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  • Installing the Docker Toolbox – Exit Status 255 and 1

    I installed docker using the docker toolbox v1.9.1 application download and executable onto a Windows laptop. Available at https://github.com/docker/toolbox/releases The docker toolbox installs a number of components including: docker 1.9.1 docker-machine 0.5.6 docker-compose 1.5.2 Kitematic 0.9.5.1 Boot2Docker ISO 1.9.1 VirtualBox 5.0.12 The first installation I did resulted in an issue with the IP addressing on the…

  • Flying Pi IoT Robot Wars

    With the announcement of the Return of Robot Wars on the BBC rebooted for 2016 the buzz around what can be achieved with today’s technology is hotting up. The inner geek in me is slightly excited and have already over thought some elements of of it. Here are some of my thoughts as today’s tech involves…

  • Learning to Program

    If one of your new years resolutions is to learn how to program? If not why should you consider to learn to program and add it to your list? As businesses become more focused on  Cloud, DevOps/OpsDev, aaS (as a Service) or SDnn (Software Defined) a knowledge of programming and a language will help you understand…

  • 8 Free “For Dummies” books you should read in 2016

    There has been a lot of the free smaller versions of the “For Dummies” books published recently. These are normally sponsored by a company to help promote a way of thinking/product/etc, however they do contain useful overviews and information on the subject that they are presenting on. Here are my top 8 of these which…

  • Manual tasks of today should be the Automated tasks of tomorrow

    “Manual tasks of today should be the Automated tasks of tomorrow”. There are lots of Automation tools available to people and businesses today to automate tasks that are carried out in a manual way. The pace at which this is happening is varying based on Habits and Patterns that we use on a daily basis. Also…

  • DevOps ES2015 – Slides/Videos

    From last year but still a great source of information from the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 that was run last year. These provide a great view into how other organisations are using DevOps within their business and in some cases its OpsDev. Speaker Decks  http://www.slideshare.net/DOESsummit15 Youtube Channel: DevOps Enterprise Summit – YouTube I’ve previously listed the 2014…

  • An A-Z Guide to being an Architect

    Back in 2008 Microsoft published An A-Z Guide to Being an Architect in their Architecture Journals. Here is my take on an updated A to Z Guide to being an Architect. A couple of these may be similar. A – Architect Having the right level of skills as an Architect or engaging an Architect with the right level…

  • Personal Knowledge Management System – Revised for 2016

    I originally blogged about my Personal Knowledge Management System back in January 2015 and as we are beginning 2016 its time to review it again. I use my Personal Knowledge Management System to collect, sort and store useful artefacts, blogs, information, inspiration, articles and bits I find on the web. Journal Journalling in both a Personal…

  • Is your being social data being mined?

    Over the festive break I have seen many people letting their guard down on my Social Media feeds and responding to those quizzes and prediction sites that scan your data and come up with some random facts about you. The lure of finding out “Which are your most used words on facebook?” or “Which friend will…

  • Pen Based Productivity Tools – The Chronodex 2016

    I have blogged several times now about Pen Based Productivity Tools and a particular favourite is still the Chronodex by Patrick Ng. Its good to see the 2016 Chronodex released for Jan to Jun 2016, but also a Chronodex Daily Scheduler and GTD To-do List option. Link to downloads: http://scription.typepad.com/blog/2015/12/scription-chronodex-weekly-planner-jan-jun-2016-released.html This is primarily meant for the Midori Traveller…