I.T. Erudio

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Just a place for me to put my random thoughts …

  • Random Thoughts about Technology in General and Linux distros in Particular

    A little history … In the 30+ years I’ve been a working “computers industry professional” I’ve done a lot of jobs, used a lot of software, and spent time teaching other folks how to be “computer professionals.” I’m also an “amateur historian” – i.e. I enjoy learning about “history” in general. I’ve had real “history…

  • Jaws, sequels in general, and Steven Spielberg

    Jaws – 1975 There have been a couple documentaries about the 1975 blockbuster “Jaws” — which probably illustrates the long term impact of the original movie. Any “major” movie made in the era of “DVD extras” is going to have an obligatory “making of” documentary – so the fact “Jaws: The Inside Story” aired on…

  • George Lucas, Jedis, and the Knight errant

    Full disclosure: “Star Wars” was released in 1977 – when I was 8ish years old. This post started as a “reply” to something else – and grew – so I apologize for the lack of real structure – kind of a work in progress … I am still a “George Lucas” fan – no, I…

  • cola wars, taste tests, and marketing

    Coke or Pepsi? I just watched a documentary on the “Cola wars” – and something obvious jumped out at me. First I’ll volunteer that I prefer Pepsi – but this is 100% because Coke tends to disturb my stomach MORE than Pepsi disturbs my stomach. full disclosure – I get the symptoms of “IBS” if…

  • In Memoriam 16

    … then THIS poem is directly about Arthur Henry Hallam — “who died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage in Vienna in 1833, aged 22.” (Thank you Google and probably wikipedia) Published in 1850 – which is the same year Alfred Tennyson married Emily Sellwood. Arthur Hallam’s death would have been 3 or 4 years earlier…

  • Tennyson – Ulysses

    also learned how to add subtitles with Davinci Resolve – which is not complicated but is time consuming. I’m sure there is a better way to create the subtitle file for youtube upload – e.g. there is “markup” in the subtitles which I didn’t intend. The picture is where Tennyson lived from 1853 until his…

  • Modern “basics” of I.T.

    Come my friends, let us reason together … (feel free to disagree, none of this is dogma) There are a couple of “truisms” that APPEAR to conflict – Truism 1: The more things change the more they stay the same. … and then … Truism 2: The only constant is change. Truism 1 seems to…

  • Industry Changing Events and “the cloud”

    Merriam-Webster tells me that etymology is the “the history of a linguistic form (such as a word)” (the official definition goes on a little longer – click on the link if interested …) The last couple weeks I’ve run into a couple of “industry professionals” that are very skilled in a particular subset of “information technology/assurance/security/whatever” but…

  • “Leadership”, “Teaching”, and “Education”

    Just some random thoughts – Starting off with a famous quote attributed to Albert Einstein – If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough Albert Einstein Leadership The Einstein quote came to mind for a “2 drink story” reason that I will not relate here. I’ve been a “student of leadership”…

  • random troubleshooting thoughts

    I use a free service called https://letsencrypt.org/ for my “personal” sites ssl/tls certs. The automated cert install usually sets up automatic renewal at 3 month intervals. I’m honestly not sure – mostly because it has “just worked” for my minimal usage. THEN – I had an issue with my “classical music streaming” example site (now…