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I spent a significant portion of the week doing some major IT infrastructure work. My [https://8th-dev.com “8th” website ] had been hosted on [https://linode.com Linode], and cost me $ every month regardless of whether or not 8th brought in any money. So I made another server from a [https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/ Raspberry Pi 3] I had laying around, bought [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive an SSD drive] for it (to hold the website), and upgraded the software etc. Then I set up the software for it.

That took some doing, because the Linode site was based on [https://apache.org Apache] while I wanted to use [https://nginx.org nginx] for the new site (since it’s much more efficient on small machines). Because I’m not familiar with nginx, it was an interesting and challenging learning experience. But in the end, I got it up and running; I subsequently also swapped out my “cloud” server for a [https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/ Pi 4] with a very large SSD drive. 

Now my servers need almost no electricity, and I don’t have to pay extra for the pleasure.

Stuff:
* Some IDF soldiers’ [https://twitter.com/Jewtastic/status/1747665967587684638 reports on what they experienced] in Gaza.
* An [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1748266067770716405.html in-depth analysis] of the tunnels there, by the chair of urban war studies at West Point.
* A new ''shawarma'' restaurant [https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1750311407801778223 opens in Amman], Jordan. The name? “October 7”. Considering [https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/News/Pages/arab-public-opinion-about-the-israeli-war-on-gaza.aspx Arab public opinion] about the war, it’s amazing there aren’t more of them.
* On the Hebrew words [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1748309113610616912.html ''nekhed'' and ''nin''].
* And [https://www.thefp.com/p/new-hampshire-2024-gurri-trump-barbie Trump wins in NH], which isn’t terribly surprising. The only thing thicker than his skin is the [https://www.space.com/mars-water-ice-equator-frozen-ocean layer of frozen ice] on Mars!

More thoughts from our recent US trip. We went to the grocery store (a number of times) and each time I was bewildered and bemused by the extensive array of crap food for sale. “Pre-cut celery sticks”? I mean, I get that you’re a very important and very busy individual, but how much time does it really take to cut a celery stalk into sticks? And why spend more on dessicated “pre-cut” veggies when you could get better quality for a lot less if you just got regular vegetables and cut them yourself?

I would say more, but I don’t want to get banned…

Anyway, we visited with Sarah and Yarin, which was nice, and a chance for us to get out of the house. That was the full extent of our social life, though, this week.

The weather has been rainy/drizzly and chilly. Temperatures are dropping through ''shabbat'' into the next week, where we’re expecting near freezing temperatures mid-week!

Back to the normal, normal. This ''shabbat''’s meals include:<br>
homemade ''ḥalla'',
roast lamb,
rice,
various ''salatim'',
and brownies.
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Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''! <br>

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