Join me at the October LOPSA Los Angeles chapter meeting!
LOPSA-LA has a dinner on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. I'll be in the area for MacTech and they've asked me to give an after-dinner talk about Time Management. When: Tue, Oct 16, 7pm - 9pm. Location:...
View ArticleJoin me at the October NYLUG meeting!
I'll be the speaker at the Thursday, October 11, 2012 NYLUG meeting in Manhattan (Chelsea, 14th and 9th ave). http://nylug.org I'll be talking about the Ganeti open source project which I'm involved...
View ArticleSpiceworks interview
I've been interviewed on SpiceWorks. Read it here: Check it out! Interesting trivia: The IT department where my S.O. works uses Spiceworks' ticket system.
View ArticleJoin me at the October LOPSA New Jersey chapter meeting!
If you live near Princeton, Trenton or New Brunswick and haven't been to the New Jersey chapter of LOPSA meetings then... what are you waiting for? Seriously, folks! They have free pizza! What could be...
View ArticleDevOps: Google reveals their "DiRT Exercises" (part 3 or 3 in my "disaster...
Weathering the Unexpected by Kripa Krishnan, Google For the first time ever Google discusses our "DiRT" (Disaster Recovery Test) procedure. This is the week of hell where systems are taken down with...
View ArticleWhat makes a sysadmin a "senior sysadmin"?
This came up in discussion recently. Here's how I differentiate between a junior and senior sysadmin: A senior person understands the internal workings of the systems he/she administers and debugs...
View ArticleComing to the LOPSA-LAX meeting?
There is now a Meetup so you can RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/League-of-Professional-System-Administrators-Los-Angeles/events/84585402/
View ArticleAnnouncement: I'll be speaking at the Australia IPv6 Summit
I'll be doing a 30-minute talk about how to convince your boss to take IPv6 seriously at the Australia IPv6 Summit. I'll be presenting via video conference. If you are in Australia and/or are concerned...
View ArticleSpiceworks interview: part 2
Part 2 of my interview at SpiceWorks is up. Q&A: Tom Limoncelli on the state of IT and junk meetings Q&A Part 2: Tom Limoncelli talks about success, failure and pirates vs zombies Enjoy!
View ArticleBook flights to Usenix LISA asap!
Flights are filling up. Book soon. And book your hotel too. One thing I learned from traveling is that it is easier to make a reservation early and cancel/change it than to end up close to the date and...
View ArticleHomomorphic Encryption Explained
American Scientist has an article that (finally!) explains homomorphic encryption in simple enough terms that even I understand. Homomorphic encryption permits me to send you encrypted data that you...
View ArticleHas the job of a Google SRE changedover the years?
Someone recently asked me if Google's SRE position has change over the years. The answer is 'yes and no'. Yes, the job has changed because there is more diversity in the kind of work that SREs do....
View ArticleMechanical Computer instructional video
US Army 1953 training film on mechanical computers. Gears! Cams! Great animations! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4
View ArticleIPv6 Flashcards
IPv6 is an entirely new protocol. It isn't IPv4 with larger addresses. It is new enough that you'll feel like you are starting over on a new planet; one that invented the internet using protocols that...
View ArticleGoogle Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center
The photos look like "IBM meets Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory". For the first time, the company has invited cameras inside its top secret facility in North Carolina. Our tour guide is Google's senior...
View ArticlePimlical on Android... now on Google Play
Time Management for Sysadmins mentions the Pimlical's DateBk software a lot. It is one of the finest time management software packages around. It was way ahead of its time Sadly it was only available...
View ArticleWhy Romney lost today and how Republicans can win in 2016
How to win the most votes? Let me share two datapoints: The Obama campaign was lackluster and just couldn't get momentum. About a month ago he changed his speeches to be pretty hardcore liberal talking...
View ArticleEarly-bird discount for LISA'12 ends on Nov 19th!
LISA is coming to San Diego, CA, December 9-14, 2012 and, as always, the committee has put together an amazing schedule of programs. Come for a few days of training, 2-days of technical sessions, or...
View ArticleMy Pre-LISA checklist
Get haircut Print out 2-factor "rescue codes" in case my 2-factor fob is lost of dies. De-junk my wallet. Practice slides for the Ganeti tutorial, Time Management tutorials. Reach out to co-workers...
View ArticleNew at LISA: Watch the tutorials via live-streaming!
As you know, I'll be teaching 3 tutorials at LISA this year (Intro To Time Management, Advanced Time Managemente, and Ganeti/Build a private cloud). If you can't attend in person you can still watch...
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