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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
- (2024-08-21) [Accepted a new job](https://srsbsns.lol/i-got-a-new-job/) *and* shared notes on [how I set up SilverBullet](https://runtimeterror.dev/silverbullet-self-hosted-knowledge-management/) {wand-magic-sparkles}
- (2024-08-15) Fumbled with CSS and JS to implement a light/dark theme selector on [runtimeterror](https://runtimeterror.dev) {moon}
- (2024-08-10) Installed Tailscale [on a robot vacuum](https://social.lol/@jbowdre/112940725551170482) {robot}
- (2024-08-09) Fell in love with [a web-based notes app](https://srsbsns.lol/is-silverbullet-the-note-keeping-silver-bullet/) {clipboard}
- (2024-08-06) Began [dynamically generating robots.txt](https://runtimeterror.dev/dynamic-robots-txt-hugo-external-data-sources/) from [ai.robots.txt](https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt) {ban}


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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}
- Fumbling through multiple bicycle tune-ups {bicycle}

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### {circle-play} Consuming
- [Apostles of Mercy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL38083372W/Apostles_of_Mercy) by Lindsay Ellis {book}
- [The Decameron](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21831910/), [Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs the World](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19357598/), [RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32919055/) {display}
- [The Last of Us Part I](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1888930/The_Last_of_Us_Part_I/) {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 20) {language}
- Esperanto with [Duolingo](https://www.duolingo.com/) (Section 1, Unit 11) {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.)