Clair @chigh@squid.cafe

#Introductions

I’m an IT guy, specializing in #DNS & #DHCP.
I‘ve been building a hate-group #DNSBL, based upon the SPLC’s list. For #BIND & #pihole.

I like #fountainpens. Introduced to them in school & loved them since. I went for years w/o using them until my wife & I decided to buy 1 for 1 another.

I like #analog & #digital #photography. I ❤️ toy 📷.

Also interested in #biology, #astronomy, #cycling. I’ve ridden my bike for charity in #aidslifcycle, the #av200, & the #RTCC #TheRideTO.

Vaccine administrator: “The province recommends for children that you wait 8 weeks between doses.”

J: “We waited 6. The province is also sending my kids back to school w/a mostly un/partially vaccinated population. If we had waited 8, we would be in school 4 weeks without the vaccine’s full protection. 2 weeks until their 2nd dose and 2 weeks before their bodies have built up immunity.”

VA: “Well, there is/that/.”

I wish I had known about these albums when they came out. Honestly, I do not know how I didn’t. Ladytron is a “staple”, now—always in my regular rotation.

🎶💜🎵

I missed them here in Toronto in early 2020. If they tour again, I won’t make that mistake again.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/resonance/ladytron-604-light-and-magic-essay

Frohe Weihnachten!

I haven’t listened to thrash or other “extreme” metal genres on the regular in over 20 years. In fact I’ve complained that much of the current, I just couldn’t get into. That changed yesterday. Saw a video on YouTube about the thrash genre & Nervosa was mentioned. Hooked.

Tough to get through.

We like watching cheesy Christmas movies in the weeks leading up to. As long as they’re fun, we usually enjoy them. We’ve had a couple this year which… aren’t.

I am old and my ageism is showing. I read an article where someone called vinyl LPs "vinyls". 🤬 I get it. Language changes and evolves and I'm no longer a change maker.

It is an asinine hill, and I will die on it. 👴🏻

Me talking to my kids >/dev/null 2>&1

I heard „Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)“ when it came out and LOVED it, but for whatever reason, I didn’t want to tell anyone how much I liked it. I even asked for one of those K-Tel compilations with it for Christmas.

https://youtu.be/Tc0dbs9z5WI

Think I've finally gotten my Plex server the way I want it. The biggest thing it lacks is all of the untagged music tracks. (I have a fairly significant music collection.) Most of the information I have is in cue sheets with all the albums, and I try to create accurate cue sheets.

I used to hate re-tagging files because I didn't want to mess with the file as I had it. However, having ignored ffp for as long as I have, it's now indispensable.

I think I need to find some comic books in German. I need more than just duolingo. For music, I have a bit of Deichkind and loads of Einstürzende Neubauten. Need more Germsn TV. I hate that I have no one to talk with to push it even though I am incredibly self conscious of my speaking.

I guess I’m officially old. I can’t drink coffee anymore without missing hours of sleep. 👴🏻

It’s all fun and games until
You realize how many media files don’t have proper tags, except in the accompanying cue sheets. I had modifying those files after the fact. Maybe it’s just me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just installed Plex on my Raspberry Pi and I am left wondering… Why haven’t I don’t this before now?

Flu shot appt obtained. The Kids are actually happy and relieved. Typically, they’re anxious about them.

From newfeeling.ca: "Untethered from the runtime limits of physical media, streaming should aspire to a music culture that reaches far beyond pop digestibles"

https://newfeeling.ca/2021/08/24/how-music-streamings-option-anxiety-birthed-another-single-serving-economy/

Oh yeah! I need to pay a bill. 😅

I sat down at my computer to do _one_ thing.

Have I done that thing? I can't remember what it was.

But I have taken a photo of my German cheat sheet, listened to a song, and now posted twice to here.

#adhd

I have to have a “cheat sheet”. Some days I don’t need it (and am proud like a little kid grasping a concept for the first time) and others, I wonder how I even got this far in life.

It has taken me a really long time, but I feel like I am starting to understand conjunctions in German. At least on a structural level. I’m not missing nearly as many and having to repeat as many exercises. Now, understanding when and why to one over another sometimes is another story.

This is entirely on “level one”.