What do you do when you work an hour away from home in an urban jungle? Well, you have to take what you need with you. That is one of the first things I noticed when I started working in Phily. Almost everyone there is carrying some sort of backpack or big shoulder bag. In […]
Just what kinds of tools do you need to do a systems administrator job? I Am talking about actual hand-type tools, not fancy laptops, big brains or large amounts of your favorite caffeinated beverage and pizza. Surprisingly, I use very few. The first thing I picked up is a little toolkit. I don’t think you […]
Let me preface this by saying that I use Linux almost exclusively as my desktop at home and at work (I have a mac too). My wife uses Linux exclusively as her desktop. Many of my friends and coworkers use Linux as their default desktop as well. That being said, is 2009 the year of […]
Yes, another in the junker series on my T23. I *finally* got around to playing a bit with the new Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. I know, based on the date of the posts, that it’ll look like I am doing a distribution a day (magic of dated publishing), but I have had this running a […]
In my continuing saga of Linux distributions and testing on my trusty, crusty Thinkpad T23, I tried out CentOS 5.4 Live. Now many of you already know that I have developed a sort of love affair with CentOS as a wonderful alternative to paying for enterprise class Linux. Then again, I am RedHat certified, so […]
Even though it’s a day late, I thought I would share that my train caught on fire on the way into work on the 4th. Nobody was hurt (that I know of) but plenty of people were ticked off and it sure was stinky! For those that don’t already know, it just so happens that […]
I really wanted to write this up during October but just didn’t get around to it. That being said, it’s still quite close to Halloween, so…. I wanted to write briefly about Ghost Hunting. There seems to be quite a craze surrounding it these days with a host of popular TV shows like Ghost Hunters […]
I think one of the things that is going to help me post a bit more this month is my ThinkPad T23. This was my most favorite laptop some 4 years ago maybe and the display just stopped working one day. I held onto it for a few months and then landed my new job […]
One of the things I most hate in this world is when I am woken up for anything right before my alarm goes off. I guess this has to do with the horrible quality of sleep I get, which consequently leads to the minuscule quantity. For some reason, ever since my daughter was born I […]
Well, here it is, National Blog Posting Month again. I have decided to accept the challenge. I do, however,think that I am setting myself up for failure. Just curious as to how long that is going to take. 🙂 Do stay tuned, though, as I will attempt to interject a few interesting things, if possible, […]