Hi, I'm Dom and this is my web feed. Thoughts, opinions, wild speculation, and haphazard technical advice. I’m a hearing disabled irrigation contractor, B-movie aficionado, self-hoster, and hopeless Linux desktop romantic.
One of the biggest changes to my life since I stepped away from social media is my relationship with computers and tech in general. Honestly, I generally don’t care anymore and overall that has been a good thing. I think. There is much, much more to this than just stepping away from my last bastion of social media (Mastodon). The combination of A.I., hardware pricing, and my focus on my…
With Independence Day (in the US) happening this weekend I lit my share of fireworks, along with most of my neighbors, in my little town that goes nuts with them every year. I’ve been thinking about a time (a long time ago) when I knocked myself unconsious and almost lost my right hand doing dumb things with fireworks. Preface: DO NOT do anything I mention in this post. There is absolutely…
Hi, pals. It has been a minute since I blogged and I wanted to confirm I am, in fact, not dead. This is a quick overview of what I’ve been up to over the last few months. Personal status I have had some folks reach out and check in, which was very nice. Thank you. Depression is still thoroughly kicking my ass. However, reducing my world has been helpful. I still check the news to frequently,…
Howdy y’all. I thought about sharing this on just my Mastodon account, but I realized I need more space for more words. Those that have followed me for some time know I haven’t been doing well mentally. Things aren’t changing, so I’m trying to make some big changes to my life. First up is simplifying things and getting back to basics. On Friday I’m going to be turning…
I flirted on Mastodon that I was going to rebuild my homelab. In the end, I decided against it and I’m happy with that decision. Honestly, the decision to rebuild it wasn’t due to limitations of the current configuration. Rather, it was due to boredom and fear of wasting good hardware. I have my homelab listed on the hardware page on this blog if you want to see the specs. Short…
Previously… Today’s recap I am not in the mood for writing these daily posts lately. I might need to take a week or two off. Honestly, both days this weekend were forgettable. Saturday Wife had a hair appointment, so I was left to my own devices until after lunch. The gorls were busy doing their thing and the boy doesn’t wake up until the afternoon, so I did some random chores…
Previously… Today’s recap Can I have just one semi-normal day? Up, breakfast, and out the door to our job. This was for a customer whom we installed a sprinkler system at his mom’s house about 4 years ago and decided he’d like us to come take a look at his place. Its a big house on a huge property. It has a lot of grass that he is slowly taking out and replacing with…
Previously… Today’s recap A twofer. Didn’t write one yesterday and considered not writing today because I did jack shit. We had nothing scheduled yesterday for work, so I sat around the house with occasional yelling at an iPad (more on that below). I don’t know what to say, I did absolutely nothing, minus some updates on the homelab and the gorls school computers. I did…
Previously… Today’s recap Woke up in an awful mood. Breakfast and then out the door for our job. This is a new customer in a neighborhood we work in frequently. The customer is having all kinds of work done to their home including new concrete, which is why we were there. 99/100 concrete contractors do not give a shit about sprinklers and will just pour the concrete right over the top…
Previously… Today’s recap Planned on working today, but life had other plans. Woke up, had breakfast, and started getting ready when my brother messaged. Our mom lives on his property in an ADU, so he’s kind of her caretaker. She has been dealing with stomach issues and it finally came to a head. He needed to take her to the hospital. So, we cancelled our workday so we can focus…