Author Archives: steve

HP SA – Client Side Software Policy Installs

Seems about the only time I post here now is to put up another script.  I really should figure out a nice little script listing page, but I find myself … Continue reading

Here’s an SA quickie

Not going to explain this one much – basically got asked by a coworker to write up a script real quick for him to update the Deployment Stage against every … Continue reading

HP SA – Running a known script from pytwist

I was asked to put up a script that displays an easy way to find a script reference and then start that script. One thing to realize is that the … Continue reading

HP SA – Finding offline agents

A common issue we experience is that agents often go offline in the SA console. Whether it is because the admin of the system screwed up a gateway, shutdown the … Continue reading

Opsware Custom Attributes and You.

I realize most of the time I end up complaining about Opsware – that’s generally because it’s part of the human condition.  We say stuff when we’re upset or angry … Continue reading

Restarting Cisco VPN Subsystem on OS X

If you’re like me and you use your MacBook Pro for work, it might stand to reason that you have to VPN into your work network. If so, it also … Continue reading

Book Review: Victory of Eagles

Recently finished the book ‘Victory of Eagles’ by Naomi Novik ( one of those female authors I mentioned that I actually do like ) – this is the fifth book … Continue reading

Gitorious setup: RSTRING_LEN in rdiscount

Ran into an issue recently where I was trying to install gitorious on a local RHEL5 system. The site would crash every time I tried to view a repo with … Continue reading

Productivity and my misconceptions

Growing up, I’ve always been the type of person who was interested in just about everything. I list my drive to always be learning as one of my most favorable … Continue reading

Adobe AIR twitter clients on Ubuntu Jaunty 64bit

So if you found this post, you probably had the same problem that I had.  You installed the latest Ubuntu on your nice 64 bit hardware, loaded up AIR and … Continue reading