AndyBarber.com
Thoughts on technology, genealogy, movies, television, and life.
For many years, this page was just a straight blog. This new version brings the blog back with a clean, self-hosted setup fully controlled by me.
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A while back, I moved all of my websites over to Amazon Web Services (AWS). SO much faster and more responsive than my home web server. I'm glad I did it. However, I found through much trial and error that you absolutel…
So, in case you haven't been able to tell from my previous posts or my webpage, in general, I am from Tennessee. As such, I am from a Mason Lodge in Tennessee. Specifically, I am from Harrison Lodge #114 F&AM, Harri…
I received my 3rd degree two nights ago and WOW! Just wow. I am now, officially, a Master Mason. I think it will take a little bit for everything that transpired to sink in. Rest assured I will post more, but for now, I…
So yesterday, we finished up our Spring 2016 disaster recovery exercise. The absolute best words that would be used to describe the exercise is utter failure. I have been involved with many of these exercises over th…
The date for my 3rd degree is 6/10/2016. There was a lot of thought put into this date. My first degree was on 4/1, April Fool's day. My second degree was on 5/13, obviously, Friday the 13th. The challenge was finding a…
So, that just happened... my 2nd degree lecture is complete. I just went in to work on my 2nd lecture with my mentor and, although I thought I had it pretty well, my mentor thought it good enough to make me do it again …