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This Website

How I made this Website The goal of this is to have a folder of files I can edit, then upload to GitHub, and have a website built whenever there is a commit. Install hugo Install via package manager, ie: dnf install hugo Choose a directory, then hugo new site ./ I referenced this YouTube video to get me started Set a theme Download a theme, and set it in hugo.

Homelab

My homelab is constantly evolving. The latest will be on my homelab git repo Currently I am using a docker-based homelab. The plan is to switch to a GitOps based homelab. (see here) This site will serve as a place for specific projects and things that need a few more words than the ones in a config file. Network UPS Tools (NUT) Battery backup for all the network and homelab things.

Questions

Matching - D3P1 Is your nearest __ the same as my nearest __? Airport, Train line, Station Name Length, Street/Path, Mountain, Landmass, Park, Amusement Park, Zoo, Aquarium, Golf Course, Museum, Theater, Hospital, Library, Foreign Consulate Measure - D3P1 Compared to me, are you closer to or further from __? Airport, Train Lines, State Border, Sea Level, Body Water, Coastline, Mountain, Park,…

Shop

Travel: 🚉subway ➡️ 10/min 🚌bus ➡️ 5/min 🚲bike ➡️ 30/min Other things: 🚶WITHIN 1/4 mile of station ➡️ free 🚶OUTSIDE 1/4 mile of station ➡️ 1x challenge 🗺️disable tracker for 5 mins ➡️ 200 🏆double effects of next challenge ➡️ 150

Map

Click Here Click the pin in the top right, then check the box to show hiding zones. The site caches your changes, so you should be able to close the site and reopen the app again (the above link will reset it to start) and resume where you were. However, just so you don’t loose progress, maybe have multiple people do the mapping. Or: Copy below Go to Map Splitting Site press Options>Paste…

Rules

Note: where any dispute or question about the rules occurs, the spirit of the Official Jet Lag the Game (or player consensus) rules The basics Everyone starts at some central point, such as a subway station Victory Points are earned by getting to any Target(s) Coins let the Runners move Challenges give Coins Challenges can only be started within 1/4 mile of a train station Teams The Runners start…

Train info

MBTA Boston MBTA Site Subway all trains GREEN - all info ORANGE - all info - timetable RED - all info - timetable BLUE - all info - timetable

Targets for starting the game

location1 location2

The GitOps non-Kubernetes Homelab

The Idea Kubernetes is overkill. Sure it has its uses, but for a homelab? Na we can get the same benefits without its complexity. Who needs high availability anyways? … Okay fair lots of people, but again, this is a homelab, so I don’t need it…yet. Version control. Infrastructure as code. Auto updates. Easy expansion and freedom of choice for everything. All without Kubernetes.…

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How-to btrfs raid 1 wipe a drive: lsblk sfdisk --delete /dev/sda samsumg as ext4 lsblk sudo fdisk /dev/sda (t to change type) n > rest defaults w to write now have partition sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 put photos in sandisk as btrfs lsblk sudo fdisk /dev/sda n > rest defaults w to write now have partition sudo mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda1 put photo onto ext4 copy photo to btrfs make samsung btrfs lsblk…

Aircraft

These are all photos taken by me and shot (mostly) with a Canon SL2 + 100-400mm lense 2026-08-14 20260814-A0B674-N145NE https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=A0B674 | 2016 AIRBUS HELICOPTERS EC-145 MEDFLIGHT 20260814-A80A7C-N617TV https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=A80A7C | AEROSPATIALE AS-350 Ecureuil 20260814-A2477A-N246NE https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=A2477A | 2023 AIRBUS HELICOPTERS…

API

Braden Holm

📧 bradenholm@shady.icu | 🗺️ Greater Boston | 🌐 shadybraden.com | GitHub | LinkedIn PDF Resume Relevant Experience SAIC Cloud One AWS O&S Engineer Architect, plan and execute a major migration of Artifactory and Xray, reducing attack surface of a critical platform component. Acted as deputy for CI/CD platform domain of larger AWS O&S team. Owned and operated over 600 instances of Jenkins across…

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Help a street performer out until someone donates to them 200 coins Back

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Touch a body of water. 50 coins Back

