Category: Life Beyond Tech

Posts that shouldn’t have much to do with tech.

BEHS 380: End of Life: Issues and Perspectives

I’m in the middle of writing my prior learning portfolio as part of my EXCL 301 class. I have turned a 12 page paper into a 30 page thesis, and am in the midst of scaling it back and working on precision of my language.

I am sad that I can’t squeeze in this passage from the Encyclopedia Britannica for thanatology:

Generally, psychologists have agreed that there are two overall concepts concerning death that help in understanding the simultaneous processes of living and dying. The “my death versus your death” concept emphasizes the irrational belief that while “your death” is a certainty, an exemption may be made in “my case.”

This passage seems plucked directly out of Terry Pratchett’s writing.

If all my tech “work” could be done in a lab…

I’ve been back at work for 4 days since the winter holidays, and I’m already feeling burdened by how much I need to learn to stay relevant, and how much I am letting this impinges upon my personal life outside of work.

I have a lot of good things to say about VMware and I am grateful they have the new Lab environment. And… I must admit that I haven’t been doing myself service since I haven’t really been using them.

If I could move all my vSphere, Horizon, K8s learning to their labs… what would I gain, and what would I lose?

 

Gains:

  • I would move to my phone as my primary device significantly faster
    • This would encourage finding a really good backup solution
  • I could donate the T20, z220 and not have to cry about TPM upgrade woes, or CPU incompatibilities when using vMotion
    • Although this would lose that nice (but dated) GTX 780 card.
  • I could return the really nice, but not really useful Intel NUC from work
  • My work remains… my work!
  • My personal tech burden is significantly reduced

Cons:

  • I would still need to care and feed for the same same VMs I have now
  • I would end up re-emphasizing my need to move from Google Workspaces over to O365
  • I would lose everything if VMware pulled the plug on my lab for whatever reason.

 

I think its about time I do something about this and start building in the labs. I’m never going to get where I want to be if I keep getting bogged down in trying to resurrect old hardware.

Brian and Sikhumbuzo working on a computer
Don’t forget the wisdom of the Professor.