Category: Blog
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Virtualizing An Application Server
Another department at Tech 2U performs diagnostics on lots of computers. They use a proprietary tool that they built which deploys diagnostic tools on customers’ computers during tech support services. This tool was built years ago by someone who no longer works here. He used a baremetal Apache server to host the tools. This server…
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Starting PrEP
I recently found myself explaining PrEP to my mom.I decided to create a post to help other people who might need to explain the decision to start PrEP. PrEP is an AVR or an antiretroviral drug. The World Health Organization recommends that all men who have sex with men should take AVRs. PrEP is a combination…
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“A distance hung between them now…”
“It’s over,” she said, stepping beneath the arch, into shadow. “What’s over?” He followed, the straw basket rubbing against his hip. The sand here was cold, dry, loose between his toes. “Over. Done with. This place. No time here, no future.” He stared at her, glanced past her to where rusted bed- springs were tangled…
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bodies like bricks
I dreamed of a man; a man who looked quite like myself. He was stacking bodies like bricks, building a wall to keep out the world, Bodies of the living and of the dead; lovers and foes alike. In between each, he added a layer of mortar made of equivocation and compromise. He spackled his…
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Moving My App To The Cloud
I have spent the better part of the last three years building a scalable logistics platform which has grown to manage nearly all the daily operations of my workplace, a mobile tech support company. Some Major Features; Booking appointments and scheduling them for employees in different regions and markets Providing a portal for employees to see their jobs…
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Setting Up WordPress on a VPS
This post goes over how to setup WordPress on a VPS. This is sort-of a cumulative post which incorporates lots of little tutorials I’ve done and lots of new best-practices I have learned through trial and error. If you’re following my posts in general, you may have noticed that I already did this. I made…
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Migrating Everything to a Cloud VPS
Over the last six months, I undertook the project of migrating all of my web apps, sites, and other projects to a new XenHypervisor which I hosted at home for free. I always thought of this as a transitional step. It doesn’t make sense to try to host these kinds of things at home. After…
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2015-11-29
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The Martian
It took me a few tries to get into this book. It starts out slow for an action novel but once you get into the meat of it, it’s an interesting story. The protagonist finds himself separated from his team and stranded on Mars. The story covers his fight to extend his supplies and resources…