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The Problem with Web-based Everything

Posted Thu, 06/11/2009 - 07:29 by Justin Ellison

So, I've been tinkering with the free version of Toodledoo - a web-based GTD task manager, and I was thinking about upgrading to a "pro" account. Unfortunately, they had a storm run through last night, which engaged the generators. When the generators kicked in, something didn't work right, and power was lost. This in turn caused a database crash, which caused it to corrupt, and they are still down now.

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My SCSA Experience and Opinion on IT Certs

Posted Fri, 04/03/2009 - 20:12 by Justin Ellison

The last couple of months for me have been spent cramming 1200 pages of meaty Solaris information into my brain. At the end of my sacrifice, I have an SCSA certification to show for it. Was it worth it? For me, yes. For my employer, yes. For everyone, no.

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I'm not dead, just haven't had a life!!

Posted Tue, 03/31/2009 - 18:13 by Justin Ellison

Sorry for the hibernation period. I've just completed my SCSA exams. It wasn't easy, but I passed! I have a data center move happening at work as well, but with my SCSA stuff (3 hours of studying each night for the past 3 weeks!) out of the way, I should have at least some time to post some content in the near future.

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Boxee Alpha Invites Available

Posted Tue, 11/04/2008 - 11:38 by Justin Ellison

Fellow Sysadmins,

I finally got some time to play around with Boxee last night.  While I had some crashes (but I have older hardware and this is alpha software), overall it looks very promising.  For those who don't know what Boxee is, it's basically a hacked up XBMC with support for Hulu, CNN, YouTube, Picasa, and more.  I barely got enough time to really play with it aside from getting it up and running and playing with it a bit - but invites seem to be a hot item right now.

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about

Posted Fri, 07/06/2007 - 07:04 by Justin Ellison

My first blog... ever. Man I'm getting old!

I've been into computers my whole life. In 1998, I graduated with a major in CIS from UNK. As my first job out of school, I started working for Cable USA, a dial-up and cable ISP in Kearney, NE. I was really lucky to get that job - I was completely underqualified, but I guess I interview well. The ISP was in sad shape - the web developer was the acting Sysadmin, and he didn't even know how to code (unless you count FrontPage as code), let alone know networking and server administration.

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