During this calm before our family Christmas storm, I thought I’d drop a fresh State of the Nerd report. This one was going to be all over the map, as I’ve been very busy with a lot of things. But it became clear as I was writing it that it would …
Reading & Writing Updates
NaNoWriMo 2015: Strolling to the Finish Line
I’m eighteen days into http://nanowrimo.org/ 2015, a writing challenge to help aspiring authors to finish the first draft of a long form novel in one thirty days. And I’m going to finish tonight. Even though a real novel is closer to seventy to ei…
NaNoWriMo 2015 Update: The Final Battle
Last week was an inconsistent yet productive week for writing. I had a lot going on, between fighting a virus and having multiple health & well-being type appointments to keep up. I ended up having one sub-par writing day, and two non-writing days.
I’ve been writing, just not here
Despite the relative quiet of this blog, I’ve been quite busy.
State of the Nerd
What have I been up to since https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2015/08/31/update-of-random-stuff/?
update of random stuff
I haven’t been blogging enough. I thought I’d just throw random updates out there and see what resonates.
Head in the Clouds
When I was a kid, I remember thinking I might like to be a helicopter pilot when I grew up. Movies like http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085255/ got way too much love from me as a kid (really, it was an awful movie). I looked forward to every new epis…
Homelab Ketchup
I’ve been busy busy busy geeking out in my homelab. Where did we leave off? Oh, yeah, https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/fruits-of-insomnia/.
fruits of insomnia
One of the common struggles that goes with being autistic is maintaining a regular sleep schedule. For a lot of us, it just doesn’t happen. Last night was a rough night, in which I did get a lot of sleep, but it was at the wrong time: 6PM to 1:30A…
State of the Nerd Report / Homelab Update
The last few months have been http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2015/04/netsuite-acquires-bronto-durham-nc-200-million.html. I’ve been busy, both at work and at play. And both influence one another. Of course, if I were going to w…
locked out of Twitter for using Tor
If anybody finds themselves missing my tweets, note that Twitter decided to lock my account for accessing it through Tor. I thought I’d post a little bit about it, because I’m sure this has got to be a problem for people in parts of the world wher…
quicktip: console cables
Whether you’re an operations or network engineer, or a hobbyist tinkering in the homelab, there’s a good chance that you’ll have need of a console cable at some point in your efforts.
devices have different sector alignment
[root@dogface ~]# zpool replace zones /dev/dsk/c0t50014EE2072AB3D4d0 /dev/dsk/c0t50014EE2B66D775Ed0 cannot replace /dev/dsk/c0t50014EE2072AB3D4d0 with /dev/dsk/c0t50014EE2B66D775Ed0: devices have different sector alignment