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Author Archives: Will Foster
Secure Cloud Data Backups using Python, Tar and GPG
The Cloud (aka another dude’s computer) is a great place to backup your data, files and make your life easier and your technical resources more accessible. It can also be extremely dangerous if you don’t take steps to protect your … Continue reading
Workaround for Foreman-Proxy Scale Issue: DHCPD and lots of VM’s
Foreman is an awesome provisioning, utility and life-cycle management solution for Linux and UNIX-like server infrastructure. It unifies a lot of things like DHCP, DNS, PXE, and automated provisioning into one tool. Unfortunately we’ve hit some issues with scaling the … Continue reading
Posted in open source, sysadmin
Tagged dhcpd, foreman, foreman-proxy, infrastructure, linux, scale, sysadmin
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Human Battering Ram
Part of the greater “Awkward but Ineffective Attacks” theme, Human Battering ram proves not to be effective to strangers in Boston, MA.
Posted in comedy, sketch, skit
Tagged awkward, comedy, human battering ram, sketch, skit
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Always be Creepin: Italy (Tuscany)
Hanging with the locals.
Sketchy Guy in the Datacenter
Some improvised fun at a colleagues expense who was chatting on a webcam a few years ago while working late in a datacenter.
Posted in comedy, sketch, skit
Tagged comedy, creepy, datacenter, maybe naked, sketch, what
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Guide: Laptop Hybrid Suspend on Linux
One feature desktop Linux has been lacking out of the box is hybrid-suspend, supported as of Kernel versions 3.6+. The following guide lets you suspend to both memory and disk, so you never lose your work if your battery is … Continue reading
Posted in open source, sysadmin
Tagged desktop linux, hybrid-suspend, linux, power management, suspend, systemd
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Will vs. Mean Code
Ruckus Pizza in Raleigh, N.C. ran a contest a while back for “Create your own Sandwich” Mine won, aptly named ‘The Red Hatter’ Here’s a skit we made about it and its magic powers: What was on it? Bacon, Lettuce, … Continue reading
Fixing the Atrocious Lenovo Touchpad
Sadly Lenovo got a whiff of Macintosh style fervor and got a little overzealous with their current laptop offerings, resulting in a really irritating button-less laptop design. Luckily, you can revert this to be usable like the older models using … Continue reading
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Tagged deskop linux, lenovo, linux, mouse button, t450, touchpad, x240
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Will Foster Standup @ International Comedy Club
My latest standup set from the International Comedy Club in Dublin, Ireland. Enjoy!
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Tagged comedy, dublin, ireland, standup, standup comedy, will foster
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