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Ever since Pandora , the internet radio site, changed their layout it broke my favorite desktop client for Pandora called Open Pandora . True, I could upgrade to Pandora One , but I'm a cheap bastard. Also true, I can just listen to Pandora from my web browser, but sometimes I just don't like to have my browsers open all the time. Hence the need for a desktop client. Well I found a very cool little application on the Hak5 Forums from a user named ZigZagJoe  called the Standalone Pandora... Read Full Story

I guess this is the week of infographics here at Bauer-Power . That is mainly because I am preparing for yet another colocation facility move at my day job. This will be the third colocation move I have been involved with since being in IT, and let me tell you it is rather stressful. There are a lot of things riding on systems at one's data center, and there are a lot of potential hazards if you don't prepare the move down to the most minute detail. Today's infographic aims to compair three... Read Full Story

My parents and my brother came out to visit me during Christmas last year. I didn't hear about it until January, but apparently during that time my Dad's credit card or bank card number had been stolen. Some fraudulent charges were made, but luckily he watches his accounts regularly and was able to dispute the charges and get the old card cancelled. No real harm was done because he caught it in time, but it certianly was an inconvenience to have to cancel the card, and get it replaced.  We... Read Full Story

I'm glad I found this infographic. It comes on the heels of one of my coworkers asking me about certain Google search functions to help make searching easier, and to help find more relavent data to what one is looking for. She is writing up some training material to help her train her research team to gather more information on the web from search engines like Google. She is certainly not the only one who can benefit from something like this though. In fact, I would venture to say that this... Read Full Story

I recently took over the role of Security Officer for my company. One of the reasons I was awarded the role was because of my Bachelor of Science degree in Network Security . Now with that degree I certainly don't consider myself a hacker, nor would I ever venture to say I know all there is to know about network security, but I am versed in the basics and concepts of many security threats businesses face in these times. I mean look at the news. It would almost seem that security breaches are... Read Full Story

A few months ago I wrote about one of my biggest weaknesses in IT is networking. I mean I am Network+ certified, and I can subnet, and do a basic configuration of a switch with VLANs and such, but it's not really my strongest skill. I am more of a systems guy. I am more proficient in servers, software, active directory domains, etc. Even though networking is my weakness, I don't think it's my greatest weakness.  No, my greatest weakness is that I am a tinkerer. What I mean by that is that I... Read Full Story

Have you ever watched one of those super model contest shows like America's Next Top Model , or Make Me A Supermodel ? No? Errr... Me neither. Ok, but you have seen stock footage of emaciated models walking down a runway during a fashion show right? How many times have you said outlout, "Give that girl a sandwich!"? Oh, am I the only one? Anyway, a lot of these girls look like walking skeletons! What does this have to do with geekiness or technology? I'm sure you're asking yourself this right... Read Full Story

Remember back in your college days right before an exam, or perhaps during the final weeks of class and the big 30 page compare and contrast paper was due? Did you begin preparing for the exam when the professor told you about it? Hells no! Did you begin researching your paper when it was assigned right after mid-terms? Screw that! Nope, you did what everyone else does. Wait until the last friggin’ minute, then try to pull an all-nighter to get it all done. It’s a strenuous game of choking... Read Full Story

I was fiddling around the interwebs the other day and came across a really interesting video. It's of a boy named Nong Youhui from Southern China that has a really amazing ability. One that you probably would only see in comics or in an X-Men movie. Young Nong has glow-in-the-dark eyes, and he has friggin' night vision! Medical tests show that Nong can read perfectly in the dark, and can see as clearly as we all do during the day! Also, Doctors looking into this strange “super power” can’t... Read Full Story

I once wrote here on Bauer-Power about a really great open source cloning solution called FOG . Not only does it handle disk cloning though, but it can do a lot of computer management tasks. It can deploy software, it can rename computers, it can map printers, it can even join computers to Active Directory. All of this for free! I also wrote an article on how to Sysprep Windows 7 easily. The main reason I wrote that one is because the standard method for creating an answer XML file for... Read Full Story