Writing Excel worksheets using Python XlsxWriter

http://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.io/ (© Copyright 2013-2017, John McNamara) I want to just say thanks to the author John McNamara for writing this reference. When I write code I normally start with a task and goal in mind as a finished product. I don’t necessarily set out to become an expert in a particular module, but I do […]

Interview with James Gosling, Father of Java

Credit: https://www.mappingthejourney.com/single-post/2017/06/29/Episode-3-Interview-with-James-Gosling-Father-of-Java – I just found this website .. these guys have some great podcasts coming up.

Check out Reverend Horton Heat on Amazon Music

Check out Reverend Horton Heat on Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/artists/B000QKK4AA?ref=dm_sh_JC3AgXf3cyZjeHZpK8NrBU96o

Linus has something to say about Intel’s Core i9 and X299 platform

Linus has something to say about Intel’s Core i9 and X299 platform –

Flash Boys by Michael Lewis

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books
May, 30, 2017
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OK, I finally got around to reading this one. It’s been on my reading list for a few years. You did a Super Job Mr. Lewis! I’ve been working with high-frequency trading (HFT), and I didn’t know a lot of the information in the book. I’ve lived through a lot of this. I’ve read the […]

Rolling Back a YUM Update in CentOS and RHEL

rpm -qa –last | less (gets a list of dates when packages were installed) “yum history” to see a history of yum transactions use “yum history undo transaction_number to roll back the change # yum history Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. ID | Login user | Date and […]

Getting started with VMwares ESXi/vSphere API in Python

I’m really glad I found this: https://www.jacobtomlinson.co.uk/vmware/2016/06/22/using-vmware-esxi-vsphere-python-api/ It made it super easy to get started with connecting and querying VMware from Python. I’ll post more on the topic as I go.

Work From Home (WFH)

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May, 21, 2017
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http://www.midnightdba.com/Jen/2017/05/employers-let-people-work-home/ I miss working from home. I did it full-time for three years. OK, I occasionally do it now too, but it has to be for a particular reason. In all honesty, I actually probably get more done at home than in the office. I have a super home office with everything I need including […]