# Warmest Robot + Warmest Human

> A Rationalist & Idealist's Odyssey


## Posts

- [Decommissioning Beggar's Canyon](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2025/01/15/decommissioning-beggars-canyon/): It's been several years since my pandemic adventure back into being a Bulletin Board System SysOp again. I plan on taking the BBS offline by the end of the month.
- [Blog Subscribers Not Notified Of Previous Article](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2024/08/23/blog-subscribers-not-notified-of-previous-article/): My previous article: From Squarespace to Hostinger-Hosted WordPress | Migration Challenges and Triumphs, was not properly emailed to subscribers due to a misconfiguration on my end. I believe that has been resolved and email subscribers should now be receiving articles.
- [From Squarespace to Hostinger-Hosted WordPress | Migration Challenges and Triumphs](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2024/08/22/from-squarespace-to-hostinger-hosted-wordpress-migration-challenges-and-triumphs/): The blog has undergone significant changes: a new custom logo created by the author's child, a switch from Squarespace to WordPress hosted by Hostinger, and a new Jetpack integration for email subscriptions replacing MailChimp. The blog is no longer participating in Amazon Affiliates and is focusing on content rather than monetization. Readers are encouraged to provide feedback on the new layout.
- [Raspberry Pi Network Boot Guide 2.0](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2024/06/27/raspberry-pi-network-boot-guide-2/): The first edition of the Raspberry Pi Network Boot Guide, originally dated 2021-06-21, was easily one of my most popular and visited blog articles. Based on comments and feedback from my readers, I've completely revamped and superseded the original blog post to include updated screenshots for Synology DSM 7.x, Raspberry Pi OS (Debian 12), more architectural performance optimizations, and instructions for network booting the Raspberry PI 5.
- [2022-2024 K3s Home Lab Improvements](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2024/02/21/2022-2024-k3s-homelab-improvements/): I wanted to give my readers a bit of an update on what's been going on in my homelab over the last 24 months.This article is meant to be a short and sweet list of recent enhancements.
- [Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa...](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2024/02/20/is-this-heaven-no-its-iowa/): In Summer of 2023 after a couple of years of discussing it, Teri and I felt it was time to do what still baffles some folks: We gave up life in Southern Nevada to relocate the family to Central Iowa.
- [Teleport Access Plane](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2023/04/19/teleport-access-plane/): One of the most innovative products I have encountered in a long time is the Teleport Access Plane, or *Teleport* as it is more commonly known. Teleport is a very powerful OSS and commercial product that provides a functional reverse proxy for SSH, RDP, K8s, databases, and web applications in a single product/service, where administrators can seamlessly grant access to their enterprise infrastructure, while simultaneously enabling privileged access management, MFA/2FA, and zero-trust environments. It is by far the coolest connectivity product/service that I have experienced in a long time and it should definitely be in your IT toolbox and homelab.
- [Fresh look for the site and reflection](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2022/12/06/fresh-look-for-the-site-and-reflection/): It has been several months since my last post and so much has happened with life, adventures, and my homelab that my head is spinning. I'm excited to give an updated and refreshed look to the blog. I hope you like it. I've installed a new template and layout.
- [Raspberry Pi Power Savings and LED Configuration](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2022/04/03/raspberry-pi-power-savings-and-led-configuration/): One of the latest enhancements to my network-based booting Raspberry Pi cluster involved disabling some of the extra hardware and LED lights to save a bit of power, as well as enhance visual indications during restarts, crashes, etc. I've shared snippets of my /boot/config.txt file and have annotated my reasoning for the settings changes.
- [Raspberry Pi Preparation Scripts](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2022/02/19/raspberry-pi-preparation-scripts/): The Raspberry Pi Boot Guide remains one of our blog's most popular articles. This past January, I created a series of shell scripts to ease implementing network based-booting configuration, as well as automating other common administrative tasks, for Raspberry Pi users. I have setup a public GitLab project called rpi-prep to ease distribution and will be discussing how to make use of these scripts in this article.
