What is going on these days with the Linux Professional Institute (LPI)? I sat down with Matthew Rice, the current Executive Director of LPI to find out!
Way back in 1998/99, I was one of the co-founders of LPI, still today the leading independent cert…
Aug 18
TDYR 419 – Catching Up With The Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
Jan 03
AVFTCN 038 – 5 Emerging Trends I’m Paying Attention to in 2025
As 2025 begins, I thought I’d climb up into the crow’s nest and share what I am paying attention to as this new year starts. Some of these are technologies, while others are policy areas or overall trends that have been emerging over the past few years. Resilience As I wrote about in my last […]
Jan 01
TDYR 418- The 25th Anniversary of the Y2K Bug
Where were you 25 years ago on New Year’s Eve 1999? This year is the 25th anniversary of the Y2K bug. For those of us of a certain age, we remember where we were. In this episode I talk about where I was in a bit about what all the concern was about.
Jan 01
My Themes for 2025
Following a practice I’ve been doing for the past 16 years (see list), my first post of 2025 across all my sites is of three words that are my aspirations or “themes” for the year ahead. They are not “resolutions” so much as guiding thoughts or principles. This year they are: Resilience, Hope, and Health. […]
Nov 14
No Power = No 1s and 0s. Internet Resilience Requires Electrical Resilience
Last week, Cuba lost all Internet connectivity when Hurricane Rafael struck the nation and caused a failure in its power infrastructure. This was only a few weeks after the shutdown of a major power generation plant caused a nationwide power outa…
Oct 20
AVFTCN 037 – Resilience, Connecting Carolina, and ITDRC Response
Climbing back up into the crow’s nest and turning the spyglass toward the southeastern United States, it’s hard to escape the utter devastation caused by the cascading effects of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. The photos are unbelievable. The stories are heartbreaking. The recovery costs will be enormous. And the people responding are amazing! (And […]
Oct 01
TDYR 417 Returning From A Hiatus
It’s been a while since my last episode… almost 6 months in fact. In this episode I explain a bit of what went on, and talk about plans for returning in a slightly different format.
Sep 24
AVFTCN 036 – A Hard Drive Failure, a Puppy, Climatebase, a New Role… and an Unplanned Hiatus
Hi! Remember this newsletter you subscribed to? The one you haven’t seen since back on April 22, 2024? Welllllll… it’s been a wild ride… and an unplanned hiatus. But… my goal now is to get back into this a bit more, and so I want to fire off this short note to just give a […]
Sep 23
Texas’ Mandatory Age Verification Law Will Weaken Privacy and Security on the Internet
Texas’ mandatory age verification law will weaken Internet privacy and security and will not provide an effective solution to children being exposed to adult content online.
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Jul 19
Global Tech Outage Demonstrates Need for Resiliency in Software Systems
Today’s global outage of many systems was not an Internet outage, but it demonstrates the need for greater resilience in all our technical systems.
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