steve.bradford
@geekprotem.com
AWS geek | kubernetes fan | tabletop nerd
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fucking airlines. can't cancel my flight this far ahead without big penalties, which means i can't book alternative transportation far enough ahead to know i can get it. so now i'm stuck with a flight that will probably be canceled or changes just beforehand with no options.
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
fucking airlines. can't cancel my flight this far ahead without big penalties, which means i can't book alternative transportation far enough ahead to know i can get it. so now i'm stuck with a flight that will probably be canceled or changes just beforehand with no options.
might have to take a train to re:invent if this nonsense keeps up...
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
might have to take a train to re:invent if this nonsense keeps up...
amsterdam has some sassy and whimsical security cameras, for sure.
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
amsterdam has some sassy and whimsical security cameras, for sure.
staging area for the full-size candy distribution this evening.
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
staging area for the full-size candy distribution this evening.
starting my prep for #awsreinvent2025 early this year. if anyone wants to meet and hang for a bit on sunday, i'm putting together a dinner. no sales droids! just nerding out with some good food before the chaos begins.
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
starting my prep for #awsreinvent2025 early this year. if anyone wants to meet and hang for a bit on sunday, i'm putting together a dinner. no sales droids! just nerding out with some good food before the chaos begins.
awww man. aisling bea is going to be on tour next year but none of the dates look like good travel times for me to head to that side of the atlantic. bummer.
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
awww man. aisling bea is going to be on tour next year but none of the dates look like good travel times for me to head to that side of the atlantic. bummer.
i realized this morning that i haven't used ssh to access a host in a professional setting in a couple of years, now. in fact, i think i may only use it to update my pihole nowadays.
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
i realized this morning that i haven't used ssh to access a host in a professional setting in a couple of years, now. in fact, i think i may only use it to update my pihole nowadays.
i was excited to see a new shawarma place open near me, and i'm thrilled that it is actually really good.
October 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
i was excited to see a new shawarma place open near me, and i'm thrilled that it is actually really good.
noodled around with kiro today after seeing a demo at my local AWS meetup last night. as much as i am reluctant to trust such tools, it does a decent job writing docs for my stupid little projects.
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
noodled around with kiro today after seeing a demo at my local AWS meetup last night. as much as i am reluctant to trust such tools, it does a decent job writing docs for my stupid little projects.
made a table for my FLGS
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
made a table for my FLGS
re:invent session registration is open and i got 4 sessions i want, almost all on the same day. yay.
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
re:invent session registration is open and i got 4 sessions i want, almost all on the same day. yay.
chicago needs to, like, install some city-wide dehumidifiers. pretty gross up here right now.
but seeing the yeah yeah yeahs in concert was worth walking around in this muck.
but seeing the yeah yeah yeahs in concert was worth walking around in this muck.
July 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
chicago needs to, like, install some city-wide dehumidifiers. pretty gross up here right now.
but seeing the yeah yeah yeahs in concert was worth walking around in this muck.
but seeing the yeah yeah yeahs in concert was worth walking around in this muck.
gotta love it when searching for a solution to something and you find a heavily upvoted github issue that is simply closed with no feedback.
June 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
gotta love it when searching for a solution to something and you find a heavily upvoted github issue that is simply closed with no feedback.
recently got back from a trip to the smokey mountains and i gotta say that the area is absolutely wonderful. except pigeon forge, which should be avoided at all costs.
and i saw bears!
and i saw bears!
May 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
recently got back from a trip to the smokey mountains and i gotta say that the area is absolutely wonderful. except pigeon forge, which should be avoided at all costs.
and i saw bears!
and i saw bears!
so far the murderbot show is fucking rad and i am super excited for more episodes!
and books for that matter.
and books for that matter.
May 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
so far the murderbot show is fucking rad and i am super excited for more episodes!
and books for that matter.
and books for that matter.
anyone else sometimes think about learning COBOL as a retirement plan?
May 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
anyone else sometimes think about learning COBOL as a retirement plan?
are BMW M3s the new Honda Civic? i've seen so many in the last few weeks that are poorly maintained and modded to be really loud.
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
are BMW M3s the new Honda Civic? i've seen so many in the last few weeks that are poorly maintained and modded to be really loud.
ain't that the truth
pretending you were asking for more information was the best way to try to get the humans to realize they were doing something stupid.
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
ain't that the truth
took two classes hosted by my local parks department today and have 3 takeaways:
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
took two classes hosted by my local parks department today and have 3 takeaways:
every time i dig further into AWS Aurora, the more i dislike it. conceptually it always sounds cool, but you just can't do the same things you can with regular RDS.
May 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
every time i dig further into AWS Aurora, the more i dislike it. conceptually it always sounds cool, but you just can't do the same things you can with regular RDS.
i maintain that shatner's greatest acting role was his part in airplane 2.
April 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
i maintain that shatner's greatest acting role was his part in airplane 2.
rabbit activity has increased dramatically in my yard over the last couple of weeks, which also means hawks have started perching on the fence. they look like guys dressed in bird suits.
April 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
rabbit activity has increased dramatically in my yard over the last couple of weeks, which also means hawks have started perching on the fence. they look like guys dressed in bird suits.
i don't think i'm being hyperbolic when i say that stynylrez black primer is chemically identical to the asphalt used in the drop pitch experiment.
April 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
i don't think i'm being hyperbolic when i say that stynylrez black primer is chemically identical to the asphalt used in the drop pitch experiment.
i am not sure how it happened, but i own something like 6 airbrushes and almost thrice as many needles.
and all of them suck to clean.
and all of them suck to clean.
April 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
i am not sure how it happened, but i own something like 6 airbrushes and almost thrice as many needles.
and all of them suck to clean.
and all of them suck to clean.