Louden's Blog

Essential Skills For The IoT Generation

April 1, 2017

In the world of IoT, “things” don’t always talk to each other. Getting the Neurio Home Energy Monitor to speak with my front end home automation program, Imperihome proved to be quite the challenge. Are there ways to solve this issue for everyone?

Comodo PositiveSSL Certificate Bundles In Apache

January 15, 2017

For anyone having issues with the correct Comodo PositiveSSL certificate chain order, this may help.

Adventures In Southern Ontario

October 28, 2015

As some of you may already know, my other passion in life is aviation. At the age of three, I was bit by the flying bug while touring around with my dad in his fathers Piper Colt enroute for him to earn enough flight hours to some day make a living flying. Many years have …

Get Off That Cloud!

May 30, 2015

Disclaimer: This guide is for the nerdiest of nerds.

Cheap Laser Printers Are Bleeding You Dry

March 4, 2015

As an I.T consultant, I’ve had the privilege of working in environments ranging between one and one-hundred users. One of the most often overlooked parts of a companies I.T strategy tends to be in the printing department.

Snow Day!

February 14, 2015

Just a little dash cam footage of last nights snowfall.

Home Automation

January 30, 2015

I’ve decided it’s time to change gears here at the tech lab, a new years resolution if you will. Now that it’s too cold outside in the great white north, I’ve decided to stay inside and try my hand at home automation.

Don’t Be The Victim of Brute Force

December 1, 2014

So what does the Sony Entertainment Network, and Jennifer Lawrence have in common? Their brands were both tarnished by an online brute force password attack.

Lync Server 2013 Installation

November 2, 2014

Microsoft Lync Server 2013 is a comprehensive suite that is designed to completely change the way you think about telecommunications. With Lync, your companies existing phone system can be combined with instant messaging, video chat, and more. This article provides a basic instruction set to deploy it in a lab environment.

Securing The Heart Of Your Business

November 1, 2014

The employees may be the brain of your entire business, but if you can’t supply them with the data and information they need – your operation will flat line.