Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima
“To Alien, or not to Alien”. That is the question you keep asking yourself while reading Beautiful Star, by Yukio Mishima. And, if you’re anything like me, you’ll also be asking yourself where the dark ...
Abroad in Japan, by Chris Broad - An entertaining recollection of 10 years in Japan.
I've known Chris Broad’s YouTube channel for a very long time. I certainly don't watch all his videos, but every now and then they pop up on my YouTube homepage I give them a watch. ...
I am Rome, by Santiago Posteguillo - The beginning of a new saga about one of the most important characters in Roman history.
Santiago Posteguillo is one of my favorite authors when it comes to spanish historical novels. I have read all his novels centered around ancient Rome, including the Scipio trilogy, the Trajan trilogy, and the Julia ...
The Evening and the Morning, by Ken Follet - an epic masterwork set in the English Middle Ages
Ken Follet has been one of my favorite authors for many, many years. I love historical novels, and Ken Follet's are among the greatest and best known in the world. The Kingsbridge saga, initially consisting ...
Awaken Online: Hellion (AO 5), by Travis Bagwell
Awaken Online: Hellion is the eleventh instalment (based on publication order) in the epic LitRPG saga written by Travis Bagwell that revolves around a fictional Virtual Reality MMORPG named Awaken Online. If, like me, you've ...
ESXiArgs Ransomware (2023) - How to recover a VM with no snapshots
This past February, thousands of ESXi servers were affected by a new ransomware attack (called ESXiARGS) that targeted the servers through a security flaw (tracked as CVE-2021-21972, CVE-2021-21973 and CVE-2021-21974), which is caused by a ...
Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro - beautiful, powerful and unforgettable
Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, "Klara and the Sun", is a thought-provoking exploration of a world where Artificial Intelligence is commonplace. The protagonist, Klara, is an Artificial Friend (AF) created to provide companionship to humans. Through Klara's ...
Zimbra: /snap/core at 100% - Disable Disk Space Monitoring for Loop Devices
I recently logged into the Admin mail account of a Zimbra mail server I manage to see if there was anything noticeable to look at. It's not an account I log in much, since it ...
A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness #1), by Joe Abercrombie
A Little Hatred is the first entry in the Age of Madness trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie. It takes place in the same world as the First Law Trilogy (The Blade Itself, Before they are Hanged ...
Awaken Online: Inferno (Tarot 3), by Travis Bagwell
Awaken Online: Inferno is the tenth instalment (based on publication order) in the epic LitRPG saga written by Travis Bagwell that revolves around a fictional Virtual Reality MMORPG named Awaken Online. At the same time, ...