- [Blog User Experience](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2022/02/04/blog-user-experience/): Happy 2022! This year is shaping up to be an incredibly busy year for us, and Teri and I still have so much to discuss and share from 2021 in upcoming articles!I wanted to announce our decision to remove Google Ads from this blog site. While our readership has steadily been growing, the volume of traffic that our blog receives is not large enough to benefit from Google Ads.
- [Synology Hyper Backup to rsync-compatible Server](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/10/29/synology-hyper-backup-to-rsync-compatible-server/): You want to backup your Synology NAS (or portions of it) via Hyper Backup to an external rsync-compatible server via SSH.Everything works great, and as expected, when you do not use the "Transfer Encryption" option to connect to your external server running rsyncd, but Hyper Backup throws very generic and unhelpful errors when you enable "Transfer Encryption" and attempt to use SSH.
- [K3s Home Lab on Raspberry Pi 4B](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/10/05/k3s-homelab-on-raspberry-pi-4b/): I will breakdown the steps of creating a homelab of your very own without breaking your budget. This guide can be customized to meet your own unique and individual needs. You can horizontally and vertically scale to add more performance, or adjust the role of different components to increase, decrease, or eliminated high-availability depending on your own individual needs. At the same time, all of the components of this environment, with a small bit of effort can be repurposed to other projects, given shifts in your interests, hobbies, and needs.
- [Kernel Panics with Network Boot on Raspberry Pi 3B+ with latest raspberrypi-bootloader package](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/08/04/kernel-panics-with-network-boot-on-raspberry-pi-3b-with-latest-raspberrypi-bootloader-package/): For those of you using my Raspberry PI Network Boot Guide, please be aware of an issue with the current raspberrypi-bootloader package (Version: 1:1.20210727-1). Here are the offending package details, though the bug may exist in one of this package’s dependencies.
- [Floyd Lamb Park](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/07/04/floyd-lamb-park/): I have been on an extended 4th of July weekend from work to spend some quality time with Teri and Rosslyn. This past Friday, Teri was having some much needed "Mom Time" and I decided to take Rosslyn to a new park to explore.
- [Reworking the Blog's Media Gallery](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/06/27/1kwx0co7ni83conx0sby6vlg6rverw/): Recently, I cleaned out our blog's media gallery. It hasn't been updated in quite some time. I am excited to use some of the recent updates to the Squarespace platform to start posting photos and videos from some of our adventures.
- [Raspberry Pi Network Boot Guide](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/06/22/raspberry-pi-network-boot-guide/): In my spare cycles over the last couple of months, I've spent a significant amount of time refining my process for network booting Raspberry Pis on a Synology NAS. It took reading many other existing blogs, as well as the official Raspberry Pi network boot guide. In the end, I've figured out the nuances of booting a Pi 3B, Pi 3B+, and 4B on both NFS and iSCSI.
- [Raspberry PI iSCSI Issues](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/04/08/aspberry-pi-iscsi-issues/): After lots of cool changes on the home network, I wanted to post about something that had stumped me recently with my RPi4 running Raspberry PI OS (Debian Buster). It would seem that configuring my primary Synology for LACP-based link aggregation had an unusual side-effect on my RPi4.
- [Returning to Linux on the Desktop](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2021/04/06/returning-to-linux-on-the-desktop/): Since 1997, I have had an off and on relationship with Linux as a desktop operating system. I've thoroughly enjoyed it as a server operating system, but have never had the everything "just works" experience on desktops. Invariably, there is always something major flaw that becomes too annoying or troublesome that leads me back to Windows…
- [An old hobby from the '90s lives again....](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2020/11/14/an-old-hobby-from-the-90s-lives-again/): I would like to catch everyone up on what I’ve been working on with my spare cycles for most of the pandemic.Back in the pre-Internet era of the early 1990s, there were Bulletin Board Systems or BBS systems. These were expensive personal computer systems that were accessible to the outside world via dedicated landlines and analog dial-up modems. 
- [Newsletter Subscription Issue](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2020/08/28/newsletter-subscription-issue/): Recently, I found that a number of folks had requested a subscription to our newsletter over the past several days, weeks, and months, but our blog’s hosting service (Squarespace) and newsletter subscription service (Mailchimp) were having issues. I believe everyone who successfully subscribed has received copies of recently published articles, while others of you that thought your email subscription was successfully processed may have missed quite a few posts.
