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I’m on a #Podcast: “It’s a Chat Episode 53 – More! – #TheMatrix: Reloaded”

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Yep, they let me back on! And so, following the last recording (probably around November-ish), we recorded the chat that became Episode 53 of the It’s a Chat podcast. Much like the last episode, we talk about things which are connected to The Matrix: Reloaded (and get about 1/3rd of the way through the film), and talk about other stuff as well. I talk a fair amount about the Animatrix and we briefly discuss the game (that I don’t think any of us played).

I reference a series of books which I read, that I referred to as “Sand” but instead actually meant the first book, called “Wool” of the series “Silo“, which I rated 3/5 on Goodreads.

I also draw a conclusion that Agent Smith is actually rickrolling us, four years before rickrolling was a thing.

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I’m on a #Podcast: “It’s a Chat Episode 52 – Red Pill, Blue Pill – #TheMatrix”

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A few months ago, I recorded a podcast episode with the “It’s a Chat Podcast” team, talking about The Matrix. We’ve got some subsequent episodes recorded about the sequels, but they’ve not been released yet! The first episode was released today as “Red Pill, Blue Pill – The Matrix“.

“It’s a Chat” talk about films, tv series and even games that were large parts of our lives growing up, including Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and Star Trek.

Listening back to the episode today, it’s clear that I’ve not got any better at stopping the “Um”ing – so… I guess I need to do something about that :)

I’d love to hear your views on my views about the show, so please comment below, reply to the tweet or just message me using one of the links under “Where to find me” on my blog!

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#Podcast Summary – “LHS Episode 307: #Ansible Deep Dive”

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Recently, I was a guest of the Linux In The Ham Shack Podcast (LHS), talking about Ansible.

The episode I recorded was: LHS Episode #307: Ansible Deep Dive

About a year ago, Bill (NE4RD) and Russ (K5TUX) were talking about Ansible, and I spotted a couple of… maybe misunderstandings, maybe mistakes, or perhaps just where they misspoke about it? Whatever it was at the time, I offered to talk about Ansible, and then scheduling became a major issue. We tried to meet up online a few times over the year and this was the first opportunity I had to actually talk to them.

In this conversation, I talk about what Ansible is and how it works. I go into quite a bit of depth on how you would install packages, make file changes, and then explain how to use, obtain and create Ansible Roles. I also go into Handlers, local and remote Inventories, Ansible Tower and AWX.

When I was talking about Ansible playbooks and tasks, particularly towards the beginning of the podcast, I was looking at the code samples I put together for the Admin Admin Podcast Deep Dive into Ansible. The custom OpenStack modules I referenced in the show were written by my friend and colleague, Nick Cross.

I get a bit of stick for my pronunciation of Inventories, which is … fun :) As usual, I “Um” and “Ah” quite a bit. It becomes exceptional apparent how much work Dave Lee does for me in my usual Admin Admin Podcast!

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One to listen to: “Salary Negotiation for DevOps with Josh Doody”

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A few weeks ago, during a podcast binge, I came across this podcast (Salary Negotiations for DevOps with Josh Doody on the Real World DevOps Podcast). I noted at the time that it was really good content with great advice… and then forgot about it. (Oh, and it’s not just for DevOps people!)

Fast forward to today, when one of the Admin Admin Podcast Listeners (in our Telegram Channel) announces that he’s just gone for a new job, had been offered it, and was thinking of taking the job… but that they’d offered him a package lower than he was hoping to receive. My response “Say you wanted more, see if they can meet you halfway!” The main thing I took away from this podcast was that by the time you’re in the interview stage, the company you’re being interviewed by is *likely* to have already paid several thousand pounds/dollars/euros to have you sat in front of them, so if they want you, they’ll probably pay that bit more to not have to go through that process again!

Anyway, this is a great podcast for anyone who works for an employer, is thinking of asking for a pay rise‌ or is looking for a new job, and it’s well worth a listen!

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Podcast Summary – “TechSNAP Episode 384: Interplanetary Peers”

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Last night I was a guest host on TechSNAP, a systems, network and administration podcast.

The episode I recorded was: TechSNAP Episode 384: Interplanetary Peers

In this episode, I helped cover the news items, mostly talking about the breach over at NewEgg by the MagePay group and a (now fixed) vulnerability in Alpine Linux, and then did a bit of a dive into IPFS.

It’s a good listen, but the audio right at the end was quite noisy as a storm settled in just as I was recording my outro.

