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Being a one-man administrative team for my digital presence has its perks. There is no bureaucratic logjam (aside from the Wife Acceptance Factor) when new stuff needs to be delivered. Nobody argues with me about what Linux flavor is the best, or whether I should (god forbid) switch over to
Human intelligence is just, well, one of those things man. In the early days of toolmaking, we largely produced things that could do stuff that our nails and teeth accomplished. Rocks, then the improved obsidian adze, could cut stuff for us. Fire could make things more digestible, again, taking some
Part 5: You're a slob, I'm a slob. 3 parts in and you're still going strong. Congratulations, young (now old?) reader. If you're just coming in at this point, please feel free to read part 1 and part 2 of this series.
If you've read any of my How to DevOp series ( part 1 and part 2 available here), you've probably learned things about how IT careers progress; first slowly, then faster, and then slow again. What I did not address is exactly what you change into when
Thanks for getting this far! If this is the first part of my series on my experiences between being a fresh BA grad to a decently successful DevOps engineer, you can read part 1 here. If you've already read part 1, let's not tarry. There'
Part Zero: Introduction Long-form writing is a largely dead art, and that's why I take to it with such joy. While it's somewhat self-indulgent and self-flagellating at once, there's something about the craft that makes you think and reflect in a way that talking
“Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.” ~ Orange Catholic Bible "Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infra-red, How I hate the night." ~ The Hitchhiker's Guide to
Looking at Walter, he didn't seem like much. Just a rusted box with a studded head. But his head wasn't a head; it was a steel frame that protected him from moisture and apparently nothing else. "How've you been?" I asked him.
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” ~Unknown “Stop trying to make fetch happen.” ~ Regina George Part 1: Yap Playing well with others is a core competency. As my child advances through preschool, I’m beginning to hear noise about the other kids (never mine!) and
I augmented this post from a Reddit comment that I made earlier today in /r/experiencedDevs; in case you’re a subscriber and this whole spiel sounds familiar, it’s the same story. It happened to me. I would sooner be broken on the wheel than plagiarize something
"The entire Russian empire is ruled by ten thousand clerks!" ~Tsar Alexander II, final words Why did I choose this life? Well, for starters, I was born into it. Then, a lot happened. I walked, grew up, ran, swam, got spat on, turned on a computer, learned to
What follows is mostly fiction. But also some fun. Enjoy it at your own risk. Rigbault dragged the body up the hill. Or what was left of it. Eldridge had been reduced significantly since his latest battle with the Dragon. Now, the Dragon was not a dragon per se. He
Why write less? Strunk & White always said to make sure you eliminate every unnecessary word. And I agree; the purpose of communicating should be clarity first and foremost. It's not an easy standard to maintain; first, you've got to gather all the grain (your thoughts)
Just had a scare. Which is appropriate, Halloween being proximate to this time of year. Trying to upgrade the platform for this website, it became unresponsive. Pages did not load. The site was unresponsive. There were issues with dependency versioning. And so on and so forth. Thankfully at the end
My Latin is not good, which is why I gave this article its title. But maybe it's useful to be able to write great works. I choose to be humble here and say that such things are above me. But maybe this can be used as a sort