At a client site updates were installed on Red Hat systems, but they were not always rebooted after a kernel update. So I needed a quick way to test if a server had a newer kernel installed than it was currently running. Just to save it for future use :

#!/bin …

A pre-commit hook is a great way to run custom actions before handing over your work to GIT (and thus your CI tool chain). For puppet related GIT repositories I’ve assembled a pre-commit hook that checks the puppet code, changed ERB templates and any changed YAML files for formatting …

During my integration work for a client, I was running third party puppet code to integrate automatically deployed application containers with the third party deployment tool (the deployit / XL Deploy module for puppet)

This module was written to run an exec for three different actions per container, all resulting in …

The old trusty MacBook white was getting slower and slower. I upgraded it to new OS X releases when they came available over the years. As my kids became the primary user, the complaints started to pile up. I tried moving to Windows 7 and to Ubuntu. But the machine …

After some troubles with my OS X install on my Retina Macbook, I thought it would be a good time to revisit Linux on the Desktop. Although I have desktop Linuxes running all the time, the last time I ran Linux as a desktop native on hardware was years ago …