Review | The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
I don’t have a lot of time to play video games anymore. I’m giving that as an excuse for the fact that it has taken me so long to complete the game (it sat in its plastic wrap for months before I...
View ArticleReview: The Phoenix Project
Back when Mrs. Sallie Draper joined our team at Martin Luther College’s Network Services, she recommended a book for our group to read. Being the person that I am, I filed it away to read in the future...
View ArticleReview: Time Management for System Administrators
Continuing along my IT operations book kick, I recently picked up Time Management for System Administrators by Tom Limoncelli on SysAdmin Appreciation Day 2014. Considering I continue to struggle with...
View ArticleReview: Web Operations
I’ve been on an “IT operations” kick with my reading recently, and my choice this time was a little different from the others I have been reading. Web Operations: Keeping the Data On Time by John...
View ArticleReview: Effective Monitoring & Alerting
Effective Monitoring and Alerting by Slawek Ligus was not quite the book I had originally thought I was starting. I was looking for something more prescriptive and I read something far higher up the...
View ArticleReview | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Released in November 2011, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is already viewed as one of the best Zelda games, one of the bet Wii games, and an exquisite close to the Wii’s life as Nintendo’s primary...
View ArticleReview | Mass Effect 3
Back in late 2007 Bioware released the original Mass Effect as the first of a three-game trilogy set in a fictional universe not all that different from our own. Well, besides the fact that we were a...
View ArticleReview | iPad mini
I think it is finally time for me to write up my iPad mini review. The iPad mini is 100% an iPad and I feel takes the place of a complementary computing device for those who already have a primary...
View ArticleMy iOS 7 Review
I’ve been using iOS 7 on some device since the original developer release during WWDC and I’ve been impressed with how it has shaped up. So, with no hesitation, I recommend you go and update as soon as...
View ArticleWorking in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software by Nadia Eghbal I just finished this book while walking on the treadmill this morning and I am torn. There are definitely parts...
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