This is a Now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.
August 2025
My most recent take on my Now page is inspired by Andy’s Working Notes and is generally a reverse order summary of notable events in my life over the last few months (or so).
Work
- Working on a project to deploy new postfix servers and decommission the old ones.
- Continuing to troubleshoot and work through the Ubuntu 2020 EOL project.
- I have been using Co-Pilot to help with shell scripts and to analyze my notes to look for patterns and opportunities.
Hobbies and Projects
- I’ve been using a new tablet for reading and handwritten notes, which has helped me read more books. I’ve also been experimenting with using it for quick notes on the go.
- I set up a new Kubuntu machine (Shawshank), which has become a workstation for both professional and personal use.
- Shawshank is now also a games machine, after installing an old GeForce GTX 970 video card. I’m enjoying playing my Steam games along with older games like Zandronum and Super Tux Kart.
- I’ve been trying to reorganize my notes for better access and have explored options like SilverBullet and VS Code, while making sure to keep all files in plain text. I am also trying NotebookLM to analyze my various daylogs and journals.
- I have a new “MusicPhone” with more storage and a newer Android OS to store and listen to music offline.
Personal Life
- My daughter, Ashley, published her book, “In the House of Rosewood,” and pre-orders are live.
- We saw Ghost on their ‘Skeltour‘ had a great time. But, I’m still listening to a lot of Ozzy after his recent passing.
- We attended the “Days of the Dead” convention in Indianapolis and met a bunch of awesome people. We also took a family trip to Columbus for the Ohio State Fair.