Not Dead, Only Sleeping

I haven't abandoned this, I promise. I've just been a little busy lately with a major life change and don't have the bandwidth to do much of anything beyond take care of my family and go to work. I've been spending my spare time reading A City on Mars by Zach and Kelly Weinersmith, and

Getting the Site to the Launch Site

Part 2 of ? As the rather tongue-in-cheek title above states, this is the second post in a series where I build a website 'from scratch'. I was going to use Flask, but the more I read about Django, the more I realized that's more in line with what I want. So I'm using Python

Quick or Deep

I learn things in two ways: Quick and Dirty, and Slow and Deep. I think most people have a similar breakdown. I've worked in IT for over 16 years, and this distinction has just become more clear to me the deeper I get into the industry.

Bluetooth and the Tech Industry

I have a strong love/hate relationship with Bluetooth. I've been using Bluetooth headphones for close to a five years, and they've become such a part of me that I feel naked without them around my neck. I once built a Bluetooth adapter system for an old car that had a tape deck simply so I

Standing Desk Tracker 2.0

I've been taking a course on Python, and I'm slowly familiarizing myself with the right way to write this specific type of code. I knew the broad strokes, but I'm finally feeling like I get the overall structure now. To test it out, I updated the Standing Desk Tracker from a couple posts ago. (Code

Litterbox Optimization

When we lived in our old house, we had a cat. He was huge; when measured from hind legs to head when standing up, he stretched 3 feet. This cat was a prolific eater, and thus, a prolific user of his litter box. I hated cleaning the litterbox. Realistically, I don't think anyone enjoys it,

Standing Desk Tracker

When the pandemic hit and I knew I was going to be working from home for a while, I decided it was finally time to listen to medical professionals about the dangers of sitting. So, I began my search for a standing desk. I quickly discovered that I was not unique in my desire, and

AD Nested User Permissions

Any Active Directory system that has existed for more than a few years and has not been absolutely smothered in policies has weird quirks. There's always that one group that was made by the guy who stood up the Active Directory when the company was made, but all of the current sysadmins are afraid to

Documentation Presentation

Recently, I was asked to give a presentation to the Helpdesk here about my documentation practices, and just general documentation skills. I've posted a generalized version of it below. PDF of Presentation (with Notes) Excel Document of Exercises (mentioned on slide 25) Presentation Slides Slides