Michael Burns is Unemployable » Life http://unemployable.me A sandbox for work and play. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Weekend hobbies http://unemployable.me/2010/02/28/weekend-hobbies/ http://unemployable.me/2010/02/28/weekend-hobbies/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:37:35 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/?p=102 glider
Lesson 2 complete. It kicked my butt, but I had a lot of fun.

]]> http://unemployable.me/2010/02/28/weekend-hobbies/feed/ 0 Website Hosting http://unemployable.me/2009/08/31/website-hosting/ http://unemployable.me/2009/08/31/website-hosting/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:01:51 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/?p=12 Mirwin has used a number of hosting providers in the past (from Dreamhost and GoDaddy to GNi and Host Virtual). We are currently running with Host Virtual and looking to expand back into an PDX datacenter and possibly in Texas. The added redundancy is for Mirwin’s new service offering: Web and data hosting for our customers. Starting at $6/month, we provide full-service administration and redundant website hosting. Our web design team has produced enough sites that the need for a hosting plan grew out naturally. More news to follow.

Setting up proper backup and redundancy for web hosts will be a source of many future posts. To get things situated, though, I’ll be installing GRSecurity, a hardening set of linux patches to minimize our security footprint. Next, an application firewall like mod_security, to proactively catch scans, XSS attacks and SQL injection attempts.

If all goes well, our Portland development machine might even house a semi-pro FPS gaming team.

]]> http://unemployable.me/2009/08/31/website-hosting/feed/ 0 Getting Things Situated http://unemployable.me/2009/08/20/getting-things-situated/ http://unemployable.me/2009/08/20/getting-things-situated/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:23:53 +0000 Michael Burns This is my new site, unemployable.me! I’ve started this site just 2 weeks after Justin and I founded Mirwin Consulting LLC. My goal is to have this site be a workspace for all that fancy web design stuff I’m supposed to be making money doing.

]]> http://unemployable.me/2009/08/20/getting-things-situated/feed/ 0 They liked it, they really liked it! http://unemployable.me/2008/02/01/node67/ http://unemployable.me/2008/02/01/node67/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:57:00 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2008/02/01/node67/ Fun news came to my iPhone’s Inbox today, the Schmap map guides of Boston have chosen a picture I took while on the Duck Tours to be included in their next guide. How exciting is that? So, go check out my picture for Schmaps and remember that I will never forget you when I am rich and famous. I promise.

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]]> http://unemployable.me/2008/02/01/node67/feed/ 0 Heading to the Big Apple http://unemployable.me/2008/01/01/node64/ http://unemployable.me/2008/01/01/node64/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:41:36 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2008/01/01/node64/ OLPC with the community support forum, and am looking to get other pet projects underway. Wish me luck, and let me know if you have a spare room available near a NYC subway stop!]]> On Friday I head to New York City to begin an internship with Google.com. I will be working as a Linux Systems Administrator for three months. I will be trying to continue my volunteering for OLPC with the community support forum, and am looking to get other pet projects underway. Wish me luck, and let me know if you have a spare room available near a NYC subway stop!

]]> http://unemployable.me/2008/01/01/node64/feed/ 0 Proud to be a Celtic http://unemployable.me/2007/09/12/node56/ http://unemployable.me/2007/09/12/node56/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:56:20 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2007/09/12/node56/ Keizer, OR set a World Record by playing the most Kazoos at one time in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Go us! Video proof.]]> My hometown of Keizer, OR set a World Record by playing the most Kazoos at one time in the HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Go us! Video proof.

]]> http://unemployable.me/2007/09/12/node56/feed/ 0 Going to Boston in the Summer http://unemployable.me/2007/06/25/node40/ http://unemployable.me/2007/06/25/node40/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:51:32 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2007/06/25/node40/ been to Boston in the fall" but I will have been in there in the summer... Cheesy? I thought so. On July 11th I leave for a 9 week internship at the One Laptop Per Child offices in Cambridge, Mass. developing software for the XO machine. I will be returning to the beaver state on the 15th of September. Wish me luck!]]> “I’ve never buried treasure in St. Louis or St. Paul” (though I have been to Denver!) and even in 11 weeks I still won’t have “been to Boston in the fall” but I will have been in there in the summer… Cheesy? I thought so.

On July 11th I leave for a 9 week internship at the One Laptop Per Child offices in Cambridge, Mass. developing software for the XO machine. I will be returning to the beaver state on the 15th of September. Wish me luck!

]]> http://unemployable.me/2007/06/25/node40/feed/ 0 And the award goes to… http://unemployable.me/2007/06/19/node39/ http://unemployable.me/2007/06/19/node39/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:28:51 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2007/06/19/node39/ I am a network security enthusiast at heart, so it was an unbelievable honor when Sourcefire, a leader in security software, selected me from hundreds of applicants to receive one of their two annual Snort Scholarships! My work for OSU’s Network Engineering Team to monitor and secure the campus network helped me to better understand network security in a very hands-on way and this recognition is just great.

Sourcefire develops the Snort “Intrusion Detection System” or IDS. An IDS listens for anomalies on the network. Since so much of people’s communication (websites, email, messaging) has very specific patterns, deviations from this can be a useful indicator of Bad Things (TM). Through understanding of the network and configuring the software to it, Snort is helping OSU (and soon the OSL!) to stay one step ahead.

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]]> http://unemployable.me/2007/04/21/node27/feed/ 0 Our Ad Hox Presentation at LCA http://unemployable.me/2007/01/15/node16/ http://unemployable.me/2007/01/15/node16/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2007/01/15/node16/ http://unemployable.me/2007/01/15/node16/feed/ 0 Going down under http://unemployable.me/2006/11/15/node5/ http://unemployable.me/2006/11/15/node5/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0000 Michael Burns http://unemployable.me/2006/11/15/node5/ Alex Polvi had the amazing idea of going to Linux.conf.au. The four of us (Alex and Brandon, Justin and myself) are a perfect slice out of the Open Source pie at Oregon State and this conference would be an ideal place to network and expand our reach in the community. So, please send us to linux.conf.au. :) The site is meant to let people know who we are, what we want to and why we deserve to do it. What better way to experience open source than to rely on the to help make it happen? And to top it off, we even made it to the frontpage of digg.com!]]> So Alex Polvi had the amazing idea of going to Linux.conf.au. The four of us (Alex and Brandon, Justin and myself) are a perfect slice out of the Open Source pie at Oregon State and this conference would be an ideal place to network and expand our reach in the community. So, please send us to linux.conf.au. :)

The site is meant to let people know who we are, what we want to and why we deserve to do it. What better way to experience open source than to rely on the to help make it happen? And to top it off, we even made it to the frontpage of digg.com!

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