Tuesday Thoughts: One of the skills that is often appreciated is the ability to work under pressure. I get it. There are times when pressure is, unfortunately, necessary. I've experienced it and I'll experience it again. What I don't understand are situations where pressure is created simply to "motivate people to do better". Yet, in my experience, I've seen that people who are constantly under pressure tend to deliver mediocre results or produce work with hidden, serious problems. Pressure should be an emergency, not a way of life. That's why when someone puts pressure on me for no reason, they automatically become a lower priority.

9 September 1943 On 9th September 1943, my grandparents faced fear, hope, and loss in the midst of war. This is their story, told through the memories of that day.

9 September 1943 | MyNotes

On 9th September 1943, my grandparents faced fear, hope, and loss in the midst of war. This is their story, told through the memories of that day.

#MyNotes #History #Blogging #Life #War #WarHistory

My friends, I'm so excited and happy to introduce a new project: the illumos Cafe! The positive and constructive spirit of the BSD Cafe, created and maintained by all the friends who participated from day one in building a strong and friendly community, deserves to spread to other operating systems. Because there are other OSes that deserve attention, certainly more than they're getting right now. Operating systems based on illumos (like SmartOS, OmniOS, Tribblix, OpenIndiana, etc.) are mature, stable, secure, and perfectly usable for a wide range of tasks. ZFS is native, zones are an excellent method for containerization, and bhyve and kvm coexist beautifully - and so much more, too much to list in a single post. So from today, the illumos Cafe will stand alongside the BSD Cafe in creating a positive, respectful, and growth-oriented (but also relaxing!) environment, starting right here in the Fediverse with a Mastodon instance and a snac one. I've written an introductory article about the project, including some technical details. I invite everyone interested to read it:

Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity - IT Notes

Choose your table, take a seat and enjoy your time at the illumos Cafe! #SysAdmin #IT #BSDCafe #illumosCafe #Community #OpenSource #OSS #illumos #SmartOS #OpenIndiana #ZFS #bhyve #kvm #Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #ITNotes

Friends of the BSD Cafe, I don't know if you've noticed that since yesterday, the #Mastodon instance has been showing the BSD Cafe logo as its icon. Before, I deliberately left the Mastodon one - but now I've had to add the BSD Cafe one because...well, you'll find out tomorrow morning 😊 Stay tuned! #BSDCafe #NotBSDCafe #StayTuned #Fediverse #Mastodon

Double happy #Caturday! And there's a reason why I'm saying "double" 😉

My home desktop - 1 March 2000 - a Pentium 233 MMX. The OS was Debian Linux - you can see a printed Tux near the keyboard. No broadband connection, just a 56k modem. Iomega Zip drive - so I could download stuff at Uni and bring it back home. One year later, this became my first 24/7 server. #IT #SysAdmin #Linux #Debian #Throwback #Memories #Vintage #OldPhotos #OldTimes #OldNerd #OldMe #VintageSetup

If your crawler is spoofing its identity because I have disallowed it from my sites, I consider that an attempted server breach. You are no better than someone trying to compromise my SSH connection. #IT #SysAdmin #Perplexity #Crawlers

In ancient cities, the colors of summer bestow warmth and antiquity. Who knows how many people have passed through here. Who knows how many stories, how many tales, how many joys and how many dramas. But today the street is peaceful, deserted, warm, and reassuring. I feel good here, today. #Photography #Photo #Ferrara #Italy #Italia #EmiliaRomagna #Peace #FotoMontag #PhotoMonday

Make Your Own Kind of Music The sound of classic rock from a passing bike on a summer evening, and the unexpected bridge it creates between two generations. A quiet reflection on the courage to choose your own music, and your own path.

Make Your Own Kind of Music | MyNotes

The sound of classic rock from a passing bike on a summer evening, and the unexpected bridge it creates between two generations. A quiet reflection...

#MyNotes #Blogging #Reflections #Life

I've switched the BSD Cafe Mastodon media over to SeaweedFS. Posts from the last few hours might not show media, as I'm doing the final 'rclone' migration from MinIO and the ETA is around 3 hours. Stay tuned 🙂 #BSDCafe #Minio #SeaweedFS #Mastodon