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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
- (2024-06-24) Implemented a simple [upvote widget with Cabin](https://runtimeterror.dev/kudos-with-cabin/) {thumbs-up}
- (2024-06-19) Moved my [personal blog to Bear](https://blog.jbowdre.lol) {paw}
- (2024-06-09) Replaced a [failed EPS motor coupler and installed new brake pads](https://blog.jbowdre.lol/post/weekend-car-projects) on the BRZ {wrench}
- (2024-06-02) Added some [slash pages](https://runtimeterror.dev/slashes) to my site {file}
- (2024-05-04) Started [using Quartz to publish my Obsidian Vault](https://blog.jbowdre.lol/post/publishing-my-obsidian-vault-with-quartz) as a fledgling digital garden {seedling}


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### {screwdriver-wrench} Tinkering
- Replacing the clutch in a 1973 VW Karmann Ghia {toolbox}
- (Constantly) sprucing up 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}
- Creating a simple [feed aggregator powered by GitHub Actions](https://github.com/chillfeed/chillfeed) {rss}

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

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### {circle-play} Consuming
- [This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It](https://johndiesattheend.com/book-full-spiders/) by Jason "David Wong" Pargin {book}
- [The Boys](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/), [Behind Her Eyes](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9698442) {display}
- [Halo: Combat Evolved](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064221/Halo_Combat_Evolved_Anniversary/) {gamepad}
- <span id="now-playing">Silence</span> {headphones}
  - [more recent faves](https://musicthread.app/thread/2aVjZUocjk96LELFbV5JvJjm14v) {music}

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### {brain} Learning
- German with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 4, Unit 18) {language}
- Esperanto with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 1, Unit 8) {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.)