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Working in tech can be fun, and you can make it even more fun for everyone involved! There’s absolutely no need to be so serious all the time. Sure, I’ve received a comment about not being “professional” when I configured our proxy/ADC to present 🐶(dog) & 🐱(cat) pictures on certain HTTP error codes. (see example […]

How much should HR be involved in IT [security] decisions? And how do you decide what shouldn’t be allowed at work? Since I started in IT, I have been either managing or working with content-based security solutions that can limit & restrict which sites employees (and guests?) are allowed to browse to while on the

With everyone doing the coauthor LinkedIn Rewind like it’s early facebook games days, I didn’t want to be left out. Since it doesn’t require a login, and any email will do, there isn’t really a privacy or a security risk to be vary of.(Yes, that also means you can see what coauthor says about your

This evening I attended my second volleyball practice.(My ankle is almost healed.)Even if I say so myself, there was a noticeable improvement from last week.I know this will probably continue like this for 4-8 weeks, and then the improvement will stop. Or more accurately, stop being short-term noticeable. You see, the same thing happens whether

That’s something I need, as a networking person playing around with scripts & automation. Am I introducing obvious security risks in my code or when I publish it to github? At Cisco Live in 2022 or 2023, I attended a session where a service/solution named Panoptica was shown. And I thought, “Hey, that’s neat! I

One of my goals for 2023 was to read (or listen to) more books, not just whatever I’m studying for. Thinking back, I wasn’t sure if I reached my goal, but then I read over my listening stats email from Audible. 3,017 minutes… or ~50 hours of listening!This is in addition to reading The Phoenix

I just realized that my motivation for working out (I never liked going to the gym) is a lot similar to how I approach studying. I mean, “getting into shape” as a goal is similar to “gaining knowledge” as a goal. And “be better at networking/python/whatever” is a lot like “be more healthy/eat better.”Either way,

One of my favorite “moments” in 2022 spanned over a few days, or Cisco Live (Vegas) 2022I was planning for a big writeup, but I get lost in between being to detailed to trying to get rid of walls-of-texts and summarize more. Either way, I went way out of my comfort zone, and got introduced