During my saga to upgrade my computing, I lost access to my desktop server. IT Services confirmed that I had an old version of openssh, so I upgraded it. Unfortunately, my Ubuntu OS was from 2016 and its build of openssh cannot be upgraded to the newest one, so I have to upgrade. I have to upgrade […]
When I was a graduate student, my advisor needed an AWS server. Wanting the experience to improve my computer knowledge, I volunteered. The learning curve was steep, but I got it to work, and I learned a lot about the nuts and bolts of computers. I eventually managed the infrastructure for several years, including after graduating. I appreciated the […]
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This note is for a very simple use case: you want to remove a bunch of files from your Linux system but “bunch” is more than the system will accept, so you are given an error that the “argument list is too long”. This Stack Overflow answer was very helpful: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11289551/argument-list-too-long-error-for-rm-cp-mv-commands. For my specific case, […]
This post details a pretty simple Linux task but it is one I will need to use frequently as my server fills up, so I am documenting it so I do not have to continue googling. The specific task is to find files greater than a certain size and created more than a certain number […]
Having just returned from paternity leave, it has been at least 8 months since I used Python on my OS Monterey M1 laptop. To my surprise, I could not use it. Any time I would type python, ipython, or try to launch an environment using conda, the command line returned a “Killed: 9” message. Everything […]
Incredibly, the first entry on this list was not seen until September 2022. The infrequent sightings are due to Covid caution at the beginning of the year and then having a newborn in early June. Fortunately, on one of our first meal outings – a brunch place in Larchmont Village with another couple with an […]
1. Good Drinks: Alcohol-Free Recipes for When You’re Not Drinking for Whatever Reason by Julia Bainbridge. This 167 page recipe book was a gift from my mom after a stray remark about trying out non-alcohol mixed drinks. After a brief exploration of cocktails in the summer of 2020 and dismay over the amount of work […]
New parents quickly learn that “eat, play, sleep” is the broad structure that should guide a newborn’s days. I have already discussed eating and sleeping, which are two sides of the same coin, because playing with a baby is not really possible in the first eight-ish weeks. Not only are babies that young hardly interactive, […]
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