Proactive Networking, Inc.

I recently converted a physical CentOS 5 server to a virtual machine on VMWare ESXi 4.0. After the process completed successfully, I was elated since I have several similar servers that must be converted. I was not looking forward to the prospect of reinstalling each server manually and moving data manually. However, my elation quickly [...]

The D-Link DNS-321 Network Storage Device is a great and CHEAP way to increase your backup storage.

Do you hate to shut down your computer because it takes to long to start it back up.  Or do you want to be able to remote desktop your computer when you are away?  Well each of these usually means you  leave your computer running constantly.  Well you might not have to do that anymore if you [...]

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A few weeks ago our Webmaster Allan, asked me to play poker with him and his friends on Thursday nights.  The only catch is that they speak Spanish and I do not – at all.  I took four years of French in high school.  No Spanish, and more importantly no Venezuelan Spanish Slang, which is [...]

I tried out Evernote over the weekend.    From the site, it is described as: “Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.” Basically it is a web app that allows you to [...]

I would like to thank dml2912 on the Dell Community forums.  I don’t know who you are, but your post solved a problem for me on my Dell D830 laptop that has nagged me since I got it over a year ago – stuttering audio.  It was a simple fix, but one that a dozen [...]

I bought a meter that shows how much an electrical appliance you are using is costing you: P3 Kill A Watt So far, I have tested it on my Dell Latitude D830 laptop which is hooked to a 17″ monitor through a docking station.  The unit calculated that if I left the laptop on for [...]

I am continually amazed how in life there really are no shortcuts.  In sports, one can take performance enhancing drugs to get to where one wants in a short time.  In college I lifted weights with some guys who were “juicing.”  I was amazed at their ability to lift hard and recover quick.  While I [...]

Now that Trixbox has incorporated Asterisk 1.6, as of Trixbox 2.8 Beta, configuring it to access Exchange Unified Messaging is pretty simple.  This will be a quick and dirty howto in which I will assume that the reader is somewhat familiar with both Exchange 2007 and Trixbox. Once you have Trixbox installed and working with [...]