One to listen to: “Jason Scott is Breaking Out in Archives”

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http://sysadministrivia.com/episodes/S3E13

This is a fascinating episode. Jason Scott works for the Internet Archive, personally hosts a large archive of historic BBS text files, and is an engaging interviewee (plus, he talks a lot :) )

If you’re interested in how archive.org works (including how they choose disks for their storage, how content is processed and managed, whether they keep spam, how many hours of “sermons” have been stored, etc), or what happens when you get sued for USD2,000,000,000, it’s well worth a listen.

Podcast/Talk Summary – OggCamp “Main stage ‘Extravaganza'”

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Format: Five podcasting guys standing in front of an audience. No slides. Discussion. 200ish attendees

Audio: https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-extra-episode-05/

Slot: Slot 9 Saturday (Closing Session) 16:00-17:00

Notes: My first main stage show. Two questions proposed by the podcasters and a discussion with the audience. Slightly waffly on my part, mostly because I was tired. I also was taking the “mic around to the audience”. Skilfully mastered by Joe Ressington.

Well worth a listen – I’d like to know your views on anything raised in the podcast in the comments!

Oh, and at the end, I tried to make a point, but couldn’t remember the exact quote – here it is: “Be who you needed when you were younger” – Brad Montague

Enjoy :)

One to listen to: “And we’re in”

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https://hackablepodcast.com/#/episodes/and-were-in

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re encouraged to use different passwords on every website, here’s a perfect example. In this episode from Cybersecurity Firm McAfee, a not-very-technical presenter asks a Penetration Tester (someone who is paid to breach a client’s own security to prove where it’s weaknesses are) to show how easy or hard it is to get into his accounts… In the end the tester goes after this presenter’s Dad’s account… and gets into his Amazon account and his Facebook account in only a couple of minutes.

He also explains some things you can do to keep an eye on these things for yourself. In general this is a fantastic podcast to listen to, and I’d strongly suggest you subscribe to it because it’s not too over-the-top, it’s not pitched at the techno-nerds (like me ;) ) it’s just … right.

Podcast Summary – The Admin Admin Podcast #61 – Not quite so ephemeral

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January was a busy month for me – between work, helping direct developments to CCHits.net, organising OggCamp, starting Sociable Tech (more on these later), I’ve now also become a regular co-host on The Admin Admin podcast – a podcast for people who work in IT.

Originally started by Al and Andy, Jerry joined them early in the recording series, and just recently Andy has changed jobs and doesn’t have the time to record at the moment. Ever since Al and Andy approached me at OggCamp ’15, I’ve recorded shows as an occasional guest host and providing feedback on episodes where it was appropriate… so I was happy to receive the message asking if I wanted to become a regular co-host.

As I’ve joined the show, we’ve changed the format slightly, reduced our recording expectations (we’re just aiming for one show a month now) and by our good fortune, my good friend, Dave Lee from The Bugcast, has also been roped in to help with recording and producing… he did a fine job with this show!

So, expect to see more posts from me, talking about the show in here.

In this show (Episode 61) we talk about naming hosts, home labs, routers and firewalls and Jerry and I waffle on about Vagrant…. a LOT :) Oh, and we teach Al what ephemeral means.

Oh, and yes, I explain about my Streisand box in this show and get it *completely and utterly wrong*. It’s rather embarrassing. I’ll explain properly on the next show exactly what happens!!

Podcast Summary – The Ubuntu Podcast, S10E26

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In two weeks I have appeared in three podcasts, and this is the third!

I was asked to participate in The Ubuntu Podcast – S10E26 – Endurable Wiry Bird because of my organisational involvement in the most recent OggCamp. I also mention a VPN product I think is useful for protecting yourself on public WiFi, and I mention my struggles with “Bash on Ubuntu for Windows” (symlinks of directories and FUSE filesystems). My wonderful and constructive wife said that I wasn’t very good at being interviewed (I kept having to be dragged back to talking to “normal people” level), but that it sounded like a professional radio show.

I really enjoy being on all these podcasts… I just wish I was a better guest on them!

Weird technical note: I have recently taken to recording the feeds from two separate microphones and submitting them both to the podcast for mixing purposes. On this occasion that back-fired… The “better” microphone picked up the other people in the audio from the “more rubbish” communications headset I use at work, that we were using to have the conference call. Fortunately, I’d recorded the audio from that too, as that had removed (or, more likely, never picked up) the audio from the other parties on the call… So next time, I need to either use better in-ear headphones for that, it just stick with the comms headset, and hope for the best!