Dev, Travel, Blogging

Over a decade of progressive professional software development experience in conjunction with more than two decades as a hobbyist developer has pushed me to reduce the burden of support and cost of delivery by writing highly-maintainable software of the highest caliber.

This blog is intended to be a personal collection of experiences/rants, journaling to tech related, things and other things that may be appropriate to share in a blog.

• Somethings I learned about the Train System in Europe

  Posted on September 8, 2014

  The UK has many train vendors. Some of these vendors resell each other’s seats. For example if you buy a Megatrain ticket at Waterloo: You’re actually buying a Southwest (UK) train ride. Additionally you’ll only be able to go on the email they sent you as a confirmation of your... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • ams
  • belgium
  • deutschebahn
  • england
  • europe
  • fra
  • germany
  • heidelburg
  • mannheim
  • megatrain
  • netherlands
  • thalys
  • trains
  • travel
  • uk

• Awesome Projects That I've found Recently

  Posted on July 15, 2014

  After I started learning Python and Ruby I’ve started to find some interesting things. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • books
  • meteorjs
  • pdf
  • projects
  • python
  • pywin32
  • ruby
  • RVM
  • software
  • telescope
  • tesseract
  • webkit

• Should you buy a rail pass in Europe?

  Posted on July 7, 2014

  Unless you’re an extreme in taking the train everywhere in Europe, you shouldn’t get a rail pass. Why? There are numerious operators that will try to sell you a pass. However, what they won’t tell you upfront is a few things: [Read More]

  Tags:

  • budget
  • online ticketing
  • trains
  • traveling

• Having difficulty getting your NGinix service working on the Digital Ocean install instructions?

  Posted on July 6, 2014

  Recently I’ve setup a Ruby web application service with the instructions from Digital Ocean. The instructions are great, however they do not mention how to start the Nginix process up on startup. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • centos
  • configuration
  • devops
  • digitalocean
  • linux
  • nginix
  • passenger
  • ruby
  • setup

• Stoicism and "The Obstacle is the Way"

  Posted on June 15, 2014

  Ryan Holiday, the author of the phenomenal book “Trust Me I’m Lying,” recently released his new book “The Obstacle is the Way.” It’s a rather small book filled with advice and anecdotes on Stoicism and life related advice. [Read More]

• I don't like Virtual Machines

  Posted on June 8, 2014

  I don’t like virtual machines. Give that my current position and employer involves building, maintaining, supporting, optimizing, and selling solutions/services this statement is a bit ironic. I don’t hate the benefits that the technology has given us. It’s amazing about what it has provided. It’s also amazing how you can... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • build systems
  • cloud
  • esx
  • kvm
  • opnions
  • rant
  • software
  • technical
  • technology
  • virtual machines
  • virtualization
  • zen

• Two book reviews that were not done

  Posted on June 8, 2014

  This year, I haven’t blogged as much as I have previously. Things have kept me busy… However, in the world wind of all the things I’ve been up to… I forgot to write a recommendation/review of a few books. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • books
  • reviews

• ← Newer Posts
• Older Posts →