cancer Surgery Day and the Aftermath Well, the day has come and gone. On January 17, 2025, I underwent Mohs micrographic surgery at Sonterra Dermatology with Dr. James Neiner. Spoiler alert: I’m still here, and the cancer is gone (hopefully for good). The Procedure * It was straightforward and done under local anesthesia. I was wide
cancer I Have Cancer I never thought I’d be writing about my own health like this, but here we are. As the clickbait-style title implies, I’ve recently been diagnosed with skin cancer, a Basal Cell Carcinoma on the left side of my face, near my nose. It’s been a whirlwind of
One Year Back at the Rack Today is my one year anniversary back at Rackspace. A year ago, I walked back through the doors of Rackspace, ready to embark on a new chapter of my career. Returning to where I had already spent significant time was both familiar and stimulating. Still, the challenges ahead were clear:
teleport Teleport Application Containers Teleport is a fantastic tool that gives users incredible functionality, even in the "community" releases. One such feature is the ability to use Teleport for application access, and in this post, we'll use Teleport agents to provide application access to OpenStack resources. Background If you'
teleport Gateway API for Teleport K8S If you've been reading some of my mutterings for a bit you know I run Teleport and love it. Over the past couple of years I've been running Teleport within my OpenStack cloud and while that's been great, I've wanted to push
openstack Featured Intel iGPU Setup for vGPU use in OpenStack Intel SR-IOV for Xe, Xe-LPG, and Xe-HPC is powerful and can be used within OpenStack with ease. The setup requires some configuration on your hypervisors and the Intel Datacenter Graphics Driver; however, in just a few steps, systems can be extended to support Virtual Graphics Processing Units without much effort
nixos Woefull USB in NixOS So, I needed to create a Windows 11 bootable USB stick for my desktop PC (gaming system I'm reinstalling), and all I had was my Zombie X1 running NixOS 24.11 because of other poor life choices. Nothing says "I love a challenge" like using a
nixos Featured Cloudy NixOS (OpenStack) Recently, I decided to go down the journey of running things with NixOS. While I started with my laptop, I naturally decided to make my workspace problems part of my cloud adventure. So I figured I'd share my adventure along with my initial process for getting NixOS into
cloud Featured Confessions of a Cloud Someone Save Us from Our Cloudy Judgments Here I am, sitting before a digital abyss, armed with nothing but a questionable sense of humor and journaling (yes with real paper, you wouldn't understand). I've been reading a lot lately and thinking about my life choices. Sadly,
openstack Featured OpenStack’s Phoenix Act: (re)Rising from today's cloud ashes In the grand theatre of cloud computing, where titans clash, and the audience (cloud operators) get to deal with the aftermath, a plot twist has recently unfolded that could be straight out of a daytime soap opera. Enter stage left: Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has thrown a wrench into
openstack Featured New Game Plus - Resurgence: (re)taking the cloud by storm It's been a couple months, so I'm checking in to talk about how NG+ at Rackspace has been going, things I've learned, where some issues have been, and alluding to where we're going as this next chapter gets underway. * Yes, the cloud
rackspace Featured New Game Plus - Rackspace So I've once again decided to pivot, this time bringing things back home, back to the Cloud, back to where my professional career began - Rackspace. Over the past 18 months, I've been working with Figment, a fantastic startup building Web3 infrastructure. While my team at
desk Featured Working my Workspace So you're here about my home office and a picture of a desk, or maybe you're curious how I smashed four computers into one workspace without creating a mess? Maybe you want to know why anyone would want to use four computers? Maybe you've
teleport Featured Teleport for Ansible with ARA This post aims to highlight the power of Teleport applications and show how it can massively simplify life by providing access to centralized collaborative systems which are otherwise inaccessible. If you're wondering what ARA is I recommend reading up on it. The TL;DR is ARA Records Ansible
ara Featured ARA for Debian Are you ready for a quick post on how to deploy ARA on a Debian 11 server? Of course you are, you SuperChadGPT, leetcode, automaton. To bring the miracle of ARA to life we'll reach down in the primordial package manager to setup MariaDB and Gunicorn; a perfect
teleport Featured Teleport Application for Unifi Welcome to the world of remote work, where every day feels like a never-ending nightmare. But fear not! With the power of Teleport and its application gateway, you can make being trapped in a dark windowless room, fun. While Teleport is an incredible server access tool, it can also be
ghost Featured Our Ghost has Migrated Today marks day one of no longer running my own cloud infrastructure. This is the first time in more than a decade where I'm public cloud free. I've decided to declutter myself and pushed everything local or to managed solutions. In terms of my blog, we&
teleport Mitogen and Teleport Ansible If you've read my post covering the marriage between Teleport and Ansible, It's only natural that you think, how do we make it fast, more capable, moar better? Mitogen is the answer; we use Mitogen to make our deployments sing. TL;DR * Run Mitogen. It works.
ansible Featured Teleport Driven Ansible Dynamic Inventory While there are a million ways to build Ansible inventory, what if we could build inventory using open-source access systems and not have to main multiple sources of truth?
shure Featured Shure MV7 Windscreen Tests Running a quick windscreen test to see what the sound differences are with the Shure MV7 using the stock foam windscreen versus an "upgraded" RK345 windscreen (normally found on the Shure SM7b). Background I've recently been doing all kinds of things with audio for my home
blue Featured Fixing The Blue Compass Boom Arm The Blue Compass is a fantastic tube-style broadcast microphone boom arm with one major flaw, the handles are made from cheap plastic and will break with use. If you have a Blue Compass and one of your plastic handles has broken off making it impossible to tighten and secure your
streaming Featured We're Affiliated, Now What? As of 24 February, 2021, the Requiem has officially been affiliated. So first and foremost, thank you all for helping make this happen. Whether you're stopping by and saying "hi" or following the channel, our momentum is made possible by you. So, what does all this
breakfast Featured Making Sourdough Waffles This recipe is used to make sourdough waffles, from scratch, using a recently feed sourdough starter. Ingredients * 142 Grams all-purpose flour * 28 Grams granulated sugar * 1 teaspoon baking powder * 1 teaspoon salt * 2 eggs * 170 Grams milk * 226 Grams sourdough starter * 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (melted) Instruction 1. In a
streaming Live Gamer Duo: It's Two Times Better Than It Should Be When I started my stream, I knew I needed a capture card; however, I had no idea which capture-card I needed. I did some googling and found that USB connected capture cards were the most recommended devices on the internet and everything came down to either the Elgato HD60s or
streaming Featured Multi-Streaming with Windows, built on the WSL for FREE Getting Started To accomplish this mission you'll need to install the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). I will not be covering the install process here, it is well documented by Microsoft, and is really a matter of running basically 3 commands. note for WSL version 2 (recommended) you
