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[–] HoneyMustardGas 5 points 2 months ago

Creative writing, organizing my phone and Macbook, relearning blender, making music in FL studio....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Drawing my angel character hehe, still gotta do a background!

[–] DichotoDeezNutz 4 points 2 months ago

Just made my first blog, about 3D printing and coding my Mini Macro Pad.

[–] RebekahWSD 3 points 2 months ago

I made chocolate chip banana bread, and wrote a silly little factbook for my nation in NationStates. I also looked at my knitting before my brain explode and I took a nap.

[–] RBWells 2 points 2 months ago

Made sourdough rye, planted more radishes, hoping to go to Pokemon go raid hour today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ordered everything I need for a passively cooled server. Will mainly run Jellyfin, as well as some other stuff. I like my apartment, but I miss having a secluded space for a server closet.

Also started to set up a media centre PC that's gonna go to my mother's place, replace her streaming xbox.

Gonna let family, some friends connect via tailscale.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Learn the pain of server admins and try for the first time to set up a website with a domain and fail miserably

[–] Lauchs 2 points 2 months ago

Played in a couple soccer* games on Sunday, last two for the season coming up this Sunday.

*football, I know. Also, not really official as it's 7 aside coed but a lot of fun for this old man!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Setup my self hosted email. Got a VPN. Now I how to find a phone to use and how I'm going to communicate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I cut up an old tshirt and turned it into dust covers for my HOTAs peripherals.