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Setbacks Life sure does have a way of making you feel a bit down, eh? That's where I'm at right now. I've absolutely fallen back into the trap of feeling like I'm not quite in control again and wondering where the time is going. I've found myself staring into the void that is my phone, which is quite honestly, not surprising. It's way too easy to just open a browser or an app and effectively time…
Building Having a bit of a problem with figuring out what I want to make. I used to be much more creative than I am now. Mostly drawing. I was never particularly great at it but it was always a passion of mine, right up until I finished high school. I don't know what happened. Maybe it was the IB program I was in requiring an Art course that took it out of me. Maybe life just got busy. If you…
We bought a 2026 Honda Civic Sport Hybrid I mentioned it in my most recent /now update, but we just recently bought a new car! It's a 2026 Honda Civic Sport Hybrid Sedan in Rallye Red (say that three times fast). This is our first brand new car and to be honest, that does feel a little weird, and maybe a little gross. But we've had a go of it for the last few years, but we're very thankful to be…
I'm Back! Yeah so like, I haven't updated this in awhile. I've been away dealing with some health struggles with some of our pets. On the whole, everyone is doing ok now, but such is life with aging pets unfortunately. I've been kept pretty busy on the work front. I've been learning a lot about Terraform and how I can use it to speed up customer integrations and changes. I'm working on some other…
10 pointless facts about me Saw posts from Manu and Kev , originally started by Dave and figured I would throw my hat in too, this seems fun! Do you floss your teeth? Not nearly as much as my dentist would prefer, that's for sure. Although I've been getting better about it. Tea, coffee, or water? In the mornings, definitely coffee. While it was on the pricier side, my Ember mug is honestly one of…
New Keyboard I got myself a new keyboard yesterday! If you are interested in seeing what it looks likes on their website, you can find that here . I've been using split keyboards for a number of years now but never anything like this. As I type this, I'm using the new keyboard. For right now, it's kind of painful; not in the physical sense but more on the fact that I am basically having to…
Homelab Setup In a direct contradiction to my last post , I figured I would write a post about what I use in my current homelab setup. This is inspired by a post I saw by Ian O'Byrne about why he setup his own , and why you should set yours up too! Definitely worth a read, so give that a look - don't worry, I'll still be here! Back? Excellent! Let's get into it :) Some context first Before I get…
Abandoning Tech Well, maybe that title isn't quite right. Changing how I use tech There, that's better! This year has been a tough one for me, both personally and professionally. I've spent way more time than I would really like to admit working, particularly at the beginning of the year and during the holiday season last year. Lots of really big projects, a recent promotion, basically a never…
Do it for fun It's easy to get caught up in the daily grind. Do you have a hobby that people keep telling you that you should monetize? Here's a novel idea - just keep doing it for fun. Hobbies don't have to be all about earning money. It's enough if you just enjoy the time spent doing the thing, whatever that is. As I mentioned in my last post , I've been getting back into reading physical books,…
Reading Over the last year or so, I've read more books than I have in quite a long time. To be clear, none of these books are Earth-shatterig masterpieces, but all the same, they let my mind wander and explore new worlds. I've been trying to keep this spark alive and have found that moving back to physical books has been wonderful so far. I'm planning on making a new page on my website that has a…
New Project: PlainFeeder A plain text RSS Feed Reader, now a work in progress. Oh boy, just what we needed. ANOTHER RSS feed reader. What can I say, I'm a glutton for punishment I guess. Anyway, I've started work on a new project that I'm affectionately calling PlainFeeder. This is more of a personal project than anything that I plan to do commercially (nor do I think it'll be worth it for anyone…
Learning Vim For the longest time, I've used your typical text/code editors. Think things like Atom (fare thee well) , VS Code, vscodium, Sublime, Notepad++. If you can name it, I've probably considered it or tried it in some form. They're very easy to use, have a ton of features (most of which I've never even bothered to learn), and are fairly easy to get started with and customize out of the…
Review: Split Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Recently, my wife and I bought Split Fiction for the Xbox (yes I know I linked the Steam page, fight me). We were huge fans of It Takes Two, which was made by the same developer (Hazelight Studios), so we had high hopes going into this game. Let's just say, what a game. I'll try to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, but will be sharing some…
Over the past year or so, I’ve been making an intentional effort to simplify things in my life. Not all of it has been successful, but as with most things in life, it’s a journey. There are ups and downs, but what matters is whether forward progress is being made to reach those goals. A lot of the things I’ve been trying to simplify revolve around the way that I use tech. The key…