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diff --git a/gemfeed/2008-06-26-perl-poetry.md b/gemfeed/2008-06-26-perl-poetry.md index d4be3a5d..78fea52f 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2008-06-26-perl-poetry.md +++ b/gemfeed/2008-06-26-perl-poetry.md @@ -161,6 +161,6 @@ Did you like what you saw? Have a look at Codeberg to see my other poems too: [https://codeberg.org/snonux/perl-poetry](https://codeberg.org/snonux/perl-poetry) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2008-12-29-using-my-nokia-n95-for-fixing-my-mta.md b/gemfeed/2008-12-29-using-my-nokia-n95-for-fixing-my-mta.md index d04a3baa..1aaff293 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2008-12-29-using-my-nokia-n95-for-fixing-my-mta.md +++ b/gemfeed/2008-12-29-using-my-nokia-n95-for-fixing-my-mta.md @@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ It was a pain in the ass. My next mobile phone MUST have a full QWERTY keyboard. At the moment I am in Sofia, Bulgaria. Here I can use at least an unprotected WLAN hotspot which belongs to one of the neighbours which I don’t know in person, and it is not blocking any port at all :) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2010-04-09-standard-ml-and-haskell.md b/gemfeed/2010-04-09-standard-ml-and-haskell.md index 056da3db..ad96610a 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2010-04-09-standard-ml-and-haskell.md +++ b/gemfeed/2010-04-09-standard-ml-and-haskell.md @@ -169,6 +169,6 @@ fun my_filter f l = foldr (make_filter_fn f) [] l my_filter f l = foldr (make_filter_fn f) [] l ``` -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2010-05-07-lazy-evaluation-with-standarn-ml.md b/gemfeed/2010-05-07-lazy-evaluation-with-standarn-ml.md index cbe54909..1f2f789b 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2010-05-07-lazy-evaluation-with-standarn-ml.md +++ b/gemfeed/2010-05-07-lazy-evaluation-with-standarn-ml.md @@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ first 10 nat_pairs_not_null [http://www.haskell.org/](http://www.haskell.org/) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.md b/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.md index 35b30e6f..0e3c9e79 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.md +++ b/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.md @@ -505,6 +505,6 @@ You can find all of this on the GitHub page. There is also an "examples" folders [https://codeberg.org/snonux/fype](https://codeberg.org/snonux/fype) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2011-05-07-perl-daemon-service-framework.md b/gemfeed/2011-05-07-perl-daemon-service-framework.md index 15f0b443..2516fa42 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2011-05-07-perl-daemon-service-framework.md +++ b/gemfeed/2011-05-07-perl-daemon-service-framework.md @@ -158,6 +158,6 @@ You can find PerlDaemon (including the examples) at: [https://codeberg.org/snonux/perldaemon](https://codeberg.org/snonux/perldaemon) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2014-03-24-the-fibonacci.pl.c-polyglot.md b/gemfeed/2014-03-24-the-fibonacci.pl.c-polyglot.md index 8b0905f4..ef30c230 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2014-03-24-the-fibonacci.pl.c-polyglot.md +++ b/gemfeed/2014-03-24-the-fibonacci.pl.c-polyglot.md @@ -138,6 +138,6 @@ fib(10) = 55 It's entertaining to play with :-). -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.md b/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.md index 65487f28..76197427 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.md +++ b/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.md @@ -175,6 +175,6 @@ exit Reboot & test! Enjoy! -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.md b/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.md index 0a5c629e..a8e04aa3 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.md +++ b/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.md @@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ The solution is adding another USB drive (2TB) with an encryption container (GEL I am thinking of buying a second 2TB USB drive and setting it up the same way as the first one. So I could alternate the backups. One drive would be at the secret location, and the other drive would be at home. And these drives would swap place after each cycle. This would give some security about the failure of that drive, and I would have to go to the secret location only once (swapping the drives) instead of twice (picking that drive up to update the data + bringing it back to the remote location). -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md b/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md index 1c13b6b5..74b22f65 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md +++ b/gemfeed/2016-04-09-jails-and-zfs-on-freebsd-with-puppet.md @@ -385,6 +385,6 @@ Of course I am operating multiple Jails on the same host this way with Puppet: All done in a pretty automated manor. