Introduction LOPSA members outside the Seattle area may not be familiar with me, so here's a brief introduction. I'm the IT Manager at Vaisala (formerly 3TIER) where I've worked for ten years. In that position I've been the sole IT staff, managed a growing team up to five direct reports and I currently…
The following was written by my student, Timothy Trindle. I asked him to prove or disprove a few conjectures and assertions about how NFS + default OnTap filesystem configurations suffered when massive numbers of very small files are involved. Tim devised the tests and executed them with minimal need for guidence from me. The following…
I'm pleased to announce the candidate slate for the 2015 election. Of the four incumbents, three are running for re-election. Dan Rich will not be running for re-election. Our candidates (click on their names to read their candidate statements): Atom Powers Chris 'Ski' Kacoroski (Incumbent) Mark Honomichl (Incumbent) Nicholas Brenckle aka Nick Danger Paul English William…
I am Atom Powers, apowers on IRC, and I am running for the Board (and from the velociraptors). You can see my full statement here: (Evernote Document)
Two years ago, I felt that LOPSA was poised for growth. I was a bit early in that assessment as LOPSA was still burdened by debt that limited its ability to focus on the future. That debt is now paid off and LOPSA can focus on the future – our future as system admins. If…
There's been a change at LOPSA recently. Less talking, more doing. My name is William Bilancio and I am proud to be part of that change.
Recent accomplishments:
A few months ago, it was announced that Matt Simmons and Steve Murawski resigned from the board and a call was sent out for potential replacements. I was honored to be one of the two selected to serve until elections could be held to replace them. Background I have worked in the field…
Your never too old to learn. I took the family out to dinner yesterday and our resident hacker (my eight year old granddaughter) taught everyone at the table about a tool in Windows. My two oldest children are in the computer field and computer related field. I go to both of them when I need…
A Teaching Moment and the Hour of Code In recent blog entry I wrote abou the Sessions I attended at the reent PETE&C onference (www.peteandc.org). Since coming back from the conference I tried to get some time to sit with my granddaughter and start teaching her programming on the code.org site. I got her for…