VirtualTam's bookmarks

  1. The NASA Lessons Learned system provides access to official, reviewed lessons learned from NASA programs and projects. These lessons have been made available to the public by the NASA Office of the Chief Engineer and the NASA Engineering Network. Each lesson describes the original driving event and provides recommendations that feed into NASA’s continual improvement via training, best practices, policies, and procedures.

  2. "Cache is king. And if your cache is cut, you're going to feel it."

    "Some providers now have something called Metal-as-a-Service, which I really think ought to mean that an '80s metal band shows up at your office, plays a gig, smashes the furniture, and urinates on the carpet."

  3. "Add Clippy or his friends to any website for instant nostalgia. Our research shows that people love two things: failed Microsoft technologies and obscure Javascript libraries. Naturally, we decided to combine the two."

    https://www.smore.com/clippy-js

  4. "The price for securing your network is eternal vigilance and also your soul." "Whose soul? We're sysadmins." "Oh, right. End users. Hang on, I have a jar of them under my desk. Let me get one out for you."