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-04-16-offsite-backup-with-zfs-part2.md b/gemfeed/2016-04-16-offsite-backup-with-zfs-part2.md index 03c848eb..008691ea 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2016-04-16-offsite-backup-with-zfs-part2.md +++ b/gemfeed/2016-04-16-offsite-backup-with-zfs-part2.md @@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ Whenever I update the offsite backup, I am doing it to the drive, which is kept Furthermore, I added scrubbing ("zpool scrub...") to the script. It ensures that the file system is consistent and that there are no bad blocks on the disk and the file system. To increase the reliability, I also run a "zfs set copies=2 zroot". That setting is also synchronized to the offsite ZFS pool. ZFS stores every data block to disk twice now. Yes, it consumes twice as much disk space, making it better fault-tolerant against hardware errors (e.g. only individual disk sectors going bad). -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-05-22-spinning-up-my-own-authoritative-dns-servers.md b/gemfeed/2016-05-22-spinning-up-my-own-authoritative-dns-servers.md index 84b803c2..7d3a65c0 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2016-05-22-spinning-up-my-own-authoritative-dns-servers.md +++ b/gemfeed/2016-05-22-spinning-up-my-own-authoritative-dns-servers.md @@ -234,6 +234,6 @@ Whenever I have to change a DNS entry, all I have to do is: That's much more comfortable now than manually clicking at some web UIs at Schlund Technologies. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-11-20-object-oriented-programming-with-ansi-c.md b/gemfeed/2016-11-20-object-oriented-programming-with-ansi-c.md index 34680eee..adf9d157 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2016-11-20-object-oriented-programming-with-ansi-c.md +++ b/gemfeed/2016-11-20-object-oriented-programming-with-ansi-c.md @@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ Big C software projects, like Linux, also follow some OOP techniques: C is a very old programming language with it's quirks. This might be one of the reasons why Linux will also let Rust code in. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2018-06-01-realistic-load-testing-with-ioriot-for-linux.md b/gemfeed/2018-06-01-realistic-load-testing-with-ioriot-for-linux.md index 3ac36697..3788bd32 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2018-06-01-realistic-load-testing-with-ioriot-for-linux.md +++ b/gemfeed/2018-06-01-realistic-load-testing-with-ioriot-for-linux.md @@ -186,6 +186,6 @@ For example, the open syscall opens a file and returns the responsible file desc [Graphite](https://graphiteapp.org) [Memory mapped I/O](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory-mapped_I/O) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.md b/gemfeed/2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.md index c64f6532..cf2c0244 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-04-22-dtail-the-distributed-log-tail-program.md @@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ Mimecast highly encourages you to have a look at DTail and submit an issue for a [https://dtail.dev](https://dtail.dev) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.md b/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.md index e172e70a..f4c18cd8 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.md @@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ Check out one of the following links for more information about Gemini. For exam [gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space](gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space) [https://gemini.circumlunar.space](https://gemini.circumlunar.space) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.md b/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.md index f89d48d7..6cf38479 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.md @@ -380,6 +380,6 @@ I also highly recommend having a read through the "Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide [Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide](https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.md b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.md index accc2d25..b7d565ca 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.md @@ -166,6 +166,6 @@ It was quite a lot of fun writing Gemtexter. It's a relatively small project, bu I finally revamped my personal internet site and started to blog again. I wanted the result to be exactly how it is now: A slightly retro-inspired internet site built for fun with unconventional tools. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.md b/gemfeed/2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.md index 5b8df541..c89da5af 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.md @@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ I liked this book so much so that I even bought myself a (used) paper copy of it Will I abandon my beloved Perl? Probably not. There are also some Perl scripts I use at work. But unfortunately I only have a limited amount of time and I have to use it wisely. I might look into Raku (formerly known as Perl 6) next year and use it for a personal pet project, who knows. :-). I also highly recommend reading the two Perl books "Modern Perl" and "Higher-Order Perl". -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.md b/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.md index 49f292f2..4106af51 