Rackspace
2018
2017
Reflecting on 10 years of (mostly) technical blogging
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It all started shortly after I joined Rackspace in December of 2006.
2016
Talk recap: The friendship of OpenStack and Ansible
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The 2016 Red Hat Summit is underway in San Francisco this week and I delivered a talk with Robyn Bergeron earlier today.
2015
Using systemd-networkd with bonding on Rackspace’s OnMetal servers
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I’ve written about systemd-networkd in the past and how easy it can be to set up new network devices and tunnels.
Test Fedora 22 at Rackspace with Ansible
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Fedora 22 will be arriving soon and it’s easy to test on Rackspace’s cloud with my Ansible playbook:
2014
Test Fedora 21 at Rackspace with Ansible
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Fedora 21 reached Alpha status last month and will reach beta status at the end of October.
2013
A humble farewell to Seth Vidal
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I was shocked to see Robyn Bergeron’s email today about Seth Vidal’s passing.
2012
Proud to be a part of OpenStack at Rackspace
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Troy Toman delivered a great keynote this morning about OpenStack and how Rackspace uses it:
Getting a Technical Job at Rackspace
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You’ve probably noticed that the blog has slowed down a bit recently.
mysql-json-bridge: a simple JSON API for MySQL
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My quest to get better at Python led me to create a new project on GitHub.
Looking back at the long road to becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect
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The grades came back last Friday and I’ve passed the last exam in the requirements to become a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA).
The Kerberos-hater’s guide to installing Kerberos
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As promised in my earlier post entitled Kerberos for haters, I’ve assembled the simplest possible guide to get Kerberos up an running on two CentOS 5 servers.
2011
Do your homework before a technical interview
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If you work for a growing company like I do, it’s inevitable that you’ll have to do your fair share of interviewing.
How to survive as a technical manager
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Anyone who says management is easy obviously hasn’t done it for very long or they’re not doing their job very well.
2010
Accessing Rackspace Cloud Servers and Slicehost slices privately via OpenVPN
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Diagram: OpenVPN to Rackspace Cloud Servers and Slicehost
Upgrading Fedora 13 to Fedora 14 on Slicehost and Rackspace Cloud Servers
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On most systems, using Fedora’s preupgrade package is the most reliable way to update to the next Fedora release.
GlusterFS on the cheap with Rackspace’s Cloud Servers or Slicehost
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NOTE: This post is out of date and is relevant only for GlusterFS 2.
How to sell: a guide for technical people
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I’ll admit it right now: I love engaging customers and learning more about how what we do at Rackspace can help their business or ideas take flight.
Why I’m a Racker
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I normally try to keep my work-related items separate from this blog, but I felt that I needed to break tradition for a moment.
2008
Why I interviewed at Google and stayed at Rackspace
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As some of you might know, I interviewed for a position at Google in April of this year.