"The Get Down" of Operations

Posted on September 19, 2016 in Experience

The Get Down is a Netflix miniseries about a group of kids in the Bronx New York during that summer of 1977 when Disco was dying and Hip Hop/Rap was being born. Life was hard in NYC in the '70s. The Bronx was burning and you had to hustle …


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Thank you Steve Jobs

Posted on October 05, 2011 in Experience

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I was 16 years old in 1983 when my high school physics teacher, Rocky Trembly, carried a little white box into the classroom. He fired it up and the dark screen lit up and said, "Hello." I didn't know it at the time but that moment turned out to be …


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Picking the Right Web Server for the Right Job

Posted on July 06, 2011 in Experience

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Thats as true for Web servers as it is for work around the house. This overview explains the pluses and minuses of the obvious candidates — IIS and Apache — and suggests a few alternatives worth exploring.

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Ten Essential Linux Admin Tools | Linux Magazine

Posted on September 27, 2010 in Experience

System Administrators SAs need a set of tools with which to manage their often unmanageable systems and environments. These ten essential Linux administration tools provide excellent support for the weary SA. Those listed aren’t your standard list of tools deemed essential by industry bystanders. These are tools that have …


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Circuit Simulator Applet - falstad.com

Posted on February 23, 2010 in Experience

This is a very cool little app that I found after listening to Security Now Episode 233: Let's Design a Computer. Some of the basic circuits were hard to visualize and this app kind of brings them to life with animated current flow and some interactivity. For the podcast you'll …


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Test Early » Hudson - Tips and Tricks

Posted on October 05, 2008 in Experience

Hudson is an open source CI server that is by far the easiest one to configure. Second to ease of use is Hudson’s impressive plug-in framework, which makes it easy to add features. For instance, Hudson has a plug-in for tracking FindBugs issues …

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Beginners Guide: Programming Cocoa for OS X | MacApper

Posted on September 16, 2007 in Experience

A few months back a friend asked me if I wanted to help work on a small application for OS X. He figured because I had a long history of Windows based programming I would have no trouble making the transition to …

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Please backup your hard drive now… twice - goodCRIMETHINK

Posted on September 12, 2007 in Experience

There is a tightness in my chest, and I am crying right now. I have just suffered a catastrophic data loss for the second time in my life. Fool me once, shame on, shame on, fool me can’t get fooled …

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