robpickering
Leader, Mentor, Challenger, Educator, Network Engineer, System Administrator, Developer, Hacker, Writer, Diver, and Technology Explorer.
Inexpensive eBooks from O'Reilly Media
books
I love eBooks.  I’m not actually sure the last time I purchased a physical, paper book.  If I have recently purchased one, then it was a Computer Reference book of some type.
Create a Full Backup Image of your Amazon EC2 Instance
amazon
Update – 20160625 After assisting a reader I realized I should probably post an update to this article.  When I wrote it, Amazon AWS did not have a “Create Image” capability.  Some time ago
Goodbye Geek Brief TV...
blog
Saturday Mornings I get up early, my wife Deb does not.  This is time for me to relax and catch up on my “me” time by drinking some coffee and watching my video
Automatically add PDF Files to iBooks / iTunes via Dropbox
dropbox
If you’ve just recently upgraded to iOS 4 (aka iPhone OS 4), then you are eligible to download iBooks version 1.1. Why is iBooks version 1.1 so exciting? Because it
CloudEngines Plugs Security Flaw in Pogoplug with Firmware 2.1
linux
In my original Blog Post entitled Beware the Pogoplug [https://robpickering.com/beware-the-pogoplug/] I pointed out a rather serious security hole in the Cloud Engines [http://www.cloudengines.com/]‘ Pogoplug device. That security
PXE Boot your Parallels VM
Apple/Mac
[http://www.amazon.com/Parallels-Desktop-Upgrade-Windows-7/dp/B003M85RAA%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIIE33VISUW746DYQ%26tag%3Dbaldusgateitempa%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB003M85RAA] The Problem If you’re in a corporate environment you probably have Windows OS
iBank - Your Quicken Alternative
finance
[http://www.amazon.com/IGG-Software-001017-iBank/dp/B000Q1OTTG%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIIE33VISUW746DYQ%26tag%3Dbaldusgateitempa%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000Q1OTTG] I’ve entered my last transaction into Quicken 2007 for Mac. I’m tired
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Upcoming Battleground Changes
battlegrounds
For those of you who participate in battlegrounds, or maybe just the occasional Wintergrasp, many changes are coming: * Marks of Honor are going away. * Holiday weekends will now be denoted as “Call to
Intuit Responds - Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac
finance
After posting my blog article [https://robpickering.com/technology/2010/1/31/quicken-essentials-2010-for-mac-why-bother.html] , and at the direction of several of my readers, I sent an email to my contacts at Intuit pointing
Love is in the Air - 2010
howto
The Love is in the Air World Event is now live on all servers. This year’s version of the World Event has undergone major changes and, as such, most of the guides

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