Otaku Central – Closing Down the Dream
Sadly, this isn’t a clickbait title. And, it’s the longest entry I’ve ever made on this site, for fairly obvious...
“Courageous 31 Year-Old Man Builds Enterprise-Grade Server Farm in Apartment Bedroom; Transcends Humanity”
Consider this to be a LONG overdue April Fools joke article that’s littered with enough common sense to sprinkle on...
Anime & Romance – Generations of Societal Sadness
Human relationships have become a rather curious concept in the last fifty or so years of Western society, and the...
What Anime Is To Me
As I’ve said a number of times prior, anime is purely a media platform at the end of the day....
The Battle Against BOGONs (& How You Should Treat Them)
A lot of engineers aren’t familiar with the term ‘BOGON’ in terms of networking. Honestly, that’s as much of a...
Basic Multicast – A “There Are No Dumb Questions” Guide
I’ve often described network engineers and multicasting as a “group of teenagers talking about driving a manual transmission car”. “Do...
Anime – Quality Concerns & Complaints
2019 has been another year in a sequence of several where a number of people have made the comment to...
F5 201 – TMOS Administration Exam Guide & Thoughts
Recently, I continued with my F5 network training in working towards the F5 201 exam. We use the F5 platform...
Anime & Professionalism – A Curious Crossroads
It’s no understatement that I’ve taken a tremendous degree of criticism and skepticism in more recent years for my professional...
SolarWinds Orion – Engineering Better Alert Emails
Those who’ve been around me for a while have likely heard a mild SolarWinds “Caleb” rant at some point. Usually,...
Building A Non-Profit Industrial Revolution – In A Nutshell
In the course of talking with various family, friends, work associates, and potential future employees of Otaku Central, a plethora...
F5 Networks – 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals Exam
With my Cisco certification dreams put on temporary hold until next year due to Cisco’s exam overhaul, I’ve decided to...
The Efficiency Battle in IT – And When To Fight It
Human nature, at its core, is a rather remarkable thing when it comes to adapting to change. Most people (especially...
Preferential Treatment In Anime Streaming?
Sometimes, the line between seemingly being fair and up-front about giving all your vendors an equal chance versus succumbing to...
Network Engineer – A Dying Breed, In A Devil’s Industry
I’ve often shared with work acquaintances that being a network engineer is all-too-often the most unrewarding job in IT, which...