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Some general Posts

27 posts

The personal side of the archive - site updates, music posts, book milestones, day-to-day tools, and the occasional look back at what has changed since the last checkpoint. Still mostly technical around the edges, but with more of the person left in.

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5 Apr 2015

Adventures in Hi-Fi

Grooving into hi-fi! Exploring vinyl and upgrading my sound system with Sonos speakers.

15 Mar 2015

What’s Been On The Ones & Twos

Get ready for a musical journey! Check out Russ Mckendrick's top picks this month on Spotify.

3 Dec 2014

2014’s Top 20 Albums

Revealing my top 10 albums of 2014 with a mix of genres and artists, plus additional favorites that almost made the cut, all available on Spotify.

16 Nov 2014

Whats been on the headphones?

Curating a playlist from my recent favorite albums, sharing select tracks now available for streaming on Spotify.

2 Nov 2014

Whats going on?

Exciting weeks with a surge in Twitter favorites from a Docker-related tweet and mentions in Docker Weekly News and by CenturyLink Labs.

7 Sept 2014

Music Documentaries

Sharing a captivating collection of music documentaries I discovered on YouTube, from Factory Records to Prog Rock legends.

31 Aug 2014

One Year On

Reflecting on a year of blogging: celebrating the first post's anniversary, layout changes, and the evolution of my blogging journey.

12 Jul 2014

Walkabout

Catch up on my latest adventures: Docker 1.0 release, CentOS 7, new site theme, music from Aphex Twin, and a work post on AWS multi-factor authentication.

5 May 2014

It’s Been A While

Revisiting classic albums from Jellyfish, The Wannadies, and Spacehog, exploring the enduring appeal of these musical gems from my collection.