Lacey
*"I've put relatives in the ground with fewer tears."* — my mom Last Sunday night we had to say goodbye to the gentlest soul I will probably ever meet. I've tried to figure out how to write this since ...more »

Installing New Relic Plugin Agent on Shared Hosting
New Relic's basic agent (and the free 30 days of Pro we got up front) have been a huge help on one of my largest ongoing projects. Wanting more insight into our server after a mystery incident yesterday morning ...more »

Setting Up Server SSH Access
Because I always forget and because I am getting into the good habit of connecting via SSH for everything, here's a note to myself on how to get SSH deployment keys running in my typical process: * [Use or generate ...more »

The Next 25 Years
As befits what was an all-male school, the highlight of my 20th high school reunion occurred in the men's room near the end of the night (with a conversation at the urinals). Him: "What brings you here?" Me [*assuming ...more »