The Sysadmin Show

What exactly does it mean to be a sysadmin? How do you define “sysadmin”?

What is your favorite thing about devops? How does it change your life as a sysadmin?

Matt has a belief that sysadmins are inherently cynical. Is he an idiot?

What do you miss about “the good old days?”

Alex Howells asks: “How often do you think ‘Fuck it all, I’m going to be a plumber or electrician?’"

Video of guys changing tires while car is on two wheels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WLwRg3erm4

Amazon Certified Sysops Admin Associate http://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-levels/certified-sysops-admin-associate

Check Outs

Mike

• Ops School - http://www.opsschool.org/
• Code School - http://www.codeschool.com/
• Benziger wine - http://www.benziger.com/

Chris

• imfile plugin for rsyslog - http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/imfile.html
• iosnoop http://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools/blob/master/iosnoop
• Jobs at DRW - http://drw.submit4jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=83084.viewjobdetail&CID=83084&JID=166070

Brian

• Ohio Linux Fest - http://ohiolinux.org/registration
• Pogoplug
• http://trueability.com/

Trevor

• Humin for iPhones
• http://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/
• Historic New England

Matt

• LOLRoot - self signed cert authority (lolroot is actually from snorby,org, which is now owned by threatstack. all roads lead to Peak Cheslock)
• Bastard Operator from Hell - http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/
• Registration is open for Chef Community Summit - ADO listeners can get 10% off their registration with the code ARRESTEDDEVOPS