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aws

How to handle hundreds of AWS account EMAILs and maybe more on the cheap

1 minute read

Why is this needed? There needs to be an easy-button for dealing with hundreds of emails for root access to AWS accounts. These emails are used for:

Packets don’t lie

less than 1 minute read

What people believe vs reality is a lot of times different. Take for example your application architecture. What was documented in the past may not be a true...

Integrating Artifactory and Tests with CDK Pipelines

less than 1 minute read

Building further upon my “Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code” post, I wanted to add artifactory and a post-deployment test.

Get list of IAM users in an account

less than 1 minute read

Quick one liner to get AWS users in an account:

Naming Confusion

less than 1 minute read

If you’ve been in tech for more than a few minutes, you’ll note that naming things is always a challenge. Some that I’ve come across are:

AWS OpenSearch Serverless

less than 1 minute read

Whelp, unbeknownst to me and just prior to my last post, AWS announced that OpenSearch Serverless is now generally available.

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch

less than 1 minute read

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch. This was a recent task of mine that came up to help one of our engineering teams. The problem with rightsizing effectively is tha...

Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code

1 minute read

How easy is it to deploy your code to AWS? It’s as simple as 5 lines of code to have a completely hosted publicly available website.

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

Cross Account S3 Bucket Access

2 minute read

I had a use case come up recently for cross account access to grant the user in one account (Account A) to a different account’s (Account B) S3 bucket. The r...

AWS Opensearch and EC2 Scripts

less than 1 minute read

Been working on some AWS reports lately, some for EC2 and OpenSearch to help determine costs, and what it would take to migrate to Graviton instances.

No More PATs!

less than 1 minute read

No more PATs! No more PATs!…well, almost. I was setting up a new local development environment, and found that that you no longer have to cache your Personal...

AWS EKS Kubernetes Fargate Ingress Controller ALB Certificate

less than 1 minute read

Wow that title is a mouthful!

AWS EKS Kubernetes Fargate Ingress Controller ALB Certificate

less than 1 minute read

Wow that title is a mouthful!

AWS IP Range Automation

less than 1 minute read

AWS provides a list of their IP ranges for you to use when configuring whitelists, firewalls, and other things. The list is available in JSON from:

AWS Data Migration Service

less than 1 minute read

I was just doing some testing of the AWS Data Migration Service (DMS), and it isn’t obvious when setting up endpoints that the public IP address of the repli...

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music

Maps and Atlases

less than 1 minute read

Today, I bring to you a pretty incredible band you gotta check out. I’ve been listening to them for a few years, and they rock. Some of their stuff sounds a ...

Primus

less than 1 minute read

Primus is a band who has been around since the late 80’s. Ever since I was introduced to them by a good friend (hey J!) I’ve always been fascinated by them, ...

Alt-J and Fleetwood Mac

less than 1 minute read

Alt-J

Summertime

less than 1 minute read

My daughter has played this song a few times for me called, “Doin’ Time” by Lana Del Rey. I had to explain to her that there is a better version, and that th...

Dredg

less than 1 minute read

The greatest band you’ve never heard of —Dredg

The Avalanches

less than 1 minute read

This is a quick one for today.

Oysterhead

less than 1 minute read

What happens when you mix some great musicians from Primus, The Police, and Phish? Is it “P-cubed?” Or “P-To-The-Three?” As much fun as those play on words w...

Amplifier, Incubus, and Infectious Grooves

1 minute read

Today, I discovered a new band that is surprisingly good. It’s sort of like a cross between Rush, Black Sabbath, and David Bowie. The band is called Amplifie...

Steel Pulse and Lone Ranger

1 minute read

Today, I am dropping two recommendations, because I missed last Friday.

The Hu

less than 1 minute read

( ••)

Coin, Billy Corgan, Throat Singing, and The Dead South

less than 1 minute read

New music Friday is back!

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technology

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

Cross Account S3 Bucket Access

2 minute read

I had a use case come up recently for cross account access to grant the user in one account (Account A) to a different account’s (Account B) S3 bucket. The r...

AWS Opensearch and EC2 Scripts

less than 1 minute read

Been working on some AWS reports lately, some for EC2 and OpenSearch to help determine costs, and what it would take to migrate to Graviton instances.

OpenBSD PF and OpenDNS

1 minute read

At home, I needed a way to prevent anything but OpenDNS from being used for DNS, and needed a rule that would do it in OpenBSD PF.

