The Bearded Geek

The Bearded Geek Understanding your computer/tech needs and providing highly personalized customer service is my focus.

My passion is helping people embrace and understand technology. I enjoy challenging myself and working on many new things. I take my time and work skillfully to the satisfaction of my customers. I offer the following services:

* PC/Mac, phone and tablet troubleshooting and repair
* New computer purchase/setup/configuration
* Transfer and backup data
* Web design
* Networking/cabling

Check it out, I just dropped a new video for   - Install  to connect to and manage an
02/23/2021

Check it out, I just dropped a new video for - Install to connect to and manage an

In this video you will learn how to get started with using Ansible (running on Ubuntu using Windows WSL) to connect to and manage an IBM i. I demonstrate how...

I just dropped my second video about   on  .IBM i OSS - Setup Node.js, Node-Red, and Creating Your First Flow
01/29/2021

I just dropped my second video about on .

IBM i OSS - Setup Node.js, Node-Red, and Creating Your First Flow

In this video I cover how to install Node.js and Node-Red on your IBM i. After I get those installed and running, I show you how to import a flow; I explain ...

In this video I cover how to setup SSH and connect to your IBM i using SSH and Visual Studio Code. Then I highlight how ...
01/21/2021

In this video I cover how to setup SSH and connect to your IBM i using SSH and Visual Studio Code. Then I highlight how to change your shell to Bash and how to configure it.

In this video I cover how to setup SSH and connect to your IBM i using SSH and Visual Studio Code. Then I highlight how to change your shell to Bash and how ...

Query the System Log on   7.1 using CL and SQL
12/01/2020

Query the System Log on 7.1 using CL and SQL

I ran into an issue that I couldn’t directly solve with SQL running IBM i on 7.1; in later releases 7.2+ there are DB2 Services tables for this. Since I like using SQL as much as possible I w…

Load and Apply PTFs without Image Catalogs or FTP using ACS. Run CL with a GUI using Run SQL Scripts.
12/01/2020

Load and Apply PTFs without Image Catalogs or FTP using ACS. Run CL with a GUI using Run SQL Scripts.

I manage several Mimix and iTera environments and it’s that time again where I want to take an upgrade to the software. The steps I am going to show you below can be used for any PTFs that yo…

How to debug Node-Red on  A basic introduction.
11/20/2020

How to debug Node-Red on
A basic introduction.

I’ve been asked for methods to debug nodes in Node-Red. Here is a brief introduction to this topic. This is very powerful and can save you time and energy when developing your flows. First we…

Making the Move from using STRSQL to Run SQL Scripts in ACS on
11/18/2020

Making the Move from using STRSQL to Run SQL Scripts in ACS on

I run into people often that are still using STRSQL to query their system. It works but it is clunky and time consuming. Some excuses I hear; it’s all I know, it’s what I am comfortable…

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