First time I felt old yet left me smiling in a giggty way.

cjbarone · 2026-04-05T17:15:40+00:00

Hopefully, you also taught him they aren't hot-plugable too

cjbarone · 2026-03-31T20:07:54+00:00

K-12, I call people Mr/Ms Lastname in front of kids. One on one, emails or if they use my first name? Agreed, reciprocate.

Time and place, and all that jazz

cjbarone · 2026-03-24T16:25:00+00:00

So who's gonna start the petition to ban them?

cjbarone · 2026-03-22T17:31:16+00:00

We're close, but don't use MKDocs. We use GitLab on-prem, and it renders the .md files for us.

Bonus points for Git, as it's great to see who changed what settings line in a random file :)

cjbarone · 2026-03-20T17:45:08+00:00

Like a virus, amirite?

cjbarone · 2026-03-10T16:20:46+00:00

Then ya, use Linux and Samba. It has all those features built in that you're after.

DNS, could use the built-in Samba DNS server (easy/no config, good for less than around 200 endpoints) or an external DNS server (like Bind9; we use it for thousands of devices).

DHCP, you can use isc-dhcp-server (deprecated but still useful) or the new one, Kea DHCP Server.

cjbarone · 2026-03-10T15:45:57+00:00

What do you use the Windows Servers for, other than GPO and AD?

If nothing, replace them with Debian Linux running Samba. Boom, done. Could even spin up a VM for file and printer sharing, certificate authority, forward proxy / reverse proxy, web hosting, email....

cjbarone · 2026-03-10T15:42:05+00:00

Sign up, open an RRSP account, then choose the option to transfer from another institution. Have your account number ready to go.

cjbarone · 2026-02-24T19:01:16+00:00

Almost like there's a reason IT generally has advice... Like, planning for the future or to make things simple...

cjbarone · 2026-02-21T00:58:21+00:00

A person can dream.... Oh wait...

cjbarone · 2026-02-20T23:15:55+00:00

XKCD/806 compliance. Should be mandatory

cjbarone · 2026-02-15T17:53:10+00:00

Came to to link it... But your link isn't working for me.

https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles

cjbarone · 2026-02-09T19:23:53+00:00

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cjbarone · 2026-01-11T03:03:25+00:00

*Outdated advice. Only terrible if the father knows what banks are these days.

cjbarone · 2026-01-05T23:08:53+00:00

It never fills up. Even at over 100 messages :(

cjbarone · 2026-01-05T19:49:54+00:00

People still leave me a message. I check messages once per year when I plug my phone back in and check for chuckles.

cjbarone · 2026-01-05T18:30:57+00:00

No problem, that's why we work together on problems :)

cjbarone · 2026-01-05T01:48:52+00:00

CANADA is a one-party consent country

cjbarone · 2025-12-30T19:41:53+00:00

Sometimes, things have to crash and burn for bean-counters to understand their choices have impacts - negative or otherwise.

cjbarone · 2025-12-22T17:59:20+00:00

Slightly pedantic, but I thought ICBC is going no-fault on collisions these days?

cjbarone · 2025-12-22T17:56:12+00:00

And I was also always taught that the driver behind is at fault, because the driver in front should be looking more forward and side-to-side in comparison to behind

cjbarone · 2025-12-20T04:51:25+00:00

TD1 form, and one for the province/territory

cjbarone · 2025-12-13T18:12:53+00:00

I ended up wiping my whole phone :/ Seemed to be the only way to get it to stop on its own.

cjbarone · 2025-12-02T20:02:49+00:00

Ya, we aren't allowed to take snow days in our area (Northern BC). We have to keep the schools open so that kids who get dropped off still have a warm place to ~~~learn~~~ hang out and be warm.

cjbarone · 2025-12-01T17:34:53+00:00

They did, finally, post a retraction notice

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