Author: ecoblogadmin
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It’s not you, it’s me. I’m an asshole…I know this. I come from a long line of assholes: my father before me, his before him, and I’m sure all down the line back to my roots in the frozen wasteland of Northern Europe. Look, I know you have to meet goals. I understand you have…
Read More: Dear Recruiters…426 words–
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The AWS adventures continue… I’ll keep this short and sweet, because it was almost life-changing and I’m tired of ranting. Something something be more positive something attitude affects everything something something eat a dick. I noticed, previously, when adding additional private IP’s to an AWS instance, the input field has a placeholder value of Auto-assign.…
Read More: Surprise! Private IP’s Can Move…272 words–
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or “How I Figured the Fucking IP’s Out and Learned to Love netplan“ I suppose it’s that time of year again, where I write one of my two annual posts. Some years I only get through one. I actually enjoy writing, I just never seem to find time to do it. Oh, well, as the…
Read More: Slaying the Dragon716 words–
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Ugh. Uggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh. Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff. Twelve hours to get this damn thing right. OK, deep breath. Use Google, ask sys admin friends, LINT your YAML. Spin up alternate instances because you mis-configured Netplan and it took the server offline. Realize your snapshot was designed too late and you’re totally fucked because of course the dev team doesn’t…
Read More: AWS Private IP’s on Ubuntu 18.04 with Netplan2,560 words–
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Freelancing. It’s kind of an ugly word, really, like outsourcing. Of course, managers love outsourcing because they can save money (usually it costs more in the long run, but who has time to notice that?). Getting Burned How many times have you done freelance work, only to have your “client” burn you? What options do you have (personally, I…
Read More: Let’s Talk Freelancing378 words–
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If you’re familiar with gun laws, this cartoon is laughable. If not, it might really make you frustrated and want to lash out at the GOP. Now, even as a registered Republican, I have to say I’m not re-registering with that party until they get their heads out of their asses. I may never register…
Read More: Misdirected Frustrations1,090 words–
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Wow…so that was exciting. I just developed and published my first app using Unity 3D. I’ve learned a couple things along the way that might help someone else. For what it’s worth, I monetized with AdMob…not because I think AdMob is the best option (I don’t believe that at all), but because AdMob is a…
Read More: My First Unity3D App533 words–
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I was thinking about the mess with California Senator Leland Yee today, and the way in which things are handled in politics. Just last year, Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accused Edward Snowden of treason for leaking NSA secrets. Pelosi is the Minority Leader of the US House of Representatives and was Speaker of the House…
Read More: High Treason352 words–
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I’ve found programmers that I’ve worked with lately don’t like my use of null declarations in PHP. I come from a Perl and JavaScript background (with just enough C++ to be dangerous but not particularly useful), so I tend to declare variables before assigning them values (granted, it’s not a requirement in Perl, just a good…
Read More: To NULL or Not to NULL318 words–
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If you haven’t heard yet, Chrysler Group is demanding a number of early (and even some pre-production) Dodge Vipers crushed. As a longtime fan of this marque (I was 15 when they came out and it is my all-time favorite automobile), I was brokenhearted. Cars get donated to schools and destroyed after their useful lifetimes…
Read More: Dodge Vipers and the Downfall of Society452 words–
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