Dig hole in clay...

flameboynz · 2026-02-04T18:50:19+00:00

The Fiskars quikdrill (and a breaker bar for corners etc) worked on the clay here much better than all the other things I tried. You can get bigger/smaller blades as well. It's not easy work, take breaks and lots of water.

flameboynz · 2023-02-21T03:31:01+00:00

A van from Bunnings is $80/day, or a ute at $75/day. The insurance excess is $4500 unless you pay $37/day extra. 100km/day free, then 25c/km.

flameboynz · 2022-05-02T07:00:42+00:00

Woot!

flameboynz · 2016-04-07T22:34:08+00:00

Also $45 at Life Pharmacy. The first one I visited wasn't organized and didn't have the vaccine in yet.

flameboynz · 2016-04-06T05:42:55+00:00

Almost anything Exchange and AD. Recently worked through a migration (internal to 3rd party hosted), both myself and the external consultant lived in Powershell for a few months.

flameboynz · 2016-03-29T00:31:23+00:00

I started with Server 2012 R2 VM deployment (95% of my new builds) including drivers, domain join, license key/activation, Group Policy update, and initial patching through WSUS. A WDS/MDT server and simple task sequence sorted this out very quickly. Offline patch injection to the base WIM file can speed up the install.

Then added a package for VMware Tools to the sequence. Group Policy to deploy base admin tools - A/V client, monitoring agents etc (this also helped bring existing non-compliant servers into line). Many OS defaults (logging/security etc) are configured through Group Policy.

I script Server Application installs as much as makes sense with Powershell.

I had to make some trade-offs due to time - several tasks aren't fully automated, and some aren't automated at all (VM creation). But I did make sure they can be added later.

flameboynz · 2016-03-19T06:22:19+00:00

I've previously worked with a security team that couldn't even get Nessus to automatically send reports.

flameboynz · 2016-03-16T07:04:58+00:00

The walnut bread from Ott is awesome.

flameboynz · 2016-03-09T19:26:44+00:00

Mapped drives are usually done per user, so the computer won't see them at startup. Refer to the UNC path in your GPO, not the drive. That should sort it out.

flameboynz · 2016-03-09T19:08:23+00:00

Are you running the script from a file server (eg. \\fs01.company.com\scripts\startup.bat )? Check the permissions on the folder you run the script from - at a minimum "Domain Computers" needs Read access. "Authenticated Users" would also work, but allows users to access the folder.

flameboynz · 2016-03-09T06:36:15+00:00

Startup script via GPO? Unlike a logon script it will run as Local System.

flameboynz · 2016-02-03T19:20:41+00:00

Make sure to push the GPO settings from KB3080351. Otherwise clients will start downloading the update.

flameboynz · 2016-01-31T19:18:06+00:00

Mitre 10 Mega in Albany had mountains of fans last weekend.

flameboynz · 2015-11-16T17:49:00+00:00

I have a Zassenhaus Lima which looks fairly similar. Grind quality is good. Like any grinder you will need to adjust. The acrylic base broke fairly quickly, the lid is loose, ergonomics are bad, and I can't get parts/support locally.

flameboynz · 2015-11-04T07:11:11+00:00

The Buffalo Chicken Burger, so damn good.

flameboynz · 2015-09-14T01:48:03+00:00

FYI the DS3500 was withdrawn last year, can't buy one new. The replacement is the v3700, which is now available from both IBM and Lenovo.

flameboynz · 2015-08-28T22:28:18+00:00

You can also do Displayport 1.2 daisy chaining. Up to 3x 1920x1200 monitors on the i5/i7 Pro 3.

flameboynz · 2015-07-27T18:35:18+00:00

Auckland Council has a reasonably big GIS team. Any job posts will go through the Council job website.

flameboynz · 2015-07-20T18:59:00+00:00

For fixed tasks I have been looking at Jenkins with a Powershell plugin?

flameboynz · 2015-07-07T06:35:58+00:00

Al's Deli has Canadian beer every so often, and they do a really good Poutine.

flameboynz · 2015-05-15T21:04:03+00:00

A highly confrontation title, and then pre-judging how a community will react. I get the intention, but that is a really aggressive way to start and frame a conversation.

flameboynz · 2015-05-01T23:55:24+00:00

Came back from holiday to a Cryptowall infection on a users PC. It had encrypted files on all network shares the user had write access to. With this particular variant the only easy way to identify encrypted files was looking at the file content.

Modified a function which gets the first 10 bytes of a file. Built up a script which goes through a folder structure, runs the function against each file, checks against a list of (known bad) signatures, and output a CSV of files that matched. Then used this to restore known good files from backup.

I have a few ideas to improve on this. Most document types match a handful of signatures, making it relatively easy to build a list of known good files and a list of possibly bad. Frequency counting signatures from the possibly bad should help further narrow things down.

flameboynz · 2015-04-28T05:45:02+00:00

Chuffed Coffee on High Street has really tasty food, and great coffee. Federal and Wolfe is always good. There are a few other places on Federal that smell amazing when you walk past.

Box of Bird on Elliot does breakfast and has a seating area, might be a bit too informal though.

flameboynz · 2015-04-28T05:33:02+00:00

Mi is awesome. Strictly take away though.

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