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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
- (2024-10-26) Reached a [1500 day streak](https://goto.srsbsns.lol/@john/statuses/01JB5FZBZFJCVEQCZX8490SK35) on Duolingo {language}
- (2024-10-20) Migrated my Fediverse presence to an [ActivityPub server running on a Raspberry Pi](https://srsbsns.lol/going-to-gotosocial/) {mastodon}
- (2024-10-13) Looked back on [an awesome experience at Furnace Fest 2024](https://srsbsns.lol/the-end-of-an-era-furnace-fest-2024/) {music}
- (2024-09-29) Began [publishing (selected) SilverBullet notes with Quartz](https://runtimeterror.dev/publish-silverbullet-notes-quartz/) over at [notes.runtimeterror.dev](https://notes.runtimeterror.dev) {gem}
- (2024-09-21) Rode 40(ish) miles and celebrated with all-I-could-eat barbecue {bicycle}

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### {screwdriver-wrench} Tinkering
- Wrenching on a 1974 VW Karmann Ghia {toolbox}
- Fiddling with my [Nix dotfiles](https://github.com/jbowdre/dotfiles)
- Configuring a 3-node [Zima Blade](https://www.zimaboard.com/blade/) [Nomad](https://www.nomadproject.io/) cluster {circle-nodes}
- Using [Packer](https://github.com/jbowdre/packer-proxmox-templates/) to build VM templates on Proxmox {clone}
- Experimenting with my [simple feed aggregator powered by GitHub Actions](https://github.com/chillfeed/chillfeed) {rss}
- Exploring [Portainer](https://portainer.io) for wrangling my various Docker workloads {docker}

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### {circle-play} Consuming
- [Pushing Ice](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0861867a-f910-4a90-8214-204b6157fd90) by Alastair Reynolds {book}
- [Ghosts](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11379026/) (Season 4) {display}
- [Abbott Elementary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14218830/) (Season 4) {display}
- [Star Trek: Lower Decks](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9184820/) (Season 5) {display}
- [What We Do In The Shadows](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7908628) (Season 6) {display}
- [Drag Race España](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13606528/) (Season 4) {chess-queen}
- [RuPaul's Drag Race UK](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9780442/) (Season 6) {chess-queen}
- [Drag Race Down Under](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14192040/) (Season 4) {chess-queen}
- [The Boulet Brothers' Dragula](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6289132/) (Season 6) {chess-queen}
- [Half-Life 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/220/HalfLife_2/) {gamepad}
- <span id="theme-song">Silence<script src="https://res.jbowdre.lol/js/theme-song.js?id=2aVjZUocjk96LELFbV5JvJjm14v&plain=true" defer></script></span> {headphones}
  - [more recent faves](https://musicthread.app/thread/2aVjZUocjk96LELFbV5JvJjm14v) {music}

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### {brain} Studying
- German with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 4, Unit 23) {language}
- Esperanto with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 1, Unit 13) {language}
- Going deeper with Go, with [Go Programming: From Beginner to Professional](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL38409851W/Go_Programming_-_From_Beginner_to_Professional) by Samantha Coyle {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.)