One distant memory just crossed my mind: seti@home
My home desktop - 1 March 2000 - a Pentium 233 MMX.
The OS was Debian Linux - you can see a printed Tux near the keyboard.
No broadband connection, just a 56k modem.
Iomega Zip drive - so I could download stuff at Uni and bring it back home.
One year later, this became my first 24/7 server.
#IT #SysAdmin #Linux #Debian #Throwback #Memories #Vintage #OldPhotos #OldTimes #OldNerd #OldMe #VintageSetup
Sander Meijer
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Three years ago my neighbor-dads and I did a midsummer ski trip to Slettinden, a mountain we looked at every day from our rekkehus in Tromsø.
After a lot of hiking and navigating some complex steep terrain we felt we had done enough with just 100m to the top. And it was midnight, and we all had families to wake up to in just a few hours...
We did have a huge amount of fun and some wild skiing, picking tiny lines way further down than we thought we would get..🏔️❄️♥️
Heading home, a beautiful sunny very early (1 or 2am, not sure) morning walk.
Tiny skiers in a huge landscape
Looking toward Tromsøya and Tromsø town (background, top right) from high up on Slettinden
Slettinden! A snow covered peak. We climbed the ridge to the left to a cliff band just out of frame that we could not downclimb with packs and skis on, so we had to retreat, doenclimb off the ridge out of frame and ski up the snow just below the rocks in a rising traverse.
Three years ago my neighbor-dads and I did a midsummer ski trip to Slettinden, a mountain we looked at every day from our rekkehus in Tromsø.
After a lot of hiking and navigating some complex steep terrain we felt we had done enough with just 100m to the top. And it was midnight, and we all had families to wake up to in just a few hours...
We did have a huge amount of fun and some wild skiing, picking tiny lines way further down than we thought we would get..🏔️❄️♥️
Heading home, a beautiful sunny very early (1 or 2am, not sure) morning walk.
Tiny skiers in a huge landscape
Looking toward Tromsøya and Tromsø town (background, top right) from high up on Slettinden
Slettinden! A snow covered peak. We climbed the ridge to the left to a cliff band just out of frame that we could not downclimb with packs and skis on, so we had to retreat, doenclimb off the ridge out of frame and ski up the snow just below the rocks in a rising traverse.
When I return to a place I haven’t seen in years and find it exactly the same, I get the strange feeling I’ve traveled through time. Emotions from a different moment in my life come rushing back, and memories surface.
Tonight, my wife and I went back to the pizzeria we used to frequent when we were dating. It brought us back so vividly that, as we left, I instinctively drove toward my old home. It was surreal - yet incredibly beautiful.
#Nostalgia #TimeTravelFeeling #Memories #EmotionalJourney #LifeMoments #Throwback
Fun Fact: At the end of 2008 / beginning of 2009, I bought a mini laptop — an Acer Aspire One, on sale because no one wanted them. Windows didn’t run on it for even a minute, but every other OS did. Including a version of "Hackintosh", which actually led me to get a MacBook Pro a few months later (which my parents are still using). It ran quite well.
But the OS that worked best and longest on that little guy was PC-BSD. I truly did everything with it. When I was flying around Europe during the most hectic years of my life, it was my trusty companion - always ready, always in my backpack. I have a special memory tied to it that will always make it dear to me, but it’s a private one 😃
Oh, I almost forgot the Fun Fact: its hostname was always "acerone" - from Acer (Aspire) One, of course. But in Italian, "acerone" sounds like "big Acer", and considering its micro size (9 inches), it was truly ironic.
I still remember the first time I saw this at a friend's house. I had the normal C64 and his father had this "portable" version.
And I started dreaming of a computer that could always be with me. Maybe in my pocket.
Late 80ies...
