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Brian Jackson

@jaxz.in

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Day job: Platform Engineering Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic 24/7 job: Father of two amazing teens, husband to an amazing wife, son and brother Helping to make Star Wars, like Vader Immortal, Tales from the Galaxy's Edge, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · 4d

I feel like someone should start the rumor that Daylight Saving Time is something the left really wants because of climate change or something like that.

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · 18d

New Home Assistant card I made last night. As a salaried employee, display the dollar amount I’m effectively donating back to my company in free labor when I’m at my desk over 8 hours. Resets daily.

This may come off as if I’m disgruntled, but it was only about real data of a thought experiment!

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · 21d

ILM did a lot of incredible work on this movie. I got to work on nearly all stages of visual effects on this one, from preproduction and virtual production, to post-production. I’m proud of how my team helped bring another story to the Tron universe. #pinchme

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · 26d

Google changing the Meet “Leave call” button from triggering on mouse-up to mouse-down is an act of psychological warfare.

I used to press and hold as I finished my goodbyes. Now I vanish mid-sentence.

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Sep 25

Kimmel quadrupling his usual ratings while missing almost a quarter of his usual coverage is...

a cartoon of a man giving an ok sign with the word perfection below him

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Sep 7

I saw the headline "Alien:Earth episode 5 is the best Alien movie in 39 years" thinking it was hyperbole. Just finished it and wow that wasn't an exaggeration. It kinda makes me wish we had 60 min feature films. I'd love to see this on the silver screen.

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Aug 16

I made my own cocktail, which I shall dub the Bermuda Bramble! 1 oz of Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, fresh blackberry soda made from my backyard wild berry syrup, and a squeeze of lime. 🍋‍🟩 I’ve made some clunkers in the past but this is frickin’ delicious. #yum #cocktails

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Aug 2

I’ll be in Vancouver at SIGGRAPH this year. My second SIGGRAPH and my first time in Vancouver! Let me know if you’ll be there too! #siggraph

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jul 26

I just issued my first TLS certificate directly in Kubernetes against a Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Server after Terraforming the snot out of some Helm charts and a ClusterIssuer manifest with full Gitlab CI deployment.
I feel like I need a section on my resume for just that one task.

Reposted by Brian Jackson

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · Jul 21

I'm seeing a lot of chatter again about "how on earth did Gareth Edwards' THE CREATOR (2023) only cost xxx dollars and it looks so good and has amazing VFX?!?!"

Well, here's us talking about exactly that for 45 minutes, or hear two minutes from Gareth himself below:

youtu.be/amVkSiiZY4Y?...

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jul 21

Nice to hear that works for you! I’m okay with the tradeoff of the lock-in for the additional features I want: integrated issue management and CI/CD

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jul 19

Now I can automate for my entire home network safely knowing the source is backed up offsite and a restore is two-button clicks away.

github.com/jaxzin/jaxzi...

#devops #selfhosted #homelab

GitHub - jaxzin/jaxzin-infra-bootstrap: Bootstrapping, maintenance, and disaster recovery for the core foundation for my home-network Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Bootstrapping, maintenance, and disaster recovery for the core foundation for my home-network Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - jaxzin/jaxzin-infra-bootstrap

github.com

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jul 19

It's not the entire thing, just the "bootstrap kernel", enough to standup or recover a Gitea server (self-hosted GitHub-clone) from cloud backups. Gitea supports GitHub Actions so I can build CI that can run self-hosted or from GitHub.com.

github.com/jaxzin/jaxzi...

#devops #selfhosted #homelab

GitHub - jaxzin/jaxzin-infra-bootstrap: Bootstrapping, maintenance, and disaster recovery for the core foundation for my home-network Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Bootstrapping, maintenance, and disaster recovery for the core foundation for my home-network Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - jaxzin/jaxzin-infra-bootstrap

github.com

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jul 19

I'm sharing my personal Infrastructure as Code setup publicly.

github.com/jaxzin/jaxzi...

#devops #selfhosted #homelab

GitHub - jaxzin/jaxzin-infra-bootstrap: Bootstrapping, maintenance, and disaster recovery for the core foundation for my home-network Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Bootstrapping, maintenance, and disaster recovery for the core foundation for my home-network Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - jaxzin/jaxzin-infra-bootstrap

github.com

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jun 6

Mario Kart World is amazing.
Online multiplayer Goldeneye exists!
Banjo-Kazooie in my hands.
Tears of the Kingdom looks even better.
So much to love. #Switch2

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Jun 5

Adult money perks, I get to buy a new Nintendo console to fulfill my childhood wishes. I might let my kids play with it too.

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · May 21

The Studio ending with one of my all-time favorite songs was not on bingo card.

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · May 17

I feel much better, thanks so much

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · May 16

I’ve had a fever for over a week and it finally broke. I’ll take that win tonight. 🎉 #bronchitis

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Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · May 14

C-3PO thinking R2 has failed and they are hearing Luke’s death screams will never not be peak comedy.

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · May 14

Don’t mind me, just sobbing at that ending. #Andor

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · May 10

As I was watching it I could see that this week’s episode of The Studio was not going to mention Apple or Tim Cook as a meta-reference to the story. It is so perfect to learn Apple asked to put Tim in there to replace <spoiler> and show leadership refused.

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Apr 26

Ending a week of travel watching the first episode of Andor Season 2 and spotted my name. The novelty of having my name in a Star Wars production has not worn off. #pinchme

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Apr 6

My part done, my wife likes to do all the painting and caulking!

Brian Jackson @jaxz.in · Apr 6

My Sunday project on the honey-do list. Faux board and batton in the bedroom. #diy

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