My Top 25 Songs (2013 Edition)
A bit late, but no one else is paying close attention (or probably cares, for that matter). Here is my iPod play rankings for 2013 releases. Interesting to note that “new music discovery” can emerge...
View ArticleThe Nihilism of Deadwood’s Al Swearengen
With Breaking Bad concluded, went looking for other “quality TV”. I had heard good things (aside from being canceled prematurely) about Deadwood, so it was added to the watchlist. Highly recommended,...
View ArticleIT Language Lessons
In “Three Ways CIOs Can Ensure Better Communication“, Paul Mandell of the Consero Group suggests methods to improve communication between IT and partners: encourage open dialogue, build strategic...
View ArticleTV Tech In Real Life #1
In this week’s episode of “The Following”, Ryan Hardy receives a threatening video via SMS on his BYOD phone. He hands the phone to an FBI tech who plugs in and instantaneously has the video play on...
View ArticleCentOS/RHEL GnuTLS Dependents
Last week’s announced GnuTLS bug is a serious one, but do you know the ramifications? Many articles painted Linux with a broad brush, claiming Red Hat, Debian, etc were deeply impacted. While it is...
View ArticlePowerShell Hell
Every programming language has it’s idiosyncrasies, and sometimes it seems like language authors go out of the way to be different. Enough that a seasoned polyglot can benefit from a cheat sheet for...
View ArticleNIC Discovery on CentOS
When adding a NIC to CentOS, one normally expects to see the device appear in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules. But things don’t always go your way. In A Perfect World… The...
View ArticleQardio: Drinking The Social/Cloud Kool-Aid
A blood pressure gauge — a sphygmomanometer — has been pretty well understood since the late 1800s. It consists of a cuff to squeeze the arm, sensors to read the pulses, and a dial/read-out to display...
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The Big Red Dog
I live on a hill. It’s a pretty big hill, certainly one that will slow your pace and cause some heavy breathing should you walk or bike up. Especially if you are 105 years old. We found a large,...
View ArticleWatching For Answers
The Apple Watch finally goes on sale this month. In the days leading up to availability, we’ve seen criticisms and negative reactions fall along two tracks: What is the point of a smartwatch? And why...
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