What a brutal route. This is supposed to be a gravel adventure ride but it turned out to be a climbing suffer fest. It started with a gradual climb followed by a long descent until we reached th...

I was asked to connect to a client VPN using Fortinet Client. Since I have been using Cisco Secure Client via command-line interface (CLI), I have been spoiled by the comfort of connecting via comm...

I am starting to move away from Word documents towards Markdown documents. It’s just easier to edit and format as you don’t need to worry about a heading with no text appear in your document outlin...

I have done numerous installs on different kinds of Linux instances, and it’s hard to keep track of the things you need to configure when working with a new one. I have to create a group, then a us...

I have been asked to review the issue encountered in an OSB instance running in production. I am kind of reluctant to review the error in face value because after years of dealing with Oracle Fusio...

I have been tasked on running a Perl script on my Mac, but for some reason I cannot make it work because of some missing modules: Can't locate GD.pm in @INC (you may need to install the GD module)...

When increasing the number of managed servers in Oracle SOA Suite/Service Bus where JMS queues are widely used, it is important to take note of the max capacity of the JMS Adapter. The issue below...

I just got called into a deployment meeting where the OSB cannot be restarted after doing some “config changes”. Turns out, they manually updated the WebLogic configuration file called config.xml a...

I just watched the first episode of the Netflix adaptation of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender - and it’s a great redemption after that tragedy that was the movie adaptation. As I saw Appa...

As I have mentioned from my previous blog, I have been looking into ways to revive my media streaming setup here at home. As of this posting, I have bought a 6TB disk (hopefully to be delivered nex...