AWS IP Range Automation

less than 1 minute read

AWS provides a list of their IP ranges for you to use when configuring whitelists, firewalls, and other things. The list is available in JSON from:

AWS Data Migration Service

less than 1 minute read

I was just doing some testing of the AWS Data Migration Service (DMS), and it isn’t obvious when setting up endpoints that the public IP address of the repli...

Defining Business Value in IT Operations and Information Security

4 minute read

Summary By implementing best practices for IT Operations and Information Security, businesses can increase profit by reducing costs and increasing revenue th...

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

New Mutt and Outlook365 eBook!

less than 1 minute read

This $4.99 (USD) eBook describes a basic IMAP connection Ubuntu setup from mutt to control your Office 365 or Outlook mail. This should also work with Mac a...

Mutt Offline Outlook365 With mbsync

6 minute read

Nitty Gritty I’ve been using the mutt e-mail client for about two years now. I love mutt. I’m a die hard Linux/BSD guy, and am in the console a lot. I love...

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cloud

Packets don’t lie

less than 1 minute read

What people believe vs reality is a lot of times different. Take for example your application architecture. What was documented in the past may not be a true...

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

Integrating Artifactory and Tests with CDK Pipelines

less than 1 minute read

Building further upon my “Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code” post, I wanted to add artifactory and a post-deployment test.

Get list of IAM users in an account

less than 1 minute read

Quick one liner to get AWS users in an account:

Naming Confusion

less than 1 minute read

If you’ve been in tech for more than a few minutes, you’ll note that naming things is always a challenge. Some that I’ve come across are:

AWS OpenSearch Serverless

less than 1 minute read

Whelp, unbeknownst to me and just prior to my last post, AWS announced that OpenSearch Serverless is now generally available.

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch

less than 1 minute read

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch. This was a recent task of mine that came up to help one of our engineering teams. The problem with rightsizing effectively is tha...

Everybody Standup

less than 1 minute read

As a cloud architect, my position and responsibilities sometimes be ambiguous, so I need to gather research and information to assist in determining our stra...

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

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writing

Slip N Slide

1 minute read

My parents were geniuses. They didn’t believe in buying crappy toys that would bust two seconds after being purchased.

80s Cereal

3 minute read

Back when I was a kid in the 80’s, we couldn’t afford all the cool gadgets, gizmos and toys all the other kids had. This made it very challenging for me, wh...

Growing up

less than 1 minute read

Growing up means wearing different footwear inside vs outside.

Physwall (Science Fiction Short Story)

5 minute read

EL PRESIDENTE! The new, barely-elected president was celebrating her victory. She felt she was born to win this, and nothing could take this from her. All h...

Defining Business Value in IT Operations and Information Security

4 minute read

Summary By implementing best practices for IT Operations and Information Security, businesses can increase profit by reducing costs and increasing revenue th...

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

Grossest Halloween Ever

2 minute read

One specific Halloween party I remember from my youth was when we were at church with all the young’uns gathered round. I’m sure I was looking forward to hav...

Mutt Offline Outlook365 With mbsync

6 minute read

Nitty Gritty I’ve been using the mutt e-mail client for about two years now. I love mutt. I’m a die hard Linux/BSD guy, and am in the console a lot. I love...

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architect

Packets don’t lie

less than 1 minute read

What people believe vs reality is a lot of times different. Take for example your application architecture. What was documented in the past may not be a true...

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

Integrating Artifactory and Tests with CDK Pipelines

less than 1 minute read

Building further upon my “Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code” post, I wanted to add artifactory and a post-deployment test.

Get list of IAM users in an account

less than 1 minute read

Quick one liner to get AWS users in an account:

Naming Confusion

less than 1 minute read

If you’ve been in tech for more than a few minutes, you’ll note that naming things is always a challenge. Some that I’ve come across are:

AWS OpenSearch Serverless

less than 1 minute read

Whelp, unbeknownst to me and just prior to my last post, AWS announced that OpenSearch Serverless is now generally available.

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch

less than 1 minute read

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch. This was a recent task of mine that came up to help one of our engineering teams. The problem with rightsizing effectively is tha...

Everybody Standup

less than 1 minute read

As a cloud architect, my position and responsibilities sometimes be ambiguous, so I need to gather research and information to assist in determining our stra...

