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Fork Once, Work Many: Why I Left Parallel::ForkManager Behind

3 days ago

Loading a GFS forecast hour used to mean forking a new process for every Param/Level record—roughly a thousand short-lived kids per forecast hour.…

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KML-ish overlay of wind speeds for northwest Indiana counties

From GFS Grids to Google Earth: Local Storm Forecasts You Can Actually See

4 weeks ago

We’re building a GFS-based storm forecast system that paints town/city/county-level risk on Google Earth. Starting with where I live in Porter…

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GFS via NOAA and AWS S3

Smart Server Hopping: GFS Downloader Navigates NOAA and AWS

2 months ago

Smart Server Hopping: GFS Downloader Navigates NOAA and AWS

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Publications - Soul Sparks

5 months ago

Soul SparksKim RostelloAmazon KDPSelf PublishingLine EditingProofreadingBook Formatting

Mac mini working up a sweat

Adaptive CPU Throttling in Perl to Prevent System Meltdowns

6 months ago

PerlSystem LoadCPUThrottlingmacOSLinuxLoad AverageAutomation

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Self Publishing Authors

6 months ago

Line EditingProofreadingCopyeditingSelf PublishingBook FormattingIndependent AuthorsManuscripts

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Web Access Errors not What I Suspected

1 year ago

Log AnalysisAmazonbotApachePerlMac MiniAbuseIPDB

White oak slab loses battle to chain saw

Using Perl to Write CNC GCode

1 year ago

GCodePerlWood SlabCNCSlab FlatteningToolpathWoodworking

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Aurora Forecast

Aurora Borealis Alerts

1 year ago

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Server Down!

4 years ago

Mac MiniColocated ServerDisk FailureDowntimeBackupTime Machine

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The new server is even quicker than I thought

5 years ago

Mac MiniPerformanceJSONNOAAAuroraPerlMariaDBColocated Server

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Survey: 40% of employees are thinking of quitting their jobs

5 years ago

Hybrid WorkRemote WorkBurnoutGreat ResignationWorkplace

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Mac Mini M1 Server

5 years ago

Mac MiniColocated ServerMigrationPerformance

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IP Address Spoofing

8 years ago

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State of Remote Work 2018 Report

8 years ago

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The Hot New Language Named Rakudo

9 years ago

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Income Streams vs. Chunks

9 years ago

Recurring RevenueBusiness ModelWeb ScrapingAutomationHostingReporting

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What Kind of Automated Downloads Are Available?

9 years ago

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How Quick Are You in Excel?

9 years ago

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OS X Adaptive Firewall Automation - Part IV

10 years ago

Adaptive FirewallPerlMySQLafctl Security

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OS X Adaptive Firewall Automation - Part III

10 years ago

FirewallAdaptive FirewallPerlafctl Whitelist

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OS X Adaptive Firewall Automation - Part II

10 years ago

FirewallAdaptive FirewallPerlOS XLog AnalysisRegEx

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Mac OS X Adaptive Firewall Automation - Part I

10 years ago

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Presentation - Perl and Excel

11 years ago

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Taking Risks while Developing Code

12 years ago

Software DevelopmentPerlSmall BusinessCPANTechnical Debt

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Welcome to Custom Visuals, LLC

13 years ago

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