Author: mjmanos

Custom Builds Hardware How-To Tools

PrimoChill Praxis Wetbench Build

A PrimoChill Praxis System bench build for my home system build workshop. Tips, hints, and observations.

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Space Webb Telescope

Webb Telescope Image Reveal

Tonight at 5pm the Biden administration will release the first image from the Webb telescope with a flurry releases starting tomorrow. The Webb telescope is interesting because it has been positioned in the L2 Sun-Earth Lagrange point which is an area of space that is essentially protected from our cosmic ‘weather’ and events allowing it […]

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Dun & Bradstreet Fun Leadership Philosophy Training Transformation Work Stuff

Project Watchdog and the importance of Internships

The lifeblood of every organization must be renewed and refreshed regularly. Of course experience matters – but left on its own it begins to grow stale and loses its vibrancy. The comfort and the stability of the known slowly takes over from the desire to forge ahead and look for different ways to evolve. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In that transition the organization grows stiff. It loses its vibrancy. It is a tale as old as time and probably as old as some of your key platforms.

Every leader will eventually face this challenge. You do not have to wait until its too late, however. There are a myriad of things you can do to keep a low level of disruption present in your organization to ensure velocity and change. One of my favorite ways to do this is …

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Hardware Linux

Linux Laptops – The complete List

This post is an attempt to make things easy for the Linux enthusiast who is looking for a comprehensive list of manufacturers who specifically make and tailor to Linux optimized laptops and servers. Sure, there is a school of thought that says that most of the fun is doing your own custom build, distro and desktop combo. But some people just want to use and go!

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Custom Builds History Linux Online Applications Starlink Strange/Weird What Caught My Eye

What Caught my Eye – Week Ending July 8, 2022

This week we cover The Mail Client Blues in From Mail drops to Continued Tear Drops. Go down memory lane with Nolan Bushnell. Wonder what kind of brain short circuit is happening at Radio Shack.
I share some things to pre-buy in your next build and we conclusively prove that a boat is a hole in the water you throw money into.

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Network Starlink

When you wish upon a star…link

“When you wish upon a star, makes no difference where you are Orders placed so long ago may still come true!” We placed this order what feels like a year ago or more and we were finally notified that we are a go! Will definitely do a series of posts on the installation, configuration, and […]

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Technology Operations Transformation

On infiltration and associated dangers of potential energy in transformation…

Saw this on Reddit… There are days I am not sure we haven’t already been infiltrated. Today I Learned …. that during WWII, the US military developed a manual to sabotage enemy corporations, with tips such as “Do your work poorly and blame it on bad tools. Work slowly. Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently […]

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Holiday Opinion / Rant

Happy Independence Day 2022

To all of my American friends – I hope you have a happy 4th of July and Independence Day Celebration! We are spending the holiday with family and friends. We are also surrounded by drunkards, bad choices, and shortly – Explosives. The American Way. 😛

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Archeology History Music Strange/Weird Tools What Caught My Eye

What Caught My Eye – Week Ending July 1, 2022

What Caught my Eye This week? Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters are Dozers, Find the source of Bluetooth (The OG version), Getting into the math of magic. Exploration of Lost Lizard cities in Los Angeles, and VI is not dead. The usual weird mix from me.

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