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title: "This Week (2024-07-13)"
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published: "2024-07-13T23:02:50.354571Z"
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updated: "2024-07-13T23:02:50.354571Z"
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*Here's what I've been up to since the [last weekly status](/this-week-2024-07-06/)...*
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### More Cycling!
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#### Accessories
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I eventually settled on a [center-mount kickstand](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DYFS3N4) that works well on my [new bike](/new-ride/): 
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I also picked up a [small under-seat bag](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKNJ3HZ) for storing odds and ends (and snacks - okay, mostly snacks and drink powders for longer rides). 
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And I [gave my car a stylish hat](https://social.lol/@jbowdre/112781113729255106), in the form of a [SeaSucker Talon](https://www.seasucker.com/collections/bike/products/talon) bike rack.
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It attaches with powerful vacuum cups... which seems wild, but it feels pretty sturdy. SeaSucker says they've tested this setup at up to 140mph so hopefully it'll do the trick for ~50mph trips across town. (And now I won't have to steal my wife's station wagon whenever I need to transport the bike.)
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#### Adventures
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I [took Friday off and went for a slightly-longer-than-usual ride](/mental-health-gravel-ride-day/) (~20 miles versus the usual ~13ish), and this route incorporated a few miles on a gravel trail. I was quite impressed by how well the front suspension fork absorbed the bumps on the trail, and I love being able to lock the suspension when on smoother surfaces. I really like this bike!
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This week I also registered for another adventure: a [40 mile ride](https://www.springcity.org/century) followed by "all you can eat" barbecue. I participated in this ride last year and had a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to tackling it again.
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### Learning Golang
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I've made it through Chapter 4 of the [Golang programming book](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL38409851W/Go_Programming_-_From_Beginner_to_Professional) I'm reading, and I've followed along with dozens of exercises and completed several self-guided "activities" to reinforce my learning. I'm learning a ton, and gaining practical experience in the process - and I think having a passing familiarity with the language first has actually been a big help, too.
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### ChillFeed
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I did make a [new release](https://github.com/chillfeed/chillfeed/releases/tag/v1.1.0) of my little [feed aggregator](https://github.com/chillfeed/chillfeed). The big change with this release is that the `fetch_log.json` used to keep track of the order in which posts were retrieved (since I've learned I can't necessarily trust the timestamp included in the RSS feeds) is now stored in a separate branch to avoid sullying the `main` branch unnecessarily. This should make it easier for downstream ChillFeed instances to update from the upstream template repo.
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I think I might move the fetched articles to the new `data` branch as well so that the only instance-specific deviations from the template would be in the config file.
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In any case, my [ChillFeed instance](https://chillfeed.jbowdre.lol/) has become my primary feed-following tool, and I'm learning a lot as I continue tinkering with this little project. Good stuff.
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### Concert Plans
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We went to a *lot* of metal shows last year, but have only been to a few so far this year. We have firmed up a few plans for the remainder of the year though:
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- **A Day to Remember** in a few weeks
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- **CAKE** (maybe?) in September
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- A [3 day metal festival](https://www.furnacefest.us/) in October
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- **Postmodern Jukebox** in December
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There may be a few more that we pick up before the end of the year, but these are the ones I'm tracking with firm-ish plans right now.
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### In other news...
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- I celebrated another Duolingo milestone: a [1400-day streak](https://social.lol/@jbowdre/112769174766129159)! I've been using Duolingo daily for learning German since watching [Dark](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5753856/) almost four years ago, and I added Esperanto lessons a few months back. (Esperanto is *really* neat, by the way, and well worth checking out if you have a passing interest in how languages work.)
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- I started playing [The Last of Us Part I](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888930/The_Last_of_Us_Part_I/) on my SteamDeck last night. I'm enjoying it so far.
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- I'm *still* (very slowly) working on a post about how I set up [a GitHub Actions workflow to build Proxmox VM templates in my homelab using Packer](https://social.lol/@jbowdre/112598536881790346); it's a pretty big topic, so it's taking a long time to write things out clearly. Also, I keep getting distracted. I'm hoping to finish it this week, maybe?
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### Top scrobble
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My most-played track of the week:
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🎧 [Make Damn Sure by Taking Back Sunday](https://musicthread.app/link/2jDBMHu8EDvo7oQe5whj3FbREeW)
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=> https://blog.jbowdre.lol/this-week-2024-07-13/ 📡 Originally posted on jbowdre's weblog |