Looking forward to the end of the week tomorrow. Been busy, but as of now all reservations and such for February wedding are set :D.

@jimmy9008 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Turned down a job offer with a finance company. Better pay and benefits but I just did not feel excited for the position. Couldn't bring my self to sign the employment contract.

There’s more to life than chasing the almighty dollar.

Always a nice feeling when you're still on the right track after reviewing wedding and honeymoon expense numbers.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

This - this right here annoys the absolute crap out of me

"Hey guys lets make sure when we are making user accounts that we are following the documentation. I've noticed small details falling through the cracks in new accounts. Every step is covered in document."

Ya know. If we used a SCRIPT this wouldn't be an issue. But since no one will listen... ..|..

Why not just write said script, and the next time there's a complain present it as a solution.

New hire orientation.

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I’m about month five,.. thanks for that,.. feels good,.. o where near the stress or pressure,.

That’s how this job feels. I’m blessed with a good team and working with what I want (Linux and Ansible). Time flies when you’re having fun. Or rather, it feels like time is flying.

Red Hat EX467 = pass. On to the next, EX362

EX362 = passed yesterday. Starting now on preparing for EX342, the last on the journey to RHCA.

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Reinstalling Windows

Reminds me of the Windows song a fellow (and elder) Linux admin taught me a couple of years ago:

Shutdown, format, reinstall!
Doo dah! Doo dah!

@marcinozga said in YAML terminology and Ansible:

And why would you care about terminology? Do you intend on teaching Ansible? It's the end result that matters, whether your playbook or role does what you want it to do, not whether you know the terminology or not. I've been using Ansible for some years, and honestly this is the first time I run into someone mentioning "dictionary".

Terminology is important. It allows you to describe something clearly. Also, knowing the terms sometimes help piece together the logic of how something is working. When I'm learning something, simply making it work isn't sufficient for me.

For your other question, at some point I probably will do some teaching. I like to share what I learn with others.

Click over to the channel and check it out, should this week's content interest you. This week was a music week; mainly because it was a pain-in-the-ass figuring out the procedure for making usable iPad screen captures with audio.

• Basics of Music Notation Part 1: The Staff
• Basics of Music Notation Part 2: Clefs and Note Names
• Basics of Music Notation Part 3: Notating Rhythms (notes and rests)
• Basics of Music Notation Part 4: Measures and the Staff
• Learning to Distinguish Between Harmonic Intervals

@EddieJennings Ok, I have failed my attention to details test today. Amazing the things you learn when you click "About."

Doing my daily read of Event Viewer stuff.

Click over to the channel and check it out, should this week's content interest you.

• Installing Fedora Server on a Hyper-V VM
• Deploying and Configuring Active Directory using PowerShell
• Why use a Windows server without a GUI for deploying Active Directory?
• Windows Server CALs Explained
• Server OS Firewall: Enable or Disable?

Ticket purchased and hotel booked. Next is the flight search

Doing the ever-important IT duty of moving furniture in another's office to help them determine the best configuration of their desk.

I just realized I forgot to make one of these for July. Last two months have been busy preparing for (and passing) the RHCSA exam. For any of you pursuing the cert, perhaps the videos I made for the final review will give you some ideas about how to study.

Enjoy!

July 2020

Etude 4: Niehaus Intermediate Jazz Conception for Saxophone
Thinking through PowerShell Projects: When to use Functions
Etude 5: Niehaus Intermediate Jazz Conception for Saxophone

August 2020

RHCSA: Five Tips for Success
RHCSA Practice Session: Manage tuning profiles
RHCSA Practice Session: Locate and interpret system log files and journals
RHCSA Practice Session: Preserve system journals
RHCSA Practice Session: Configure local storage
RHCSA Practice Session: Start, stop, and check the status of network services
RHCSA Practice Session: Securely transfer files between systems
RHCSA Practice Session: Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems
RHCSA Practice Session: Extend existing logical volumes
RHCSA Practice Session: Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
RHCSA Practice Session: Configure disk compression
RHCSA Practice Session: Manage layered storage
RHCSA Practice Session: Diagnose and correct file permission problems
RHCSA Practice Session: Manage users and groups
RHCSA Practice Session: Configure firewall settings using firewall-cmd/firewalld
RHCSA Practice Session: Create and use file access control lists
RHCSA Practice Session: Configure key-based authentication for SSH
RHCSA Practice Session: Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
RHCSA Practice Session: List SELinux file and process context / Restore default file contexts
RHCSA Practice Session: Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings

Done and counting down the days until I get to escape to Oz.

@scottalanmiller said in Nintendo Switch Announced:

Nintendo hasn't had a good console since the SNES in my opinion. The N64 was better than anything since then, but was nothing but a gimmick, the SNES era was the last time that Nintendo bothered to care about making good games. Everything past the SNES has been dependent on gimmicks to sell what are otherwise absolute garbage games.

If I could multiple-up-vote something, this would be it.

Looking forward to it. First conference since changing careers :D.