Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Home Base

Austin, TX

Education

B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin

M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)

  • Happy Birthday Twins

    From last weekend, the Picture of the Week is Ana and Dorothy teaching us the proper way to eat a cupcake.

  • Let’s Encrypt!

    Let’s Encrypt—the free, automated SSL certificate authority is now in public beta. Check out my experience installing it on Nginx.

  • Compline

    Since the early days of the Church, there has been a tradition of praying the psalms throughout the day, which evolved to the current Liturgy of the Hours. The tradition has mostly centered over the centuries in monastic communities, particularly in those that follow the Rule of St. Benedict. Christian monasticism existed for generations before…

  • Tell People How You Feel

    On my birthday, a few years ago or so, I received a touching e-mail from a very close friend. We had another close, mutual friend die not long before in his late 30’s from cancer. The e-mail was an expression of feeling. What did our friendship mean to him. It wasn’t the stuff guys talk…

  • The History of 51st and I-35

    Texas is planning on installing their first modern roundabout on an Interstate frontage road near me, at 51st and I-35. Just east of the intersection is my development, the old Austin airport, that will at full build house ~10,000 people and employ ~10,000 people. The development includes big box retail, the area’s children’s hospital, medical research…

  • Failed WordPress Update

    When an update fails on WordPress, sometimes you might just be surprised by how WordPress handles it.