• Finished reading: Hell Difficulty Tutorial 2 by Cerim ๐Ÿ“š
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    The 2nd book of the series, it gives some backstory using flashbacks, which explains a great deal about the actions of the main character. Another sequel (been reading a lot of those lately) that I just couldn’t put down.

    A person is seated on a throne, holding a glowing sphere with a blue sword embedded in the ground next to them, accompanied by text that reads Hell Difficulty Tutorial, Book Two, Cerim.
  • It’s becoming rapidly apparent that my Synology DS3617xs is not long for this world or even my network set up. Just had to forcibly restart it, the second time in just two weeks. I can no longer trust this to be the backbone of my home infrastructure. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ค

  • Ah, the US Post office…once again a package came halfway across the country, stopped in my city and then continued onto the other side of the county and is now “in transit to next facility." Please excuse me while I scream into the void. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

  • Finished reading: Return of the Runebound Professor 4 by Actus ๐Ÿ“š
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    The 4th book of the series, I couldn’t put this one down, it was absolutely fantastic.

    A dramatic fantasy scene features two cloaked figures with magical elements surrounded by ominous mystical energies and a shadowy creature overhead, accompanied by the text Return of the Runebound Professor.
  • Well…wide awake again, might as well get to work. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

    Insomnia sucks. ๐Ÿฅฑ

  • Once again, the difference between equals() and == in .Net vs Java has tripped me up. ๐Ÿคฃ

  • I was listening to the latest @atpfm podcast, about the dust up between Apple / Creators / Patreon and I’m in agreement with the hosts: it’s just yuck. I love their hardware but with the focus on squeezing more revenue out small devs / creators, it’s getting harder to justify giving Apple money.

  • Our old one kicked the bucket, so yesterday I bought a new lawnmowerโ€ฆand today, when I opened it up, the mower came out but one of the wheels didnโ€™t. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Iโ€™m sure I could have filled out a bunch of paperwork to get a new wheel and attachment but honestly, I was so pissed, I just took it back. ๐Ÿซ 

    A detached black plastic wheel lies near the metal axle of a blue lawn mower, situated on a beige carpet next to a hardwood floor.
  • Finished reading: Order of Architects: Book 2 by Oleg Sapphire & Yuri Vinokuroff ๐Ÿ“š
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    The second book of the series, is a great follow-up…and now I have to wait for the third book. ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿ˜ญ

    A soldier, a man in a suit, a small robot, and a mechanical creature stand in a lush landscape with a distant castle, featured on the cover of The Order of Architects #2 by Oleg Sapphire and Yuri Vinokuroff.
  • Forcing me to give you my phone number to buy something online when you already have my email address means I will not be buying from you. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ค๐Ÿคฌ

  • I’ve been setting up my new Raspberry Pi to be an always-on, lightweight server but I was running into the oddest issue when trying to get memory data out of Docker. As it turns out, adding “cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory” to my “/boot/cmdline.txt” file fixed the issue. ๐ŸŽ‰ Link

  • Insomnia sucks ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

  • My father just bought a Mac with no input from me and set it up without my help…and now can’t remember the password; trying to remotely help him was painfully frustrating. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ Oh the joys of being tech support. ๐Ÿคฃ

    Irony: he has a computer science degree and used to write SQL for a living. ๐Ÿคฃ

  • The weather was so lovely over lunch, I went for a walk. ๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

    A white cloud icon indicating overcast weather, with text showing '74ยฐ Feels 74ยฐ Overcast for the hour,' against a blue background featuring illustrated green trees and hills.

    Whilst walking, I stumbled across the cutest flowers. ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐ŸŒฟ ๐Ÿ“ท

    Pink and white flowers bloom on vine-covered plants, wrapping around a white picket fence in a garden.
  • Does anyone out there know how to scrub your number from all of the political texting lists? …asking for a friend… ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