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  • So Long, Equinix Metal

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Eight] And thanks for all the fish. This morning Equinix Metal sent a courier to pick up all their hardware and maybe that’s why I woke up at 0100 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep AT ALL? I haven’t really processed All That Stuff. Just shot…

  • Vacation Time In Three, Two, One…

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Six] GO! Mostly. I still need to start a company and talk with an accounting firm and a notary or a lawyer – oh, and return Equinix Metal’s hardware to them – but otherwise, I’m mostly on vacation for the next two weeks. What will I DO with…

  • Cancelled Due To a Migraine

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Three] Totally planned on doing UNLOCK!’s Around The World in 80 Minutes escape room tonight, but a migraine showed up and punched me in the brain meat instead. I’d rather be gaming. But first the news: Positive coronavirus tests surge to nearly 9,000, more hospitalisations Largest Covid-free event…

  • Time For A New Adventure

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty Seven] My time at @EquinixMetal and @Equinix is coming to an end in May; I’m looking for remote #DevRel Developer Advocate / Technical Evangelist / Program Manager opportunities, preferably within #OpenSource. My LinkedIn is up to date, but I’ll post my formal CV / writing samples / speaking…

  • Today! PRXMTY! Get Closer!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Nine] Starting this afternoon and running across the globe, Equinix Metal is running its first ever Online Technical User Conference, PRXMTY streaming LIVE on Twitch.tv/EquinixMetal. And for the EMEA time zones, I’m totally one of the co-hosts along with the dazzling Mark Coleman and the exceptional David McKay.…

  • The Carrot or The Stick

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Eight] When I was nine, the teacher wanted to teach her class a lesson. She left, closed the door, and watched us from the window in the back of the room. Chaos ensued. But first the news: Coronavirus cases fall below 4,000 but more patients are in hospital…

  • And Now It’s First Minion’s Turn

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Twenty] “PAPAAAA!! !” This morning. At one in the morning. I have never been so happy to be second pick. First Minion threw up in bed and called out for the one he wanted to come rescue him from all the grossness. And that person was Not Me. But…

  • Three Thankful Things

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Eighty Seven] In the interest of brevity and going to bed within the next seven minutes, three things that I’m oh so totally thankful for in the past year. Plus the negative is, well, SO much. So fuck that shit. But first the news: Primary schools to stay shut…

  • Now Where Is My Turkey?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Two Hundred Fifty Two] Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia, and the sub-national entities Leiden, Norfolk Island, and the inhabited territories of the United States. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding…

  • “All Mouth No Trousers”

    [Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Sixty Five] Shout out to @PacketHost for this morning’s title!

  • Tomorrow! Morning! OpenStack! On! Packet!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Fifty Five] Tomorrow! Morning! At 0900 GMT! On Twitch and YouTube and Twitter!! !

  • Dutch Lock Down Day One Hundred Thirty Eight

    [And Then I Jumped Out Of The Airplane] Not literally. But OMG OMG OMG figuratively.