Leagues of System Administrators

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When I think of system administration I think of the folks I just spent three days with. LOPSA’s Phoenix Sysadmin Days was fun. LOPSA is the “League of Professional System Administrators.” The gathering in Phoenix was their first conference-style gathering since they formed. I was asked to do a presentation on virtualization for it. I hadn’t really done a presentation of that magnitude before, and I have to say my audience was quite forgiving. 🙂 Thanks guys! It was interesting to get a message from my friend Nate, who caught Chris St. Pierre’s blog entry on the topic. Thanks for the press, Chris. I’m hoping that in the next year I can continue to be involved in LOPSA, especially as …

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links for 2006-11-08

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TrueCrypt – Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows XP/2000 and Linux IceChat :: The Chat cool people use

links for 2006-11-07

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Welcome to SHOES FOR CREWS® Slip-Resistant Footwear- The Best Defense Against Slips & Falls! Zamzar – Free online file conversion

links for 2006-11-05

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Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb (tags: reference) Schneier on Security: New U.S. Customs Database on Trucks and Travellers (tags: Security)

links for 2006-11-04

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Web 2.0 Validator : We’re the dot in Web 2.0 (tags: humor web2.0 validator) VMware ESX and ext3 journal aborts – Tom’s Ramblings

General Rambling

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2004 J. Lohr Estates Seven Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon is pretty good. I’m trying to keep better track of the wines I like when I stumble across them. Along the lines of keeping track of personal information better, I started a wiki for myself. I’m using the free personal license for Confluence right now. I’m toying with the idea of doing a wiki for my extended family to capture some of the information that is spread fairly unevenly around the family members (birthdays, etc.). If you’re in the Madison, WI area Strollers Theatre’s Richard III opened at the Bartell Theatre last night, and is getting good reviews. I was a total dumbass one week ago today and wasn’t thinking as I …

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links for 2006-11-03

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The Fishbowl: Comment Your Performance Hacks (tags: software) Redeye VC: Using the waterfall… (tags: business management strategy) Si Hill Design » (w)rapping paper (tags: design funny humor) Color Palette Generator (tags: web design) ongoing · Oh My Goodness Gracious OMFG! (tags: blog)

Spook Country

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“This title will be released on August 7, 2007. Pre-order now. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.” Ah ha! A new book from William Gibson. Now I just wish I didn’t have to wait until August. I just reread Pattern Recognition, which is the bomb. Actually, all of his novels are the bomb. And I name servers after his characters. The problem is that I already used “Case,” so “Cayce” would be a little confusing. My favorite was the Dell PowerEdge 4400, “Boomzilla.” Yeah, I’m a dork.

links for 2006-11-02

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TILCO Products – Learning Shower Curtains (tags: learning home) Foxit Software (tags: pdf software windows)

Veer?

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I don’t know what goes through the heads of marketers, but why does Juniper call its customer magazine “Veer?” The magazine just appeared in my mailbox. Oh, I see, it’s printed in light yellow inside the cover, like they’re ashamed of it: It’s more like “3. An erratic swerve into a bridge abutment, ending one’s life.” Personally, I’m not a big fan of Juniper. I went around and around with them over a Netscreen I inherited. They couldn’t put it under support because it hadn’t been registered, and because I didn’t have the card it shipped with (or specifically the apparently unretrievable and unreissueable registration number) I couldn’t register it. After about two weeks of idiocy I said “screw it” …

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