Author Archives: Peter

Junk Mail Is Fun

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Peter

Somehow I’m on Techgtarget’s spam list and this is what graced the inbox this morning: Gartner research suggests that any data center site that is more than 7 years old is obsolete.  Whether true or false, constructing a new data … Continue reading →

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“Tell Me about Yourself” Is not the dumbest question, but it is the dullest

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Peter

I warned you I might do this. In the long list of career advice articles, this one is not the worst topic but it does miss a great opportunity to treat the subject properly.  While interviewers do frequently break the … Continue reading →

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I am the Kinzua Kid

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Peter

I am the Kinzua Kid.  We’ll tackle why that is in a moment but first I must apologize.  I haven’t been terribly productive of late, having been “offline” for about a month as I wrestled with some important decisions.  It’s … Continue reading →

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The Rack and Pinion Fix, Revisited

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Peter

It’s been way too long since my last post (I’ll get to the reasons for that later this week) but some time ago, reader Jeremy Stanley wrote for more information about this post.  The long title aside, he had some … Continue reading →

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Subverting Big Data

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Peter

I had 1,500 word article all written two weeks ago about how long and far LinkedIn has fallen, even going as far as to title the thing “Why I am Leaving LinkedIn.”  Then Nick spouted off with his usual nay-saying … Continue reading →

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Herman Heyn: Sidewalk astronomers teach us about doubt, faith. – Slate Magazine

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Peter

Herman Heyn: Sidewalk astronomers teach us about doubt, faith. – Slate Magazine. Baltimore is looking cooler and cooler all the time.  I’m just a backyard astronomer; this guy lugs his gear out to the street.  82 years of awesome right … Continue reading →

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Storage Service Catalogs and Automated Storage Tiering

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Peter

I just got off the phone with a client and pointed them to my blog to read this article, which only after they checked did I find out it was never published.  DOH!  The timing is right, though, to revisit … Continue reading →

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In which I get Googled by my daughter

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Peter

I’m raising a pair of nerds in the Kraatz Data Cavern, it would seem.  Today I was Googled by my own daughter, who says to me: Daddy, is this you? Granted, there wasn’t much to go by in that empty … Continue reading →

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Cell Phone Towers: Are We STILL Having This Conversation?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Peter

Christina Wise is a friend of mine who lives in Boulder Creek, CA.  She recently recounted in an editorial “A Story of Cell Phone Towers and Bad Chi”.  It’s sad, really, because it shows just how powerful, mean and destructive … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Europa Report

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Peter

I got stuck in DFW for what should have been an hour but ended up being the better part of a day.  Since it felt like I had taken a journey of several hundred million miles, the only fitting thing … Continue reading →

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