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An Introduction to DNS
The Domain Name System (DNS) is an application-layer protocol that translates domain names to IP addresses. It’s an extremely important protocol for regular network operations, so much so that we IT folk have a common saying whenever something goes wrong: “It’s always DNS.” It’s often described as the “phonebook” of...
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Looking Back Before Looking Forward
I guess this is going to be my last blog post of 2021. It’s been a rough and busy year, and this blog has honestly been consistently something that I’ve looked forward to writing on every single week. Although it originally started – and was intended – as primarily technical...
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To Be Home
Home is not where you’re from – it’s where you’re supposed to be. I’m currently visiting the family for the holidays and honestly, I’m homesick. It’s been the single defining emotion I’ve felt during my stay thus far in the house I grew up in: homesickness. I’m not visiting home...
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The Autumn Leaves Depart
Well I can’t believe it came so fast, but here it is: the end of yet another semester of college. It’s been a tough semester and it’s definitely been an experimental term with the return to in-person instruction. New faces, new friends, new commitments, and new missions. I had two...
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The Importance of Adversity
When I was 17 – 17 years old – I was the victim of a hit-and-run vehicle-pedestrian collision. I suffered severe traumatic injuries and it would not be hyperbolic to say that I got a glimpse of death. It was terrible… but it was important, and it was necessary. I...
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An Open Invitation to Question
Hey, reader. I’d like to invite you to something. It’s something really important to me, and it means a lot to me. It’s something that I think more people should do, and it would be awesome if you could take me up on my invitation! I’d like to invite you...
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Gratitude
Given that it’s Thanksgiving, it’s fitting that post is about gratitude. Specifically, gratitude for scientists, researchers, and engineers; gratitude for teachers; gratitude for those who inspire others to take it upon themselves and do; and gratitude for those who are themselves doers. I’d like to give special recognition to my...
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Why Your Philosophy to Programming Sucks
I recently got mad. Like, genuinely mad. If you know me, you know that’s a rarity. I got mad because I was arguing with another programmer about a project we were working on, and I found out that they had a seriously corrupted philosophy on programming. My current main focus...