The Problem with Client-Side JavaScript
JavaScript is everywhere. It’s extremely rare now to find a web site that delivers pure HTML pages. Most include a large number of JavaScript files. The Miami Herald newspaper front page, for example,...
View ArticleAnsible Role for Red Hat DISA STIG
I just learned that there is a new Ansible role on Galaxy for the DISA Red Hat Linux 6 STIG. For those not familiar with the “STIG” it is a collection of system settings mandated by the US Department...
View ArticleCompiling Ansible System Changes
I’ve been wondering whether automated CM tools like Ansible and Chef make system changes in the best way possible from a configuration management point of view. Right now they make changes by executing...
View ArticleApplication Configuration Testing
Good application developers test their code extensively before each release. They rarely, however, provide system administrators with the ability to do the same.I hope this will start to change as...
View ArticleHow to Improve Your Live Streaming with VST Plugins
In this tutorial I will show you how to use VST dynamic processing plugins to make your voice sound better and more professional while live streaming. Audience This article is for live streamers on...
View ArticleSwitching to Centos 7
I’ve decided to migrate from Centos 6 to 7. This wasn’t an easy decision because my voluminous Ansible config files are Centos 6 based. The good news is that most of my roles still work, albeit with...
View ArticleRunning OSCAP on Centos 7
If you choose the draft DISA STIG security policy when installing Centos 7 you can run the OSCAP security audit tool to check your configuration. The command to do so is not obvious and is not...
View ArticleHow to send JSON log messages to RabbitMQ from syslog-ng
In this post I will show you how to configure syslog-ng to send logs in JSON format in the body of an AMQP message. I use RabbitMQ as my message broker but this method should work with any AMQP...
View ArticleSoftware Stagnation
Operating systems and mainstream software like MS Office have fallen into a period of stagnation. Changes to Windows, Mac OS, and even Linux window managers like Gnome have become little more than...
View ArticleCode as Music
I was reading an article on Hacker News about Musical User Interfaces and it made wonder why the current music tools don’t allow you to code your song. By coding a song I mean writing a song as a...
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