Jackass IT: Stunts, Idiocy, and Hero Hacks

InfoWorld’s Paul Venezia serves up six real-world tales of IT stunts and solutions that required a touch of inspired insanity to pull off, proving once again that knowing when to throw out the manual and do something borderline irresponsible is essential to day-to-day IT work. “It could be server on the brink of shutting down all operations, a hard drive that won’t power up vital data, or a disgruntled ex-employee who’s hidden vital system passwords on the network. Just when all seems lost, it’s time to get creative and don your IT daredevil cap, then fire up the oven, shove the end of a pencil into the motherboard, or route the whole city network through your laptop to get the job done,” Venezia writes.