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Sharing my thoughts and ramblings on the internet.. tech, gaming, sports, cycling, my car, music production, self-hosting, 3D printing and so on

Daily drivers:
💻 #Manjaro on #xfce on my 2013 MBP
📱 #GrapheneOS on my #Pixel7Pro
🚲 Batavus single-speed commuter
🚗 '07 Pontiac G5 2.2L

📍 YKF | 🇨🇦🇵🇹🇧🇷 | he/him

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2025-04-01 20:09:00

had no idea that there was an updated Beeper app for iOS 🤦‍♂️ I've been using the old version this entire time no wonder things felt slow lol

2025-01-26 04:37:47

my cell provider keeps sending me messages saying I'm eligible for an upgrade, yet every time I try to do it on my account online it's like nope, no upgrade here 😖 I just wanna upgrade to the Pixel 9 Fold already

2024-11-21 17:57:58

every time I think "hey maybe I can stop with therapy", I go and have a session and am quickly reminded why I actually need it 😅
gotta keep doing the work

2024-11-05 15:11:26

GOOD
the touchscreens in cars need to go already #note1rec…x80n

2024-11-03 15:41:10

Stroll doing what Stroll does 🤦‍♂️

2024-10-29 16:06:42

this post was crossposted on Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and Nostr 👀 Openvibe is a vibe

2024-10-29 15:59:15

had to reinstall Nextcloud after their recent Android updates 😖 it kept trying to download my entire Nextcloud directory onto my phone and tanking my battery (for a while it was doing it on my phones data too!)
disabling internal 2-way sync didn't work so I just reinstalled and it seems fine now

2024-10-27 01:09:58

watching Teoscar going yard in the World Series just makes me shake my head even more at the Jays front office for getting rid of him

2024-10-23 01:01:11

some tuesday mediocre #resurgence vibes.. some solo/duos then the squad links up for some #rebirth leggo
#Warzone #CoD #Twitch
https://twitch.tv/heyimbds

2024-10-20 00:28:21

streaming some #Warzone over on Twitch if you're looking for some mediocre gaming lol
currently playing solo-duos until my fam gets on for some quads later on
come hang out!
https://twitch.tv/heyimbds

2024-10-16 15:20:26

love it when we host Thanksgiving for the fam, then as they walk in tell me they're getting over a cold, so naturally this week I'm fully sick 👍 good times

2024-10-15 15:41:31

my combined feed in OpenVibe is way better than whatever the For You feed in Threads is spitting out
starting to open this app from muscle memory more than Threads 😎

2024-10-14 23:44:51

tried going live for a casual CoD Warzone session but OBS was making my streaming PC unusable so that's out for tonight
need to figure out either running it with a Linux distro instead of Windows or making it into something else altogether with the hardware

2024-10-12 01:47:13

this pitching duel in the LAD vs SDP game is a treat to watch #NLDS

2024-10-07 17:03:01

thinking about all your problems at once is an easy way to get started on none of them

2024-10-01 15:12:52

starting the week off today and I just have no desire to get anything done 😅
not having any more vacation or days off I guess means I'm grinding till 2025 🥵

2024-09-23 21:39:52

working with Adobe Target then injecting your own JS within an activity is an actual nightmare 😖

2024-09-23 21:10:02

finally the bug where my voice assistant on GrapheneOS wouldn't work on restart has been fixed 🥳 amazing

2024-09-16 18:57:17

what's going on with these seemingly botty Nostr accounts replying to my posts, with the exact same text as my post?

2024-09-13 23:53:55

finally feeling like I'm back into the swing of things and a lot less burnout since the wedding
time to get back on the grind again

2024-08-20 16:03:54

got my first zaps from @nprofile…gpe6 yesterday 🥹 nostr is pretty damn cool

2024-08-17 16:59:33

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🥹 thank you! I'm pretty new to Nostr and Bitcoin so I wasn't sure what that was until now lol 😅 I just set up my address for zaps now
My favourite apps though, hmm.. probably Gadgetbridge, Tasker and Termux
For app stores I'm using F-Droid and Aurora Store
I'm not sure it's necessary on Graphene, but I'm also using Shelter for some other apps that have way too many trackers on them lol

2024-08-15 14:13:22

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Florisboard has been my go-to
I'm currently using the beta version so I'm missing swipe text and suggestions, but I've been really liking it for a few years now

2024-08-15 14:11:01

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the Pixel 7 Pro currently
I started using GrapheneOS back on the Pixel 5 and it's been my go-to

2024-08-14 15:26:01

the new Pixel 9s look pretty sweet.. can't wait to get one so I can remove the stock OS and put on GrapheneOS so I don't have to deal with all the AI bs shoved into it 🤣
I am stoked for desktop mode in Android 15 though. I'm very interested in how that plays out 🤔

2024-08-13 20:01:22

working through who I'm following and the lists I've put together, feeling good about what I'm seeing in my feeds so far.. I have some work to do still but the vibes are getting better

2024-08-13 14:03:48

less than 2 weeks till my wedding 😬 I feel like I can't get anything done these days till that's over 🥵

2024-08-10 02:44:38

finally upgraded my CPU on my desktop and saw a noticeable improvement playing #CoD #Warzone today.. now my CPU can finally keep up with my GPU
even if they're both old I'm finally getting 120fps at 1440p consistently, that's a win for me

