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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. In June we went to Cyprus for two weeks holiday it was hot but we had such a great time. When I got back I caught COVID (4th times the charm), whenever I get it I’m always very ill with it. 2 weeks after COVID I got a chest infection which was quite bad, I never really recovered afterwards. We’re pretty sure this is where it all went wrong and the bloods clots in my lungs started to form. From there my health has deteriorated to the point where I’ve been backwards and forwards to the doctors. Each time I went I was told the chest infection hadn’t gone and given either an inhaler or more medication. It was also around this time that I noticed my chest was aching, I have acid reflux and well and while it’s been managed for years and years I’d been getting aches and what felt like acid reflux again.