Migrating to AWS CloudFront17 February 2023·2339 words·11 minsNew experiences bring joy! After working with fun AWS CloudFront hacks at work this week, I decided to migrate this blog to AWS S3 and CloudFront. ⛅
Taking the 100 Days to Offload challenge25 November 2022·419 words·2 minsSometimes the best way to get past a persistent writer’s block is to challenge yourself to write. 📝
Reflecting on 10 years of (mostly) technical blogging10 March 2017·201 words·1 minIt all started shortly after I joined Rackspace in December of 2006.
HTTP/2 for the blog and icanhazip.com13 September 2016·101 words·1 minI’ve recently updated this blog and icanhazip.
Helpful, low-FUD information security sites, mailing lists, and blogs8 January 2015·187 words·1 minKeeping current with the latest trends and technologies in the realm of information security is critical and there are many options to choose from.
Reaching a new milestone and making some big changes26 November 2012·432 words·3 minsThis is my 500th post on this blog!
Why technical people should blog (but don’t)30 March 2012·1108 words·6 minsI originally wrote this post for the Rackspace Blog but I decided to post it here in case some of my readers might have missed it.
Five years of rackerhacker.com14 February 2012·316 words·2 minsToday marks the fifth year that this blog has existed on the internet.
400th post: Looking back at where this blog started14 November 2010·364 words·2 minsLast night’s post about my charity drive for the Movember Foundation was the 400th post on my blog!
Raising money for prostate cancer research and survivor support13 November 2010·92 words·1 minMovember 2010
Why I’m a Racker26 March 2010·176 words·1 minI normally try to keep my work-related items separate from this blog, but I felt that I needed to break tradition for a moment.
New look20 September 2008·76 words·1 minI’ve decided to adjust the look of this blog to make it easier to read and faster to download.
Thanks for making RackerHacker so popular!15 September 2008·127 words·1 minAfter a quick review of the stats this evening, I found that this blog has made it to 500,000 sessions so far this year.