"IPv6 is now a reality in terms of adoption"
"There is a myth that IPv6 is only for those in Asia, but that's not true. According to new data discussed this week at an IETF conference, there are more IPv6 users in the U.S than anywhere else in...
View ArticleLink of the week: The carpets are so clean, we don't need janitors!
Mark's Stories: "The carpets are so clean, we don't need janitors!" At one company I worked at, one of the problems it didn't have was IT. When someone was hired, by the time they got to their new...
View ArticleRecord tonight's Mars event on NASA-TV
My cable company (Verizon FIOS) doesn't carry NASA TV channel (according to the NASA TV FAQ they can have it at no cost, which means they must not carry it because they hate space, America, freedom,...
View ArticleANNOUNCEMENT: I'll be speaking at MacTech Conference 2012.
http://www.mactech.com/conference/sessions My talk will be titled, "Time Management tips for Mac Admins". I won't be explaining how to get Siri to schedule an appointment for you (you should be able to...
View ArticlePICC Conference becomes "LOPSA-East", May 3-4, 2013
We're 3 years old and as we have finally gotten our foothold it seems like a good time to pick a name that more accurately depicts who we are and what we do. Changing the name of the conference is a...
View ArticleUsing Google 2-factor authentication on Linux or FreeBSD
HowToGeek posted a great explanation (with screenshots) of how to use Google's two-factor authentication on a Linux system. How to Secure SSH with Google Authenticator's Two-Factor Authentication If...
View ArticleGoogle hiring Ganeti software developers in Munich
As many of you know, I work at Google supporting the Ganeti open source project use within Google. I'm on the New York team that does certain functions and the Munich team is responsible for the open...
View ArticleOpenFlow: A Radical New Idea in Networking
My ACM Queue magazine article OpenFlow: A Radical New Idea in Networking has been re-printed by CACM. Their version uses a different font and adds an awesome graphic by Jason Cook. Check it out!
View ArticleMatthew Sacks' new DevOps book ships!
Congrats to Matthew on the release of his new book: Pro Website Development and Operations: Streamlining DevOps for large-scale websites I look forward to reading my copy!
View ArticleAndroid Calendar without Google calendar
Occasionally I get asked for a system that can keep a todo list and calendar and sync to a desktop directly i.e. without going through a internet-based system like Google Calendar. Pimlical has a new...
View ArticleGoogle reveals Goobuntu!
I'm so proud of my coworker Thomas Bushnell giving an amazing talk at LinuxCon, the Linux Foundation's annual North American technical conference. For the first time Google revealed details about how...
View ArticleBack To School Sale: "Time Management for Sysadmins" for 50% off!
I'm proud to announce that TM4SA has been selected to be featured on this year's O'Reilly Back-to-School Special. The special runs this week only, from Sept 4th to the 11th. Save up to 50% on books,...
View Article4 unix commands I abuse every day
A co-worker watched me type the other day and noticed that I use certain Unix commands for purposes other than they are intended. Yes, I abuse Unix commands.
View ArticleHow I would teach a university-level sysadmin degree
The coursework would be very focused on understanding the internals of each layer of the stack. To make a comparison to the auto industry: Your training won't result in you being a mechanic that can...
View ArticleMacTech 2012 session listing is up!
http://www.mactech.com/conference/sessions I'll be speaking on Thursday. Don't miss this great conference, October 17-19, 2012 in Los Angeles.
View ArticleAT&T Survey
I got a survey from AT&T Wireless that asked a lot of questions comparing my experiences between WiFi and 3G on my AT&T mobile phone. If I were to reverse-engineer what they were getting at,...
View ArticleDevOps: To increase reliability you need to have more outages
Here's a good strategy to improve the reliability of your systems: Buy the most expensive computers, storage, and network equipment you can find. It is the really high-end stuff that has the best...
View ArticleEurope officially runs out of IPv4 addresses
Earlier today, the RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) announced it is down to its last "/8" worth of IPv4 addresses. This means that it is no longer possible to obtain new IPv4...
View ArticleDevOps: "have more outages" Part 2 of 3: The interview
I moderated a discussion with Jesse Robbins, Kripa Krishnan, John Allspaw about Learning to Embrace Failure. This is the first time you'll see Google reveal what they've been doing since 2006. Read the...
View ArticleNew website! http://www.opsreportcard.com
I've gotten a lot of positive feedback about The Limoncelli Test. So much so, that Peter Grace and I have put all the material on a website called http://www.OpsReportCard.com. We hope to add resources...
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