Unix Geek with a Gun and a Ham Radio

About a year ago the company I worked for sold it's web development and hosting arm off to one of the three partners in the parent corporation. The partner happens to be my father in law, who enlisted my assistance in helping him move the business to the next level. As part of this he purchased three new servers, and a license for H-Sphere from what was formerly P-Soft. P-Soft has since been purchased by Parallels, which also owns Plesk. For… Continue

This week, Oct. 13 - 17 is my former employer's audit week. Because a few of their customers are publicly traded corporations, and my former employer processes financial information for them, they are required to pass an annual SAS-70 Type-II audit.

I told my new employer at the interview that I could start, but would have to be available to my previous employer for this week. So, I'm back to being a Wi… Continue

Well week two with the MacBook down. I've found that Ctrl-A replaces "home" and Ctrl-E replaces "end" for moving around the command line. I invested in an actual aluminum Apple keyboard. I've found that touch typing on this keyboard is a bit easier than using a standard PC keyboard to work on the Mac. I'm not sure why it's different, other than Ctrl, Option, and Command are in the same ord… Continue

I started a new job this past Monday, Sept. 29th. All of the desktops in the new office are Macbooks or Macbook Pros. I’ve used OS X before, but not since just after Tiger 10.4 was released, and never in the roll of a Unix Administrator. So far the machine seems to do most of what I want it to with few unexpected changes from any other Unix Like c… Continue

Today as I arrived home from work, I noticed on my doorknob a plastic bag with some paper folded inside. It turns out that Joe Weingarten, who is running for Indiana state representative in district 29, stopped through our neighborhood with the intent to meet as many constituents as he could before the election. "To listen to what's bothering me, and let me know he would be working for me if elected." He enclosed a flyer that covered a few key points, and a link to his Website & E-mail addre… Continue