lennys October 04, 2024

...and we're back!

So I managed to get my router working properly again. I came in on my day off to fiddle with it last Wednesday and got it working, then went home. After I got home I logged in remotely and was finishing up setting some configurations and managed to break it again on accident (argh!), so yesterday I had to sit down in front of it again after work and reset the configuration back to its defaults again. I managed to get it back online, but afterward none of my websites were loading (argh again!). Today I reset the config again (multiple times) and managed to get it right. I had to reboot my web server to get the sites back online though, so I'll have to investigate that. I think I have a bad RAM stick in the server that I'll have to remove and replace, but for now it's working so I'm going to monitor things and see how it goes. This whole thing has been a learning experience for me. I've learned that I should make config backups on the router before I make any kind of change (duh), and I've learned how to reset the configuration and reload the settings afterward. Hopefully this'll be the end of it, but you never know. I still have an IP block reserved for future use, so I may find that I have to go through all this all over again at some future point. The Python meetup on Tuesday was interesting. Because of traffic I arrived a little late which sucked, but I think I got something out of it. The talk was about iterators and generators, and I have a tab pinned in my browser for the Github page they were using during the talk so I can go over it again. I need to write more code, especially code from scratch. Coding on-the-fly is a weak spot for me; if I have some code to start with I can usually cobble something together, I've done that with Django before, but coming up with it from nothing is still difficult for me. I've read enough books now that I think I understand Python reasonably well, but working with it is still a daunting task. Today I'm going to go over metaclasses in one of my books, take some notes and fiddle with the code a bit. Tomorrow, we'll see.

lennys September 21, 2024

Just some stuff...

Well my shoulder is still messed up, whatever I did to it, I did a good job. Any movement that involves me lifting my left arm hurts. I'm working through the pain as it isn't excruciating, just annoying. I haven't had a proper upper-body workout in the last two weeks. When I go to the gym later today I'll just be walking (and maybe running) on the treadmill. I hope this heals up soon, because I don't want to lose any ground in my working out. I'm still painting on my toolbox at home. I may be doing that today too. It's about 70% finished with the painting, minus the drawers. It'll probably be another week before I'll be satisfied with how it looks. Then I have to scuff up and paint the drawers, then reassemble the whole thing. It'll be nice when I'm done with this project as I never anticipated it taking this long. The last Python meetup was kind of interesting. They went over "Python culture", which was about how you render code when you're writing it, what kind of commenting and formatting to use, etc. A lot of it I had seen before, but it was interesting seeing someone else with years of experience talk about it. The guys who run this group are mostly old-school programmers with a lot of experience. I'm just happy I've been able to follow along with the material they've presented so far. I managed to foul up my Mikrotik router somehow so that I could no longer log into it remotely. After discussing it with a few people I had to setup a serial connection to one of my servers in the cabinet to regain access. It works, but since it only works with the command-line and I'm not very well-versed in that it's a pain to use. I have been thinking about it and I think I'm going to have to blow away the whole config and set it up again from scratch. I'm hoping I can import some of the existing config, but for the moment I'm not going to change anything or try to fix the issue. I'll leave it alone until I have time this weekend to fiddle with it.

lennys September 09, 2024

Picking investments

So I just finished setting up a few investment pies in M1. I'm going off of the examples made in this newsletter I'm subscribed to, some of which is over my head but I'm doing it anyway. I won't be putting a lot of money into this at first, just a hundred dollars every now and then, so if it goes belly-up I won't be hit too hard. I've been studying investing off and on for a few years now, and I've learned that it takes a massive amount of time and effort to become knowledgeable in it. More time and energy than I care to invest in it, to be honest. Thus I'm going off of what the pros recommend. I'm doing all this because I got a late start in the investing game, and I'm playing catch-up now. So far overall it's been outperforming inflation by a few points so I can't really complain much. Other than that, things are boring like usual. I'm still painting on my toolbox which is coming along pretty well. It's a slow process because I have to let it sit between coats for a whole day, so I go out on the patio, spray paint it for ten minutes, then go back inside and wait until the next day for the paint to dry. I have a Python meetup tomorrow evening I'll be going to, which should be interesting. They'll be discussing something with Jupyter Labs, I forget the exact details but since I've been using Jupyter Labs in my Python studying I've got a little bit of familiarity with it now. We'll see how much I get out of it, so far I haven't really used it to its full potential. The new Python book is pretty good, it cuts out a lot of the fluff and covers material I haven't seen before. I'm slowly working my way through it. I'm still doing daily DataCamp lessons too - lately I've been working through an AI track they have, learning about LLMs and stuff. I don't know where I'm heading with this AI stuff, but it's been interesting so far and since AI is getting to be a big deal I figure it's a good idea for me to know more about it. I might even learn to use ChatGPT before it's over and done with too. I think I cranked something in my left shoulder at the gym last Saturday, as it's been aching ever since. I have an appointment with a trainer at the gym today so I'm going to have to be careful with what I do to avoid injury. I've been doing bodyweight exercises in the mornings before work for a couple of weeks now too. I'm not seeing a huge amount of improvement yet but I'm sticking with it. This "Pump" app I'm using is a helpful guide on what to work on and when to rest. I think it's been worth the 77 bucks I spent on it. If it helps me lose some fat off of my waist this year I'll be a happy camper.

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