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Legacy in the IT/IA Community

By Nick On 2009/05/22 · · In Personal

Information technology and assurance both are commonly seen as negative costs in a budget. Deploying a new or replacement server is seen as “sunk” cost for very little gain. In the same vein implementing costly security packages before an attack seems imprudent. “We haven’t had security issues thus far” is a slogan to be [...]

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The Family at Work

By Nick On 2009/05/17 · · In Personal

As we move into a fully connected world there is a bigger expectation that we allow intrusions into our personal lives. While it may be a blackberry or a pager, in today’s world the expectation is that there is no more 9-5. This social contract is acceptable as long as the contract extends both directions.

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Lexmark Drivers for Ubuntu/Debian

By Nick On 2009/05/05 · · In Personal

Lexmark provides subpar Linux drivers for any distro, but Ubuntu/Debian is horrible. At work we moved from HP Printers to Lexmark. The situation reminds me of ATI hardware in the late-90′s, great hardware and crappy drivers. I converted the Red Hat RPM for Debian based systems. Attached below:

To install sudo dpkg -i drivers-lexprtdrv_552-2_i386.deb

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    • Nick Schmidt lives passionately in the digital world advising and advancing technology everywhere he goes. He has served in the US Air Force, been a self-employed consultant, a senior manager and chief engineer at Boeing, and now co-founding and running Spec Ops Technology. Decorated in his military and professional career you can find his work in the nations networks and across the web.

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