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automation

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

Cross Account S3 Bucket Access

2 minute read

I had a use case come up recently for cross account access to grant the user in one account (Account A) to a different account’s (Account B) S3 bucket. The r...

AWS Opensearch and EC2 Scripts

less than 1 minute read

Been working on some AWS reports lately, some for EC2 and OpenSearch to help determine costs, and what it would take to migrate to Graviton instances.

AWS Opensearch and EC2 Scripts

less than 1 minute read

Been working on some AWS reports lately, some for EC2 and OpenSearch to help determine costs, and what it would take to migrate to Graviton instances.

OpenBSD PF and OpenDNS

1 minute read

At home, I needed a way to prevent anything but OpenDNS from being used for DNS, and needed a rule that would do it in OpenBSD PF.

AWS IP Range Automation

less than 1 minute read

AWS provides a list of their IP ranges for you to use when configuring whitelists, firewalls, and other things. The list is available in JSON from:

AWS Data Migration Service

less than 1 minute read

I was just doing some testing of the AWS Data Migration Service (DMS), and it isn’t obvious when setting up endpoints that the public IP address of the repli...

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art

Unicorns

less than 1 minute read

Where do unicorns come from?

It Toots!

less than 1 minute read

Roman Keester

less than 1 minute read

MONKEY POX!!!

less than 1 minute read

Peyote Wheedleson’s Bewilderedness

less than 1 minute read

You’re HOT SAUCE!

less than 1 minute read

Gift Horse

less than 1 minute read

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comics

Unicorns

less than 1 minute read

Where do unicorns come from?

It Toots!

less than 1 minute read

Roman Keester

less than 1 minute read

MONKEY POX!!!

less than 1 minute read

Peyote Wheedleson’s Bewilderedness

less than 1 minute read

You’re HOT SAUCE!

less than 1 minute read

Gift Horse

less than 1 minute read

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funny

Ring Around the Rosies

less than 1 minute read

As a kid, the game “Ring Around the Rosies” was where you held hands, danced around, sang a song, and then fell down. There was a lot of joy and laughter tha...

Rostrum vs Restroom

less than 1 minute read

At church, there are labels on the walls for the different room types –bathrooms, offices, classrooms, cultural hall, the chapel and others.

You’re HOT SAUCE!

less than 1 minute read

Grossest Halloween Ever

2 minute read

One specific Halloween party I remember from my youth was when we were at church with all the young’uns gathered round. I’m sure I was looking forward to hav...

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comedy

Ring Around the Rosies

less than 1 minute read

As a kid, the game “Ring Around the Rosies” was where you held hands, danced around, sang a song, and then fell down. There was a lot of joy and laughter tha...

Slip N Slide

1 minute read

My parents were geniuses. They didn’t believe in buying crappy toys that would bust two seconds after being purchased.

80s Cereal

3 minute read

Back when I was a kid in the 80’s, we couldn’t afford all the cool gadgets, gizmos and toys all the other kids had. This made it very challenging for me, wh...

Grossest Halloween Ever

2 minute read

One specific Halloween party I remember from my youth was when we were at church with all the young’uns gathered round. I’m sure I was looking forward to hav...

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github

Deceptive Naming Techniques

1 minute read

Interesting Deceptive Naming Techniques

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

No More PATs!

less than 1 minute read

No more PATs! No more PATs!…well, almost. I was setting up a new local development environment, and found that that you no longer have to cache your Personal...

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cdk

Integrating Artifactory and Tests with CDK Pipelines

less than 1 minute read

Building further upon my “Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code” post, I wanted to add artifactory and a post-deployment test.

Naming Confusion

less than 1 minute read

If you’ve been in tech for more than a few minutes, you’ll note that naming things is always a challenge. Some that I’ve come across are:

Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code

1 minute read

How easy is it to deploy your code to AWS? It’s as simple as 5 lines of code to have a completely hosted publicly available website.

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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mutt

New Mutt and Outlook365 eBook!

less than 1 minute read

This $4.99 (USD) eBook describes a basic IMAP connection Ubuntu setup from mutt to control your Office 365 or Outlook mail. This should also work with Mac a...

Mutt Offline Outlook365 With mbsync

6 minute read

Nitty Gritty I’ve been using the mutt e-mail client for about two years now. I love mutt. I’m a die hard Linux/BSD guy, and am in the console a lot. I love...

TMUX, mutt, and Vim Colors

less than 1 minute read

Just some notes on setting up mutt in tmux and using vim for the default editor.

