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  • just hodl it

    just hodl it

    could be a dud, or maybe 10k some day.

  • i’m going to start posting my progress or lack of…and maybe start talking stocks and crypto.

  • bringing my keyboard to the afterparty.

  • Amon

    sure, why not.

  • i get so angry on twitter..

  • Matebook X vs. XPS 13

    Matebook X vs. XPS 13

    When I saw the leaked pictures of the 2018 XPS 13 (pictured below) I wasn’t a fan. I had been thinking about an upgrade, but I didn’t like that the design didn’t change much or that they made it white.

    I’d had been eyeing the Matebook X, the shit is beautiful. I had watched all the videos on youtube and read all the reviews. One thing they complained about was the trackpad had a clicky noise. I just assumed these people had ocd. I mean there is a little bit of a noise if you tap near the mouse buttons, but its not a big deal at all. I love the big keys on the keyboard. The 2160 x 1440 resolution, 3:2 ratio makes it a lot better to work on that’s for sure. The fingerprint reader on the power button is tits too. I have had this guy for 5 days and so far I love it. Huawei did a great job with this, if you’re looking for a ultra portable laptop, this is your dude. Here are some comparison shots of the early-2015 XPS 13 and the 2017 Matebook X.

  • I want this to live for all of eternity.

  • Future Dirtybird

    Future Dirtybird

  • Im going to want this for whenever I finish my freenas..

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Dirtybird Campout 2017 DJ Competition

  • L.A.

    L.A.

  • Ocean.

    Ocean.

  • Nextcloud

    I was having an issue with a fresh install of owncloud when i came across next. I was kind of amazed how the whole shit looked exactly the same, even their website looked like a straight copy. I couldn’t figure out my issue with owncloud was, some php error.. but when i decided tried next, I didn’t do anything different, it just worked. I already had everything installed, setup, and php mods enabled, so i don’t know what was up. The iOS app is better though. Some dude on the app reviews was like just use the owncloud app, and save yourself the dollar…lol. ya that worked, but nextclouds interface is cleaner, and smoother.

    Here is a snap of performance on ubuntu 16.10, with latest php, mysql, and apache as of date. Never seen this thing use more than 700M, while syncing two Windows clients and uploading from the web ui.

    Sorry, owncloud.

  • Desktop Wednesdays.

    idk I just made that up, but look at my new wallpaper

  • #LoveForAll

    I guess I should start using facebook again cause I wouldn’t have to find out about these things on local news..

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  • djm-900 usb record

    didn’t know you could record with the usb port on the djm-900. here is a little messing around mix to test it out..

  • Justin Martin is Cool as Fuck.

    My friend makes tie-dye (@livingsedated). last year at she gave Justin Martin a shirt, and this dude kept it for a whole year and wore it for the dirtybird family set at camp out. I doubt anyone would do that for their fans. I know I probably wouldn’t.

  • Alexa and Philips Hue IFTTT Recipes

    So I got the Fire TV today and well I like it. Coming from the Nexus Player, the Fire TV is just a nicer product. I guess you would need an Amazon Prime account for it to be that much better, but I already had one before this purchase. It’s kinda neat that you can use Alexa with the Fire TV, which makes a lot more sense that buying the Echo. Anyways, i’m going to get to the topic of this post besides going on and on about the Fire TV since I have only had for half a day.

    I use IFTTT to turn on and off my Philips Hue lights during sunrise and sunset. I noticed the Alexa and Hue recipes, but decided to make own to keep it consistent. The link below is where you can find my IFTTT profile with the Alexa Hue recipes. Once you have both Alexa and Philips Hue connected to IFTTT, add the recipes, then you can control your lights by saying “trigger lights” then whichever action. i.e. “trigger lights off” “trigger lights bright” “trigger light dim”

    https://ifttt.com/p/marcelliotnet/shared

  • Road To Campout 2

  • what is an aleppo?

    what is an aleppo?

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  • the crushed beer can that is america.

  • album leaf

    drank one too many rest stops last night.img_1058.jpg

  • Ghost SCOM Objects

    sometimes you may come across ghost SCOM objects, servers that show up in Monitoring with green empty circle, but don’t show up in agent managed or pending management. when this happens you will have to go into the SQL database and do some trickery.

    greenempty_Ghost SCOM Objects

    The query below will show you the object in the OperationsManager database. You will see it has IsDeleted set to 0

    SELECT * FROM dbo.[BasemanagedEntity] where FullName Like ‘%Windows.Computer%’ and Name Like ‘%FQDN.domain.local%’;
    command1_Ghost SCOM Objects

    This query will set the IsDeleted to 1. after a couple of minutes it should disappear from monitoring in SCOM.

    UPDATE dbo.[BasemanagedEntity] SET IsDeleted = 1 where FullName Like ‘%Windows.Computer%’ and Name Like ‘%FQDN.domain.local%’;

    The server may also be stuck in pending actions. the query below will show you this.

    select * from agentpendingaction

    If the server is in there, run the query below to delete it from the database. After a couple of minutes the server should pop back up in pending management were you can approve.

    exec p_AgentPendingActionDeleteByAgentName ‘FQDN.domain.local’

    *when copying these queries the quotes won’t copy as SQL quotes*

  • SonicWall PFSense VPN

    Setting up a tunnel between two different firewalls can be rather tricky at times. Here we’ll go over configuring a VPN with a SonicWall NSA 250 on 5.9.1.1-39 with a PFSense on 2.3.1-RELEASE-p5.

    Let’s go over the config on the sonicwall first. On it, I only need to get to the DMZ network on the X2 interface. There are two networks on the PFSense side, so need to create two address objects and place them in a group.
    addressobjects

    Now with the address objects created, we can start on the VPN configuration. The Sonicwall has a static IP, the PFSense does not. It easier to get the tunnel up if we use domain names for the IKE IDs. I created a dynamic DNS name with NO-IP.org to use on the PFSense side.
    general

    For the network config I select the network on the Sonicwall side for the local network which is the X2 subnet, and for the remote networks, I select the address object group.
    network

    IKE proposals and lifetimes for the phase1 and phase2 policies on both sides need to match.
    Proposals

    On the advance tab just leave at default.
    advanced

    Now on the PFSense side you create a phase1 policy then phase2 policies for the 2 local networks.
    PFtunnels

    generalPF

    Phase1PF

    Phase1PF2

    advancedPF

    Next, create a phase2 policy.
    Phase2PF

    Phase2PF2

    I enter in a host on the sonicwall side for the PFsense to ping to keep the tunnel up.
    Phase2PF3

    Now with any luck you should have green dots.
    greendots