Travel
It's been a while since I've posted. In fact, this is the first post of 2024. It's been a whirlwind of a year. The year started out spending lots of time with friends and saying an untimely, final goodbye in January. Lots of memories
Technology
Any technical system you build inevitably slides into decay as the ecosystem you've borrowed from upgrades slowly over time while you're off doing other things. The parts you custom tailored now no longer fit. Some of the suppliers go out of business. Some changed businesses altogether.
Media
Here's my review of A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge. I'm not leaving reviews on Goodreads anymore, but it felt like this deserved a mention somewhere publicly. Five stars. Highly recommended. Would read again. I picked up A Deepness in the Sky on a
Travel
I tried surfing at Guincho Beach in Cascais, Portugal. I feel like I did a pretty terrible job, but Kat and Elly were awesome. The scenery and waves could not be beat!
Travel
One of my favorite parts of visiting Germany is Bernd das Brot. Whenever you turn on the kids cartoon channel at night you can find Bernd hanging out grumbling about his situation. On this trip, he's become AstroBrot, floating through space looking for peace and quiet, but constantly
Travel
After quite a travel ordeal we made it to Leipzig, Germany and then over to Halle. Here's a picture of us in front of the Handel statue in Halle to prove it. In Halle they're very proud of Handel. In Leipzig they go nuts over Bach
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Travel
Kat and I met at the Fullsteam Run Club in Durham on June 3rd. That makes this our runnaversary. We try to do something outdoorsy in spirit of this tradition. The most recent trip was the Nanthahala Outdoor Center for rafting and mountain biking. We had an excellent time as
Technology
This isn't about becoming anti-social in the traditional sense, but more anti-social media. Asocial would be a more accurate term. A few years back I made a decision to disconnect from most social media platforms. If you wanted to get in touch with me or know what I
Technology
Here's something different for the blog. I've taken some inspiration from the HashiCorp RFC and am tracking my personal project that way. I find it useful. Problem Statement I get tired of listening to the same playlist too often. I also want to reduce the number
Technology
Last month I got an idea that I'd like to do book reviews in my Obsidian note taking vault. This would satisfy a few problems I've had: 1. I'd like to keep all of my book reviews private. 2. I'd like to
Technology
Apparently while I was busy working on some other things, the world switched to nftables and no one told me. I logged into my Linux web server the other day and realized the firewall rule set that had been hand crafted with iptables probably a decade or more ago is