Slaptijack was offline for 2.5 hours today when the data center with our server in it experienced a power outage. Apparently, the roof started leaking during a heavy rain storm and water dropped directly on a panel controlling the UPS. This caused the UPS to shutdown, and it took 2.5 hours for the data center [...]

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The following resources were used in the writing of the Introduction to Database Systems article series:

Bluttman, K. & Freeze, W. S. (2007). Access data analysis cookbook. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly.
Churcher, C. (2007). Beginning database design: From novice to professional. Berkeley, CA: Apress.
Farrell, J. (2008). Programming logic and design, comprehensive (5th ed.). Boston: Thomson Course Technology.
Greiner, L. [...]

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The following resources were used in the writing of the Introduction to Programming Concepts article series:

Amma, P. (2005). Geo::PostalAddress – Country specific postal address parsing / formatting. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
Farrell, J. (2008). Programming logic and design, comprehensive (5th ed.). Boston: Thomson Course Technology.
Hotch, R. (1995). Accounting programs you can more than count on. Nation’s [...]

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I recently received an email from a reader looking for advice on how to get into server and network engineering. I thought these questions were relevant for anyone starting on the server or network engineer career path. If you can think of any other career related questions, feel free to leave a comment below or [...]

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This was a problem that ended up being much more annoying than it should have been.
We have an RCA Universal Remote (RCR311B). For some reason, it will not properly configure itself for use with our kids’ small Orion TV. To add fuel to the fire, we brilliantly lost the manuals. So, if you’re in our [...]

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