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technical writing

Defining Business Value in IT Operations and Information Security

4 minute read

Summary By implementing best practices for IT Operations and Information Security, businesses can increase profit by reducing costs and increasing revenue th...

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

Mutt Offline Outlook365 With mbsync

6 minute read

Nitty Gritty I’ve been using the mutt e-mail client for about two years now. I love mutt. I’m a die hard Linux/BSD guy, and am in the console a lot. I love...

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story

Slip N Slide

1 minute read

My parents were geniuses. They didn’t believe in buying crappy toys that would bust two seconds after being purchased.

80s Cereal

3 minute read

Back when I was a kid in the 80’s, we couldn’t afford all the cool gadgets, gizmos and toys all the other kids had. This made it very challenging for me, wh...

Grossest Halloween Ever

2 minute read

One specific Halloween party I remember from my youth was when we were at church with all the young’uns gathered round. I’m sure I was looking forward to hav...

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security

Deceptive Naming Techniques

1 minute read

Interesting Deceptive Naming Techniques

OpenBSD PF and OpenDNS

1 minute read

At home, I needed a way to prevent anything but OpenDNS from being used for DNS, and needed a rule that would do it in OpenBSD PF.

AWS IP Range Automation

less than 1 minute read

AWS provides a list of their IP ranges for you to use when configuring whitelists, firewalls, and other things. The list is available in JSON from:

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kubernetes

Naming Confusion

less than 1 minute read

If you’ve been in tech for more than a few minutes, you’ll note that naming things is always a challenge. Some that I’ve come across are:

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

AWS EKS Kubernetes Fargate Ingress Controller ALB Certificate

less than 1 minute read

Wow that title is a mouthful!

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opensearch

AWS OpenSearch Serverless

less than 1 minute read

Whelp, unbeknownst to me and just prior to my last post, AWS announced that OpenSearch Serverless is now generally available.

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch

less than 1 minute read

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch. This was a recent task of mine that came up to help one of our engineering teams. The problem with rightsizing effectively is tha...

AWS Opensearch and EC2 Scripts

less than 1 minute read

Been working on some AWS reports lately, some for EC2 and OpenSearch to help determine costs, and what it would take to migrate to Graviton instances.

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stuff

The Rizzler

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “The Rizzler” is a newly found foe of the Batman.

What the Sigma?

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “What the sigma” is a reference to sum sort of math equation.

Pixar

less than 1 minute read

Check out my Pixar film report on investments vs returns adjusted for inflation.

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joke

Ring Around the Rosies

less than 1 minute read

As a kid, the game “Ring Around the Rosies” was where you held hands, danced around, sang a song, and then fell down. There was a lot of joy and laughter tha...

The Rizzler

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “The Rizzler” is a newly found foe of the Batman.

What the Sigma?

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “What the sigma” is a reference to sum sort of math equation.

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Post Formats

Post: Quote

less than 1 minute read

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Mark Twain

Post: Notice

1 minute read

A notice displays information that explains nearby content. Often used to call attention to a particular detail.

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openbsd

OpenBSD PF and OpenDNS

1 minute read

At home, I needed a way to prevent anything but OpenDNS from being used for DNS, and needed a rule that would do it in OpenBSD PF.

TMUX, mutt, and Vim Colors

less than 1 minute read

Just some notes on setting up mutt in tmux and using vim for the default editor.

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fiction

Physwall (Science Fiction Short Story)

5 minute read

EL PRESIDENTE! The new, barely-elected president was celebrating her victory. She felt she was born to win this, and nothing could take this from her. All h...

Grossest Halloween Ever

2 minute read

One specific Halloween party I remember from my youth was when we were at church with all the young’uns gathered round. I’m sure I was looking forward to hav...

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dlp

Defining Business Value in IT Operations and Information Security

4 minute read

Summary By implementing best practices for IT Operations and Information Security, businesses can increase profit by reducing costs and increasing revenue th...

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

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dlm

Defining Business Value in IT Operations and Information Security

4 minute read

Summary By implementing best practices for IT Operations and Information Security, businesses can increase profit by reducing costs and increasing revenue th...

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

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infosec

Defining Business Value in IT Operations and Information Security

4 minute read

Summary By implementing best practices for IT Operations and Information Security, businesses can increase profit by reducing costs and increasing revenue th...

