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Using the Xserve RAID in the Modern Day
Published: 6/11/2023

The Xserve RAID is a Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) chassis which came out in the early 2000s. While long dead, it is still usable today, and this guide will show you how.

The Dynamic Cluster Compiler (DCC)
Published: 2/16/2023

The Dynamic Cluster Compiler (DCC) is a compiler that allows you to compile any project that uses a makefile across a cluster of servers, or nodes.

How to set up, and configure, Lights-Out Management (LOM) on an Apple Xserve to work with modern versions of macOS
Published: 9/26/2022

This is a guide walking you through how to setup and configure the Lights-Out Management (LOM) port on a 2,1 or 3,1 Xserve while running the latest version of macOS.

The Elite Encryption Algorithm (EEA)
Published: 7/17/2022

The Elite Encryption Algorithm (EEA) is a brand new symmetric-key encryption algorithm. Taking inspiration from one-time pads, cipher block chaining, symmetric-key encryption, randomness and variablity to provide a new way of encrypting data.

How to fix - The Command Prompt Has been Disabled by your Administrator - Without Access to an Administrator Account
Published: 9/25/2021

Have you ever used Windows in either a school or work environment, tried to open up the command prompt and got a message saying "the command prompt has been disabled by your administrator"? Then proceeded to search the internet only to find all the solutions require you to have admin access to re-enable the command prompt? Well look no further. In this blog I discuss why system administrators do this, what the proposed solutions are, and the real solution for anyone without administrator access on a Windows machine, to get access the command prompt.