Recent blog entries for philiph

Request Tracker On Centos 5

A complete guide to installing RT4 on a CentOS 5 VPS with full SSL support.

Syndicated 2011-09-02 04:43:01 from HollenbackNet

Server Load Spreading

A long description of my adventures in server load spreading on 10k machines. Perl v. bash v. hashing.

Syndicated 2011-08-27 01:21:27 from HollenbackNet

Finding A Job

Added link to rands in repose article about how he scans resumes as a hiring manager.

Syndicated 2011-08-19 17:39:19 from HollenbackNet

Dev Ops Means Dont Be An Ahole

Hopefully a new rallying cry for the devops movement!

Syndicated 2011-07-08 05:17:27 from HollenbackNet

Devops Days Packaging Panel

Info (and video) about the packaging panel discussion I took part in at Devopsdays 2011 in Mountain View.

Syndicated 2011-07-04 06:31:26 from HollenbackNet

Sweet Potato Hummus Experiment

My latest attempt at perfecting my sweet potato hummus recipe. The baby loves it!

Syndicated 2011-06-26 21:33:48 from HollenbackNet

Mutt On Mac Os

Update my 'mutt on mac' page to point to sourceforge for emacs post-mode.

Syndicated 2011-05-22 00:16:02 from HollenbackNet

Web Hosting Options

Add an update to my thoughts on whether I should move to a VPS (tl;dr: yes)

Syndicated 2011-05-19 19:20:46 from HollenbackNet

Bay Lisa Release Management

Video and slides from my April 2011 BayLISA presentation about how we do software release management in Yahoo Mail.

Syndicated 2011-05-19 03:51:14 from HollenbackNet

Here's a set of photos I took at the Computer History Museum. If you like switches and indicator lamps you will love these pics. Some samples:

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