head – Considered Normal

Quebec in termoil as the Provincial Elections rapidly approach.

Matthew March 26, 2014 0 Comments

The last month has seen quite a few controversies here in Quebec. However this didn’t start a few weeks ago, I believe what is happening now started 2 years ago when Pauline Marois took office with a vision to solidify Quebec into her own vision of sovereignty. It started when she put a lot more funding into the Office Québécois de la Langue Française (OQLF), which resulted in “Pastagate” where someone complained that the word Pasta was not a French word and that it should be replaced with pâtes.

The approach Marois was taking to strengthen Quebec’s language laws resulted in several cases like Pastagate which went against the actual charter.…

Personal

Why you need to check your emails carefully!

Matthew April 9, 2013 0 Comments

Spammers are getting very creative these days, and unfortunately, people are falling victim to them. The problem is the general public is not knowledgeable enough to know the difference between real mail and spam mail because they do not know what to look for. Take this email I just received today. Here is a screen shot:

Looks legit right? At first glance, it does, and this is where most people get caught, well, those with Apple accounts of course. I mean the easiest way to know its spam is when a company you never heard of, asks you to verify your account with them… Especially with Banks, I get Bank of America emails all the time asking me to log into their system… as a Canadian, why would I have a Bank of America account?…

Personal

Happy New Year! 2013 – Day 364

Matthew December 31, 2012 0 Comments

Well, its my 364th day on “The Island”, and for those who have never read my blog, or even know who I am, it means I have spent 364 days living outside my native Ontario, on Montreal Island Quebec. That’s right 1 day short of a year. On January 2nd, 2012, I left my brothers apartment in Cornwall Ontario and made the huge leap to move myself to a whole new city and province. The very odd thing is, is how this all came about…

It all started about 2 years ago, I was working for Davis + Henderson (Formerly Resolve) as an Real Time Analyst when half the team got lynched during the take over.…

Personal Technology

Ghost in the machines

Matthew December 13, 2012 0 Comments

Finally having a job in my field is not without its challenges. I came across a situation I cannot explain, let alone understand. Mid morning yesterday one of my colleagues informed me that the 2 computer systems at the circulation desk had, for what ever reason, dropped off the internet. As we had work being done in the area the night before my first thought was that they got disconnected, but on second thought that could not be a solution; for one, it’s too easy, and second, the systems still had access to the PDC (Primary Domain Controller) which allows the users to log in.…

We found 0 resources for you...

Quebec in termoil as the Provincial Elections rapidly approach.

Why you need to check your emails carefully!

Happy New Year! 2013 – Day 364

Ghost in the machines

My Facebook account got hacked!

Samba Based Active Directory on Ubuntu 22.04

I moved my web server from VestaCP to HestiaCP and here is why.