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

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bass

Maps and Atlases

less than 1 minute read

Today, I bring to you a pretty incredible band you gotta check out. I’ve been listening to them for a few years, and they rock. Some of their stuff sounds a ...

Primus

less than 1 minute read

Primus is a band who has been around since the late 80’s. Ever since I was introduced to them by a good friend (hey J!) I’ve always been fascinated by them, ...

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life

Becoming Eggscelent

1 minute read

I just met with Colby Meline for an informational interview. We had a wonderful conversation, and if your looking to fill a junior developer role, I would st...

Growing up

less than 1 minute read

Growing up means wearing different footwear inside vs outside.

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ci/cd

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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software

Everybody Standup

less than 1 minute read

As a cloud architect, my position and responsibilities sometimes be ambiguous, so I need to gather research and information to assist in determining our stra...

Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code

1 minute read

How easy is it to deploy your code to AWS? It’s as simple as 5 lines of code to have a completely hosted publicly available website.

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elasticsearch

AWS OpenSearch Serverless

less than 1 minute read

Whelp, unbeknownst to me and just prior to my last post, AWS announced that OpenSearch Serverless is now generally available.

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch

less than 1 minute read

Rightsizing AWS OpenSearch. This was a recent task of mine that came up to help one of our engineering teams. The problem with rightsizing effectively is tha...

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serverless

Naming Confusion

less than 1 minute read

If you’ve been in tech for more than a few minutes, you’ll note that naming things is always a challenge. Some that I’ve come across are:

AWS OpenSearch Serverless

less than 1 minute read

Whelp, unbeknownst to me and just prior to my last post, AWS announced that OpenSearch Serverless is now generally available.

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cereal

Slip N Slide

1 minute read

My parents were geniuses. They didn’t believe in buying crappy toys that would bust two seconds after being purchased.

80s Cereal

3 minute read

Back when I was a kid in the 80’s, we couldn’t afford all the cool gadgets, gizmos and toys all the other kids had. This made it very challenging for me, wh...

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sigma

The Rizzler

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “The Rizzler” is a newly found foe of the Batman.

What the Sigma?

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “What the sigma” is a reference to sum sort of math equation.

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dadjoke

The Rizzler

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “The Rizzler” is a newly found foe of the Batman.

What the Sigma?

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “What the sigma” is a reference to sum sort of math equation.

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mathjoke

The Rizzler

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “The Rizzler” is a newly found foe of the Batman.

What the Sigma?

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “What the sigma” is a reference to sum sort of math equation.

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notice

Post: Notice

1 minute read

A notice displays information that explains nearby content. Often used to call attention to a particular detail.

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quote

Post: Quote

less than 1 minute read

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Mark Twain

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linux

TMUX, mutt, and Vim Colors

less than 1 minute read

Just some notes on setting up mutt in tmux and using vim for the default editor.

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tmux

TMUX, mutt, and Vim Colors

less than 1 minute read

Just some notes on setting up mutt in tmux and using vim for the default editor.

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vim

TMUX, mutt, and Vim Colors

less than 1 minute read

Just some notes on setting up mutt in tmux and using vim for the default editor.

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stories

Grossest Halloween Ever

2 minute read

One specific Halloween party I remember from my youth was when we were at church with all the young’uns gathered round. I’m sure I was looking forward to hav...

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ebooks

New Mutt and Outlook365 eBook!

less than 1 minute read

This $4.99 (USD) eBook describes a basic IMAP connection Ubuntu setup from mutt to control your Office 365 or Outlook mail. This should also work with Mac a...

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Jekyll

Welcome to Jekyll!

less than 1 minute read

You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different wa...

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update

Welcome to Jekyll!

less than 1 minute read

You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different wa...

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data

Data Lifecycle Management

4 minute read

How to Identify and Prevent Data Sprawl

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sci-fi

Physwall (Science Fiction Short Story)

5 minute read

EL PRESIDENTE! The new, barely-elected president was celebrating her victory. She felt she was born to win this, and nothing could take this from her. All h...

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coin

Coin, Billy Corgan, Throat Singing, and The Dead South

less than 1 minute read

New music Friday is back!

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billy corgan

Coin, Billy Corgan, Throat Singing, and The Dead South

less than 1 minute read

New music Friday is back!

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throat singing

Coin, Billy Corgan, Throat Singing, and The Dead South

less than 1 minute read

New music Friday is back!

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dead south

Coin, Billy Corgan, Throat Singing, and The Dead South

less than 1 minute read

New music Friday is back!