- [A Pragmatist's Watch](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2020/08/09/a-pragmatists-watch/): Prior to pandemic life, I treated myself to a new watch after last Christmas. I have been extremely pleased with my Seiko SNK809K.
- [Nomatic Wallet](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2020/05/05/nomatic-wallet/): Back in May 2018, I wrote a review of the Ridge Wallet. While I liked the look and solid build of the wallet, I found the following issues with it over time…
- [Master of Science in Information Technology Management](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2019/08/14/msitm/): I finally made it to my goal and graduated from Western Governors University (WGU) in under a year earning both my MSITM, as well as the CAPM, Certified Associate in Project Management certification.
- [Checking In](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/12/05/checking-in/): Hello Everyone! I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since we’ve posted, I hope you haven’t forgotten about us!
- [First Class Completed](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/10/06/first-class-completed/): After a 4 week grind, I completed the first course of my Master of Science Information Technology Management degree plan. The class, Information Technology Management - C954,  required a great deal of reading and memorization to both prepare myself and complete the final exam.
- [Graduate School Begins Today](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/09/01/graduate-school-begins-today/): I have mulled over my graduate school options for years: researched various programs, met with program coordinators, and taken grad-level standardized tests. Well, after 10 years, I'm finally starting my Masters of Science in Information Technology Management today at Western Governers University (WGU) Nevada! 
- [Hockey Makes a Home](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/06/29/hockey-makes-a-home/): Who would have thought? After 112 years, the City of Las Vegas was (finally) awarded a professional sports team, by the NHL of all leagues. To say that critics were skeptical would be an understatement.   
- [Dear Moose](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/06/26/dear-moose/): Today marks 6 months since you crossed the rainbow bridge. I wish I could say that I miss you less or that your absence has gotten easier with time, but that wouldn't be true. Your brother Scout misses you very much and still looks for you every day.   
- [Rosslyn is ONE!](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/06/02/rosslyn-is-one/): On May 22nd, our sweet baby girl turned 1 year old. I can hardly believe it! This has been the quickest year of my entire life - it really seems like yesterday that we went to grab a quick breakfast before heading to the hospital, not knowing that we would be having a baby that day.
- [Recipe - Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi with Pasta](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/05/01/recipe-instant-pot-shrimp-scampi-with-pasta/): I am still totally obsessed with the Instant Pot and have been researching and trying new recipes, while also sticking to a few of our favorites. One of those favorites is shrimp scampi. It's unbelievably quick and easy to make and has our entire family (including baby Rosslyn) smacking our lips with delight.   
- [A Minivan?!](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/03/13/a-minivan/): Like many others, I swore that I would NEVER drive a minivan. They are so not cool, right?! Well, I am not ashamed to say that I changed my mind and I don't regret it one bit.
- [Recycling Technology](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/03/11/recycling-technology/): Recently, my 2012-era ThinkPad X230 has been showing its age. Over the last 6 years, I've performed numerous performance upgrades and the laptop has been more than enough computer for daily tasks, retro games, multimedia editing, and programming, but for the last 6 months, I've noticed a large crack in the underside of the case that kept getting worse.
- [Recipe - Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/03/02/ecipe-instant-pot-hard-boiled-eggs/): It's time for me to share my first recipe for the Instant Pot! This isn't really a recipe, but I felt it was important to share. Hard boiled eggs were the first official thing I made, kind of as a test run so that I could familiarize myself with the IP. 
- [Las Vegas Snow 2018](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/02/24/las-vegas-snow-2018/): It's been a long time since I remember seeing snow in the Las Vegas Valley. In fact, the last time I recall there being a snowstorm was December of 2006. I will never forget that storm, as I was taking the first significant vacation from my job at Nevada State College and traveling to San Diego to play tourist for a week.
