{profile-picture} # [John Bowdre](https://jbowdre.lol) ### What I'm up to [/now {circle-question}](https://nownownow.com/about) {last-updated} --- Now ---
### {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}
### {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}
### {circle-play} Consuming - [Pushing Ice](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0861867a-f910-4a90-8214-204b6157fd90) by Alastair Reynolds {book} - [Upper Middle Bogan](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2401525/) (Season 1) {display} - [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 EspaƱa](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} - Silence {headphones} - [more recent faves](https://musicthread.app/thread/2aVjZUocjk96LELFbV5JvJjm14v) {music}
### {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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