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the hu

The Hu

less than 1 minute read

( ••)

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steel pulse

Steel Pulse and Lone Ranger

1 minute read

Today, I am dropping two recommendations, because I missed last Friday.

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lone ranger

Steel Pulse and Lone Ranger

1 minute read

Today, I am dropping two recommendations, because I missed last Friday.

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amplifier

Amplifier, Incubus, and Infectious Grooves

1 minute read

Today, I discovered a new band that is surprisingly good. It’s sort of like a cross between Rush, Black Sabbath, and David Bowie. The band is called Amplifie...

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incubus

Amplifier, Incubus, and Infectious Grooves

1 minute read

Today, I discovered a new band that is surprisingly good. It’s sort of like a cross between Rush, Black Sabbath, and David Bowie. The band is called Amplifie...

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infectious grooves

Amplifier, Incubus, and Infectious Grooves

1 minute read

Today, I discovered a new band that is surprisingly good. It’s sort of like a cross between Rush, Black Sabbath, and David Bowie. The band is called Amplifie...

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oysterhead

Oysterhead

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What happens when you mix some great musicians from Primus, The Police, and Phish? Is it “P-cubed?” Or “P-To-The-Three?” As much fun as those play on words w...

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dredg

Dredg

less than 1 minute read

The greatest band you’ve never heard of —Dredg

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alt-j

Alt-J and Fleetwood Mac

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Alt-J

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fleetwod mac

Alt-J and Fleetwood Mac

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Alt-J

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dms

AWS Data Migration Service

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I was just doing some testing of the AWS Data Migration Service (DMS), and it isn’t obvious when setting up endpoints that the public IP address of the repli...

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data migration service

AWS Data Migration Service

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I was just doing some testing of the AWS Data Migration Service (DMS), and it isn’t obvious when setting up endpoints that the public IP address of the repli...

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whitelist

AWS IP Range Automation

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AWS provides a list of their IP ranges for you to use when configuring whitelists, firewalls, and other things. The list is available in JSON from:

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ecs

AWS EKS Kubernetes Fargate Ingress Controller ALB Certificate

less than 1 minute read

Wow that title is a mouthful!

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fargate

AWS EKS Kubernetes Fargate Ingress Controller ALB Certificate

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Wow that title is a mouthful!

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hacks

My Productivity Tools

2 minute read

Health is #1

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productivity

My Productivity Tools

2 minute read

Health is #1

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devops

No More PATs!

less than 1 minute read

No more PATs! No more PATs!…well, almost. I was setting up a new local development environment, and found that that you no longer have to cache your Personal...

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platform

No More PATs!

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No more PATs! No more PATs!…well, almost. I was setting up a new local development environment, and found that that you no longer have to cache your Personal...

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kids

You’re HOT SAUCE!

less than 1 minute read

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cloud architecture

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

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AWS

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

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k8s

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

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information security

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

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cybersecurity

How I Migrated a Multi-Million $ Dollar Company from Kubernetes to AWS ECS Fargate

3 minute read

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success

The Definition of Success

1 minute read

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family

The Definition of Success

1 minute read

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engineering

The Accidental Minimalist

1 minute read

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minimalism

The Accidental Minimalist

1 minute read

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essential

The Accidental Minimalist

1 minute read

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ec2

AWS Opensearch and EC2 Scripts

less than 1 minute read

Been working on some AWS reports lately, some for EC2 and OpenSearch to help determine costs, and what it would take to migrate to Graviton instances.

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monkey pox

MONKEY POX!!!

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monkey paw

MONKEY POX!!!

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ww Jacobs

MONKEY POX!!!

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roman nose

Roman Keester

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roman keester

Roman Keester

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primus

Primus

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Primus is a band who has been around since the late 80’s. Ever since I was introduced to them by a good friend (hey J!) I’ve always been fascinated by them, ...

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toots

It Toots!

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unicorns

Unicorns

less than 1 minute read

Where do unicorns come from?

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s3

Cross Account S3 Bucket Access

2 minute read

I had a use case come up recently for cross account access to grant the user in one account (Account A) to a different account’s (Account B) S3 bucket. The r...

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IAM

Cross Account S3 Bucket Access

2 minute read

I had a use case come up recently for cross account access to grant the user in one account (Account A) to a different account’s (Account B) S3 bucket. The r...

