Last week, I wrote about my initial #FreeBSD experiences on my new toy, an #AI workstation from #HP. FreeBSD runs lightning fast on it, but the #desktop was somewhat problematic. Well, I made lots of #improvements this week!
https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/new-toy-freebsd-on-the-hp-z2-mini-revisited/
Last week, I wrote about my initial FreeBSD experiences on my new toy, an AI workstation from HP. FreeBSD runs lightning fast on it, but the desktop was somewhat problematic. Well, I made lots of improvements this week! A bit of debugging While there are still some rough edges, there have been tons of improvements since last week. I do not have plans to use FreeBSD on the desktop in the long term, but still, I just could not believe that the FreeBSD GUI is this problematic on this device.
An article in Wired Magazine argues that "Science Conferences Are Stuck in the Dark Ages." I agree — but there's some light in the darkness!
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2020/01/science-conferences-stuck
#meetings #EventDesign #ScienceConferences #improvements #PeerConference #unconference #eventprofs
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Ready to improve
Step by step, very little steps forward, and unfortunately, sometimes, a bigger step back (or even more 😔). I have known so many ups and downs. And, the dark side of me just feels like there have been more downs than ups. It's making it hard for me to keep going. I know there may be good times ahead. I know that I may be able to do better again, somehow, in some way... I have struggled before, and so far, I have always been able to improve things. Not always as much as I would have liked them to be. Not always for as long as I hoped things to last. But, I know that I can make changes. I know that I know how to deal with things. But... These changes, these little steps, they do need energy, and they do need the right mindset and motivation. And, when you're feeling like your low on energy all the time... […]https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/ready-to-improve/