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I am still in shock that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series in Baseball which ended their 108 year drought. Last time the Cubs won the world series, they won it back-to-back. I can expect nothing less this time around. ?

GlusterFS is a distributed file system. Think of it as a replacement of traditional file storage (a single NFS/samba server), an alternative to Microsoft's DFS, or a modern implementation of SAN. It really shines when you have multiple locations and need a file server which must have the same data and be continually in sync. It is also superb for v…

I began my Linux hobby in 1999. I was given a CD of RedHat Linux which I installed on an old computer. At first use, it was slow and buggy and uninstalled in favor of Windows 98. I installed Debian a few months later and discovered I could install a different desktop environment - KDE which looked like Windows, but was different. After playing with…

Update: (5/28/17) yes, there is the puppet/r10k which supercedes the zack/r10k. While you are free to deviate from the article in your own environment, the below steps still work as intended. I will have to update this article as well as explain why having r10k and dynamic environments is a good idea.

In this guide we will g…

One of my hobbies is video gaming. In my teen years, I would spend on average of 60-80 hours a week playing either Counter Strike, Team Fortress 2, or any other Valve software title. It was not until I went to college and got a job when my average went to 30-40 hours a week. After being married and having children, my average is now down to 8-12 ho…

In case you missed it, the largest recorded Direct Denial of Service (DDoS) occurred. While under DDoS, a victim's server (or servers) is under high load and cannot complete all requests that are requested by it. Basically, a DDoS victim is someone the attacker wants silen…

I completed my first public module for puppet and submitted it to the puppet forge. It seems too simple to compile into a build and submit it to the forge; however, I made it public for these reasons:

1. I needed experience with puppet code testing. This helped me at the most basic level.
2. I felt like someone else could benefit fr… Read more →
   • 23 September 2016

   Signs you are doing IT wrong

   Review

   1. You still use FTP
   2. You use SFTP
   3. You have a single server hosting 1 website, MySQL, and PHP. It has 4+ GB of RAM and you only have ~2,000 visitors a day.
   4. You login via root
   5. You don't use version control
   6. You use a control panel for servers which you have SSH access.
   7. It takes you over an ho… Read more →
      • 16 September 2016

      Iced coffee is the best

      ReviewCoffee

      I am not a very big fan of hot drinks, but I enjoy drinking a cup/glass/thermos/pot/gallon of coffee. I especially drink it more when my taste buds dance around and say, "Wow! That was some good, quality coffee!" A few weeks ago I set out to find a better way to make my favorite drink - iced coffee. In my opinion, the best method of procuring coffe…

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      • 09 September 2016

      My IoT device history

      The internet of things (IoT) is getting pretty saturated with devices most of which are either smart watches or activity trackers. Smart watches do not appeal to me as I have a very nasty habit of destroying the clock face of my watches. Last November, I was able to get a Vivosmart from Garmin for $60 plus tax and shipping. It was great - did step …

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