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Time to review my settings specially the security for my account. I just realized I haven't turne two-factor authentication on. I used my google authenticator and saved my new megasync recovery key to a safe place.

The main command to handle systemd is systemctl. If you want to familiarize yourself with systemctl the first stop should be the manpage.  $ man systemctl The systemctl command I'm most familiar with are $ systemctl --failed ##to check failed services. Then there are $ systemctl start service or $ systemctl stop service. You can also list all units installed with $ systemctl list-unit-files.

Libreoffice office suite is a favorite opensource office software for every productivity use. This edition of libreoffice offers a new user interface called the NotebookBar . It's a nod to the varieties of screen sizes and devices that uses libreoffice.

My favorite open source browser updgraded to 65 with security updates.

Asus pushed the following updates to my Zenfone 5 today.

I woke up after sleeping early last night. It went smoothly up to the time I fell to my soft bed again in my dream. Then I woke up around 6 in the morning. I went down to prepare my coffee and breakfast. I sat down and took my blood pressure monitor. I have 130/70 mmHg, 70 bpm. Mom entered the kitchen and prepares breakfast. I got the vegetables out. Ingredients: romaine lettuce 7 leaves cabbage 1 cup bell pepper 1 cup tomato 1 cup cucumber 1 cup mayo 2 tbsp coconut oil / lauric 2 tbsp fried egg 2 It's 20 degrees Celsius outside. Cold morning with a slight breeze. The sun is barely out. Mother is cooking fried rice and sardines. I'm making a salad. She's cooking fish. My coffee is black unsweetened. We sat down to drink our coffee cups. Her cup was with cream and sugar. We started to talk about school and the grandchildren who are far from us now.

My blood pressure is staying above 140 mmHg systolic and 85 mmHg diastolic for two weeks now. I've lost 20 lbs since I started dieting but I've fallen off the strict keto protocol a few times too. I decided to check my blood sugar level. It is 193 mg/dL. The normal is 80 - 110 mg/dL. The reason I'm feeling uniquely unsettled is because my insulin is high, my blood sugar is high. I have to get back into Keto. Today my first meal is cream soup with ground meat. My second meal is a cheese sandwich. I know not exactly keto recommended. I ran out of vegetables. I just went out for an errand down to our nearby talipapa ( neighborhood fresh produce market). I bought cauliflower, tomatoes, bell peppers and green peas. I remember I still have some left over stuff in the chiller section.  Insulin level is linked to high blood pressure. High insulin decreases potassium. Low potassium can cause high blood pressure. I have to increase my potassium intake. I should try and get it from v...