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.

My biggest fear would be that I haven't taken the proper backup and everything's lost. Probably a worst-case scenario, but it's the one that takes up the most space in my brain.

One of the things I really don't look forward to is upgrading the OS on this instance. While a clean system and restore mastodon from backup would be ideal, that's more work than time I can afford right now. I don't know how well uplifting Ubuntu's going to work. 😟

Spending time finally catching up with Agents of SHIELD.

"United States Senate has a higher calling than an endless spiral of partisan vengeance..." Just what does McConnell think he's been doing for the past 12 years?

Lockdowns have not been good for my ADHD. Surviving, obviously, but it's more difficult and annoying.

Optimizing mouse for games is the problem. 🙄

Doesn't matter if I install the mouse driver with vmtools or not. WTF am I missing?

why does my mouse in VMware Fusion (win 10 guest) react the opposite way it is supposed to when VMtools is installed? Seamless mouse transition when not installed. Mouse pointer captured when installed.

I have somehow managed to become not hungry.

Oof. It seems that Todoist is also having issues. Nobody wants me to get anything done today.

I have somehow managed to become hungry.

Today's issue is seriously annoying. We should have a "backup" plan for communications other than email.

Is it me or has Slack been having a lot of issues lately?

What a hellscape. I hate it. I’m sorry I’m not any more profound than a can of beans.

Fixed. redis-server version was too old. Upgraded. Service restored.

So, this means I should look into backing up this instance and installing on a new version of Linux. It's an Ubuntu LTS, but should be upgraded. Or, things like this will continue to become outdated and unable to upgrade without manual intervention.

This is also affecting federation.

Issues with this instance: Sidekiq keeps restarting after upgrading to 3.3.0. I think that is keeping authentication emails from being sent out if required. “Regular” email works just fine. #mastoadmin

I see 330 is out. I will see if I can’t upgrade tomorrow. If I remember to do so.

Happy holidays, y'all.

For #BandcampFriday, might I suggest my friends, Pylon's box set.

https://pylonband.bandcamp.com/