2020-02-04
Like in a Super Mario World
At the beginning of this month, i upgraded my Lightsail instance from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS. Before i did it on the production server, i tested the procedure on a snapshot. I actually created three instances in a row to try different choices, just to be sure not to break things. After the upgrade, i had to install some dependencies again, because they were removed during this operation, for example, Lets Encrypt and Perl modules. The final round took me about thirty minutes to finish, mostly depending on the performance of my virtual machine on AWS. By doing this, the amount of sleeping processes has been reduced by half, even undercutting my Raspberry Pi. It was a success, and feels speedier too.
My first week with a yoga mat was ambitious, with three times fifteen minutes a day, timed with a mechanical stopwatch. But losing almost one hour every day is not helpful, considering my parents barely sleep with all the work they have to do to keep the lights on. Once a day makes me happy enough, and hopefully keeps me fit. I'm probably not going to lose weight, because of muscle growth. I decided for a yoga mat made from TPE material, claiming to be free of toxic chemicals and good for the environment. And i enjoy my time on it.
The GIF image production has proven to run reliably. To get all parts synced, smooth and repeatable was hard, but i did it. From now on, it will be fast and easy. I am proud of it, almost as much as with my video editing robot. I can combine different motions, paths, and settings, basically enabling me to animate objects like in a Super Mario World. This is why i took a little dive into the past at the end of last month, and downloaded a huge collection of retro games as a reward. I installed the SameBoy Game Boy emulator, and prepared Tetris with a USB gamepad ready to play for my mom.