$#@! I learned today
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Scribbles, Styluses, and Sanity: The Note-Taking Revolution No One Told Me About
I’ve always loved a good notebook — the feel of pen on paper, the satisfying rhythm of a well-organized Bullet Journal. But somewhere between hauling around a rainbow of pens and trying to keep up with multiple notebooks for different parts of life, I started wondering if there was a better way. Enter the unexpected Continue reading
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Ice, Illness, and iPhone Privacy: Taking Control of Your Apple AI Settings
So the last couple of weeks have been interesting. First, about mid-February until late last week, the weather where I live has been interesting. To the point of us not being able to leave the house for a couple of weeks due to ice on the driveway and on the street. Now, you may think, Continue reading
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Bopping About with btop: Installing btop on MacOS
For years, when troubleshooting issues on *nix-like systems (say, MacOS), I’ve often used top. This was pretty much a standard tool to check things like CPU usage, memory and so on. The challenge is that for someone who tends to like some decent visuals, top can be overwhelming and somewhat clunky to use. As it Continue reading
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Resume Rescue and Robot Revelations: My Unexpected AI Adventure
I’ve learned over my 50+ years on this blue marble the importance of being adaptable. These days, I’m adapting to perhaps one of the most transformative technology of our time: Artificial Intelligence (AI). My recent experiments with AI have been eye-opening, challenging some of my preconceptions and exposing to me both the real potential and Continue reading
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Taking Time to Upskill in Today’s Job Market
Job hunting has transformed dramatically since my early career days. Back then, the formula was simple: prepare multiple resumes, visit the library for free training, and network through local business associations. Government-sponsored retraining programs were readily available (and still are, though often underutilized). These resources were typically free or low-cost, targeting newcomers to the job Continue reading
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$#@! I learned today: kubectl vsphere login and verbosity
So apologies for not posting recently. I took a week off (in the form of a staycation with my wife) and finished recording lecture for an update to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid course. And while I was creating demos for those recordings, I decided to poke more at the various CLI (command-line interface) commands for Continue reading