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Mike Bell

Mike Bell

I do computer stuff

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I have a dead guys chilli sauce in my fridge
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This guy used to come into my local years ago on his own and talk to everyone. He was a friendly enough older guy, had a few drinks and went home to his partner.
Default Software & Hardware 2024
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A list of my default hardware and software for 2024, taken from here and expanded on. Hope you enjoy! ๐Ÿ“จ Mail Service: Gmail ๐Ÿ“ฎ Mail Client: Gmail ๐Ÿ“ Notes: Joplin โœ… To-Do: Google Calendar & Vikunja ๐Ÿ“† Calendar: Google Calendar ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Contacts: Google Contacts ๐Ÿ“– RSS Service: Hugo ๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ RSS Client: FreshRSS โŒจ๏ธ Launcher: None โ˜๏ธ Cloud storage: Gdrive & Synology Nas ๐ŸŒ… Photo library: Google Photos & Immich ๐ŸŒ Web Browser: Firefox & Librefox ๐Ÿ’ฌ Chat: WhatsApp ๐Ÿ”– Bookmarks: None ๐Ÿ“‘ Read Later: Wallabag ๐Ÿ“š Reading: Kindle Paperwhite ๐Ÿ“œ Word Processing: Google Docs & Libreoffice ๐Ÿ“ˆ Spreadsheets: Google Docs & Libreoffice ๐Ÿ“Š Presentations: Google Docs & Libreoffice ๐Ÿ›’ Shopping Lists: Mealie ๐Ÿ’ฐ Personal Finance: None ๐ŸŽต Music: Navidrome/symfony/feishin ๐ŸŽค Podcasts: AntennaPod ๐Ÿ” Password Management: 1Password ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Social Media: Mastodon ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Weather: Weather&Radar ๐Ÿ”Ž Search: DuckDuckGo & Google ๐Ÿงฎ Code Editor: VSCode & nvim ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Distros: Win 11, OSX, Arch, Debian, Ubuntu ๐Ÿ“ฑPhone: Google Pixel 8 Pro ๐Ÿ’ป Laptop: Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th Gen ๐Ÿ“œ Document Management: Paperless ngx ๐Ÿ’พ Remote servers: 1 ๐Ÿ’พ Home servers: 3 ๐Ÿ“ฑTablet: Samsung Galaxy Tab 9
Homelab update October/November/December
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Potentially a long one this time round. Lot’s of changes/updates/additions to my homelab. I’m also still managing a second homelab for my parents which brings it’s own set of challenges but is a lot of fun.
Feeling a bit lost
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It’s been about 2 weeks since I was in hospital and things are starting to sink in. Firstly just how serious things got and secondly the trajectory my life is/was taking.
Bilateral Pulmonary Embolisms Suck
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The title pretty much sums it up, BPEs suck. How did we get here # For most of the year I’d been feeling a bit off it, dizzy spells and being exhausted, I put this down to ME/CFS being a pain as per usual.