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.md @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Security bugs in open-source projects are exposed to the public and fixed quickl Do you need Microsoft Word? Why don't you just use the Vim text editor or GNU Emacs to write your letters? If that's too nerdy, you can still use open-source alternatives such as AbiWord or LibreOffice. Larger organizations have the tendency to standardize the software their employees have to use. Unfortunately, as Microsoft Word is the de-facto standard text processing program, most companies prefer Word over LibreOffice. Same with Microsoft Excel vs LibreOffice Calc or other spreadsheet alternatives like Gnumeric. I don't know why that is; please.... -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) I only use free and open-source operating systems on my personal Laptops, Desktop PCs and servers (FreeBSD and Linux based ones). Most of the programs and apps I use on them are free and open-source as well, and I am comfortable with it for over twenty years. Exceptions are the BIOSes and some firmwares of my devices. I also use Skype as most of my friends and family are using it. They are, unfortunately, proprietary software still. But I will be looking into Matrix as a Skype alternative when I have time. There are also open BIOS alternatives, but they usually don't work on my devices. @@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ Should you be pedantic about open-source software? It depends. It depends on you You have better chances when you know how to manage your own server and install and manage alternatives to the big cloud providers by yourself. I have the advantage that I have work experience as a Linux Systems Administrator here. I mentioned NextCloud already. I use NextCloud for online photo and file storage, contact and calendar sync and as an RSS news feed server. You could do the same with your own E-Mail server, you can also host your own website and blog. I also mentioned Matrix as a Skype alternative (which could also be an alternative to WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram, Viber, ...). I don't know a lot about Matrix yet, but it seems to be a very neat alternative. I am ready to invest time in it as one of my future personal pet projects. Not only because I think it's better, but also because for fun and as a hobby. But this doesn't mean that I invest *all* of my personal free time in it. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.md b/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.md index e7cd0bac..165ad8fa 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.md @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ There is, however, a trap. The more you spend time with things, the more these t Enough ranted for now! -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) > Controversially, a lack of features is a feature. Enjoy your peace an quiet. - Michael W Lucas diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.md b/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.md index 3f563b0f..6b05100c 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.md @@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ For every major incident, you need to follow up with an incident retrospective. This usually means creating one or more tickets, which will be dealt with soon. Once the permanent fix is deployed, you can remove your ad-hoc automation and monitoring around it and focus on your regular work again. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.md b/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.md index b64035ce..567894ec 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.md @@ -463,6 +463,6 @@ In the Bash you will have to fall back to an external command like "bc" (the arb See you later for the next post of this series. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.md b/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.md index e5f19c95..a933a805 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.md +++ b/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.md @@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ Another blog post worth reading: [https://unixsheikh.com/articles/how-to-stay-sane-in-todays-world-of-tech.html](https://unixsheikh.com/articles/how-to-stay-sane-in-todays-world-of-tech.html) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.md b/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.md index 088592eb..78e52420 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.md @@ -480,6 +480,6 @@ To change this behaviour, pipefile can be used. Now, the pipes exit status is 1 1 ``` -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.md b/gemfeed/2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.md index 0f1ccabe..c5794edd 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.md @@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ As a funny bit, I almost chose "foo.surf" over "foo.zone" as in "surfing this si The host buetow.org will stay. However, not as the primary address for this site. I will keep using it for my personal internet infrastructure as well as for most of my E-Mail addresses. I used buetow.org for that over the past 10 years already anyway and that won't change any time soon. I don't know what I am going to do with snonux.de in the long run. A .de SLD (for Germany) is pretty cheap, so I might just keep it for now. