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A Memory About Mister Rogers

2025-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

I watched The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel</a> by Lindsay Ellis. In short, it's about empathy in the context of both history and recent events. It's very good, but it may be a bit long for some at about two hours and twenty minutes.

This post is not about that video, but instead it reminded me of a poster I won in school.

Setting Up Caddy

2025-02-03T00:00:00+00:00

Now that DNS</a> is set up, I needed a web server to run as a proxy. This allows us to use domain names with standard web ports (80 & 443) instead of all the unique 4 digit ports we'll eventually have everywhere. This is basically an extension to the convenience we started by setting up a DNS server.

Setting Up DNS

2025-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

The first service I needed to get up and running was a DNS server. Now, it's not strictly necessary, but I wanted to be able to give family and guests domains to reach our services instead of IP addresses. A simple quality of life improvement. This is how I set it up.

MicroOS Home Server

2025-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Last Summer I moved to the Twin Cities for work. It was a big move all the way from northern Indiana. Despite the semi-trunk full of things we brought with us, we were still kind of starting from scratch. We got a new house in a new neighborhood with new neighbors and stores and groups to join. With the new house, I took this opportunity to rethink my tech.

Tarot Reading for 2025/01/01

2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

My question to the cards is: What can I do to make sure the table-top games I'm running succeed?

On Romantic Conflict

2024-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

Romance stories are predictable. Many stories are, but romance especially. Popular romance runs on a number of tropes and trusted story beats. While this could make the books very predictable (and often, it does), I'm not focused on that aspect, and I feel confident that it's the same with women, the target demographic.

People are Bad at Owning Houses

2024-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

I live in an old house. It was built some time in the 1910s. I like the charm and character of old houses. They have details and accents you won't find anywhere else. The owners, though, I'd like to smack them upside the head.

On Month-long Challenges

2024-09-30T00:00:00+00:00

I'm apparently not very good at setting up new habits. I am attemping the 100 Days to Offload in order to keep me writing. I'm going to make an attempt at NaNoWriMo (or its community replacement Writing Month). However, I've already tried Inktober on several occasions and never got past day 10.

Things I Learned About Romances

2024-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

Another genre I've been reading a bunch of are romance novels. I haven't read any of the big names (like Colleen Hoover), but what I've read so far is very much targeted towards women. Here's what I've learned.

Things I Learned About Mysteries

2024-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

I've been reaching out of my usual reading genres (a lot of science fiction and fantasy), and dipping into others. One of those genres is mystery. Here are some things I've learned about mystery novels.

Mini-Rant: The Neighborhood Schools

2024-09-08T00:00:00+00:00

One of our early Minnesota tasks after moving was getting our kids transferred to local schools. We don't do private schools, so we transferred them to the neighborhood public schools. Upon moving, we started meeting neighbors and asked them about the schools.

They told us "it's really... diverse".

Review: Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

2024-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

I recently decided to get Crunchyroll so that I could watch a couple shows that I was interested in. This was something else I saw.