One of my favorite tech YouTubers passed away…

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RIParadise Don. I know you’re still hacking till it hertz in the nerdcave in the sky. Thank you for personally answering my questions over the years and helping me with my self hosting and coding journey.

…also, f🤬ck cancer.

That playbook being published is the reason I’m not freaking out. Quit pretending like you don’t know what’s coming next and prepare yourself.

We are seeing Project 2025 unfold in real-time.

(The dystopian humor in having AI summarize and keep track of this all II at lost on me either. 🤖)

A phone screen displays a message about dismantling government services and imposing tariffs, with a focus on a Project 2025 document discussing the "Administrative State."Text outlines key aspects of Project 2025, including dismantling government services, immigration crackdowns, tariff policies, and shutting down the Department of Education.

Archiving a bunch of stuff on the NAS and came across the instructions for one of my many “smartphones-when-they-were-nerd-bricks” I used to lug around.

Two social media comments discussing the official payment platform of the U.S. Treasury, with a sarcastic reply mentioning food stamps and prayers.

…and that’s the truth.

It’s #caturday once again y’all

A floofball cat with a multi-colored coat is lying on a patterned white bedspread, wearing an orange polka-dotted bandana.

DAPOTUS: “we still tariffing Canada & Mexico tomorrow” for no good reason.

Stonks: A stock market graph shows a sharp decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending at 44,628.97 with a decrease of 253.16 points.

1400 something more days of this 🐄 💩 😩

Not Chinese at all, but with it being CNY and all… I want some mooncake so much right now. LOL

Q: Did Starrwulfe watch the inauguration or any of the outlandish foolishness coming from it?

A: No, he chose not to give it any of his energy or time. We don’t watch bad sequels in my tribe. Also, this:

A person is smiling while holding a cigarette, with a background of chaos and text saying The Next 4 Years Gonna Be Like

Finally hacking my EOL QNAP NAS…

  • backed up all the things to temp drive array
  • almost NixOS’d the bare metal… Almost.
  • decided to stick to mission and play with Proxmox.
  • I think I can have a NixOS VM in there… 🙏🏾

A home entertainment area is shown with a large monitor displaying the Proxmox VE installer, a laptop nearby, and various electronic devices and items on shelves.A computer setup with a monitor displaying the NixOS logo and a collection of peripherals on the table.

I swear what Dylan has written here is on the minds of pretty much every expat in Japan.

Read: 📰 Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future?

Can’t break New Year’s resolutions if you forgot to make ‘em in the first place! 😉 👆🏾

A dimly lit kitchen features a Hershey’s mug being held near a lit candle on a countertop, with snacks and other candles in the background.

Wouldn’t be a winter storm in Atlanta if the power didn’t damn go out. Good thing I gassed up the RV beforehand. Time for some driveway camping.

A motorhome is parked on a driveway with a can on the ground and a towel on the hood.

I lived in Los Angeles as a teenager through the 92 LA riots, Northridge earthquake and different flooding events from heavy rains. I can’t imagine a whole entire neighborhoods where 95% of every structure is burnt down and no war was involved. This is the climate crisis I’ve been telling you about.

A television screen displays a live aerial news broadcast from Air 7 over Pacific Palisades. The image shows a vast area affected by the Palisades Fire, with numerous structures visibly damaged or destroyed. The on-screen text reads: 'BREAKING NEWS: PALISADES FIRE: 17,234 ACRES BURNED, 1,000+ STRUCTURES BURNED, 0% CONTAINMENT.' The broadcast is from ABC 7, and the time displayed is 9:31 with a temperature of 55°F.&10;&10;Let me know if you need any adjustments!
Stranded vehicles and people attempting to push cars are seen on a snow-covered ramp leading to a busy highway at night. ) …and this is why I can’t live in St Louis anymore. I love my hometown but nawl, I’ll stay in the A until we can figure out some other spot.

Automation and distance working… the laboratory is Japan, believe me when I say I have seen the future.

Japan convenience store hires remote worker in Sweden for night shift - Nikkei Asia

🎍明けましておめでとうございます🌅 今年もよろしくお願いします🙇🏾

End of the year family RV trip down to Tallahassee to see some friends from Japan we haven’t seen since we moved back Stateside…

A man with glasses is seated in the front of a vehicle, with a black dog peeking over the seat.

A variety of gift items including a mug, a hoodie package, a book titled “Dad Jokes,” a water flosser, beef jerky, and a mobile phone stand are arranged on a table..

The Christmas 2024 gifts from my wife and kids. 🎄 💁‍♀️👧🧒👧

A Japanese street scene features a train crossing the road, several vehicles waiting, and pedestrians walking nearby.

Winter shot of the Enoden crossing out of Kamakura station in Kanagawa, Japan back on 3 February 2012.

#tokyotrainnerd #trainporn #japan #shonan

“America is like a smoke & vape shop with all the bright ass LED lit bongs, some incense, and artisanal kettle fried potato chips for sale. Interesting at first but you wonder how that place is still in business”

— me discussing how we probably look to other countries with my mom just now.