It’s all geek to me
Practical notes, deep dives, fixes and experiments across infrastructure, cloud, security, networking, automation and the rest of the technology rabbit hole.
$ whoami
isageek
$ cat /etc/interests
cybersecurity · microsoft & cloud · backup & resilience · virtualisation · ai & emerging technology
$ echo "It’s all geek to me"
Digital Jersey can make a real difference by connecting employers, founders and public bodies. But its value should be measured in lasting technical careers, stronger businesses and working services—not event attendance or pilot counts.
Microsoft’s targeted Windows 11 mitigation stops a legacy RGB and hardware-control driver loading on affected PCs, exposing the uneasy overlap between kernel access, game anti-cheat and operating-system security.
Backups are only hope. In Proxmox, disaster recovery is proving you can restore the right workload end-to-end under time pressure: the correct restore point, dependency order, storage and network path, and a working application—not just a successful restore job.
A Microsoft Defender rollout should create an incident queue that a named team can investigate and close—not a flood of notifications. I would phase in coverage, tune known noise and delay disruptive controls until the response process works.
Disney’s projection, lighting, audio, effects and show-control systems succeed when they register as one story beat. This final part examines the calibration, timing, restraint and recovery discipline that makes complex live production feel effortless.
PHP2Shell is a pair of critical PHP runtime flaws that can permit unauthenticated remote code execution on web-facing services. Update the active PHP deployment promptly; temporary containment measures do not replace a patch.
Choosing between VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, and HPE Morpheus in 2026 isn’t just a technical decision—it’s a question of long-term value versus cost, flexibility, and control. In this head-to-head comparison, we break down how each platform stacks up so you can decide which solution truly fits your infrastructure and budget.
Broadcom’s VMSA-2026-0006.2 adds vSphere 7.0 guidance for two unauthenticated, network-reachable vCenter flaws rated 9.8. With no workaround available, restrict access and use the supported patch route as an emergency change.
A practical comparison of HPE Alletra MP and Dell PowerStore for enterprise storage buyers who care about protocol fit, operational model, resilience and long-term platform direction — not brochure language.
One useful technology briefing a week. New articles, practical fixes and the things worth paying attention to — no daily noise.
