Add some recent blog posts

_posts/2017-01-24-usable-arm-templates.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Make JSON files readable, or, Azure Resource Manager templates in YAML"
+tags:
+- azure
+- infra
+- docker
+- jenkins
+---
+
+Hello world

_posts/2017-02-02-opensource-airways.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Open Source Airways"
+tags:
+- opinion
+- opensource
+---
+
+When I first started hacking on what I knew to be called "free and open source
+software," I had never met another "hacker" in real life. It felt like a very
+niche, almost insignificant community until my first
+[FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org) in 2006, where for the first time I saw *hundreds*
+of free and open source hackers scurrying about. It may have been a niche
+community existing primarily on IRC and mailing lists, but I finally had proof
+that there were actual people involved in the endeavor.
+
+Fast forward a decade, where software has taken a much larger role in the lives of
+the average person, and every now and again I find myself surprised to see "the
+stuff we make" in "the real world."
+
+On my flight to this year's FOSDEM, I discovered that the in-flight wifi system
+on the Boeing 787 utilizes [squid](http://www.squid-cache.org/) (3.4.6). The
+in-flight mapping software makes use of
+[OpenStreetMap](http://www.openstreetmap.org/). There was no doubt all manners
+of Linux and other free and open source technologies wiggling around inside,
+arguably, one of the most advanced commercial aircraft on the planet.
+
+After disembarking, passing through customs in Amsterdam, I had the following
+conversation with the customs officer:
+
+> **Officer:** What are you going to Brussels for?
+>
+> *Me:* There's a big conference there.
+>
+> **Officer:** What is the conference about?
+>
+> *Me:* Uh, open source software.
+>
+> **Officer:** Huh.. Linux and shit?
+
+I didn't have the time to clarify that technically Linux is *free software*
+because of the GPL license under which it is distributed, and that the merits
+of free versus open source software are a hotly debated topic, and also that
+_technically_ the conference provides equal footing to both free and open
+source projects. Instead I smiled, thanked the customs officer for his friendly
+stamping of my passport, and continued on my way.
+
+Free and open source software is now so pervasive and valuable to our modern
+way of life, that it finds its way into the most interesting places, including
+our culture.
+
+
+Fancy that.

_posts/2017-02-07-fancy-some-cocaine.md

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+---
+layout: post
+title: "Fancy some cocaine?"
+tags:
+- miscellaneous
+---
+
+[FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org) is quite the experience, thousands of geeks
+running around, dozens of free and open source projects, and plenty of
+Club-Mate and beer for every attendee to purchase. The weekend is exceptionally
+busy, and for me, the sleep at night between the chaos is always interesting.
+
+One night, I had a dream which I can remember, where I found myself in
+conversation about something or another with a colleague. We were sitting at a
+table not unlike one which could be found in the ULB Cafeteria at FOSDEM.
+Mid-conversation, my dream-colleague casual took out a small container, scooped
+a bit out with his fingernail, snorted into his nose what I dream-determined
+was cocaine, and continued in conversation. In my dream I found myself terribly
+offended.
+
+Since when was it socially acceptable to be a casual user of cocaine, and so
+blatantly use it in public!
+
+I do not believe I dream-said anything, but I was dream-offended enough to
+where I remembered the dream when I awoke.
+
+---
+
+I started to reflect on how abhorrently hypocritical dream-Tyler had been. The
+day prior to my dream, [Kohsuke](https://github.com/kohsuke) handed me a bottle
+of beer, purchased from the openSUSE folks, no later than 10 in the morning.
+Overall, FOSDEM is a chaotic two-day conference fueled entirely on caffeine,
+nicotine, and beer. In fact, I found myself sitting at a table more than once,
+at all hours of the day, discussing one thing or another with people beer in
+hand.  This casual consumption around technology events is not something I am
+the first to recognize, but I haven't ever mentally equated a "casual beer"
+with something like a "casual bump of cocaine."
+
+
+While I don't expect FOSDEM to change anytime soon, I encourage my fellow
+hackers to consider what level of casual drug use they believe is socially
+acceptable at any technology event.