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.md b/gemfeed/2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.md index 48e18feb..9f6e7430 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.md @@ -225,6 +225,6 @@ I have been using NetBSD on an old Sun Sparcstation 10 as a student. I also have [DragonFly BSD - Fork of FreeBSD 4](https://www.dragonflybsd.org/) [Phosh (on postmarketOS) - A true Linux shell for the smartphone](http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Phosh) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.md b/gemfeed/2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.md index 5c02335e..5a02236e 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.md @@ -294,6 +294,6 @@ Thanks! Paul -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md b/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md index 3bd8304d..07abbd44 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.md @@ -137,6 +137,6 @@ Relevant books I can recommend are: * The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books * Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.md b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.md index 36009430..b09a7c06 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.md @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Btw.: Did you know that the first version of PHP was a set of Perl snippets? Onl [https://www.perl.org](https://www.perl.org) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.md b/gemfeed/2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.md index 9a42b1bf..45021398 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.md @@ -323,6 +323,6 @@ If you wonder what Gemini is: [Welcome to the Geminispae](./2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.md) -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md b/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md index 82c610b7..baeb332b 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md @@ -657,6 +657,6 @@ OpenBSD suits perfectly here as all the tools are already part of the base insta I love the fact that a `Rexfile` is just a Perl DSL. Why re-inventing the wheel? Also, OpenBSD comes with Perl in the base system. So no new programming language had to be added to my mix for the configuration management system. Also, the `acme.sh` shell script is not a Bash but a standard Bourne shell script so that I didn't have to install yet another shell as OpenBSD does not come with the Bash pre-installed. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.md b/gemfeed/2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.md index 8ef1ba5b..ecf50452 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.md @@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ Additionally, there were a couple of bug fixes, refactorings and overall improve Overall I think it's a pretty solid `1.1.0` release without anything groundbreaking (therefore no major version jump). But I am happy about it. -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.md b/gemfeed/2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.md index 1b48e9d7..c01cdca6 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.md +++ b/gemfeed/2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # After a bad night's sleep -> Published by Paul at 2022-09-30 +> Published by Paul at 2022-09-30, last updated 2022-10-12 ``` z @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ jgs (________\ \ '-' ``` -Everyone has it once a while: A bad night's sleep. Here I attempt to list useful tips how to deal with it. +Everyone has it once in a while: A bad night's sleep. Here I attempt to list valuable tips on how to deal with it. -## Don't take the day off +## Don't take the day off. -Don't take a day off after not having slept enough the previous night. That would be wasting the holiday allowance. It wouldn't be possible to enjoy my free time anyway, so why not just work? For an IT Engineer, there's still a way to be productive (sometimes even more) with half or less of the concentration power available! +Don't take a day off after not sleeping enough the previous night. That would be wasting the holiday allowance. It wouldn't be possible to enjoy my free time anyway, so why not just work? There's still a way for an IT Engineer to be productive (sometimes even more) with half or less of the concentration power available! ## Start work early @@ -28,71 +28,71 @@ Probably I am already awake early and am unable to fall asleep again. My strateg ## Sweat the small stuff -For me, there's never a shortage of small items to hook off my list. Most of these items don't require my full concentration power and I will be happy to get them off my list so that the next day, after a good night's sleep, I can immerse myself again with focused deep work with all concentration powers at hand. +There's never a shortage of small items to hook off my list. Most of these items don't require my full concentration