/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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What's New?
Well I've been very busy (as usual) during my winter "hibernation" working on a bunch of projects from code to electronics!
More work and a few major milestones were achieved on 'that secret' project and thing are really starting to take shape as code gets written. Theres a long road ahead before it becomes public, but the odds are ever increasing that it will go live next year.
In stead of the planned blogging effort in my free time, I ended up reading books, which I haven't done a lot of in the past years. But I've been feeling really driven to keep up with the social impacts of technology as they become ever more dominant in our lives. Especially of interest has been how AI and tech in general is impacting our personal freedoms and you've probably noted by now that its effects are not so kind and only looking to get worse.
Maker wise: I have been putting my electronics and 3D printing work bench to good use. I finished up a "neon" sign which is really making me happy here in the office and I need to post a quick update and of course an image! While the blogging has been neglected I have also put time towards my local Makerspace as well as electronics projects. I got a dji mini drone and promptly crashed it and damaged the body which lead me down the road of a full teardown of the drone and rebuilding it with a new chassis!
Speaking of drones, for a decade or so, I have had "Build a drone from scratch" on my maker bucket list and I am in the middle of that project, following along with a Make Magazine guide on building a drone. I've already printed the frame and assembled about 80% of it, just waiting on a couple more components to creep their way through customs so I can wrap the project! Another blog post will be needed!
What I'm Coding
- Mostly working on a private project right now so the rest of the list is in a pending mode.
- Also make UrPodder compliant with OpenPodcast API once the spec evolves
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This Blog - Mostly on hold though I plant o at least make posts.
- 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 custom built, single rotor drone
- Planning another 'neon' sign build soon.
- rebuilding my busted DJI Drone
What I'm playing
- Icarus - with my lovely wife!
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered - I never played it as I started with Skyrim and couldn't go back do the old graphics.
- Star Wars: Outlaws - Just finished and this was so fun, took me back to the Knights of the Old Republic games.
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 Reading
- The Tech Coup - how to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley (Audio) - Marietje Schaake
- Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares - Hagen Blix, Ingeborg Gilmmer
- 2600 Magazine Every quarter!
- Count Zero (Audio)
Books I finished!
- The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu
- The Bezzle - Cory Doctorow
- Spill - Cory Doctorow
- Doppelganger - Naomi Klein
- The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism - Jathan Sadowski
- Hopeland - Ian McDonald
- Character Limit (Audio) - Conger & Mac
- Binding Chaos - Heather Marsh
- Starter Villain - John Scalzi
- Cult of the Dead Cow - Joseph Menn