- [The Life Changing Instant Pot](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/02/22/the-life-changing-instant-pot/): Awhile back, I started seeing friends on social media talking about the Instant Pot. I didn't really pay much attention because I didn't figure that it was really great.Fast forward to now and the hype never seemed to die down. I started wondering if this appliance was really as fantastic as everyone makes it out to be. After doing a little research, I discovered that the Instant Pot is a multi-function, programmable pressure cooker. I had never used a pressure cooker, but had always heard that they can be very dangerous.
- [An Evening With Cake - 02-17-18](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/02/21/an-evening-with-cake/): Last weekend, John and I were able to go to The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan to see his favorite band, Cake. We originally purchased tickets for his birthday and the show was scheduled for October. It was postponed after the 1 October shooting, so we were happy the day had finally come!It was an interesting experience, to say the least...
- [Walmart Curbside Pick-Up](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/02/13/walmart-curbside-pick-up/): I hate to say it, but grocery shopping is the bane of my existence. It's a necessary evil, because obviously we need food in the house, but I absolutely hate having to go to the store.I think part of my hate is due to how crowded the stores near us always seem to be. Initially, we were going to a nearby Smith's because they have a great deli and decent prices. However, our particular location seems small, the parking lot is a mess and it is always jam packed full of people, no matter what time we went. I would always try to avoid the shopping or put it off as long as possible because it annoyed me so much. 
- [Dragon Warrior](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/01/05/dragon-warrior/): During my holiday vacation, there were many mornings where the baby had gone for a nap and Teri wasn't quite yet awake. I found myself revisiting memories from my childhood of playing the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) with my Mom. I loaded up the ROM for Dragon Warrior on my Recalbox and set off on a quest to save the princess and rid the land of a tyrant in all of its 8-bit glory.
- [2017 - A Year in Review](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2018/01/03/2017-a-year-in-review/): Although 2017 ended with some sadness, overall it was one of the best years of my life. I thought I'd write a recap of the year and also post some goals I have for 2018.
- [Goodbye Moose](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/12/26/goodbye-moose/): Today has been a very rough day at both the Williams and Nicpon households. This morning we had to make the very difficult decision to say goodbye to our beloved Moose. Although I am overcome with sadness, I know that this was the best thing for him. His health had started to decline over the last few months, and over the last 2 weeks had become worse.
- [Robot Life (Enhanced)](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/12/22/robot-life-enhanced/): I've officially been on holiday time since December 15th @ 5:01pm. I ended my last day of work before vacation by taking my team from UNLV to Giordano's for deep dish pizzas and libations.Aside from work and post-Thanksgiving holiday prep, I've been anxious for Christmas Day to roll around. Rosslyn and Teri have some great gifts and surprises in store for them!
- [Car Seat Safety](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/12/19/car-seat-safety/): A couple of weeks ago, here in Las Vegas, a 9 year old was killed and their 6 year old sibling was seriously injured while riding in their minivan. All of the seats had been removed from the back - so not only were the kids not in child safety seats, they were not restrained AT ALL. I immediately felt sick to my stomach when I saw this on the news. This is a tragedy that was totally preventable.
- [Update - Hello Mint SIM!](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/12/01/update-hello-mint-sim/): True to my word, this is the follow-up article to my original Hello Mint SIM! post from September.After a month of no major issues and even more drama with Teri's T-Mobile account, I switched Teri to Mint Sim in October. We've both been using Mint SIM without any major issues. Calls, Texts, Internet,  Android Auto, and Tethering all worked great with Mint SIM.
- [Thanksgiving Meal "Easy Button"](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/11/29/thanksgiving-meal-easy-button/): Happy Holidays everyone! We genuinely hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving shared with family, friends, and yummy food. We had an amazing day - my Mom and Dad, also known affectionately as Grammy and Grampy, came over for the 2nd year in a row. 
- [Groovebooks](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/11/22/groovebook/): Every once in awhile, someone shares something helpful or cool. Groovebook is one of those things. We take A LOT of pictures and were regularly spending $50 to print them at our local Sam's Club. Sam's has a great photo department (we created our birth announcements there and will be ordering our Christmas cards from there as well), but the spending was getting out of control. So, when I heard about Groovebook, I immediately checked it out and was really surprised.
