Internal Network Setup:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Virtual Machine Host 1 - &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vAaV0gvI/AAAAAAAAABA/EQkWm469WWw/s1600-h/image%5B10%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vAuFYhMI/AAAAAAAAABE/Vz9w9WYHp6o/image_thumb%5B6%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;389&quot; height=&quot;351&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Virtual Machine Host 2 –&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vBVKDAII/AAAAAAAAABI/WN0OLxmn2g4/s1600-h/image%5B14%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vCYa8GTI/AAAAAAAAABM/0sskA8lIqNk/image_thumb%5B8%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;410&quot; height=&quot;324&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Windows 7 Networking&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vC6hU8GI/AAAAAAAAABQ/i48-JJ480nI/s1600-h/image%5B17%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vDRaYw-I/AAAAAAAAABU/gRw3yyYItaw/image_thumb%5B9%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;244&quot; height=&quot;73&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;VirtualBox Preference Settings&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vD0SYERI/AAAAAAAAABY/l-5LNVjNRr4/s1600-h/image%5B21%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vEfpiT_I/AAAAAAAAABc/CMQXMsYKIOg/image_thumb%5B11%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;355&quot; height=&quot;346&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vEj8K6VI/AAAAAAAAABg/fCyYbnTPLR0/s1600-h/image%5B25%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vFAO4t-I/AAAAAAAAABk/R5AcyPqvFf8/image_thumb%5B13%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;246&quot; height=&quot;152&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The moment you try to enable the DHCP server on the Host-Only Adapter – it hangs….&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vFhvSSsI/AAAAAAAAABo/e2wlAODikJg/s1600-h/image%5B29%5D.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px&quot; title=&quot;image&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; src=&quot;http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9vGBRo2fI/AAAAAAAAABs/UF6dc7Tg3xE/image_thumb%5B15%5D.png?imgmax=800&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;163&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;After some tweaking and testing….and crash dumping, its now back and allows me to configure the whole thing….&lt;/p&gt;  </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/feeds/220089836417298192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/virtualbox-internal-network.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/220089836417298192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1434900118937754167/posts/default/220089836417298192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://it-in-a-nutshell.blogspot.com/2010/12/virtualbox-internal-network.html' title='VirtualBox Internal Network (expedition part 1: begins)'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8viO5YXOMpI/TQ9u_rup3rI/AAAAAAAAAA8/NYUnl1y34aE/s72-c/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>