Author Archives: George Valentin Voina
#Linux: Find who is using your resources
Another post that focuses on some smart one liners in Linux. Who is using my port ? ss is the new replacement for netstat. Same parameters can be used but gives more information.
Updates to how to #secure and improve your self hosted #wordpress blog on #apache
Computer security is a topic that needs constant work. Every day new threats and new security recommendation pop up on the technology radar. I already wrote several posts on this topic. The current post can be seen as a continuation of Security: Maintaining a secure WordPress blog So bellow are some updates to the configuration… Read More »
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#Beer more, all over the world
The best way to taste local culture is to ask for a beer. As currently writing this post I am a “designated driver” and with no beer for several weeks already, I started to get nostalgic. Lack of travel in this “wonderful” Corona year, the virus not the beer, made me look through the photo… Read More »
#WFH needs a team of consultants
I got better feedback than from any other consultants team I worked with. Believe me I had my share, from all the big consultancy companies 🙂 To have a good work from home environment (and we all know we need it in 2020) you need to follow some simple rules. Get a good team of… Read More »
Bash one-liner: kill all processes with the same name
A simple one liner to kill all the processes having the same name or token in the name (myprocess): kill -9 $(ps aux | grep myprocess | awk ‘{print $2}’) This is a very effective way of cleaning up stuck processes that were spawned by some gone wrong software.
My #Trip to #Dodoma, the Capital City of Tanzania
This post further documents my business trips and shows people places visited from a business-travel perspective. This time I describe my short visit to Dodoma the old/new capital city of Tanzania. Why old? Because in 1974 the Tanzanian government decided that Dodoma is going to be the new capital of Tanzania. Why new? Because only… Read More »
Travel tips for people who want to #travel more
In a previous post I was advocating for everyone to travel more and to open their perspective by experiencing more places and cultures. That post proved to be extremely popular with lots of shares and views. I was pleasantly surprised so I decided to share also some of my travel tips. All the tips and… Read More »
World is small, #travel more !
I advice all people to get out of their comfort zone and travel. Travel to the most strange destinations and see that the world is a small little place where everybody has basically the same desires and hobbies! People are not so different as some politicians want you to think. Isolating yourself from the world… Read More »