As many folks following me on Twitter have noted, I've been building quite a nice vSphere "datacenter" lately. Part of this build was integrating UPS monitoring and automatic shutdown, and I'm pleased with the result. I'm using a Raspberry Pi connected to two UPSes via USB as a NUT server and have installed a native ESX version of upsmon to monitor and react as UPS events … [Read more...] about Automated UPS Monitoring for vSphere with NUT and Raspberry Pi (Cheap!)
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UPS Tracking Hack Can Reveal iPad Orders and Destinations
I ordered two iPads - one to keep and another to give away as a door prize at Tech Field Day next week. Like the many fanboys I interact with, I was excited to track my iPad's progress as it left Shenzhen, China, landed in Anchorage, Alaska, and worked its way to my door. But I noticed something odd about my UPS tracking numbers, and it inspired a hack that could reveal the … [Read more...] about UPS Tracking Hack Can Reveal iPad Orders and Destinations