I'm attending PyCon again this year. The tutorials and the main conference. In past years, I posted commentary about the sessions I attended. I won't do that this year. Don't feel like it. Not sure why.
Drobo data recovery: Conclusion
My dead Drobo saga's conclusion... tl;dr Grades: Drobo customer support: A+. DiskWarrior: F. Disk Rescue 3: A-. Don't consider your Drobo to be hot-swappable. Ever. Buy Disk Rescue 3 and have it on hand. Run Disk Utility and do a Verify Disk once a month. If that's too often for you, do it once a quarter. … Continue reading Drobo data recovery: Conclusion
Trying to rescue data off my dead Drobo
Drobo customer support is trying but is coming up empty. Now I'm trying Data Rescue 3 to read data off the Drobo. DiskWarrior can't see the Drobo because it isn't mounted, but Data Rescue 3 can. In fact, DiskWarrior also doesn't see the Drobo when it's run stand-alone off their DVD! I tried this on … Continue reading Trying to rescue data off my dead Drobo
Drobo update: In the hands of Drobo customer support…
I've filed a ticket with their customer support system. They've been excellent when I've used them in the past, although those times were for nothing as serious as this.
A Drobo firmware update bricked my Drobo
I'm migrating my files and apps to my new MacBook Pro. A highly anticipated improvement was connecting my Drobo S to a USB 3.0 interface, instead of my previous laptop's USB 2.0 bus. During my migration, the Drobo Dashboard advised me that a Drobo firmware update was available. I did the update, which -boom- bricked … Continue reading A Drobo firmware update bricked my Drobo
How not to maintain an API
We license a vendor's services for corporate information, like annual revenue and office locations. Their name shall be kept confidential in this story. We access their API via http calls. They call it a REST API. But like 95% of the "REST" APIs in the world, it's not REST at all, and in fact nowhere … Continue reading How not to maintain an API
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 59,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that … Continue reading 2012 in review
Where my time’s going
I'm not doing much blogging lately. Obviously. I've spent lots of time at work. We're doing a big release in January, and there's no end of bugs to fix, features to tweak, and QA logs through which to grep. It's not a death march by any means, but it is, I admit, a bit of … Continue reading Where my time’s going
As the world turns…
Boy, what a roller coaster! Shortly after opening a position for a Senior Devops engineer, we had a funding "event" and now the opening's gone. What's worse, I had to lay off one of my developers, right before before the end-of-year holidays. It was stressful for all involved. We're doing some interesting things with name … Continue reading As the world turns…
IP Street is looking for a Senior Devops engineer!
We're looking for a smart person to be our only Devops person now, and become the team lead as the group grows. If you know someone who fits the bill, send them this post! -------------------------- Title: Senior Devops Engineer Reports to: VP Engineering Location: Seattle, WA About IP Street Founded in 2009, IP Street develops … Continue reading IP Street is looking for a Senior Devops engineer!
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