Category Archives: Work

Changing VMWare Fusion 8’s vmnet1 and vmnet8 networking

Posted on 2017-06-29 by Trever

I had a problem where I was unable to access some machines in the datacenter on subnet 172.16.16.0/24 from my OS X work machine. Turns out vmnet8 was conflicting with the same subnet located at the Datacenter. vmnet8 comes from … Continue reading →

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Heads you win, Tails you lose.

Posted on 2017-03-23 by Trever

Talking to pre and post sales support engineers at $BIGCOMPANY that we just spent $BIGMONEY on shiny new equipment is a bit like flipping a coin. Heads, they know their stuff and can help you out with best practices configuration … Continue reading →

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Meaning

Posted on 2016-05-04 by Trever

Pretty much this, but then there are the good days too. Comment from discussion How do you find meaning in your job?.

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Tech Free Weekends

Posted on 2016-03-20 by Trever

Failing here, posting this on a Sunday. The idea is to give the brain a break to reset a bit before the start of the next online-all-day-for-work week starts. Maybe I can modify this idea to be … no Internet … Continue reading →

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Less work, more fulfilling

Posted on 2016-01-03 by Trever

I was lucky enough to be able to take the remaining vacation days I was entitled to this year, before the year ran out. Spent Dec 24 – Jan 3 away from the office and only peeked at email and … Continue reading →

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