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Author: aron

  • And one more to go

    Scores finally caught up…

  • Last Class

    So yesterday I completed my Udacity Data Analyst Nanodegree, they were nice enough to give me a link to the certificate. I’ve submitted my scores and unfortunately I was denied a clean countdown because there’s no integration between Udacity and WGU, so here’s what my degree program looks like now:

  • Working Out

    So one of the things that I’ve been doing to keep stress at a manageable level is to exercise. It started with just walking and then got to lifting weights and lastly, and most recently, situps. Situps are the bane of my existence, I actually bought an inverted bench to help with them.

  • Finishing School

    I’m at the cusp of being finished with my degree, I’m working on an unsupervised machine learning class, and when I finish that there is only the 4 credit capstone project to knock out. With any luck, I’m finished by September.

  • 2nd 5k of the Year

    Well it was just at the rec center but it was 5k and completed in 54:39. Total transparency, I did have to take a nap in the afternoon because of this.

  • Roger’s Memorial

    Roger’s memorial was today. Mom, Cortney and I went, it was nice to get a chance to remember him. Although I didn’t know him well, he was one of the great ones. Truly one who wanted to help others. And during the memorial, I was struck that the more you assist and aid and help others the more resources you seem to be given to do so. There’s probably something to that.

  • New UPS’s

    I run a development desktop with 6 monitors, a RHEL server, a desktop Mint with 4 monitors, and a Synology NAS and they are all tied together with a 16-port gig switch. I bought a UPS several years ago and hooked everything up to it. Needless to say the batteries are long since passed and to the point where a slight loss was taking everything down. So I blew $400 on 2 new UPS’s and bought new batteries for the old one. Now everything is evenly distributed across the battery backups and it’s exciting to have everything running on smooth power.

  • Homemade Alfredo Sauce

    Stealing this from here.
    I really love alfredo sauce but it’s another one of those things I just buy a jar of even though I’ve heard it’s easy enough to make at home. So I looked it up and it does look simple. We’re starting with a half batch, we got the cheese at Aldi and we’re working with the assumption that a cup is 4 oz of shredded cheese, probably a bit over but this way the 8oz of parmesan is split neatly in half, or double for a full batch.

    Ingredients

    • ▢ ½ Cup Butter
    • ▢ 1 ½ Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
    • ▢ 2 Teaspoons Garlic Minced
    • ▢ ½ Teaspoon Italian Seasoning
    • ▢ ½ Teaspoon Salt
    • ▢ ¼ Teaspoon Pepper
    • ▢ 2 Cups Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese

    Instructions

    • Add the butter and cream to a large skillet.
    • Simmer over low heat for 2 minutes.
    • Whisk in the garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper for one minute.
    • Whisk in the parmesan cheese until melted.
    • Serve immediately

  • Note to self

    When blogging, creating a draft does not mean you will actually finish it and publish it.

  • Vacations Are Work

    So the idea of a vacation is that you get to relax, but getting to the vacation is anything but relaxing. For example, I’ve got to clean the house, get packed, finish up work stuff and school stuff, make sure the cats are taken care of and get myself to Denver, then it’s just a couple days there and another drive back to TX. Seems like a lot of work to me.