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Web Operations at a startup, the first 30 days... 31 Dec 2012 | 05:11 am
Hitting the ground running I'd recently found myself working at a startup fulfilling their needs for Web Operations. I thought I'd document and give advice for anyone else in the same situation. Mos...
The best uptime? 12 Jul 2012 | 01:38 pm
I found a box today in a squirreled away hosting provider that I've been paying the bill for mindlessly. I've found I can probably move the thing to s3 since the pages are essentially static. Amazingl...
Replacing macbook pro feet 17 Apr 2012 | 03:03 pm
Now for something less business and profound and a little more practical. Some folks have lamented about the feet on their Macbook Pro falling off. This works on a 15" mid 2010 model. I've seen folks...
You really need a system if you're going to make it work 29 Jan 2012 | 06:12 pm
Sometimes going through not just the day, but the week, I start really to sympathize with Leonard from Memento. If you haven't seen the film I highly recommend it. As many of you know it's about a guy...
Monitoring and Uptime 16 Dec 2011 | 07:40 pm
Some fun notes about monitoring and uptime. I'll be giving some shout-outs to some products which have really helped me out. I'm not getting anything from them, (in fact my company is paying them mon...
Using zen-like focus for minimizing distractions 7 Aug 2011 | 06:13 am
For those of us in the world of tech, we tend to be busy folks these days. Some of us more than others, but at least in my work there is a lot going on all the time. The key is to know what deserves y...
Why BSD is dying, or How I learned to stop worrying and love Linux 18 Jul 2011 | 11:03 pm
I've been a fan of FreeBSD for most of my adult life. Ever since I first had to install it back at my first job in the bay area. It was the mid 90's. FreeBSD was version 2.2.1. Now before then I'd me...
Music in the Cloud? Solutions pour forth. 25 Jun 2011 | 08:08 pm
For those of us with large music collections, many of us have been aching for a solution to make life just a little easier. A few requirements: Allow me to back up my music someplace besides a few de...
Evernote: A Reflection 11 Jan 2010 | 02:01 pm
At work I've been pretty busy, and have gone through a few ad hoc capturing tools. First it was the steno notebook. Followed by the hipster pda. That worked pretty well except when I forgot it or inev...