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In a clothing store, try on a garment of clothing. 40 coins Back

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Go over a bridge 70 coins Back

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Sit on a park bench for exactly 5 minutes. 130 coins Back

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Find a pigeon. 30 coins Back

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Touch a statue. 70 coins Back

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Go to a street name of a food/drink (ex. Chestnut, Water). 80 coins Back

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Build a spaghetti tower - Using only spaghetti and one other food, construct a freestanding tower that reaches at least 2 feet in height. The majority of the tower’s height must be spaghetti. The tower must stay at a height of at least 2 feet for 10 seconds without assistance. You must declaire an attempt at completion. If you fail 3 times, you automatically veto this challenge. 200 coins…

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DATE AN OLD THING - Find an old structure. You have one guess to accurately predict which century it was built in. You may not use your phone or any concrete information concerning it’s construction date. You must make this guess using contextual clues. If your guess is wrong, you cannot find a reliable date of construction or if your building was constructed during the 20th or 21st century,…

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GET LUCKY ON COIN FLIPS - Get a coin to land heads up seven times in a row. 170 coins Back

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Break a law (not jaywalking or littering) 100 coins Back

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Guesstimate a kilometer - Starting from this place you were when you pulled this challenge, without measuring, get as close to one kilometer away as you can (measured as the crow flies) You must be right within 30%. If you fail, you may not reattempt. Apart from a timer/watch, you may not consult your phone, maps, or any other tools before completing or vetoing this challenge. 280 coins Back

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PLAY ALCOHOL PONG - Find any alcohol and pour it in a cup. Throw any item from a distance of six feet into the cup. You have ten attempts. If you fail, this challenge is automatically vetoed 230 coins Back

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PICKLE - Quick-pickle any vegetable using vinegar, salt and water. Your vegetable must be split into at least five pieces. You must put your pickles on any food you eat today. 160 coins Back

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DESECRATE RAVIOLI - Acquire ravioli and Oreos. Swap the filling of at least one raviolo and one Oreo, and eat the entirety of both your creations. 180 coins Back

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BURN THIS CARD (if no physical card, find something similar)- This card must be burnt within 5 minutes of pulling it. If you fail to burn this card within five minutes, it is vetoed. This card does not need to be entirely burned, but it must be on fire at some point within the time limit. 200 coins Back

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EAT THIS CARD (if no physical card, find something similar) 150 coins Back

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CREATE A DISPUTATION ON THE POWER AND EFFICACY OF INDULGENCES - Write down 95 of your opinions on paper. The average word count of your opinions must be at least 5. Each option must be unique and distinct from all previous opinions. Publicly recite all opinions. 230 coins Back

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Buy The Same Thing As Your Teammate - Pick any store. One teammate will go in, purchase one item, and then hand it to their blindfolded teammate. The blindfolded teammate may inspect the item as much as they want, then has one attempt to purchase the same item. 150 coins Back

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Get Upcharged - Go into any store and take a photo of one item and its price. Then, before entering, choose a second store. You must find the exact same item being sold for a higher price in that store. If the store doesn’t have the same item, or it is being sold for less, then this challenge is failed. 200 coins Back

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Clean up - Pick up, and properly dispose of 40 distinct pieces of trash, each larger than a golf ball. 70 coins Back

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Sing a Christmas Carol infront of a Xmas tree 150 coins Back

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Become Florida Man - Recreate any Florida Man headline 50 coins per headline, up to 6x Back

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Acquire a gourd 100 coins Back

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Acquire matches 100 coins Back

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Start a fire 100 coins Back

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Bribe the chief of police - Visit any local police station and leave a dollar outside with a note outlining your demands. 150 coins Back

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Make a snowman 100 coins Back

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Climb a tree - Climb up a tree at least 4 feet off the ground. 80 coins Back

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Cry 100 coins Back

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Face cookie - Place a cookie of any kind on your forehead. Without using your hands, and without help, eat the cookie. 150 coins Back

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Find a non-american flag - It must be the flag of another country. You may not create the flag in any way. 80 coins Back

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Score with a basketball, in a basketball hoop 200 coins Back

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Find a gun 100 coins Back

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Get a car to honk 100 coins Back

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Get on a boat 300 coins Back