pleia2

pleia2, 6 months ago to random

I renewed some domains.

How is it $21 for a .com renewal now?! I understand inflation on milk and houses, but domain names aren't even real 😜

pleia2, 6 months ago to random

I had a dream that I bought an Oliver 9 #typewriter 😄

Saturday was the first time I'd met and used one in person, and clearly it made an impression, they're fascinating!

pleia2, 6 months ago to random

"Washable" markers vary considerably in washability.

Signed,

Still have blue marker on my hands

pleia2, 7 months ago to linux

The s390x open source team at IBM confirms the latest versions of various software packages run well on #Linux on #IBMZ. In October 2023 validation was maintained for over two dozen projects, including: the #Apache web server, #ApacheCamel & #Erlang

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2023/11/09/linuxone-open-source-report-october-2023

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

Some photos were taken during my #mainframe talk at #AllThingsOpen, here's my narrated tour of exactly* what I was saying when each of the trio of photos taken.

"Tada, mainframes!" 🎉
https://flic.kr/p/2pewvC1

• I'm being sarcastic

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

New blog post: "All Things Open and CLS 2023" https://princessleia.com/journal/2023/11/all-things-open-and-cls-2023/

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

The CFP for the @socallinuxexpo closes today!

Don't be like me, who, while settling in to bed last night, thought it closed on October 31st and leapt out of bed to get my laptop and furiously finalize my proposal 😅

I mean, by the time I realized it actually closed on Nov 1st, I had already startled myself into full wakefulness and my head was in the game.

CFP link: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/call-presenters

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

Finally got around to fixing a bathroom sink stopper mechanism that had come apart 💪

Then I went downstairs to get more toilet paper and the doorknob to the garage came off in my hand, BECAUSE HOUSES.

pleia2, 7 months ago to linux

The s390x open source team at IBM confirms the latest versions of software runs well on #Linux on #IBMZ. In September 2023 currency was maintained for over a dozen projects, including: #MariaDB #php & #SonarQube

Full report: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2023/10/23/linuxone-open-source-report-september-2023 #LinuxONE

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

I still hate that my phone doesn't have a headphone jack.

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

The keynotes for #IBMZDay begin in just over 30 minutes and I'm taking in the whole virtual event at the Red Hat office in Raleigh! 👋

You can join in the free virtual fun by registering at https://ibm.biz/ibmzday-2023 😁

(And if you're a Red Hatter here in Raleigh, HMU & swing by!) #IBMZ #LinuxONE

pleia2, 7 months ago to ubuntu

Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) with features for s390x was released! Including a significant update to s390-tools and several remarkable updates to the crypto stack.

More details from the one and only Frank Heimes on the #Ubuntu on Big Iron blog: https://ubuntu-on-big-iron.blogspot.com/2023/10/ubuntu-23.10.html #IBMZ

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

"How do you burn off nervous energy before a talk?"

The normal way.

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

Loving Nithya Ruff's keynote. She began by talking about ownership of your own happiness (something I've worked on a lot lately) and leads us into also owning control of careers and the good, helpful work we are doing in open source 🤗 #AllThingsOpen

pleia2, 7 months ago to linux

Coming up today, Monday October 16th, at 2:45PM!

I'm gonna geek out about #mainframes 😉 but mostly talk about how we brought a bunch of #Linux distributions together to collaborate on the platform #AllThingsOpen

https://2023.allthingsopen.org/sessions/linux-distribution-collaboration-on-a-mainframe/

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

The great Todd Lewis welcomes us to #AllThingsOpen 2023 🥳

pleia2, 7 months ago to random

This evening we turned a giant box into a space ship #AGrandDayOut #WallaceAndGromit #moon

axbom, 8 months ago to random

Sometimes I wonder what would happen if love, rather than efficiency, was the primary driving force of technological advancement.

One of the earliest typewriters was invented by Italian nobleman Pelligrino Turri for Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano when she lost her sight.

Sometimes I wonder if love is actually the only force that makes technology advance, rather than recede, humanity.

https://parisianfields.com/2012/09/30/the-technology-of-compassion/

pleia2, 8 months ago to random

The ASCII code 42 is for the asterisk symbol, being a wildcard for everything.

42 is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

And it's how many years old I turned today 🎂🥳 #birthday

xahteiwi, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

If you follow "the rules" (policies, defined/documented processes) in your organisation, do you get things done?

(Boosts OK)

pleia2, 8 months ago to random

My Neo smartpen N2 from 2017 is not doing well. I haven't really used it since 2020, but lack of use isn't much of an excuse for the chicken scratch that my notes are once "transferred" to the app.

Might be time for a new tech... or a regular notebook and pen + camera 😅

pleia2, 8 months ago to random

In June I wrote all about the LEGO IBM z16 and today I finally got to see it in person! 🥰

https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/elizabeth-k-joseph1/2023/06/07/all-about-the-life-size-ibm-z16-lego-brick-model #IBMTechXchange

Blue LEGO cabling on the back of a life-size LEGO IBM z16
pleia2 taking a selfie with the LEGO IBM z16