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● john.service — active (running)

John T. Adams

Building maintenance for the Urbana Park District. Classic rock lifer. St. Louis kid, Champaign grown-up. Booting up since 1969.

$ systemctl status john.service
● john.service - A regular guy from the Metro East
     Loaded: loaded (/home/champaign-il; enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 1969-12-12
   Main PID: 1 (john)
      Tasks: fixing things, cracking jokes, turning it up
     Memory: KSHE 95, the '70s → present
     CGroup: /urbana-park-district.slice

systemctl status --all read the journal

John today in a hi-vis shirt, sun hat, and sunglasses beside a park pond — now

John's 1989 senior photo: big curly hair and a tuxedo T-shirt — then ('89)

$ ./shell # go ahead, type something

guest@systemdjohn: ~

Welcome, guest. Type help to see what you can do. Try neofetch.

$ systemctl list-units --type=life

UNIT ACTIVE SINCE DESCRIPTION

● john.service running Fri 1969-12-12 A regular guy from the Metro East ● cahokia-high.service exited Aug 1985 Cahokia High School, Class of '89 ● kshe95.service running the '70s Classic Rock Daemon (94.7 FM, St. Louis) ● humor.service running forever Carlin / Pryor / Dangerfield / Kinison compatibility layer ● siding.service exited after graduation, '89 Hanging siding in St. Louis with Uncle Rick ● heuer-massey-ferguson.service exited Sep 2008 Parts, tractors, and a little PHP ● semo-telecom.service exited Nov 2017 Telecommunications billing at Southeast Missouri State ● urbana-park-district.service running Apr 2019 Building maintenance & safety, Urbana Park District ● gemini-sds.service running 2026 AI-assisted Safety Data Sheets

9 loaded units listed. 5 still running.

Most people are inherently good and mean well. We are all small cogs in a vast machine, each of us helping that bigger wheel roll just a little bit better.

— from Snapshot of a Human

$ journalctl -u john -n 5 --reverse

journalctl --all →