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	<title>The ScatterBrain Chronicles &#187; NEI</title>
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		<title>Changes to the Laptop</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/12/changes-to-the-laptop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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So I started to layout the changes required for the new NEI Intranet this morning.  A couple of things came to mind and were quickly shot down.
During this planning and organizing session one thing came to the top:  The new site would need to be compatible with both Internet Explorer 8+ a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEI Intranet v3</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/09/nei-intranet-v3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now that I have my laptop setup for development, I&#8217;ve duplicated the NEI Intranet.  In looking at the existing code, the changes in PHP and the some of the APIs that I used back in 2005, and the requirements put in front of me for the new version, it has become apparent that a complete rewrite  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Happenings</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/09/09/recent-happenings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past few days, I&#8217;ve been trying to get setup to do some serious coding again.  I&#8217;ve been setting up a virtual development server (thanks to VMware), trying things with NFS, implementing a Subversion version control system, setting this laptop up on Ubuntu and getting used to all of this  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worst Part of Being an IT Manager</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2011/03/04/the-worst-part-of-being-an-it-manager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I really hate my job.  Today is one of those times.  Because of the economy, my company is being forced to lay off a significant number of employees.  With me being the IT manager, I found out about this yesterday.  The layoffs have started as I write this. (I&#8217;ve scheduled this post for  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Tribal Knowledge&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2010/10/18/tribal-knowledge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Rich wrote a post on his blog entitled &#8220;Tribal Knowledge&#8221; a few days ago.  I won&#8217;t go into the explanation of what it is, you can read his post for that, but I want to explain why I&#8217;ve had to deal with Tribal Knowledge and why it&#8217;s such a concern of mine.

My job at NEI has so man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Server Update Policy: DONT DO IT!</title>
		<link>http://klcollins.org/2010/02/08/new-server-update-policy-dont-do-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I felt like adopting a new policy &#8211; once a server is installed and running, never, ever update it.  I felt like this because this weekend was my &#8220;Rack Maintenance&#8221; weekend.  I needed to accomplish three things:

Move three servers around.
Add a new UPS.
Update All of the Servers in  [...]]]></description>
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