- [Helpful Books For Dad](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/11/21/helpful-books-for-dad/): I wanted to share a couple of book titles that have been invaluable to me as a new father. Both are written by Armin A. Brott: The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide For Dads-To-Be and The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year.
- [Personal Update - Anxiety](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/11/17/personal-update-anxiety/): Hello Everyone!I know it's been awhile since we've posted, so I wanted to check-in and let you all know how things are going.First of all, let me say that I am not the best about sharing personal stuff and I am even worse at self-care.
- [OpenTable Affiliate Referral Links - Part 2](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/10/21/opentable-affiliate-referral-links-part-2/): Welcome to the second part of my 2 part series on writing a Python Application to handle OpenTable Affiliate Referral Links. If you missed my first article, it has a writeup of my favorite new development environment: Python 3.x + PyCharm Pro + Docker, so be sure to check it out.
- [Date Night - Echo & Rig](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/10/20/date-night-echo-rig/): John and I had our anniversary not too long ago, and we wanted to go out to a nice (but not too expensive) dinner together to celebrate. I have a never ending list of restaurants of all kinds that I want to try or go back to, and I left it up to him to choose where we went. He made a great choice and we had dinner at Echo and Rig in Summerlin at Tivoli Village.
- [OpenTable Affiliate Referral Links - Part 1](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/10/19/opentable-affiliate-referral-links-part-1/): Teri recently applied and was accepted as an OpenTable Affiliate, so that we can provide the convenience of online OpenTable reservations to our readers. What we received is a useful branding press kit, some branding requirements, and the credentials and URIs for accessing a RESTful API. I love the opportunities to work on my Python skills, as well as learn new things, but I'm a bit baffled why OpenTable doesn't offer a simple WYSIWYG widget builder for affiliates that are restuarant gurus not programmers. Obviously, the RESTful API is awesome for programmers and the Warmest Robot, but the Warmest Human thought it was a bit much to ask of a non-technical user. With a widget builder, OpenTable Affiliates could build a referral link that meets branding requirements without having to ask an INTP for help. I've decided to help others on the net by posting my method and code in series of articles.
- [Family Friendly Activity - Moapa Valley Corn Maze](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/10/16/family-friendly-activity-moapa-valley-corn-maze/): Since it's October, it's safe to say that the start of the holiday season is officially here! This year will be extra exciting for us - first because I am not pregnant and can enjoy hot apple cider, hot spiced wine and all of the other great adult treats. Second because we have baby Rosslyn and we are really looking forward to starting family traditions for each holiday. We've already picked out her Halloween costume - let's just say she's going to be the cutest pumpkin in the patch! We also have a special outfit for her to wear on Thanksgiving. We'll only get to experience these "firsts" once and we are jazzed!There are tons of great family friendly activities this time of year and I am happy to share with y'all our experience at the Moapa Valley Corn Maze.
- [Grief](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/10/12/grief/): It has been a rough week + here in Vegas. As you all have heard, a horrific event happened during the Route 91 Harvest festival here on October 1st. While I was not at the event, at least 10 very close friends, some that I consider family, were in attendance. As the news started breaking about this tragedy, I will never forget the feelings that I had knowing that they were there and waiting for them to let everyone know that they were out of danger. 
- [Baby Product Review - Graco Pack 'n Play Playard with Nearby Napper](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/10/11/graco-pack-n-play-playard-with-nearby-napper/): It's time for another product review! As I mentioned in my last review, raising a baby takes a lot of work. It is possible to be very successful at parenting with minimal items (all of the special gadgets just aren't necessary). However, I believe there are certain items that are mandatory and help make life with a new baby much easier. One of these items is a Pack 'n Play Playard.
- [Update - Debian 9.1 Stretch](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/25/update-debian-91-stretch/): I wanted to post a short update about some other interesting discoveries that I've made since I have revisited Debian as my open source operating system of choice. In my previous article, I referred to Debian as Debian Linux. While Debian is one of the oldest and most mature distributions, it would have been more apt (excuse the pun) on my part to refer to it as a universal operating system, which is how they now brand the project.
