January List

I like list blog entries. Here is a list: * January is the best time to go wine tasting. The wineries are empty and the bored winery employees give you special treatment. * I bought this fox print by Carson…

Happy 2013

My friend Laura made this. I like it. 2012 was one of the best years of my life. A lot of that has to do with having Gideon, of course. But so many big things happened that any one of…

DevOps Troubleshooting Is Here

DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best Practices is out! I am so proud of Kyle for finishing his 8th book! In DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best Practices, award-winning Linux expert Kyle Rankin brings together all the standardized, repeatable techniques your team…

Article In Writer’s Digest

Hey check it out! I have a new article in the January issue of Writer’s Digest. “If Walls Could Talk” is about lessons I learned from visiting the houses of Mark Twain, Jack London, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and…

Kyle On Make Blog

More from Make: Kyle wrote a post for their blog titled A Printrbot Fixed My Dishwasher. It did!

Gideon In Make Magazine

Check it out! Gideon is in the current issue of Make Magazine. He’s holding a rolling hedgehog toy that Kyle made for him through our Printrbot. That is to say, Kyle printed the toy out in plastic. Here’s a bigger…

Why There Are Words Reading

Busy, busy, busy. Not only do we have a new baby under 2 months, but Kyle has a new job. On Monday he starts at MobileIron in Mountain View. It looks like a great company, plus he’ll be able to…

DevOps Troubleshooting

Here is the cover of Kyle’s new book, DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux Server Best Practices. It’s due out in October 2012, but you can pre-order it on Amazon. More about the book: In this book, pioneering Linux sysadmin Kyle Rankin teaches…

Gideon Rankin

If you haven’t heard, our son, Gideon Aaron Rankin, was born May 22, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. He’s healthy and cute. We like him.