There’s a fun television show on the Fine Living television network. It’s called I Want That! and it’s probably not a TiVo season pass pick for anti-consumerism activists. The show is pretty much explained by its title – they showcase a lot of “cool stuff”. I thought I’d post some recent items I saw on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Several months ago I wrote about using my personal Mediawiki as a Document Management System. I am writing to follow up on my experience with that. It’s actually working out wonderfully. I am always tempted to make things more complicated than they need to be, but for my needs using a wiki for document management […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I started at my current place of employment, we were just transitioning support of a medium sized UNIX environment from another company which had been supporting the installation previously. Unfortunately there was no system automation in place and all changes and updates had to be done manually. Having been a UNIX systems engineer for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still alive. Still busy. Still no time to make much progress on the super cool projects I want to work on. Story of my life. The job is going well, although I am completely swamped from the moment I walk in to the moment I go home. Sometimes I have 15 minutes to go to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For the past few years I have used speakeasy as an ISP. Although they are pricier than other DSL options, I don’t mind paying a premium for the excellent support and service they provide. A week or two ago my DSL went out. That almost never happens. I called Speakeasy’s 24 hour support line, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve started my new position doing HP-UX systems engineering for a large defense contract. Normally I shy away from government contracting as it tends to be more politics and less work. But in this case, I’m really enjoying the position. The people are great and there actually is plenty of interesting technical work to do. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been an avid Firefox user for the past several years. While I do use Firefox every day, I am not a heavy consumer of Firefox extensions. There are thousands of Firefox extensions available but I find that the browser suits my needs in its stock form. I don’t like getting used to having […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Although Dreamhost gets criticized for occasional service outages, I’ve been very happy with the service provided for the price charged. At around $10/month anyone, at least in the developed world, can afford to have a personal publishing and development platform. That’s incredibly powerful! If I were running a “mission critical” web application, I may not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t written anything here lately so I thought I’d post an update. I have been working on a short term contract position for the Federal government. That is coming to a close this week, but next Monday I start a long term position with another Federal contractor. I’m looking forward to it, as it’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I find myself again in the job market, having been laid off from my super awesome job on the 26th of February. It bums me out, as I liked that job a lot. But it’s business. These things happen. It didn’t occur to me to post about it here until I was discussing my situation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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