Alexander Bochmann @galaxis@mastodon.infra.de

(...instead of fiddling with PlopKexec and USB sticks on systems that didn't support booting directly off USB devices.)

In the (admittedly improbable) case anyone ever needs this, I've written a short guide on how to create an iPXE boot floppy using syslinux and files from the iPXE ISO: https://web.gxis.de/tiki/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=315

When your system has a supported network card, this makes it super easy to stream an installation ISO from a web server using the iPXE sanboot http://... command (http://ipxe.org/cmd/sanboot).

I could have used this on several occasions with old PC boxes that just had a floppy disk and no CD drive...

There's nothing that can't be made cheaper and worse, part ... IDK ...

Kitchen tools coated in plastic foil, instead of being spray-painted or something. Looks great right until it's been in the dishwasher for the first time, and the foil starts peeling off (this one's a bit older). Also the metal is not rustproof.

Not worth even the very few € (Aldi, I think?), except maybe if it's only used as decoration...

Yeah, right... How about no?

Set up my first VyOS router VM (yes, really). It does do routing, statically. So, yay!

OSPF and packet filter next.

Things I really could do without:

2V0-622D
VMware Certified Professional 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization Delta Exam
English

Appointment: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 10:00:00 AM CEST

...but the company needs certified employees in order to keep our current service provider status level with VMware.

Since I switched back to Firefox as my main browser: Are there any known negative interactions between FF tracking protection and uBlock? Is it safe to enable both, or just use uBO alone?

Whoops... Seems a recent apt update also updated elasticsearch, and I didn't notice it failed to start afterwards, with this message:
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: X-Pack is not supported and Machine Learning is not available for [linux-x86]; you can use the other X-Pack features (unsupported) by setting xpack.ml.enabled: false in elasticsearch.yml

The solution is just what the error message sais: Add "xpack.ml.enabled: false" to /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

#mastoadmin

(I almost never look into my browser bookmarks, they're an unusable mess of uncategorized information.)

Achievement of the day: Closed about 150 browser tabs, bookmarking just a handful of them.

#np: Dinosaur Jr - back to your heart

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YAglcVJtCqA

This is just so great...

#Mastodon question: Are hashtag panes supposed to show replies, or do they just show original toots?

Asking because I've just seen a post from an account that I follow with a hashtag that I have pinned, and the post (which is a reply to a different post) doesn't show up in that pane.

Damn. I used to have this Windows program that would take any video DVD image and reencode it to a specified target medium with minimal fuzz, keeping all the DVD menus and extras. Registered copy even.
Could use that right now, for the first time in years, to downsize a dual-layer DVD to something that fits on single-layer DVD-R. But I don't even remember the name of the software, never mind still have it installed anywhere.

So, that means opening the web page for each account in a new tab.
Some still exist, but have been unused for various amounts of time. Some have expired ssl certificates. Some have broken installs. Some have something else on there now. Some are completely offline.
Which of the problems are transient? Which have existed for a long time? No way to know.

Ok, I give up after going through my following list for 45 minutes, trying to clean up nonexisting and migrated accounts...
Using the list in the Mastodon pane UI is nearly impossible (jumps back to the top after selecting an account). When logged in, you can use the /following page on the public web UI with additional functions - there's an "unfollow" button on there.
The button is missing for migrated accounts though (why?), and anyway there is no indicator on account reachability.

"There's no Hope Road."

Why is the music player now playing Anne Clark - Hope Road AGAIN? I really don't need that right now.

Couple more pictures from today's small trip.

Getting a small case of range anxiety now though, since I'm 10km from home and down to 1/4 charge...