2023

Financial Awareness

Financial awareness forms the foundation of any personal finance system. It empowers you to make informed choices, preventing you from falling into debt or facing financial troubles. You might think that becoming financially aware is challenging or time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be. In just 30 days, you can establish a solid starting point.

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Obsidian Makeover

A few weeks ago I realized the current structure of my vault was not enabling me to move the needle and allow me to focus on the important things.

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Eisenhower Matrix for Personal Finance

The Eisenhower Matrix is a time management technique that can be applied to personal finance. It provides a framework for financial tasks based on their urgency and importance - allowing you to focus your time and energy on the financial matters that will have the biggest impact. In this article, we’ll explore how to use the Eisenhower Matrix to organize your personal finances.

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2019

From Consumer to Creator

I have a long-standing desire to write and share what I have learned over my career in the computer industry. I was a web developer for over 20 years; spent a few years building computers and networks and have been transitioning to DevOps Engineer. I feel like someone can learn from my successes and failures.

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2018

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2017

When Automations and Continuous Integrations Fail

Everyone has tasks they have to do but would rather not. There are a handful of things we can automate, and should like paying bills, reminders for appointments or testing code before deploying. Every one of these can fail if you do not have a plan to review them regularly.

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Drupal / Wordpress Continuous Integration (CI), testing each commit

Continuous Integration (CI) at a high level is testing every code push from each developer, every time. While this sounds like an argues task, it does not have to be. Drupal and Wordpress both have tools available that can help you test your code.

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Using Jenkins for Drupal and Wordpress - Installation

This is the first in a series on Using Jenkins for Drupal and Wordpress. Over the next few posts I will cover which plugins to use, server-side software needed, how to back up the remote database, testing each commit and more.

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Health and fitness 

On March 18th Jana and I decided to challenge each other to loose weight. I started out at 218 lbs. on a 6 ft frame. The goal is to get to 190 lbs by Labor Day, the first weekend in September.

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2016

Today I am saddened, Today I am hopeful

```text Today I am saddened Today I am saddened for the women mistreated by misogynistic views and actions Today I am saddened for those who have been mistreated by racist views and actions Today I am saddened for the LGBTQ community who are just trying to have a voice Today I am saddened by the people who show hate over love and compassion Today I am saddened for my own sins against humanity Today I am saddened for those who think the world has ended Today I am saddened for those who think the revolution has started Today I am saddened for those who do not know the joy and peace of Jesus Today I am saddened

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2015

There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk

```text I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way out.

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It’s hard to know

“It’s hard to know what you’ll need to know in order to know what you’ll need to know.” — Merlin Mann

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