2024-08-10 02:41:21

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yeah I think I need to dive in more and check out some other clients and accounts

2024-08-09 18:35:57

not sure I'm getting the Nostr vibes yet 🤔 gonna keep exploring 🧐

2024-08-09 17:57:36

I need to work on curating my social feeds better.. there's a lot of noise that I need to clean up

2024-08-09 15:53:06

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oh I'm aware. I mean funny memes and YouTube links are about as in depth as we get
If I could get them to move to a Matrix server I host, I would. They're very much in big social land lol

2024-08-09 15:49:46

idea for a computer cafe: provide free wifi but you disclose a warning up front that you're going to be scraping through any data of every insecure computer that connects
you then teach and provide resources for the concepts of proper internet security and get newcomers set up with a VPN

2024-08-08 18:44:01

anyone else have a Discord server for their close family? I find myself posting in the channels we have in our family discord more than I do on social these days ngl

2024-08-06 21:35:57

oh man I feel like it's going to take days to recover from this long weekend up at the cottage 😅

2024-07-30 00:48:34

been trying out auto dark mode at sunset for a couple months now.. on my phone, it feels natural now.. on my iPad though, I kinda hate it
maybe because I hate light mode on desktops and I have the 12.9" Pro, but yeah, it doesn't work for me on the iPad 🤷‍♂️

2024-07-24 15:47:27

found a really cheap GoPro remote on FB marketplace for my old Hero 4 and Session 5.. might be time to make those old cameras work for my bike setup since I've been meaning to put one together

2024-07-24 12:37:19

getting ready for my wedding in a month from now plus juggling regular life these days has me at max capacity all the time 🥵 need the chaos to be over already

2024-07-18 14:13:10

so back to fall weather today for #WaterlooRegion or what? 🥶

2024-07-17 19:50:00

when an open issue at work that's been punted for two weeks ends up being caused by something I originally did 😬😅 whoops.. I'll just put my head down and get back to work lol

2024-07-17 17:27:33

corporate work culture is just high school 2.0.. I need to get out of this stupidity at some point before my brain melts

2024-07-17 14:19:12

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looks like v0.27.1 fixes the playback 403 issue!! good, I didn't want to pay for premium lol
https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases

2024-07-15 18:11:43

one thing I'm finding a bit disorienting about Openvibe is when I comment on a post, then return to the feed, that original post disappeared (aka went to the top) because I added a comment
I get why, but I lose track of where I was in the feed when I go back 🤔

2024-07-14 20:51:03

so this is why content filters and RSS feeds come in clutch 🤷‍♂️
if I want the news, I go to my RSS app, otherwise content filters will mostly catch it from my social feeds

2024-07-12 15:18:45

planning a wedding, a day job, and freelancing is too much these days.. I need a vacation 🥵

2024-07-11 22:00:39

I've been looking into setting up a small aquarium in the apartment to add something different to the space
found this nice column style tank that I think fits our vibe https://nostrcheck.me/media/bf3b785a0b57a64a54c0672737b5799fc7f981e1ca52d91ce1c01cdb248d8761/8e8e40d49d88b5b0f8e31e842c5bafeb5368387a52d58b750758c49fff60ed9e.webp

2024-07-11 20:39:14

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wow.. that was actually awful spectating smh.. not a single memorable thing was captured #WSOW #CallOfDuty

2024-07-11 20:32:03

whoever is controlling the POV for the #WSOW is really not doing a good job covering this last game smh.. not even focusing on where the action is 🤦‍♂️ brutal stuff

2024-07-11 18:29:28

can we stop calling them company demos and start calling them sales pitches already

2024-07-11 17:36:50

company requires I reset my password.. MS Teams freaks out and won't let me log back in
ahh corporate IT hardware 😅

2024-07-10 21:30:12

it'd be pretty sweet if the iPad version of Openvibe had multiple columns for each network to utilize all the screen real estate
I could see how that could get complicated fast though with refreshing multiple networks simultaneously 🤔

2024-07-10 15:59:51

man.. was trying to verify my account on my own domain here but because I built my site on Webflow I can't add files to the .well-known folder
guess I'm going to need to look into a reverse proxy setup just to make that happen from what I've been seeing in the forums 🤦‍♂️

2024-07-10 15:20:55

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so looks like YouTube has made changes that are breaking 3rd party apps, someone already logged an issue on the NewPipe Github 🤷‍♂️
https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/11255

2024-07-10 15:01:34

so is NewPipe on Android not working for anyone else lately? did I miss something

2024-07-10 03:59:13

a few hours with openvibe and I'm digging it
if only there was a an icon displayed to quickly know in the main feed what network a post is from
lots of potential here 👀 stoked for the Threads integration too

2024-07-10 03:31:13

finally got my wedding website finished, invites got sent out, and now the RSVPs are starting to roll in 😬
had a bit of a scare last night when Docker stopped working on the server hosting the backend (was up till 4:30a fixing it 😭) but it's all good and operational thankfully
time to breathe a sigh of relief finally

2024-07-10 02:19:09

hello Nostr! I'm still trying to figure this thing out 🤔