- [Slow Cooker Copycat Recipe - Zuppa Toscana](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/24/2017-9-24-slow-cooker-copycat-recipe-zuppa-toscana/): The weather is (finally!) starting to cool down and Fall is on its way! I absolutely love this time of year - it means scarves, hoodies and making homemade soups. I absolutely love using the slow cooker, and my appreciation of this appliance has continued to grow since baby was born. One of my favorite dishes to create in the slow cooker is a copycat of Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana. If you aren't familiar with this soup, it's a hearty dish featuring Italian sausage, potatoes and kale and it's really delicious.
- [Date Night - Carbone](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/22/date-night-carbone/): We've been really good at choosing restaurants lately, because one again we had an absolutely amazing experience at Carbone! I am not one to just go to the Strip and am just as happy at local hidden gems, but I am certainly glad we decided to eat at Carbone. This was our first date night after baby was born and my Mom was nice enough to babysit so we could enjoy a few hours out of the house. We were also celebrating my birthday and I was excited to be able to enjoy a glass or 2 of wine with dinner. We both love Italian food and were excited to try out this restaurant. We made our reservations via OpenTable and notated that we were celebrating 3 special occasions - Rosslyn's birth, our recent nuptials, and my birthday. I guess we like to cram all of our celebrations into 1 dinner!
- [Debian Linux 9.1 (Stretch)](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/21/debian-linux-stretch/): Linux has become a necessary tool for me as both a systems engineer and developer. Linux is an ideal development platform in many respects, as it includes tools, shells, and apps that are much more suited for out-of-the-box software development than a stock install of most mainstream commercial operating systems like Windows and macOS. This is why I felt it was time to write an article about my recent switch from Linux Mint to Debian.
- [Baby Product Review - Infant Optics DXR-8 Monitor](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/20/infant-optics-dxr-8-monitor/): Preparing for baby can be quite overwhelming. There are so many products marketed towards new parents and it can be hard to know what is necessary. One of the things we knew that we would absolutely need was a baby monitor. John is most definitely the technical expert in this house, so we decided he would research different options.I ended up getting a head start on things and discovered a lot of great options.
- [Instacart Grocery Delivery](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/19/instacart-grocery-delivery/): If you've had a child or have been stuck at home for any reason, you may understand that sometimes you need help. There have been times where we are missing ingredients for dinner and I am unable to run to the store because baby is sleeping or whatever. We regularly use Prime Now, but there are a lot of things you just can't get with them. Enter Instacart, which is a fairly new grocery delivery program/app.
- [Date Night - Marché Bacchus](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/14/date-night-marche-bacchus/): John and I had an absolutely PHENOMENAL experience at Marche Bacchus. I am not sure if it was the company, the atmosphere, the food or the service, but it was simply wonderful.I had wanted to try this place for quite awhile, but hadn't been able to make it in. It was my turn to plan date night and I figured this would be the perfect place to take John, as we both enjoy good food and wine. It ended up being more than I imagined and we both had a fabulous time. 
- [Hello Mint SIM!](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/14/hello-mint-sim/): Teri and I recently had a very disappointing experience with T-Mobile. We both were 10+ year customers with grandfathered plans that were well below September 2017 new customer prices. Our problems began when we attempted to consolidate our separate phone plans to a 2-line family plan. I was told by customer service that it would be 20 dollars per month more than my Grandfathered rate of $65/month, so about $85/mo total, to add Teri to my existing plan. No problem, right?
- [Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself.....](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/12/2017-9-12-allow-me-to-reintroduce-myself/): My name is Teri! (Hope some of you caught that hip hop reference...) Anyhow, this is my first ever article, so bear with me as I figure things out. For those of you who skipped my bio, here are some details about me...
- [Warmest Robot + Warmest Human](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/09/12/warmest-robot-warmest-human/): As you all know, I have recently revamped the blog and transitioned from Blogger to Squarespace. While I was making that transition, Teri had discussed her interest in starting a blog of her own to publish product and restaurant reviews, chronicle her adventures in motherhood, and showcase her vast knowledge of craft beers and breweries.
