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Rajon Rondo is fast, 3.8 seconds coast-to-coast

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:22:00 -0500

Rajon Rondo is awesome. People might not like him, or think he's that great of a player, but he has awesome talent that nobody wants to credit him for. Check this out, he sprints the entirety of the court in 3.8 seconds, wow.

Job Opening at Yardbarker.com

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:47:52 -0500

Systems Administrator at Sports Media Start-Up (San Francisco)

Yardbarker is a fast-growing sports media startup located in downtown San Francisco. We own and operate our own destination site (Yardbarker.com) and host the blogs for 100s of well-known athletes (including Donovan McNabb, Greg Oden, Santonio Holmes, Gina Carano, and more). We also manage a network of 600 independent sports blogs. We have a small but talented team. We are growing quickly, and we need a top-notch systems administrator to help us take things to the next level.

Required Skills:

- 3-5 years experience in Linux Systems Administration

- You are excited to work in a start-up. You understand what this entails (ideally from your own experience), and you thrive on the freedom and challenge that comes with it.

- You've worked with Ruby (and Ruby on Rails) in the past, and understand the requirements of Rails deployments.

- High degree of comfort with a variety of TCP/IP protocols -- HTTP, SMTP, NFS, etc.

- Ability to understand and write Ruby programs (including Capistrano deployment scripts).

- Intermediate (at least) knowledge of MySQL.

- Strong communication skills.

- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Self-direction and attention to detail.

- Self-motivated with a strong desire to build/maintain a scalable and reliable infrastructure.

- Excitement about life, and a passion for building something great. Bonus Points:

- Prior experience with tools like monit, munin and nagios

- Experience with a large-scale Rails deployment, including the Capistrano deployment framework.

- Familiarity with MySQL replication

- Experience with various version control systems (such as subversion or git).

- Experience with nginx.

- Previous experience with multi-tier, clustered service architecture

- Familiarity with automation tools (kickstart, puppet, etc)

- You like sports! Responsibilities:

- Recurring system maintenance (log rotation, backups, package upgrades, etc) and administration

- Monitoring output of system performance meters and gauges

- Participation in notification / alert / escalation chain for system events

- Work closely with engineering team to support new features (systems configuration, testing, etc)

- Maintain technical reference documentation (wiki)

- Ensure that our systems are scalable and reliable.

- Management of internal network infrastructure, connectivity, etc. Compensation depends on experience, but will include both salary and equity.

If interested, contact jobs@yardbarker.com. No recruiters.

artchang.com

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:53:42 -0500

artchang.com: I’m officially moving my blog to http://artchang.com, which is now hosted by...

Crack in the bridge, found only when dismantling? Doesn't that sound dangerous to you?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:20:13 -0500

The Bay Bridge, here in Oakland / San Francisco, California, underwent a huge change last weekend....

Crack in the bridge, found only when dismantling? Doesn't that sound dangerous to you?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:20:13 -0500

The Bay Bridge, here in Oakland / San Francisco, California, underwent a huge change last weekend....

This is a demo of the New: YB Blogs!

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:26:19 -0500

Welcome to the quick demo of YB Blogs! This is the newest addition to Yardbarker.com.

Testing image upload

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:37:28 -0500

Testing image upload stuff. Not sure why this didn't work, but here we go.

Yardbarker Sample Post

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:12:44 -0500

This is a sample post for your Yardbarker blog! This link shows you the link colors. The rest of this will show you how your blog text will appear.

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Yardbarker was happy to host the ALL STARS Fantasy Football Draft last year in conjunction with Fox Sports.

Snow Leopards and Rails

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:05:00 -0500

My turn to put in a few notes on what I did to get Rails to work nice with my newly updated Mac OS:...

Snow Leopards and Rails

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:05:00 -0500

My turn to put in a few notes on what I did to get Rails to work nice with my newly updated Mac OS:...

Sanjay Black Photons (Ocellaris x Percula)

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:56:03 -0500

I received a pair of clownfish today, they are both a hybrid from a captive bred brood formed...

Sanjay Black Photons (Ocellaris x Percula)

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:56:03 -0500

I received a pair of clownfish today, they are both a hybrid from a captive bred brood formed...

On our way to Dog Patch Labs for #railsrumble

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:01:00 -0500

Woke up super early (5am) for the Rails Rumble 2009 competition. The competition started about 12...

On our way to Dog Patch Labs for #railsrumble

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:01:00 -0500

Woke up super early (5am) for the Rails Rumble 2009 competition. The competition started about 12...

Friends Up

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:48:23 -0500

Taking pictures of my friends at the California Academy of Sciences Nancy decided...