Updated: 2025-12-15
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Here is what is going on currently.
- Wrapped up the last of my freelance work for the year.
- Back on Linux full time. Arch was awesome, truly just so good _but_ I need a tad less tinkering, so I am using Pop!_OS.
- Trying to implement my own miracle morning routine.
- Reading a lot.
Projects in my queue that I am looking forward to tackling.
I am drawing again. Bridging the gap in quality from what my hand can do to what I see as good artworks is the goal. That is likely all artists goal so I am not alone in that goal. Which means there is likely ample resources and support out there. The end result of this goal is to create new-wave and golden-age sci-fi inspired pen & ink illustrations
Something I put on hold a few years ago for some reason is getting more certification. Gonna pick that back up. Also gonna start small, CompTIA Network+. Okay I know the reason. I got it into my head I wanted to be a super serious software engineer and put on the back burner some passions and interests. Funny how ideas take root. I cannot even pinpoint _where_ it came from. Probably just moving too quickly and was around more software engineering types than sysadmin and devops types. Anyway, I prefer designing + building the infrastructure and writing some code. Far more interesting to me.
I am extremely interested in running my own mail server. Big tech wants you to think that you cannot run your own services. Granted, email is not _easy_, but it is also not impossible. We used to run our own mail servers back in the day. Today it will require a bit more work. The first phase will be receiving email. I will be happy when I can setup email aliases and forwarding. Fingers crossed I can get a clean ipv4 address! I am probably going to use Debian Linux for this. Though I did see that you can setup FreeBSD servers at Vultr very cheaply. It's something to consider. I value self hosting.
I am tinkering with Indieweb again. Let's build a social fabric over the web that is not owned and gated by big tech. Let's free the web from the chains of corporate control. Like it used to be. Like it was meant to be. I will say though, Indieweb is not simple. There are a lot of layers and moving parts that require some technical knowledge and ability that is a bit outside of the reach of most people. However I see potential to help build those tools that will make it easier for others to join in.