Archive for 'Humor'

How a DevOp Solves Every Systems Administration Problem

I’m hoping to explore the DevOps phenomena a bit more, as I’ve seen what I believe are some colossal stretches of reasoning lately. To be sure, what I’ve gathered of that general line of thinking seems to be quite an improvement on the standard systems thinking. However, as with anything, it seems to have been [...]

Need Some Comic Relief? READ MOAR SPAM!!

I was stopped in my mouse tracks the other day while attempting to achieve Inbox Zero for a certain client’s stack of e-mail tickets. I received a spam email message that was so bad, it was good. I really got a lift out of it. I’m going to reproduce it here in case there is [...]

How Does a Jr SysAdmin Solve a Broken Web App?

Some discussion with some colleagues made me consider how someone who was lazy / inexperienced / crushed for time might be tempted to solve a web app problem. If you’ve performed the following operation…. just sit in the corner and think about what you’ve done. Tweet

Scumbag Cisco Press, Part 2

Seriously, Cisco Press. What is your problem? I used to think you were incompetent. Now I think you’re deliberately evil. They explicitly stated that transport layer traffic that uses UDP is called a “datagram.” That stands to reason. After all, UDP is a TLA for “User Datagram Protocol.” Then, immediately afterwards, they state (emphasis mine): [...]

Scumbag Cisco Press, Part 1

Oh Cisco Press. Why must you annoy me so. Tweet