Author Archives: Isaac
Automate AWS Cost Reporting with Serverless Solutions
A guten voch! This evening, drawing inspiration from reading about mechanisms that went into building of the Mishkan, I wanted to answer a simple question of what my AWS bill was for the past year. Earlier in my career, a wise manager taught me to “make easy things easy”. Those of you who know me […]
A look back at 10 years of solar
My journey with deploying solar panels in NYC began a little over 10 years ago. 12 years, to be precise. Yes, it took roughly 20-24 months for me to do proper due diligence (including visiting Sunrun headquarters in San Francisco), conduct research, learn about panels, products, process, engage suppliers and installers for interviews, meet site […]
Battery-less Blink doorbell
I love my Blink doorbell. And like any relationship with technology, there’s always an element of desired improvement that’s lurking around the corner. With the doorbell model that I’ve got, such improvement is my desire to not have to periodically swap batteries. Until such a time when (and whether) good folks at Blink will introduce […]
Solar is serious, bank on it!
Tired of all the headlines of banks going belly up? Interested in taking control (of rising energy costs) into your own hands? Have personal sustainability goals and are looking for actionable, measurable steps you can take now? I previously wrote about our journey to residential application of solar energy that we’d started seriously researching in […]
Preparing for AWS Outposts: Ordering, Delivery, and Installation
[Originally published on June 15, 2020 at https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/field-notes-preparing-for-aws-outposts-ordering-delivery-and-installation/ ] AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to customer premises. By providing local access to AWS managed infrastructure, AWS Outposts enables customers to build and run applications on premises using the same programming interfaces as in AWS Regions, […]
Solar is serious: 2013-2023
In 2013 I began investigating solar technologies. By mid-2015 I was saving 50% monthly. The topic of going green has always been near and dear to my heart. As technologists, we consume and benefit from so much tech that we rarely stop and think about environmental impact. Whether we each can make a small difference, […]
Out come the outcomes
I’ve been rather quiet for some time; thought I’d provide a quick update on some of what I’d been up to. Would like to start by sharing an observation about enterprise technology customers on Wall street: in the early 90’s we used to differentiate from each other by keeping infrastructure secret sauce close to one’s […]
WinNT4 server file shares accessible from a Windows 10 desktop
A few weekend’s ago I had an opportunity to delve into a part of Microsoft Windows security policy land that posed a realistic challenge that is surely faced by many people going through migration activities. Problem statement: Allow Windows 10 systems to get access to file shares created under Microsoft Windows NT. After doing a […]
DIY monitoring made easy – my 8 reasons that make it so
Like many of you, I have been looking to modernize my home alarm monitoring experience. Over 10 years ago I signed up with a local alarm company who provided a First Alert/Honeywell system at practically very little cost in exchange for a heftily priced 5-year contract. A few years later, when I opted to have […]
FIX: Netflix hangs on Panasonic TVs
I have a Panasonic SMART TV that’s 2+ years old and one of the built-in apps is a Netflix viewer. (I smiled when I noticed a little GNU/Linux license enclosure when I’d been unpacking the unit sometime ago). Being the holidays and all, decided to give it a go but noticed that the Netflix app […]
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