Aaron Bendickson, System Administrator

Full transcript and show notes at <a href='https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/aaron-bendickson-system-administrator/'>theomnishow.omnigroup.com</a> <p>Aaron Bendickson — system administrator, saint — talks about how he runs things at Omni and, especially, about how he fixes things.</p> <p>Aaron’s just a small town boy from Missoula who went big: he studied at Berklee College of Music and eventually made his way to Seattle by way of Tacoma. When he’s not fixing Omni things, he’s bicycling, competing in pinball matches, and being a dad.</p> <p>You can find Aaron <a href="https://twitter.com/benaar">@benaar</a> on Twitter and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/benaar/">on Instagram</a>.</p> <p>Some other people, places, and things mentioned:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space">Office Space</a></li> <li><a href="https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/153402/does-the-quote-the-spice-must-flow-appear-in-the-original-dune-series">The spice must flow</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh">PowerMac</a></li> <li><a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/ainsley-bourque-olson-omniplan-pm">Ainsley Bourque Olson</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.objc.io/issues/22-scale/omni-group/">OmniBugZapper</a></li> <li><a href="https://theomnishow.omnigroup.com/episode/ken-case-on-omnis-2018-roadmap">Ken Case</a></li> <li><a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918">WebDAV</a></li> <li><a href="https://httpd.apache.org/">Apache</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus">OmniFocus</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linux.org/">Linux</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepresence">Telepresence</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.britannica.com/sports/joust">Jousting</a></li> <li><a href="https://seattle.craigslist.org/">Craig’s List</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cityoftacoma.org/">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula,_Montana">Missoula, Montana</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.glaciallakemissoula.org/">Lake Missoula</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.berklee.edu/">Berklee College of Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston">Boston</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana_(music)">Americana music</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dadrock">Dad rock</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.avid.com/pro-tools">Pro Tools</a></li> <li><a href="https://computer.howstuffworks.com/pci.htm">PCI cards</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS">VHS tape</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet">Internet</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/">GarageBand</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64">Commodore 64</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics">Turtle graphics</a></li> <li><a href="https://apple2history.org/history/ah07/">Apple IIe</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS">DOS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bricklin.com/visicalc.htm">VisiCalc</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/goodbye-lotus-1-2-3/">Lotus 1-2-3</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wordperfect.com/en/">WordPerfect</a></li> <li><a href="http://tetris.com/">Tetris</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior">MechWarrior</a></li> <li><a href="http://lowendmac.com/1994/power-mac-6100/">PowerMac 6100</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC">PowerPC</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/BeeGees">Bee Gees</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_(band)">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Place,_Washington">University Place</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.backtothefuture.com/">Doc Brown and Marty</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics">Biometrics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cia.gov/">CIA</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix.html">UNIX</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball">Pinball</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thestranger.com/locations/24325/shortys">Shorty’s</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.seattlecenter.com/">Seattle Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://tacomaconventioncenter.org/">Tacoma Convention Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://pinside.com/pinball/archive/white-water">White Water pinball game</a></li> <li><a href="https://pinside.com/pinball/archive/dennis-nordman">Dennis Nordman</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coindexters.com/">Coindexter’s</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras">Contras</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–Contra_affair">Iran-Contra</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/08/us/poindexter-is-found-guilty-of-all-5-criminal-charges-for-iran-contra-cover-up.html">Admiral Poindexter</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game)">Contra game</a></li> </ul>