power, and I will be happy to get them off my list so that the next day, after a good night's sleep, I can immerse myself again in focused, deep work with all concentration powers at hand. Examples of "small work items" are: * Tidying up the workspace. * Installing pending computer software updates. -* Going through the work backlog: Create new tickets, close obsolete one, roughly pre-plan upcoming work. +* Going through the work backlog: Create new tickets, close obsolete ones, and roughly pre-plan upcoming work. * Finishing off the easy tickets from the current sprint. -* Going through any kind of boring paper work. -* Catching up with the journal and mark off all trivial action items. +* Going through any tedious paperwork. +* Catch up with the journal and mark off all trivial action items. -## Enter the flow state +## Enter the flow state -I personally find it easy to enter the "flow state" after a bad night's sleep. All what I need to do is to put on some ambient music (preferably instrumental chill house) and start to work on a not too difficult ticket. +I find it easy to enter the "flow state" after a bad night's sleep. All I need to do is to put on some ambient music (preferably instrumental chill house) and start to work on a not-too-difficult ticket. -Normally, the "flow state" is associated with deep focused work but deep focused work isn't easily possible under sleep deprivation. It's still possible to be in the flow by working on easier tasks and leave the difficult ones for the next day. +Usually, the "flow state" is associated with deep-focused work, but deep-focused work isn't easily possible under sleep deprivation. It's still possible to be in the flow by working on more manageable tasks and leaving the difficult ones for the next day. ## Reschedule meetings -I find it difficult to engage in discussions and demanding meetings after a bad night's sleep. I still attend the meetings I am invited to as "only" a participant, but prefer to reschedule all meetings I am the main driver of. +I find engaging in discussions and demanding meetings challenging after a lousy night's sleep. I still attend the sessions I am invited to as "only" a participant, but I prefer to reschedule all meetings I am the primary driver of. -This, unfortunately, also includes interviews. Interviews require full concentration power. So for interviews I would find a colleague to step in for me or ask to completely reschedule the interview. Everything else wouldn't make it justice and would waste everyone's time! +This, unfortunately, also includes interviews. Interviews require full concentration power. So for interviews, I would find a colleague to step in for me or ask to reschedule the interview altogether. Everything else wouldn't make it justice and would waste everyone's time! ## Invent -The mind works differently under sleep deprivation: It's easier to invent new stuff as it's easier to have a look at things from different perspectives. As a matter of fact, until an hour ago I didn't know yet what I would be blogging about for this month and then I just started writing this and it took me only half an hour to write the first draft of this blog post! +The mind works differently under sleep deprivation: It's easier to invent new stuff as it's easier to have a look at things from different perspectives. Until an hour ago, I didn't know yet what I would be blogging about for this month, and then I just started writing this, and it took me only half an hour to write the first draft of this blog post! ## Fast -I don't eat breakfast and I don't eat lunch on these days. I only have dinner. Not eating means that my mind doesn't become foggy and I keep up the work momentum. This is called intermittent fasting which not only generally helps to keep the weight under control and boosts the concentration power. Furthermore, intermittent fasting is healthy. You should include it into your routine anyway, even after a good night's sleep. +I don't eat breakfast, and I don't eat lunch on these days. I only have dinner. Not eating means my mind doesn't get foggy, and I keep up the work momentum. This is called intermittent fasting, which not only generally helps to keep the weight under control and boosts the concentration power. Furthermore, intermittent fasting is healthy. You should include it in your routine, even after a good night's sleep. -## Strech +## Stretch -I won't have enough energy for serious physical exercise on those days, but a 30 to 60 minute stretching session can make the day. Stretching will even hurt less under sleep depravation! The stretching could also be substituted with a light Yoga session. +I won't have enough energy for strenuous physical exercise on those days, but a 30 to a 60-minute stretching session can make the day. Stretching will even hurt less under sleep deprivation! The stretching could also be substituted with a light Yoga session. -## Walk +## Walk -I will have enough energy for one or two daily walks, though (~10k steps for the day in total). Walking is healthy and the time can be used to listen to interesting podcasts. The available concentration power might not be enough for a more sophisticated audio