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Episode 46: Behind the nerd curtain


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Why doesn't my computer work?
  • What is a server in computer networking? (lifewire)
  • What does a server technician do? (wiseGEEK)
  • Server (Wikipedia)
  • A rack of servers (wiseGEEK)
  • A movie starring Johnny and a rack of servers (Vimeo)
  • Inside the internet: Google allows first ever look at the eight vast data centres that power the online world (Daily Mail)
  • What is server redundancy? (Techopedia)
  • What is a hot swap? (TechTarget)
  • Hot swapping (Wikipedia)
  • What is a firewall? (CISCO)
  • Firewall (Wikipedia)
  • Bladerunner: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe (YouTube)
  • Super-secret Google builds servers in the dark (Wired)
  • Google uncloaks once-secret server (C|NET)
  • Following Google's lead, Facebook starts building its own networking gear (Wired)
  • Like Google & Facebook, Twitter designs its own servers (Wired)
  • What is a service-level agreement? (Wikipedia)
  • Server room (Wikipedia)
  • Why keeping the data centre cool is important (BizTech)
  • Microsoft puts cloud in the ocean to help with cooling (Microsoft)
  • Some people listen to server room noise to relax (YouTube)
  • What is change control? (TechTarget)
  • War Games: Turn your key, sir! (You Tube)
  • Incident priority (IT Process Maps)
  • Incidents versus problems (Concept Solutions Corporation)
  • Microsoft Minesweeper (Wikipedia)
  • Australian census meltdown to cost $30 million (The Australian)
  • Revealed: IBM error caused NAB outage (IT News)
  • The Borg Hive Mind (Borg Collective)
  • The basics of server monitoring (spiceworks)
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