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  • No Plan is the Best Plan

    What are your future travel plans? I go with the flow. I don’t really plan my trips ahead. I like to keep things spontaneous and open-ended. If it’s work-related, I try to soak in whatever the schedule allows. And if… Continue reading

    No Plan is the Best Plan
  • The Best and Worst Time to Be Alive

    What would you change about modern society? Nothing—We are living through the best and worst moment in history. This question lingers in my mind because, to me, it has always held a double meaning. I believe that just as it… Continue reading

    The Best and Worst Time to Be Alive
  • Electronic Focus

    What do you listen to while you work? No music at work, LoFi House or Electronic Jazz at home. I work in a NOC (Network Operation Center), and when I’m there, any kind of music throws off my concentration. Some… Continue reading

    Electronic Focus
  • Comfort Food Spotlight: Ecuadorian Pan de Yuca

    What’s your go-to comfort food? Pan de Yuca This daily prompt is like an earlier one a few days ago: No other food brings a smile to my face after a frustrating moment. This is true whether at work or… Continue reading

    Comfort Food Spotlight: Ecuadorian Pan de Yuca
  • Installing TrueNAS as an iSCSI Server for Hyper-V Clusters

    Before installing our Hyper-V Cluster, we need shared storage on our cluster members. This setup ensures VMs can Live Migrate between nodes without disruption. In this post we’re going to install TrueNAS on a VM and set it up as… Continue reading

    Installing TrueNAS as an iSCSI Server for Hyper-V Clusters
  • Enjoy the Journey, not the Destination

    What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why? Descent I, II & III Like many kids in the ’80s, I grew up with the early video game consoles like Atari and Sega. However, it wasn’t until 1995, when I… Continue reading

    Enjoy the Journey, not the Destination
  • Chop, Mix, Fridge and Grill

    What foods would you like to make? Anything That Can Be Cooked Outdoors I don’t consider myself a great cook. Living alone, I see myself more as a practical person. I’ve learned to mix ingredients and prepare meals in a… Continue reading

    Chop, Mix, Fridge and Grill
  • Neither, No Pets

    Dogs or cats? No thanks, no pets for me. If I ever have to choose the company of another non-human living being in my home, I’d rather have the silence and peace that come from plants and a well-tended garden.… Continue reading

    Neither, No Pets
  • The Times I Lose Time

    Which activities make you lose track of time? Where Time Slips Away: Moments That Make Life Feel Timeless There are moments in life when time seems to dissolve—when the ticking clock fades into the background and we’re simply present. These… Continue reading

    The Times I Lose Time
  • Essential Tools for Remote Server Management

    Let’s take a moment to install in our Bastion Workstation a few tools. These tools will help us manage remotely many of the solutions that we’re going to implement. In earlier posts, we install an Active Directory Forest in a… Continue reading

    Essential Tools for Remote Server Management