Why I don’t spend money on IT certifications
Some reports that were recently published talked about GNU/Linux professionals without certifications making more money with less turn over than professionals with certifications. I have never felt the need to waste my money on Linux certifications, for serveral reasons: I actively contribute to many free / open source software projects as well as GNU/Linux distributions. [...]
Why always blame the web host?
A friend of mine (and operator of a small hosting company) was chatting with me about a client who insisted that his web site was hacked because the “server was insecure”. Every time I hear that, I chuckle. I’m hearing it at an alarming rate lately, as many people are getting fed up with larger [...]
Recalling my recent toy shopping
Our daughter turns 2 years old tomorrow. Yesterday, we went out to buy some birthday presents. To find out what interests our child, we take her to several toy stores and turn her loose. She’ll run through every isle making mental notes then return to several places once she’s completed her first ‘sweep’. I have [...]
My excused absence – busted.
The Associated Press got a whiff of the Internet’s armpit and decided to report the smell. A web site (who will not get the benefit of a forward link) named Myexcusedabsence.com has found an interesting way to make money, selling days off from work and school. The service (termed a “network”) sells very authentic looking [...]
All I want for Christmas is free information
Wikipedia needs some help. I can’t think of anything that I need for Christmas, something that I enjoy all year round is access to free information that permits me to advance my body of knowledge, broadly delivered by Wikipedia. Smart people do their holiday shopping early, this avoids a panic spending spree that leaves you [...]
How busy is your Xen host?
Several people have written to me asking how to determine how ‘busy’ their Xen hosting provider’s servers have become. I just love new buzzwords, ‘busy’ now indicates how many VPS accounts that a web host packs on a single machine. To scope out a Xen host, you need to ask them some questions about their [...]
Parents, Halloween is near :)
October 31′st is nearly here. Your kids are seeking to gorge on anything that tastes good. Why not throw a Halloween party for the neighborhood? You’ll need to arm yourselves, kids demand constant entertainment. So, what to do? Go back to Baltimore, hon, and check out Edgar Allen Poe. One of my favorite things to [...]
Fire me? Err, ok :)
I must preface this little rant with a few things: I don’t run up credit card debt. When I find money, I save most of it. I live very, very simply. Today, a rather rude person seemed to suffer from the delusion that said “threatening to fire him will make him work harder for free”. [...]
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