• A day in Østmarka

    I like my hiking time. It’s a thing of solitude that allows my mind to wander. I either travel very light, where I carry nothing more than I wear, or I pack a bag. Today I was planning on going light, but the weather seemed decent and I decided to bring my backpack…


  • Ansible for fun and fright

    Have you ever used the Ansible module authorized_key? Could you still log on to your machine? Lucky you!


  • Lessons in writing fiction — #1

    I've been writing material on and off for almost twenty years. In that time, I have thankfully improved my writing. Most of this improvement has come from a series of harsh lessons I’ve had to learn. When I started to write novels, the most important lesson I’ve learned was also the least pleasant one. I had to learn to kill my darlings...