literature, though. Sometimes, I listen to music during the walks. I also try to catch the bright sunlight... +Walking is healthy, and the time can be used to listen to interesting podcasts. The available concentration power might not be enough for more sophisticated audio literature. I will have enough energy for one or two daily walks (~10k steps for the day in total). Sometimes, I listen to music during walks. I also try to catch the bright sunlight. ## Red Bull -I don't think that Red Bull is a healthy drink. But once in a while a can in the early afternoon brings wonders and the productivity will skyrocket. Other than Red Bull, drink a lot of water throughout the day. +I don't think that Red Bull is a healthy drink. But once in a while, a can in the early afternoon brings wonders, and productivity will skyrocket. Other than Red Bull, drink a lot of water throughout the day. Don't forget to drink the sugar-free version; otherwise, your intermittent fast will be broken. ## Power nap -I don't know how to "enforce" a nap, but sometimes I manage to power nap and it helps wonders. A 30 minute nap sometimes brings me back to normal. If you don't manage to fast as you are too hungry it helps to try to nap approximately 30 minutes after having eaten something. +I don't know how to "enforce" a nap, but sometimes I manage to power nap, and it helps wonders. A 30-minute nap sometimes brings me back to normal. If you don't tend to fast as you are too hungry, it helps to try to nap approximately 30 minutes after eating something. -## Don't take anything personally +## Don't take anything personally. -It's much more difficult to keep the mind "under control" in this state. Every annoyance has the potential to upset and this could reflect to the work colleagues. It is wise to attempt to go with a positive attitude into the day, to always smile and to be polite to the family and the colleagues at work. Don't let anything drop out to the people next, they don't deserve it as they didn't do anything wrong! Also, remember, it can't be controlled all. It's time to let go of the annoyances for the day. +It's much more challenging to keep the mind "under control" in this state. Every annoyance can potentially upset, which could reflect on the work colleagues. It is wise to attempt to go with a positive attitude into the day, always smile and be polite to the family and colleagues at work. Don't let anything drop out to the people next; they don't deserve it as they didn't do anything wrong! Also, remember, it can't be controlled at all. It's time to let go of the annoyances for the day. ## Meditate -In order to keep the good vibe, it helps to meditate for 10 minutes. Meditation must nothing be fancy. It can be just lying on the sofa and observing your thoughts as they come and go. Don't judge the thoughts as that could put you into a negative mood. It's not necessary to sit in an uncomfortable Yoga pose and also it is not necessary to chant "Ohhmmmmm". +To keep the good vibe, it helps to meditate for 10 minutes. Meditation must nothing be fancy. It can be just lying on the sofa and observing your thoughts as they come and go. Don't judge your thoughts, as that could put you in a negative mood. It's not necessary to sit in an uncomfortable Yoga pose, and it is not required to chant "Ohhmmmmm". ## Write things down -Sometimes something requiring more concentration power demands the time. This is where it helps to write a note into a journal and come back to it in another day. This doesn't mean slacking off, but it means managing the rare available concentration power for the day. I might repeat myself: Today, sweat all the small stuff. Tomorrow, do the deep focused work on that important project again. +Sometimes something requiring more concentration power demands time. This is where it helps to write a note in a journal and return to it another day. This doesn't mean slacking off but managing the rarely available concentration power for the day. I might repeat myself: Today, sweat all the small stuff. Tomorrow, do the deep-focused work on that crucial project again. -It's easier to forget things on those days so everything should be written down so that it can be worked off later. Things written down will not be forgotten! +It's easier to forget things on those days, so everything should be written down so that it can be worked off later. Things written down will not be overlooked! ## Social media -I dislike checking social media, as it can consume a lot of time and can become addictive. But once in a while I want to catch up with my "networks". Now, after a bad night's sleep, it's the perfect time to check your social media. Once done, you don't have to do it anymore for the next couple of days! +I wouldn't say I like checking social media, as it can consume a lot of time and can become addictive. But once in a while, I want to catch up with my "networks". After a bad night's sleep, it's the perfect time to check your social media. Once done, you don't have to do it anymore for the next couple of days! -E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) +E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-) [Go back to the main site](../) |