Polycom Soundstation IP 6000 Password reset

Plugin the phone, wait until it says 'x' seconds until boot. Hold the 8,6, and * keys down until a password prompt appears (This is not the same as the 'setup' option at boot). Then enter the mac address of the phone (if you need the address, boot the phone normally and pick 1, 2, 2) in all lowercase with no ':'s.

This should reset the password to 456 and you can reconfigure, It should still have all the other configuration intact.

Apple ID without a Credit Card

Log out of iTunes, pick 'redeem' on the right side menu. Go through the motions, 'none' will be available on the billing screen. I haven't found any other path that allows this if you haven't already bought something on the account.

Rackspace Backup stuck in Queueing state

If your backup is stuck in a queueing state and being skipped the next day because of an already running instance, the problem may be due to a crash or unexpected reboot.

Make sure you do not have a state lockfile located at:

/var/cache/driveclient/backup-running.lock

after shutting down the daemon, this shouldn't exist.

Thanks to Evan B @ Rackspace for the quick pointer!