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Golfing with my Dad
It is good to get away during the winter. This past January my beautiful wife Theresa and I got onto a plane with our younger son heading to Florida. Theresa and I were taking a cruise, but we planned for a few extra days in Florida with my parents. I brought my golf clubs just…
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What NOT to Take Away Revisited
Several months ago I posted an article called vPTA: What NOT to take away from my 1-day virtualization session. It was very well received. Most of the material I use for that session has been incorporated into the DPE team’s Virtualization Boot Camp. Damir decided to edit and repost that article on the CanITPro blog. …
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Planning for Success: A fat man’s plan to test for his Second Dan Black Belt
I would expect that when people first see me the first thought that comes to mind is that I am a Martial Artist. One person thought they were being funny and said ‘you look more like you practice sumo wrestling than taekwondo.’ As mean as the snide remark may have been, I suppose it is…
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Virtualization Boot Camp… Failover Clusters sometimes DO fail!
A few weeks ago during the Virtualization Boot Camp in Toronto one of the students encountered an issue with their cluster… i.e.: They horked it beyond repair. I wrote an article on cleaning it up, which was just reposted by the Can IT Pro blog. Check it out! http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/02/14/how-to-clean-up-cluster-nodes-from-destroyed-clusters.aspx
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Looking Back Three Times a Day… with a beginners mind!
As I sat on the flight waiting to take off today I was thinking back to a great class I took while visiting Master’s Taekwondo in New Westminster, British Columbia. Master Young Suh invited me to train with his class, and after he worked us hard for an hour, he had us close our eyes…
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Oh il Sam Sa
Recently Grand Master Kim’s Oriental Martial Arts College held its annual Big Bow Ceremony, where we all greet each other with respect. The Grand Master stands alone at the front; next the Masters are grouped, then the remaining Black Belts. We all stand before the rest of the school, who are loosely arranged by belt…
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Imagine Cup… Change the World!
Are you a student? Are you ready to change the world? All it takes is one good idea. Imagine Cup, one of the premiere worldwide technology competitions, is looking for students, to help solve some of the world’s toughest problems through technology. This year, Microsoft will be hosting a Canadian Imagine Cup competition with two…
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Ottawa & the NCR… Let’s Get Virtual!
If you are an IT Pro in the National Capital Reason, we have an event for you! On Friday, February 17th and again on Saturday, February 18th Microsoft Canada’s Evangelism team is bringing the IT Virtualization Boot Camp to you! Damir Bersenic and I will be hosting the event, for two days of geeking out……
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Oakville.com
Today is the day… My first article went live at Oakville.com, and that is very exciting for me. It is great to be able to give back to the community where I live… that I have called home for the past five years. It is amazing… the first time I spoke with my wife (Theresa)…
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Coming Home… A New Venture!
I am a Road Warrior. I have been one for several years, since before I moved to the Halton Region. In fact since I moved to Oakville in 2007 I have spent more time away than at home, in over one hundred cities in more than a dozen countries. I have spoken to audiences of…
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Why We Support Communities
I wrote this article a few days ago, and decided that before I posted it here I would offer it to the CanITPro Team – IT Pro Connection. They published it on January 31st as a guest blog post. I am now republishing it here, so that it can get the most exposure. I have…
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CanIT! (Pro)
For years I have followed, worked with, and looked to the IT Evangelism team at Microsoft Canada for guidance and direction. My first encounter with them probably dates back to 2003 (before there was an actual team), but I really started to get to know them in 2005. When Rick Claus came to speak to…
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Hey Vancouver IT Pros!
If you are an IT Pro in Vancouver, we have an event for you! On Friday, February 10th and again on Saturday, February 11th Microsoft Canada’s Evangelism team is bringing the IT Virtualization Boot Camp to you! Damir Bersenic will be hosting the event, and I will be his trusty sidekick for two days of…
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Cluster Issues… how to clean out cluster nodes from destroyed clusters
There are things that you just shouldn’t do in real life. While many of them involve cold lamp posts and electric sockets, there are many in the IT field that inexperienced pros do that are avoidable, but once done seemingly impossible to recover from. I came across one such issue some time ago when resetting…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
The World According to Mitch 