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# [John Bowdre](https://jbowdre.lol)

### What I'm up to [/now {circle-question}](https://nownownow.com/about)

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### {medal} Recent Boasts
- (2024-03-29) Reached a 1300 day streak on Duolingo {medal}
- (2024-03-23) Posted notes on [self-hosting my Gemini Capsule](https://runtimeterror.dev/gemini-capsule-gempost-github-actions/) {satellite}
- (2024-03-11) [Shared some thoughts](https://capsule.jbowdre.lol/gemlog/2024-03-11-boox-note-3c-writing-tablet.gmi) on my new BOOX Air3 C e-ink writing tablet {tablet}
- (2024-03-07) [Did a GitOps](https://capsule.jbowdre.lol/gemlog/2024-03-07-gitops-omglol.gmi) to my /now page and my omg web page {wand-sparkles}
- (2024-02-19) Dynamically generated [OpenGraph images for blog post](https://runtimeterror.dev/dynamic-opengraph-images-with-hugo/) {image}

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### {screwdriver-wrench} Tinkering
- Crafting a [Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/) dashboard for displaying data from my new [Weatherflow Tempest](https://shop.weatherflow.com/products/tempest) weather station
- Sprucing up my [Nix dotfiles](https://github.com/jbowdre/dotfiles)
- Establishing a foothold in [Geminispace](https://geminiprotocol.net/) {user-astronaut}
- Configuring a 3-node [Zima Blade](https://www.zimaboard.com/blade/) [Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io/) cluster {circle-nodes}
- Expanding a 3-node [Proxmox](https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-virtual-environment/overview) cluster {server}

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### {atom} Plotting
- Figure out Eleventy, maybe? {question}

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### {circle-play} Consuming
- [Because Internet](https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/) by Gretchen McCulloch {book}
- [Attack Surface](https://craphound.com/about/attacksurface/) by Cory Doctorow {book}
- [Resident Alien](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8690918/) {display}
- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1086940/Baldurs_Gate_3/) {gamepad}
- [Terraformer](https://songwhip.com/thank-you-scientist/terraformer) by Thank You Scientist {headphones}

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### {brain} Learning
- German with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 4) {language}
- Esperanto with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 1) {language}
- Running Kubernetes in production with [Production Kubernetes](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/production-kubernetes/9781492092292/) by Josh Rosso, Rich Lander, Alex Brand, and John Harris {book}

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(This is a [/now page](https://nownownow.com/about), where I share what's happening lately. If you have your own site, [you should totally make one](https://nownownow.com/about), too.)