Author Archives: George Valentin Voina
Summer days philosophy : The “paper straw” metric, mega yachts and the “green bulshit” .
What a wonderful thing, to relax, sit by the sea, with a gin tonic in your hand. What can spoil that moment? Obviously, because I am always picky and obsessive to find flaws in everything, I found it. The f.king paper straw that dissolved half way my gin tonic. Annoyed by it I looked up… Read More »
The Ultimate Business Travel Packing List: My Guide to a Seamless Trip
Business travel can be a whirlwind of meetings, presentations, and networking. The last thing you need is to realize you’ve forgotten an essential item when you’re thousands of miles from home. A well-organized packing list is the cornerstone of a stress-free and productive business trip. Drawing inspiration from a comprehensive packing check-list, I have put… Read More »
AI clown world
Tired of all the absurd news that makes me feel we are living in a clown world. The best part I can ask gemini to describe it. Gemini generated clown world! AI will replace us, but we discover that most of the companies just fake it. We have AI companies that get busted for using… Read More »
Old pictures from Zambia
Long time ago (More than 10 years ago) I had some business trips to Zambia. My trip to Zambia was incredible! Seeing Victoria Falls was amazing, but the highlight was definitely the wildlife. I got to see elephants crossing the road like it was no big deal, and even played with some cheetahs. The little… Read More »
Secure Grafana with HTTPS: Extracting Keys and Certificates
When setting up https for Grafana we need separate files to set the security. One with the certificate chain in PEM format and another with the private key. Step 1: Convert the JKS keystore to the PKCS12 format. After that it will be easier to extract the certificate chain and the private key. Step 2:… Read More »
Bash one liners: Keeping an Eye on Connections: Using tcpdump to Monitor Client-Server Port Activity
In the world of network administration and troubleshooting, there are countless moments when you need to verify connectivity. Is a specific client successfully reaching a server on a designated port? Is the server responding? Or is something silently dropping the packets? For these scenarios, the command-line tool tcpdump is an invaluable asset – powerful, versatile,… Read More »
Bash one liner: Fix Grafana SqLite
My Family Name Domain and the Multilingual Ransomware Scam
I own my family name as an internet domain with several country codes. It’s not every day you get to claim your heritage in the digital world like that. However, this seemingly harmless act has turned me into an unexpected recipient of a rather peculiar type of email: the multilingual ransomware scam. My inbox, normally… Read More »
Late Bloomers: Even Vlad the Impaler was one
This Vlad the Impaler meme might be a dark joke, but it highlights a point LinkedIn influencers often make: it’s never too late for a new chapter. Vlad didn’t start his… unique career until his mid-30s. We see inspiring stories of people finding success later in life, proving that career paths aren’t always linear. Influencers… Read More »