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Hi, I'm James Briggs, an Internet computer programmer/DBA/SRE in Silicon Valley. I've been engineering for over 20 years for companies like eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Apple, Amazon and startups.
I use TuCows/Hover for registering domain names.
I am available for MySQL/Postgres DBA/SRE/Security work in Silicon Valley or remote. Click here to contact me.
I am a MariaDB/MySQL code contributor and Perl CPAN author. Check out my github. My most recent project is cassandra-top.
In my spare time I do Open Source programming and like flying airplanes, karate and studying Asian languages.
This blog talks about events, places and things in my life. San Jose, San Jose International Airport, CA
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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Southwest 737 Runway Overrun and EMAS
Avweb has an article mentioning EMAS: “Southwest Airlines Flight 278 slid off the end of the runway while landing at California’s Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) at 9:05 am local time on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the FAA, … Continue reading
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Dart Pop-out Float Test On R66
Informative video on deploying Dart pop-out floats on a Robinson R66 helicopter, then repacking them. Takes about 8 seconds to fully inflate, but a couple hours to repack all 4 floats. Requires 3 men, talcum powder, a vacuum cleaner, replacing … Continue reading
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