Luke

It FINALLY happened.

A player used silvery barbs to try and save another from a deadly attack and I rerolled into a crit lmao. 💀

The ensuing chaos was ✨delightful✨

#dnd #silverywompwomp

Naturally the file transfer completes immediately after I bitch about it.

Another observer effect.

Fairly certain that TFTP actually transfers slower when observed.

Glenelg Beach 🌊

On a related note the @cables2clouds.com fortnightly news segment is amazing for folks who don’t live in cloud environments but occasionally get asked to help cloud projects or pieces of work out.

Spending time to learn concepts and develop skills instead of chasing minimal viable knowledge for a cert exam pays off so much in the long term.

E.g.: Spent a lot of time on AWS and terraform concepts in late 2021. Most of it’s coming back after a day of labbing & reading impact of new features.

In 2025 I am communicating my attitude towards people via the Stardew Valley fortune teller system.

Been a good person and not annoying?

The spirits are very happy today!

Grating or on my nerves?

The spirits are very displeased today. They will do their best to make your life difficult.

I rebuilt the blog this week and am writing again 😄

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#blog #networking #tech

Passed the #F5 101 Application Delivery Fundamentals exam today. 🎉

Raspberry Pi 5 kit arrived.

It’ll be used as the Lab DNS and Certificate Authority for the management network. 🛠️🤖

I tried to dig up my 2025 new-year-resolutions.live but all I got was NXDOMAIN. 😭

If I had a nickel for every time folks in the tech community publish a highly specific book I need for an ultra niche project at work, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it has happened twice.

Congrats on the release of your new book @thecloudmane.com, @densem0de.bsky.social and @carpe-dmvpn.com! 🎉

Looking forward to reading it as I prepare for a cloud project that I just got assigned to ☺️

Ten days of VMware vSphere training back-to-back was super fun but has also left my final brain cell struggling hard… 🫠

There’s a space on my bookshelf eagerly awaiting the final product. 😁

Super keen to see what you three fine gents have cooked up!

Found my Japanese manga collection today from when I was a highschool exchange student in Adachi… fond memories.

Perfect for improving my reading as they’ve got furigana everywhere. 😁

What a TGA stream…!

• Stoked about Astrobot winning GOTY at the game awards. Captured that special feeling I had as a kiddo when I first played Super Mario 64. 🏆

• Seeing the legend @amirsatvat.com take home the first TGA Game Changer Award. 👾

• Swen Vinccke’s speech 👀

• Statler & Waldorf 👴🏻🔥

*opening theme intensifies*

Fond memories of that raid tier. 😁

#Wicked was absolutely phenomenal, it’ll be a crime if they don’t release a karaoke screening of it in my local theatres.

I do love the data I get out of #wrapped every year. Behold four years of #podcast trends.

Top 3 tech podcast discoveries this year were:
• Breaking the Internet
• Cloud Gambit
• Network Automation Nerds

2021 = turquoise, 2022 = orange, 2023 = gold, 2024 = light blue

A picture illustrating Spotify wrapped with top 5 songs in the following order. Number 1. Dalentarth from the Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning soundtrack by Grant Kirkhope. Number 2. Alabastra from the Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning soundtrack by Grant Kirkhope. Number 3. Valley of the Seven Rivers (feat Merethe Soltvedt) by Eternal Eclipse. Number 4. Raphael’s Final Act/The Power from the Baldurs Gate 3 soundtrack covered by Freya Catherine and Jack Victor. Number 5. Answers from the Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn Soundtrack covered by Skar, Kristin Starkey, Myuu, Bard ov Asgard and Ariah.

No one warned me what being a #dm obsessed with curating music for your sessions does to your #spotify wrapped lmao.

Maybe next year I’ll create a separate account 😅

Thanks! I’ve had it since 2020.

Thanks!

Reemerging on the socials and wasn’t too keen on using the dumpster fire platform. 🫠

hello world…?