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EC2 Automation

A new colleague and friend of mine, Cosmin and I were talking at lunch the other day about EC2. He has been playing with AWS and EC2 for longer than I have and had some great suggestions. One of them...

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Focused on Fast

I love the counterintuitive. Fortunately software development provides many opportunities to observe the phenomena. Of course it can be frustrating at times, but it is fascinating once you realize what...

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Backpacking Blunders

The Cascades are a very photogenic mountain range: a choice location for a first backpacking trip (you can see full resolution versions of these photos and more here). I have done plenty of camping...

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…it’s not a Unit Test

Riffing on Jeff Foxworthy’s “…you might be a redneck”, I present “…it’s not a Unit Test”: If it requires manual setup… it’s not a Unit Test. If it requires manual intervention… it’s not a Unit Test. If...

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Life will find a way

The book “Out of Control” by Kevin Kelly made a major impact on the way I view systems of all kinds: economies, cultures, networks, code designs. One of the things that I latched on to was the concept...

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Apple’s iMessages Debacle

  I have recently begun the process of attempting to disentangle myself from Apple’s boa constrictor of an ecosystem. The first step: get rid of all iOS devices. Foolishly, I assumed this would be...

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Living in the Cloud, Take 2

By one form of reckoning, this is my third attempt at living 100% in the cloud. I made mention of a first and second attempt several years ago. In reality, though, it’s consistent evolution of the same...

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No Laptop, Day Two

When the new Macbook Air was announced a few months ago I gave it a serious look. I have been on a 2-year refresh cycle for many years. It was the right time to be looking for a replacement for my...

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No Laptop: end of Week 1

It has been an interesting week. On Monday I thought I had made a serious mistake. That was rescued by Android’s excellent support of an external keyboard. However, Android is not without its warts. I...

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No Laptop: 2 Weeks

In the last two weeks I have travelled without a laptop. In that same two weeks, even while at home, my laptop has been on for a sum total of 5 minutes. It could have been zero minutes, but I had...

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