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Introducing Igor

We're in an age of personalized software. I see it, I like it, I vibe it, I got it. I've been watching OpenClaw from afar, while forming some ideas around what I'd want from a personal AI assistant. Keep in [...]

Replacing Uptime Kuma with Monit

I want to start by saying that Uptime Kuma is quite fantastic. If you're looking for a replacement for Uptime Robot, it's pretty much there in terms of feature parity. Setup is pretty trivial if you're using Docker. If you're [...]

WWE Fatigue

I'm a life long professional wrestling fan. Growing up in Tampa in the 1980s and 90s meant not only seeing the WWF superstars on television, but also seeing them at the bank or the mall. Even had a neighbor that [...]

How to Restore Home Screen on iOS

I've been doing a lot of technical spring cleaning this year. My dotfiles have been getting a lot of love, and I've been breaking up with quite a few services. As part of this little journey, I've decided that I [...]

Replacing Notion with Markdown Files and git

I'm in the tin foil hat era and I've been doing a ton of breaking up recently. I'm getting fatigued on AI features I don't need let alone use. I'm even more sick of the fact that these features are [...]

The Dumb Home

For years, I've been chasing the illusion of the so-called "Smart Home". Thermostats and vacuums. Doorbells and cameras. Light bulbs and switches. Garage door openers and bird feeders. Stoves and grills. Sleep mats and of course, bathroom scales. Fucking bathroom [...]

WeeChat Using Wrong Nick After SASL Auth

Slack is great... for work. Discord is sufficient enough. Sadly, I've never really found any community servers I have enjoyed. It also doesn't help that age verification is now a thing. I've been of age for longer than I haven't [...]

How to Install dig on Debian

It's been over 3 months since I posted about finally embracing Flatpak. This now short-lived proclamation coincided with me moving back over to Debian. Fortunately, I went into this particular distro hop in the right head space and things have [...]

Switching from Neovim to Vim (Again)

Okay, so I already did this dance back in 2017. Looking back, my observations were somewhat shortsighted, but felt decent enough at the time. A year later, I contemplated the future of Vim once Bram Moolenaar dies. In 2023, we [...]

What Not to Pack

I like to travel intentionally light. I also like to make sure I bring enough of the right gadgets. Economical clothing and toiletry decisions aside, I tend to overpack technical items as well as downtime gadgets. Sadly, I have to [...]