/now
This page is inspired by Derek Sivers's post The /now page movement and the Now Movement. The purpose of this page is to share what I'm currently focussed on, and will be updated as things change.
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With the passing of the winter solstice it's my custom to take stock of the year and prepare to 'hibernate'. To me, hibernating is a time to take comfort in the solace of winter. The dark and cold forces us all inside and I take time to enter deeper into my mental space and cultivate.
Fall was filled with friends and fun which contrasted starkly with the degenerating world around us. All things considered, it feels like the wrong time to hibernate this year. It feels like a time for action, but I'm unable to muster the energy, would it matter? I do have my doubts, it feels like things are on a path that will not be deviated due to where power lies so I end the year in reflection and concern; with a desire to make a dent and desire to hibernate. I'm not really in the greatest frame of mind, but determined to channel my mood to focus on creating.
Work has also been more demanding then it should be leaving me burned out struggling to muster attention for my ongoing projects. One good thing that came of all this was getting back to reading actual books. It's been while honestly, sometimes it's hard to step away from the keyboard and I have had to make the effort to take breaks and fight burnout. I'm happy to report that it's working out well and I finished quite a few books in the past month and it's reminded me to take time for self-care!
For the coming hibernation, I'll be challenging myself to get back to blogging and writing in general as it gives me focus and pushes me forward! I'll be tackling a couple coding projects including my secret project and reading more.
On the Maker front, I'm still working on my "neon' sign and its nearly done, so look for a blog post soon! -> Currently I am working on a fun office decoration from a the video game Sunkenland. The game had a bunch of neon signs you can find to decorate your buildings and I really love the old-school Arcade Game machine with the words "Game Room" on the side of the machine all in neon tubes. So I'm recreating that sign using neon like LEDs that I'll be cutting and soldering together and placing in a 3d printed track int he shape of the sign! Can't wait to have it hanging on the wall! Yes I'll be blogging that one as well!
I did get my 3D printer & Electronics workstation set up in my office! The threadboards.com 3D printed "pegbaord" really worked out great and is another one of those things that deserves a blog post shortly!
What I'm Coding
- Mostly working on a private project right now so the rest of the list is in a pending mode.
- Adding Webmentions to this blog
- Also make UrPodder compliant with OpenPodcast API once the spec evolves
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This Blog -
- Adding an API endpoints to provide some extra data to this static site & web mentions!
- Build /now history since that's coming next now? (Debating this)
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!!DONE!! ./Backlinks - Link saving/sharing app that can be self-hosted
What I'm Building
- A 'neon' sign from a video game (Sunkinland) with a retro arcade look to it. It's neon leds with a 3D printer frame and some minor electronics. My new office needed a new decoration!
- !!DONE!! 3D printed pegboard for my electronics station, provided by threadboards.com (lots of printing)
- 3D printed lantern from Elder Scrolls.
What I'm playing
- Return to Moria - with my lovely wife!
- Balder's Gate 3 - This game IS awesome, makes me want to break out the crown royal bag of dice and gather for an old school D&D game!
Apps I'm using:
- OS Ubuntu 22 - I pick Linux every time.
- IDE IntelliJ, VSCode (Still Mad its MS and better than most tools out there.)
- Programming Languages Java, Groovy, Python
- Rest Test Tool Bruno
- Browser Vivaldi (Because privacy is more than feature.)
- Social Mastodon.
- PC - Self built 16core AMD with 32GB RAM running Ubuntu!
- Laptop - very old Lenovo Thinkpad x250 Also running Ubuntu so it is still a great dev machine for the road and 3D printer driver! I love this thing it has the best keyboard <3
- Gaming - Steam with Proton, because now you don't need Windowz to game!
- Git Repo - Codeberg.org ^
- 3D Modeling - FreeCAD
- Notes - Obsidian
- Phone - Pixel6 sadly running Android for now.
- Podcasting - Antenna Pod
- Mastodon App - Tusky
- Phone Browser - Vivaldi
Books I'm Still Neglecting or (actually reading)
- The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism - Jathan Sadowski
- The Tech Coup - how to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley (Audio) - Marietje Schaake
- 2600 Magazine Every quarter!
- Hacking APIs - Corey Ball
- The Assassin's Blade - Sarah Maas
- Count Zero (Audio)
Books I finished!
- Hopeland - Ian McDonald
- Character Limit (Audio) - Conger & Mac
- Binding Chaos - Heather Marsh
- Starter Villain - John Scalzi
- Cult of the Dead Cow - Joseph Menn
Ignore Testing webmentions:
A ref to the webmention test suite for testing the server implementation I'm building.