Scott Brightwell https://www.scottbrightwell.org ...on the relevant side of cutting edge IT. Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:13:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 29530947 Don’t let your ball of wax become a ball of whacks https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/06/16/dont-let-your-ball-of-wax-become-a-ball-of-whacks/ https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/06/16/dont-let-your-ball-of-wax-become-a-ball-of-whacks/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:13:56 +0000 http://www.scottbrightwell.org/?p=532

Don’t let your ball of wax become a ball of whacks

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]]> https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/06/16/dont-let-your-ball-of-wax-become-a-ball-of-whacks/feed/ 0 532 Overheard on a call with @cormacfoster @gitlab, “No one wants to be in a place where you have a platform you keep but resent.” https://t.co/JzQJEWeuDC https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/06/16/overheard-on-a-call-with-cormacfoster-gitlab-no-one-wants-to-be-in-a-place-where-you-have-a-platform-you-keep-but-resent-https-t-co-jzqjeweudc/ https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/06/16/overheard-on-a-call-with-cormacfoster-gitlab-no-one-wants-to-be-in-a-place-where-you-have-a-platform-you-keep-but-resent-https-t-co-jzqjeweudc/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:13:52 +0000 http://www.scottbrightwell.org/?p=530

Overheard on a call with @cormacfoster @gitlab, “No one wants to be in a place where you have a platform you keep but resent.” https://t.co/JzQJEWeuDC

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Sermon for the day:
Don’t assign to malicious intent, behaviors in others that can be easiest explained by stupidity.

Don’t assign to stupidity, behaviors in salespeople that can be easiest explained by the structure of their comp plan.

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The #Alabama #uga game is more fun to watch than pro sports. Very high quality football.

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]]> https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/01/11/the-alabama-uga-game-is-more-fun-to-watch-than-pro-sports-very-high-quality-football/feed/ 0 526 I don’t get the intentional grounding call both QB’s are throwing the ball away, and UGA lost a TD due to obviously grounding by AL…? https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/01/10/i-dont-get-the-intentional-grounding-call-both-qbs-are-throwing-the-ball-away-and-uga-lost-a-td-due-to-obviously-grounding-by-al/ https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2022/01/10/i-dont-get-the-intentional-grounding-call-both-qbs-are-throwing-the-ball-away-and-uga-lost-a-td-due-to-obviously-grounding-by-al/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 04:13:45 +0000 http://www.scottbrightwell.org/?p=524

I don’t get the intentional grounding call both QB’s are throwing the ball away, and UGA lost a TD due to obviously grounding by AL…?

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I just echo’d $RANDOM from a bash script for the first time in a decade. . . the number I got back?

12345

Again and again?… it’s working! I need to buy a lotto ticket.
9226
21947

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Why does this make me feel old?

I need to backup an entire HD to our home NAS, so I instinctively reached for an ethernet cable for higher throughput.

Turns out my WiFi provides twice the throughput as 100baseT.

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Joining #TGIK8s this friday for the first time, just to see this! https://t.co/ZZRUmuE2aK

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Alexa announcement mis-transcription: “Why are the great pants in my space mind?”

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]]> https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2021/03/06/alexa-announcement-mis-transcription-why-are-the-great-pants-in-my-space-mind/feed/ 0 513 RT @KeithRichardLee: CVE-2020-8554 hit the headlines this week for a MiTM vulnerability that affects all #Kubernetes versions 😬 But, with @VMwareTanzu Mission Control you can protect your whole fleet with just a few clicks! 🤯 See my quick demo below 😎 #vExpert https://t.co/xTBoYkknuw https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2021/01/13/rt-keithrichardlee-cve-2020-8554-hit-the-headlines-this-week-for-a-mitm-vulnerability-that-affects-all-kubernetes-versions-%f0%9f%98%ac-but-with-vmwaretanzu-mission-control-you-can-protect-your-w-2/ https://www.scottbrightwell.org/2021/01/13/rt-keithrichardlee-cve-2020-8554-hit-the-headlines-this-week-for-a-mitm-vulnerability-that-affects-all-kubernetes-versions-%f0%9f%98%ac-but-with-vmwaretanzu-mission-control-you-can-protect-your-w-2/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:14:13 +0000 http://www.scottbrightwell.org/?p=511

CVE-2020-8554 hit the headlines this week for a MiTM vulnerability that affects all #Kubernetes versions 😬

But, with @VMwareTanzu Mission Control you can protect your whole fleet with just a few clicks! 🤯

See my quick demo below 😎#vExpert pic.twitter.com/xTBoYkknuw

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