The New Net10
Well, Net10 is at it again. You may recall just a few months ago (June 2013) I informed some folks that truly unlimited data was available by switching to a T-Mobile SIM (the pink Net10 sims). Well if...
View ArticleGetting Back to #GeekLife
Life has been hectic lately. To recap the last year, I started a great new job, have taken on way more responsibility in life than I should have, and I have fallen away from some of the things I really...
View Articlei3 Config and xev
For those who find Gnome and KDE to be boring, try i3. i3 is a tiling window manager, which means it tries to use 100% of your screen realestate for your windows. I switched to i3 a few months ago when...
View ArticleDevOps, SysAdmin, or Something Else Altogether?
We all know the buzzwords, we here them everyday. Ok so SysAdmin is not a buzzword, but you get my point. Who I Am, What I Do The company I am working for hired me as a Software Engineer (a fancy way...
View ArticleForcing Placement with i3
So I've been using i3 for a few months, and I have been working on getting things exactly as I like, and that means more fun with the configuration. Today I decided that I don't want my Pidgin windows...
View ArticleThe Webventure!
So, unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably seen and heard about Chromebooks. They are these really cheap laptops... no netbooks, that basically house nothing more than a really...
View ArticleGoogle Interview #1
Today I had my first interview with Google. HOLY COW! I was more nervous than I needed to be, I think. I had to work through the problems given with the engineer on the phone, using a Google Doc. So...
View ArticleMy Geeky ToDo List
Every geek should keep a ToDo list, things they need to learn. My list is currently as follows: Docker Docker + Salt Vagrant + Salt Go (The Language) Dart (The Language) Linux Internals More Python Let...
View ArticleMoving On Up
The the northwest side... Well things are changing around here. I have put in notice at Progrexion Marketing and I am heading to Seatlle to work for Zulily. The last year and a half have opened my eyes...
View ArticleSalting Random Crons
So you want to create a random cron, with Salt... here's how: random-cron: cron.present: - name: /usr/bin/someCronScript - minute: {{ range(0,59,1)|random }} - hour: {{ range(0,23,1)|random }} That...
View ArticleSeattle Social Experiment #1
Background Back in September I took a position at Zulily, and I moved to Seattle. As I am sure is no surprise to anyone, in Seattle Coffee is king! I mean, it has it's own Wikipedia Page. Unfortunately...
View ArticleSeattle Social Experiment #1 Update
Seattle Social Experiment #1 Update Well I have to say I am really surprised. I have gone two weeks with a 12-pack in the fridge at the office, and not once has a can gone missing. Color me surprised....
View ArticleFedora 21 Launched!
Well, Fedora 21 is in the wild... time to update my workstation. Back in a while
View ArticleThe Interview
Spoilers ahead, you've been warned. I had the opportunity tonight to watch The Interview starring James Franco, and Seth Rogen. There has been a lot in the news lately about this movie, and the chaos...
View Article#talkpay: 13 years of my professional life
#talkpay has taken twitter by storm. I wanted to go a little longer form because I want to get the whole story of how I got to where I am at out there, and documented for everyone to see. I will not...
View ArticleBroadcast Communication in Golang
Today I set out to understand a few different ways of running an infinite loop with controlled stopping. Perhaps better known as a Daemon. Ok, daemons have lots of other features, but the gist is...
View ArticleLate but worth the wait...
I have finally updated my blog to Ghost 0.9.0, but I have to be honest, I think this might be the last version of my blog on Ghost. Now that I am working with Go much more, I am giving some serious...
View ArticleSyncthing & Systemd: For Fun
So a while ago I heard about Syncthing on the GoTime.FM Podcast, and I decided to finally get Syncthing running on my local systems. Syncthing Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services...
View ArticleReading Goal 2017
Reading Goal 2017 I've decided to make a public reading goal this year. I'm committing myself to reading 12 books that are unrelated to my work. You can follow my progress here and at Goodreads....
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