- [VMworld 2017](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/08/29/vmworld-2017/): It has been 9 years since I’ve attended VMworld. A lot has changed in the company’s portfolio. The conference is massive and has taken over the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.
- [Reflections From the Past...](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/08/24/reflections-from-the-past/): I found myself reflecting on the last few years and I remembered that friends of mine over at RADIO FREE LAS VEGAS gave me author access on their blog back in 2015. I only posted one article. It was called "Emotional Tethering" and it was written immediately after one of the darkest periods in my life.
- [Standard Brew - Coffee Beans, Filters, Grinder, and Maker](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/08/20/standard-brew-coffee-beans-filters-grinder-and-maker/): I love coffee. I drink it black everyday. I am passionate about my coffee like some folks are about bacon, chocolate, wine, etc. Generally, every morning begins with fresh water and whole bean coffee that I grind fresh and brew. Almost everyone who tries my standard brew asks how I make it and what kind of beans I use and are spoiled for life. Well, here's my recipe, so you can make it too!
- [Bye Blogger](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/08/19/bye-blogger/): After using Blogger for a number of years, I am sad to leave it behind to transition warmestrobot.com to a newer platform powered by Squarespace.
- [Update: Let's Encrypt & Synology DSM 6.X](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/07/09/update-lets-encrypt-synology-dsm-6x/): It has come to my attention after receiving some SSL certificate renewal reminders from Let's Encrypt that my previous article Let's Encrypt & Synology DSM 6.X needed a follow-up post.
- [Life Changing Events](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/06/06/life-changing-events/): It has been a couple of weeks since my last post, but a lot has happened in my personal life.
- [The Unobtainable NES Classic Mini](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/05/07/the-unobtainable-nes-classic-mini/): Since the Nintendo Classic Mini was announced on November 2016, I have wanted one to revisit my childhood memories.
- [Final Countdown To Baby Rosslyn](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/04/18/final-countdown-to-baby-rosslyn/): Less than 2 months to go until Rosslyn, my first and only daughter, is born. I feel like Teri and I have done a great job preparing for her arrival. I don't know if I'll ever be 100% prepared, but I think that's how this sort of thing is supposed to be.
- [Let's Encrypt & Synology DSM 6.X](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/04/11/lets-encrypt-synology-dsm-6x/): Synology DiskStations have become an indispensable tool in my work-life balance. The ability to emulate many cloud-like tools such as Dropbox, Evernote, Google Music, and Netflix, has been an invaluable tool in my tech arsenal. It has increased my flexibility and privacy, while lowering my dependency on cloud infrastructure.
- [Nevada IT Symposium 2017](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/04/05/nevada-it-symposium-2017/): It's that time of year again for the annual Nevada IT Symposium.
- [Dell Kace K1000 System Management Appliance 7.X, REST API, and Python](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/04/03/dell-kace-k1000-system-management-appliance-7x-rest-api-and-python/): I am in the process of currently writing new Python code to query the Dell Kace K1000 System Manager to populate various reports and integration points. In my department, we currently use K1000 not only as a system management solution, but also as a system of record (SOR) for various unique pieces of data that we use for inventory management, billing, and tracking organizational data.
- [Date Night - 03-30-17](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/03/31/date-night-033017/): Teri and I went to see Benjamin Verdery (@benverdery on Twitter) at the UNLV Performing Arts Center's concluding event for the 2016-2017 guitar concert series. 
- [Reflecting on The Recent Past](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/03/29/reflecting-on-the-recent-past/): For me, the negative years all preceded it. 2013-2015 were some of my life's darkest points, in which I lost my closest family. With a different death occurring each consecutive year, I lost all three people that helped raise me: my maternal grandmother, father, and mother.
- [Higher Education IT Management](https://warmestrobot.com/blog/2017/03/28/higher-education-it-management/): I have been functioning as an IT engineer, architect, and manager for over a decade in Nevada.It has been both interesting and challenging. Often times insufficient budgets, high expectations, and a lack of formal business process and structure (ie: governance) presents extreme difficulty in meeting and continuously delivering quality services.

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