Fixing SNMP in Mac OS X Server 10.5.7
September 10th, 2009
I monitor my network with PRTG Network Monitor. After recently upgrading our Xserve from 10.5.4 to 10.5.7 (server), its status changed in PRTG to “in alarm” and was unable to connect via SNMP to collect any data. It turns out that the default configuration of the SNMP agent changed with the 10.5.7 upgrade, tightening access restrictions for the community string “public”. The fix is fairly simple. Edit line 97 of /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf and restart the SNMP daemon to reload the config file. Continue reading this entry »
In-Depth Review of Snow Leopard
September 3rd, 2009
John Siracusa has posted an exhaustive review of Apple’s latest OS release, Snow Leopard. Great read if you really want to learn why you need to upgrade.
HM&P Launches Redesigned NutriDense.com
August 7th, 2009
Howard, Merrell & Partners recently launched the redesigned NutriDense.com. See before and after images after the jump. Continue reading this entry »
Twitter Fail
August 6th, 2009
Twitter experienced complete failure today due to a massive DDoS attack. It appears to be under attack again now as it is completely unresponsive. Kinda scary to think that web services are that vulnerable. As more and more of our lives move to the digital space (communication, banking, etc) we are becoming increasingly vulnerable and affected when outages like this occur. And they will continue to occur.
Dixieisthebest.com Goes Live!
May 18th, 2009
The supporting site for the “Dixie Is The Best” campaign went live today.
Latest Videos for Dixie
May 1st, 2009
More good work from HM&P:
Go to the Dixie Products YouTube channel to see all three videos.
WWDC Sold Out!
April 28th, 2009
For the second time in history (and second year in a row), Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference has sold out. This seems to support my theory that WWDC is “the” Mac conference – eclipsing the once-mighty MacWorld Expo.
Honda Insight – The Making of “Let it Shine”
April 27th, 2009
Very cool video showing how the Honda “Let It Shine” spot was made.
Apple Reports $1.21 Billion Profit for Q2 2009
April 22nd, 2009
“We are extremely pleased to report the best non-holiday quarter revenue and earnings in our history,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, in announcing the company’s March quarter financial results. In its fiscal 2009 second quarter, Apple posted revenue of $8.16 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion, or $1.33 per diluted share. Gross margin was 36.4 percent, up from 32.9 percent in the year-ago quarter.
Apple shipped 2.22 million Macintosh computers during the quarter, a unit decline of 3 percent over the year-ago quarter. The company also sold 11.01 million Pods during the quarter, representing 3 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone unit sales reached 3.79 million, up 123 percent from the year-ago-quarter.