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cross account access

Cross Account S3 Bucket Access

2 minute read

I had a use case come up recently for cross account access to grant the user in one account (Account A) to a different account’s (Account B) S3 bucket. The r...

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github actions

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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git

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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pipelines

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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codebuild

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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codepipeline

CDK Deployment with GitHub Actions

1 minute read

I’ve been diving deep into AWS CDK recently, and started with https://cdkworkshop.com/

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IaC

Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code

1 minute read

How easy is it to deploy your code to AWS? It’s as simple as 5 lines of code to have a completely hosted publicly available website.

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standup

Everybody Standup

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As a cloud architect, my position and responsibilities sometimes be ambiguous, so I need to gather research and information to assist in determining our stra...

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cal newport

Everybody Standup

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As a cloud architect, my position and responsibilities sometimes be ambiguous, so I need to gather research and information to assist in determining our stra...

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cli

Get list of IAM users in an account

less than 1 minute read

Quick one liner to get AWS users in an account:

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iam

Get list of IAM users in an account

less than 1 minute read

Quick one liner to get AWS users in an account:

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artifactory

Integrating Artifactory and Tests with CDK Pipelines

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Building further upon my “Deploy a container to AWS in 5 lines of code” post, I wanted to add artifactory and a post-deployment test.

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personal development

Becoming Eggscelent

1 minute read

I just met with Colby Meline for an informational interview. We had a wonderful conversation, and if your looking to fill a junior developer role, I would st...

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cloud journey

Becoming Eggscelent

1 minute read

I just met with Colby Meline for an informational interview. We had a wonderful conversation, and if your looking to fill a junior developer role, I would st...

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self improvement

Becoming Eggscelent

1 minute read

I just met with Colby Meline for an informational interview. We had a wonderful conversation, and if your looking to fill a junior developer role, I would st...

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saas

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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dvcs

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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vcs

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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chatgpt

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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gitlab

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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skynet

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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robotOverlords

GitHub vs GitLab, A ChatGPT Showdown!

4 minute read

Is ChatGPT biased against GitHub when compared to Gitlab? You decide! Here is the conversation I had with our new robot overlord.

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network

Packets don’t lie

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What people believe vs reality is a lot of times different. Take for example your application architecture. What was documented in the past may not be a true...

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diagram

Packets don’t lie

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What people believe vs reality is a lot of times different. Take for example your application architecture. What was documented in the past may not be a true...

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maps and atlases

Maps and Atlases

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Today, I bring to you a pretty incredible band you gotta check out. I’ve been listening to them for a few years, and they rock. Some of their stuff sounds a ...

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email

How to handle hundreds of AWS account EMAILs and maybe more on the cheap

1 minute read

Why is this needed? There needs to be an easy-button for dealing with hundreds of emails for root access to AWS accounts. These emails are used for:

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domain

How to handle hundreds of AWS account EMAILs and maybe more on the cheap

1 minute read

Why is this needed? There needs to be an easy-button for dealing with hundreds of emails for root access to AWS accounts. These emails are used for:

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accounts

How to handle hundreds of AWS account EMAILs and maybe more on the cheap

1 minute read

Why is this needed? There needs to be an easy-button for dealing with hundreds of emails for root access to AWS accounts. These emails are used for:

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account factory

How to handle hundreds of AWS account EMAILs and maybe more on the cheap

1 minute read

Why is this needed? There needs to be an easy-button for dealing with hundreds of emails for root access to AWS accounts. These emails are used for:

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control tower

How to handle hundreds of AWS account EMAILs and maybe more on the cheap

1 minute read

Why is this needed? There needs to be an easy-button for dealing with hundreds of emails for root access to AWS accounts. These emails are used for:

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hacking

Deceptive Naming Techniques

1 minute read

Interesting Deceptive Naming Techniques

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animation

Pixar

less than 1 minute read

Check out my Pixar film report on investments vs returns adjusted for inflation.

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film

Pixar

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Check out my Pixar film report on investments vs returns adjusted for inflation.

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3d

Pixar

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Check out my Pixar film report on investments vs returns adjusted for inflation.

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jokes

Rostrum vs Restroom

less than 1 minute read

At church, there are labels on the walls for the different room types –bathrooms, offices, classrooms, cultural hall, the chapel and others.

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🦇👨

The Rizzler

less than 1 minute read

Over the years, while working with youth, they’ve taught me many words. I’m still convinced “The Rizzler” is a newly found foe of the Batman.

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