{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 - (2024-06-19) 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} - (2024-05-01) Added [album/track info from MusicThread](https://blog.jbowdre.lol/post/adding-musicthread-to-my-now-page) to /now {compact-disc}
### {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} - Expanding a 3-node [Proxmox](https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-virtual-environment/overview) cluster {server} - Using [Packer](https://github.com/jbowdre/packer-proxmox-templates/) to build VM templates on Proxmox {clone}
### {atom} Plotting - Figure out Eleventy, maybe? {question}
### {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/), [Bodies](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18347622) {display} - [Halo: Combat Evolved](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1064221/Halo_Combat_Evolved_Anniversary/) {gamepad} - Silence {headphones} - [more recent faves](https://musicthread.app/thread/2aVjZUocjk96LELFbV5JvJjm14v) {music}
### {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}
--- Plug --- (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.)