Halloween is here 👻 (And so is your Community Newsletter)

No tricks! 🕷️ Just spicy Community treats! 🎃 ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ ­͏ [View in browser]( [Spiceworks]( Halloween is here. I personally happen to like the holiday because fewer people see me and run in the other direction. Instead, I'm greeted with cheers and exclamations of "That's such a great costume!" I also love all the action in the Community, like the [AI art]( that's coming from your IT + Halloween prompts, the [spooky sponsored contests]( that help chase away IT nightmares, and of course, the [gallery of the Community's carved pumpkins](. I hope you enjoy this week's spicy (and spooky) picks. I'm off to hide the Halloween candy from myself; otherwise, I won't have any to give out later. [SpiceRex]( [SpiceRex]( Spiceworks Community [Making your Community better, one day at a time]( According to Wikipedia, an online community is a group of people with common interests who use the Internet to communicate, work together, and pursue their interests over time. Online communities, much like their real-life counterparts, also must evolve, grow, and adapt to the needs of their members. We're investing in the Community, but we need your input to ensure we're building a place you want to visit. Kelly (Spiceworks) recently asked members how the Spiceworks Brand Rep program has impacted them, personally or professionally. If you haven't answered yet, could you take a minute to do so? [We Ask. You Answer. Everyone Wins.]( [Can you monitor software without being Big Brother?]( One of IT's toughest tasks is monitoring software performance, not just to ensure applications are performing as expected but also to help the organization reduce costs if they're paying for software licenses nobody is actually using. Application monitoring tools can do that, but some of them walk a fine line between investigation and surveillance. Community member Vdubayas just wants to ensure the right people have the right tools and needs some suggestions on the best options for the task. [No nanny-cams here, thank you »]( [Voice of IT]( [When good food goes bad]( There's a day for everything, and someone decided that October 30 should play host to "[Haunted Refrigerator Night.](" This evening isn't about celebrating that Zuul, the Gatekeeper of Gozer, has taken up residence next to your eggs, but instead about exorcizing the demons of decayed delectables that were banished to the back shelf. You know, the stuff that spent the last few weeks of its existence decomposing into rank, rancid, putrid, indeterminate objects? It's a perfect made-up holiday for the spooky season. [Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of the chill chest? »]( Upcoming Events: [Unlock the full ROI of your Microsoft environments]( [🗓️ Thurs. November 2, 2023 at 1:00 PM (Central) | 18:00 UTC]( 📢 Sponsor: IT Glue Many organizations are moving towards cloud and hybrid environments, and in an effort to manage complexity, they're choosing familiar Microsoft solutions. Achieving simplicity isn't easy, though; it requires consolidating your Microsoft data to centrally track assets and users, securely access passwords, and more. In this webinar, you'll learn strategies to get the most out of your Microsoft environments. [Register now »]( [See more events »]( What else we've been reading this week: [10 outrageous Wikipedia articles that will send you down a rabbit hole]( Thrillist Don't know about the Dyatlov Pass incident? This is just one of many mysterious-but-true stories you can find on Wikipedia that will have you wondering how much we really understand about what's happening in the world around us. [From the Beatles to Britney Spears, a history of hidden messages in songs]( Messy Nessy Did you know that listening to a record in reverse had a name? It's called "backmasking," and its roots can be traced back to Aleister Crowley. Some of the rumors of musicians doing it weren't rumors, either. [Why cloud bandwidth is so obscenely expensive and what you can do about that]( Sylvain Kerkour Going over budget on your cloud costs — consistently — can definitely be considered a horror story. So can the surprisingly simple code that the author suggests can lead to a "Denial of Wallet" attack. If correct, you are only one line of bash from bankruptcy. [Monster wrestling and other weird, wonderful sports from around the world]( Atlas Obscura The joy of victory and the agony of defeat may be universal, but the sports we play to achieve these emotions can vary immensely based on geography. As an unofficial weird sports photographer, Sol Neelman has seen first-hand some strange sporting events. [Solar energy storage breakthrough could make households self-sufficient]( Sifted A startup in Norway has developed a chair-size copper cylinder that uses a patented solution of solid hydrogen to store enough solar power to run a house for an entire year. FYI: This was the story in Snap! that had the most community votes last week. Did you find today's newsletter helpful? 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