The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey May 4, 2014

LOPSA East 2014

The League of Professional Systems Administrators (LOPSA) puts on an east coast conference each Spring. We just finished up LOPSA East 2014 last night. An excellent two days of technical training, invited talks, and superb keynote speakers. I'd say that in terms of technical conferences, it's the best value for money around. You'll be hearing a lot more about that from me for the next couple of years. Why? It appears that I have volunteered to shadow the Program Chair next year, and be the Program Chair for LOPSA East 2016. Woo hoo! I'll have a better write-up on this…

Brian Bilbrey April 30, 2014

Rain, not purple.

In the last 30 hours, 3.25" of rain. Another inch or so due tonight, so lovely. This part of the world is waterlogged. Lexi *hates* going out in the wet, but all of life is worth taking another nap... Lexi ready to nap

Brian Bilbrey April 27, 2014

Nothing to see here

Then why post, might you ask? Well you might. But sometimes, "nothing" is good. For instance, I've nothing to report from DoD for the week past. That's good - no reported casualties. There's been no frost, so none of the veggies I've planted are dead. That's good. Also, I made the lawns flat this weekend, and got a bit of work done at the office on the virtualization infrastructure ... neither of which is "nothing". But lawns are boring, and by policy I can't discuss details of work. So ... pretty much nothing to see there. * * * Someone…

Brian Bilbrey April 24, 2014

53

Another birthday done. Whew. I "celebrated" by taking the day off, aka working in the garden: planting and fettling. It was a good day for working in the yard, about 15°C. Three quarters of the plants are in. Lots of tomatoes, some cucumber and zucchini, and habañero peppers. More peppers are needed, and potatoes need starting. The herbs are still pending in the small bed near the house. I got the watering system setup and running, and finished up by getting some bird discouragement netting over the snow peas and young cherry tomato plants. The birds have been slaughtering my…

Brian Bilbrey April 20, 2014

Ishtar. Easter. Spring.

It is said by historians that the ancient celebration of the Sumerian goddess Ishtar was co-opted by Christianity to wean the pagans from their happy sex and fertility holiday. All I know is that I couldn't do the weekly food shopping because the store was closed for Easter Sunday. Hmmm. Still a chore-filled weekend, though. Mostly yardwork and car washing yesterday, with dusting, vacuuming, and laundry filling the Sunday. Pretty damn boring, truth be told. * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of Specialist Danyluk. Spc. Kerry M. G. Danyluk, 27, of Cuero, Texas, died April 15…