vPirate Radio

vPirate Radio

By Brian Knudtson, Jim Jones, Joe Houghes and Matt CrapeTechnology
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vPirate Radio episodes

  • Episode 3: The One Where Matt Gets Super Hot

    In this episode we discuss

    • How life is going
  • The Microsoft Activision/Blizzard Acquisition
    • Background Links
    • https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/?ocid=Evergreen_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Photo_lrn_1.18.1
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/01/21/microsofts-activision-blizzard-buy-is-not-a-metaverse-bet/?sh=b66bcb97ddc8
  • What the Heck is the Metaverse and why is this related
    • When in doubt, ask wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse
  • Where @mattThatITGuy makes absolutely certain that the Oculus game Super Hot is totally, definitely not porn https://superhotgame.com/superhot-vr

    • If you enjoy or have comments be sure to find vPirate Radio (and it's hosts) on twitter and drop us a note!

    • @vPirateRadio
  • @bknudtson
  • @jhoughes
  • @MattThatITGuy
  • @k00laidIT
    • 39 min
  • Episode 2: New Year, Evolving You

    Everybody makes New Year’s resolutions. In this episode we discuss our plans and initiatives for 2022 that focus more on evolving ourselves rather than reinventing.

    Jim

    • NSX-T-
  • NSX-V going End of Support 1/16/2022 https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2149616
  • Kubernetes and Containers
  • Automation- Ansible, SaltStack, Terraform
  • Reading things longer than 240 characters at a time
  • Focus on being more impactful with my time

    • Joe 

    • Structured Plans
  • Deep Work
  • Focusing on life goals and living/enjoying the journey
  • Mental health & unplugging from tech - needing hobbies/distractions
  • Writing (both journals & a book) 
  •  

    • Matt

    • Get back to content creation
    • Blogging
  • Presenting
  • Podcasting (hopefully!)
  • Cloud focus
    • Azure
  • AWS
  • Traditional on-prem
    • Level up existing certs

    Brian

    • Business and industry focused
  • Security industry
  • More non-IT related projects

    • Training Links:

    • https://www.udemy.com/course/vmware-nsxt-fundamentals/
  • https://www.udemy.com/course/vmware-nsx-t-30-fundamentals-part-two-security-2020-nsx
  • Learning.kasten.com - https://learning.kasten.com
  • CKA - https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/cka-cks-exam-bundle/
  • KubeAcademy - https://kube.academy/
  • Geerling Ansible Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2_OBreMn7FplshFCWYlaN2uS8et9RjNG
  • https://www.udemy.com/course/terraform-hands-on-labs/
  • https://www.udemy.com/course/hashicorp-packer/
  • https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/terraform-getting-started-2021
  • https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/terraform-deep-dive
  • https://app.pluralsight.com/paths/skill/implementing-it-automation-with-salt-open
    • 46 min
  • Episode 1: That Thing Where We Launched a Podcast

    Subscribe now at https://vpirateradio.podbean.com/

    Topics

    - Why would we even do this?
    - Log4j, log4shell, log4hell, oh my!
    - Bro, do you even QA?

    Find us online:

    - vPirateRadio: @vPirateRadio, vpirateradio.com
    - Brian Knudtson: @bknudtson, knudt.net
    - Jim Jones: @k00laidIT, koolaid.info
    - Joe Houghes: @jhoughes, fullstackgeek.net
    - Matt Crape: @MattThatITGuy, 42u.ca

    38 min

About vPirate Radio

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vPirate Radio is thing from @bknudtson, @k00laidIT, @jhoughes, & @MattThatITGuy here to discuss IT, life and everything in between. Find us on twitter at https://twitter.com/vpirateradio