Tech Tamer – Making Technology, Purr

Proxmox 10Gb Joy

November 11, 2026November 11, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

On a previous episode, I found odd behavior and after spending so much time and money on a good storage network to support my hypervisor and nvidia sparc, I was getting 1996 speeds. Ultimately, the TP-link TX401 couldn’t do it. Here’s what happen tonight, on a very special episode of 10Gb Joy.

Cross-Architecture Trap: Why 10GbE Can Crash and Burn Between ARM64 and x86_64

November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

I hadn’t really pushed my 10GbE home storage network. When I did, I ran into interesting problems. x86-64 uses 4KB pages sizes (memory blocks), but my ARM system uses 64KB page sizes and this can affect networking. Host-dependent network chipset cannot handle the frames. This got low level. Eye-glazing details below.

On Sabbatical

October 13, 2026October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

Well, I have time for updates again. I have been very busy in linux (red hat) data center provisioning and patching. The led into yet another deep dive into fixing and improving DNS, DHCP, IPAM (DDI) with Infoblox – both NIOS and UDDI. Then I got to jump into architecting an enterprise solution for PKI […]

The Bestest, Freshest Iced Tea

September 1, 2025October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

I spent a few years wandering the world of tea, discovering many different styles and tastes, only to come back home to something simple with added quality — good iced tea. I’ve come to favor simple days of sun tea. My favorite is cold brew tea and I am going to teach you my technique: […]

The Best Hummingbird Feeder

January 28, 2023October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

I’ve been though many hummingbird feeders. Certainly all the ones at local garden stores and I think all of the the different designs available from amazon. In my experience in southern California, if it’s not on my list, the hummers only give it a shot as a last resort. I will see them try and […]

Lotto and Horse Gambling Advice

July 8, 2018October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

Here’s some advice from a multi-lotto winner, and a scammer on betting on the ponies. Richard Lustig’s Lotto Advice:

Recommended: cool-retro-term

June 30, 2018October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

I love puppies… and cool retro computing things. This console program is terrific for having running full screen when the non-techs come to visit.

Centrify Notes

June 23, 2018October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

Centrify is a tool to connect non-Winders systems to Active Directory. Here is a collection of my common tasks.

Revival

June 22, 2018October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

I haven’t touched my website in forever. Since I’m not active with drupal anymore I’ll join the WP borg. I have move my ye olde posts over. I’ll do some catching up and adding obtuse notes from my obscure documentation.

Time for an Update

June 12, 2014October 13, 2026 - g2 - Comment is Closed

Yes, I know I haven’t written in a while, so I’ll post this quick update for all groupies*

George Robinson has been taming technology since early elementary school. His first bitter taste of UNIX was Xenix 2.1.1. George's youth was spent in building electronics and writing programs to post on the local BBS. In high school, he became involved in student radio and was hired by the top station in the market. George double majored in Psychology and Music Theory earning a B.S. at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana. After college, he rode the internet wave into Systems Administration. He has succeeded at Systems Architecture, Engineering & Automation with roles in numerous startups and enterprises like Verizon Wireless, Yahoo, Nestlé & Fico. George currently resides in the pacific north west, in a mysterious, undisclosed location somewhere outside of Tacoma.