This is a small issue that took me weeks to sort out. We run a SonicWall NSA 240, which supports SNMP. The service was very easy to set up, with settings located under the "System" category and the "Administration" sub-category. There are only a few fields to configure, so you can imagine my dismay when it didn't seem to work.

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While my foray back into Windows-land hasn't been all bad, it has been mostly bad. Take, for instance, the following error I encountered.

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On the surface, the concept of an "evergreen" browser – a browser that is always updated to the latest version – sounds like a no-brainer. Finally, browser makers have delivered us from the hell that was stagnant browser versions! IE6 is dead, and will never return!

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After creating websites for nearly fifteen years, I've seen some great ideas that have been incorporated into the web, and some terrible ideas that have flown by with a resonating "whoosh" sound and skidded to a halt in a cloud of irrelevancy.

I'm very pleased to report that I've been appointed to the board of directors of a local non-profit, Acorn Partners in Education. Their goals, as reflected on their website:

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