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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
- (2024-07-25) Wrote about [automating Packer builds with GitHub Actions](https://runtimeterror.dev/automate-packer-builds-github-actions/) {industry}
- (2024-07-20) Posted a blog post that's been a draft for 6+ weeks: [Building Proxmox Templates with Packer](https://runtimeterror.dev/building-proxmox-templates-packer/) {pen-nib}
- (2024-07-12) Took a mental health day and completed a [20-mile multi-surface ride](https://blog.jbowdre.lol/mental-health-gravel-ride-day/) {bicycle}
- (2024-07-11) Celebrated a 1400 day streak in Duolingo! {language}
- (2024-06-30) Added [external link markers](https://blog.jbowdre.lol/adding-external-link-markers-in-hugo-and-bear/) to my Hugo and Bear blogs {arrow-up-right-from-square}

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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}
- Experimenting with my [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
- [Truth of the Divine](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24198736W/Truth_of_the_Divine) by Lindsay Ellis {book}
- [The Boys](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/), [White Collar](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1358522) {display}
- [The Last of Us Part I](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888930/The_Last_of_Us_Part_I/) {gamepad}
- <span id="now-playing">Silence</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 19) {language}
- Esperanto with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 1, Unit 10) {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.)