Thinking about those turned biscuits, it occurred to me that pie crust could be turned to make it flakier. Not enough to create “pastry”, but maybe twice. I’d bet rolling out on the deck (on a table, not the deck, itself) in the winter would solve the “butter melts” problem, too. Now, I just needContinue reading “Idea: Turned Pie Crust”
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Rebuilt!
A few bobbles, but I rebuilt the whole thing from instructions. About three pages of instruction-update notes, which I will deal with later. It’s bed time, again. [WordPress did want larger featured images]
Kamikoto Knives
Merry Christmas to me! The first thing I’ve ever purchased from a web-site ad. There was a bit of a problem with delivery, but Kamikoto customer support dealt with it excellently (UPS also did an outstanding job: They called me when they couldn’t find the address. “623” got transposed somewhere along the line – possiblyContinue reading “Kamikoto Knives”
Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XX
What can we learn from that picture? Let’s start with the recipe: (aside: I used to like allrecipes.com; but, now, with an auto-play video on every recipe, not so much. And reformatted to take out all the ridiculous step numbers.) Chef John’s Buttermilk Biscuits 2 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon bakingContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XX”
Cassandra Up, Again
A three node, three rack, one data center Cassandra cluster is running! It has a few configuration values that require IP addresses, yuck! All the cluster software is up! What’s left? Install the Docker monitor for Prometheus (cAdvisor). Install BLEK. Cross-reference build scripts against written instructions. Throw it all away and rebuild from scratch. MakeContinue reading “Cassandra Up, Again”
Grafana Up
Docker really isn’t all that easy. If you want all defaults, it’s dandy. If you want customize anything (e.g. save log files or configure it), then it’s not. Grafana has some sort of strange user/permission thing going on. Sorted. The pretty picture is the Stack OS metrics dashboard (gathered by node_exporter, collected by Prometheus, andContinue reading “Grafana Up”
Prometheus Up, Again
Prometheus was mostly working on the ops machine. I tried to Docker it. Prometheus, itself, came up, but none of the cluster.test names resolved. Getting github working proved its worth: git push on the ops machine, then git pull on another, and voila! all the files I need are there. Docker actually proved worthwhile here,Continue reading “Prometheus Up, Again”
On github
No, you cannot see it, yet – it’s not done. I got it rearranged, unified and up there – and made git work on all the VMs, so I can edit from anywhere.
Pulsar Up, Again
While baking cookies, I rewrote the broker scripts for the DNS changes. On the bright side, I never updated them to cluster.dev, so it was straight from IPs to cluster.test. I was confused about why the Bookies had port 6650 mapped when it could not be configured. Turns out, that is a Broker port thatContinue reading “Pulsar Up, Again”
Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XIX
Another cookie exchange on Friday, so more cookies. At The Laird’s request, pecan. That’s a bit vague, but this Betty Crocker recipe looked good: Butter Pecan Pudding Cookies 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup butter, softened1 cup packed brown sugar1/2 cup granulated sugar1 box (3.4 oz) Jell-O™ French vanilla-flavorContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XIX”
Marked Up 