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How to Fix Chrome’s Local Network Access on macOS

02.03.2025 · Posted in Computers & Technology, Uncategorized

Have you ever encountered the frustrating “ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE” error in Chrome when trying to access devices on your local network (like your homelab servers), while Safari works perfectly fine? You’re not alone! This issue has been popping up for users, especially after macOS updates or Chrome upgrades, as seen in discussions on Reddit (like this one: ...

Are Tesla’s Homegrown Business Apps a Good Idea?

On November 1st the Wall Street Journal reported on how Elon Musk is choosing his approach to IT at Tesla. In short, they’re building their own business applications. “Last year, Tesla was facing delivery delays of the all-electric Model S which it introduced on June 22, 2012. At the same time, Mr. Vijayan’s team of about 25 software engineers ...

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BMC Communities – Tutorial – BMC Atrium Orchestrator JMS Monitor Adapter with Apache ActiveMQ

07.26.2012 · Posted in Articles, BMC Remedy, Computers & Technology

I’ve just published an article over at the BMC Community site called: Tutorial – BMC Atrium Orchestrator JMS Monitor Adapter with Apache ActiveMQ, and you can find it here: https://communities.bmc.com/communities/docs/DOC-20005 This came from from putting together a proof-of-concept using BMC Atrium Orchestrator (BAO) and Apache’s ActiveMQ that took entirely too long. Why so long? A ...

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BMC Remedy – Forrester: Cost, Ease of Use & Upgrades

02.05.2012 · Posted in Articles, BMC Remedy, Computers & Technology

 One of Stephen Mann’s points about Remedy in his coverage of BMC’s recent acquisition of Numara included this: 6. BMC needs to get better messaging out about customizing Remedy and associated costs, and the issues-of-old related to the cost and pain of upgrading between product versions. Cost, ease of use, and upgrades are why customers are leaving what is ...

20 Years of Remedy ARS – How did we get here? (Part 2)

09.21.2011 · Posted in BMC Remedy, Computers & Technology, wwrug

Theme: 20 Years of Remedy ARS – How did we get here? (Part 2) Introductions by Doug Blair/Quick Review by Dan Bloom Three founders, Larry Garlick, Dave Mahler, and Doug Mueller In part 1 of this article I discussed the backgrounds of the Remedy founders, how they came together to build a successful customer-centric company, ...

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You Know What I Mean

My friend Agastya wrote: Miscommunication occurs when one speaker uses a word in one context, and another interprets that same word slightly differently due to his or her own preconceptions about what that word actually means. Was he talking about the analysis related to a tricky technology project?  Nope, but he could have been.  He ...

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Unity of Effort

09.09.2010 · Posted in Computers & Technology

Hearing Admiral Thad Allen today on NPR mention the need for Unity of Effort as the single biggest challenge facing disaster response efforts, made me want to learn more about the phrase. From the US Military Doctrine for Joint Operations: Ensure unity of effort under one responsible commander for every objective. . . . Unity ...

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Kodak: A Company Without a Clue

05.08.2009 · Posted in Computers & Technology

Kodak tells me: …our policy that Gallery customers make an annual purchase in exchange for unlimited photo storage… Deleting my albums so they don’t have the satisfaction. I’m a “pro” with Flickr, so goodbye Kodak. Anyone remember Ofoto? Amazing… ...

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