Guatemala is a country with a rich history and diverse population drawn from its indigenous roots and Spanish heritage. Throughout the year you will find a multitude of celebrations, but none is as large as Semana Santa in Guatemala. Semana Santa is the week leading up to Easter and each …
It seems that every year I find myself on another sales call with a current vendor trying to convince me that their price increase leads to more efficiency and savings which makes me think back to the beginnings of the cloud and SaaS transformation. Much like “AI” is the current …
I remember looking at Ansible way back in 2012/2013 when I began building out DevOps solutions. I wanted something Python based to make it easier for everyone to adapt to and at the time there were really only two major solutions out there, though they were both in very early …
Westwood, Denver is an amazing neighborhood with a large Latin / Indigenous population, rich cultural events and an amazing art / food scene. This has been our first year going for the posadas but it has been amazing as one thing my wife has always missed from Guatemala are the …
It began with a simple idea. I would sell my acoustic guitar, buy a bandsaw to compliment my other tools and build a new acoustic guitar with the help of my friend Fran. Well, sometime later and I still have yet to finish it! Between running off in an RV, …
So it turns out you can get away with a lot after you turn 40. When you start telling people that you would love to sell everything and go sailing, people encourage you. Then when you decide to sell your house, close the home based school your wife owns and …
Ever since I was a kid I wanted to play an instrument but it wasnt until I began working for Line 6 that I began playing. There is something about an instrument when you play it. Its not just the beauty or sound but its soul. This is why I …
So what do you do when your wife asks you to start a beehive? You use it as an excuse to build a custom beehive/camera and release a copy of the plans of course (ADD Note: video/plans below)! Towards the end of summer in 2013 my wife had started to develop …
This past year (2013) I was introduced to something that I never realized would interest me so much; bee keeping. My wife first introduced me to this passion when we worked with a bee keeper to transfer a hive of bees from our water meter in order to keep DWP …
After concentrating on learning Salt over the last few weeks I have been constantly surprised by how simple yet powerful the system is. When I first began, I started by setting up my base configurations (users, iptables, ssh, etc) into states and as I progressed things began getting more and …