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Media Bubbles

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Freejack

Back when I was first starting out in life on my own, I read the Reader’s Digest. Initially for the jokes and Word Power and some articles that piqued my interest. As I expanded my reading to newspapers (Washington Post … Continue reading →

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RHCE Test

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Freejack

Well, when I took the test last time I received a 130 score. Total possible is 300 and 210 is passing so not all that good. Studying was mainly for the extra stuff we don’t do; selinux and firewalld, and … Continue reading →

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Skiing!

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Freejack

I planned out our Valentine’s week vacation starting last February. Scheduled the room, bought two season passes last summer, paid for a semi-private ski lesson for her (5 person vs a 20 group), all out. Got there Saturday, rented boots … Continue reading →

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RHCE Cheat Sheet

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Freejack

Just the commands ma’am. I can follow the links and read the books but ultimately I just want a cheat sheet to remind me what the actual commands are after all this studying. Memorize This! The following bits are the … Continue reading →

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Career Day

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Freejack

In thinking about the last 40 years of me being in the workforce, I thought about the reasons for change or even leaving the company. Marine Corps Reserve Signed up as a grunt in the 10th grade with parental permission, … Continue reading →

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Development Environments

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Freejack

I have a few big projects at work that I’ve created over the years. An inventory application, status management, and of course all the scripts (some 200 of them). Initially I’d work on the inventory and status apps on the … Continue reading →

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State of the Game Room: 2017

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Freejack

Got my gaming table done last year. Building a New Gaming Table And plans for the Dice Towers. Building Dice Towers And last year I picked up a storage unit from Ikea (first picture). Yesterday we headed down to Ikea … Continue reading →

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Setting Up Kubernetes

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Freejack

In a series on my home environment, I’m next working on the Kubernetes sandbox. It’s defined as a 3 master, 5 minion cluster. The instructions I currently have seem to work only with a 1 master, n minion cluster (as … Continue reading →

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Configuring The Home Environment

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Freejack

I’m using the new drive space and systems to basically mirror the work environment. Part of it is in order to have a playground or sandbox where I can try new things and learn how to use the tools we … Continue reading →

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Home Network and Internet Access

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Freejack

Over the years I’ve had a few network configurations. In the mid-80’s I ran a BBS and connected to other BBSs through a transfer scheme. My system would be accessed at all hours and I had the biggest collection of … Continue reading →

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