Pay phone - black & white

I forgot these were still around

πŸ₯ For the second time in a month I was part of the β€œhow hard do you want us to work to keep you alive” conversation. My dad three weeks ago and the father-in-law tonight. Dad is recovering well, still early days for the father-in-law but seeing improvement.

πŸ₯ For the second time in a month I was part of the β€œhow hard do you want us to work to keep you alive” conversation. My dad three weeks ago and the father-in-law tonight. Dad is recovering well, still early days for the father-in-law but seeing improvement.

John Deere Z320M Z-Trak lawn mower

The old lawn tractor has been retired. Upgraded to the Z-trak, picked it up yesterday.

πŸ‘Ž Came to the realization the old lawn tractors grass cutting days are over.

πŸ‘Ž Came to the realization the old lawn tractors grass cutting days are over.

Currently reading: Shift by Hugh Howey πŸ“š

Finished reading: Wool by Hugh Howey πŸ“š

Heron standing on a rock in the ocean at sunset - black & white Heron standing on a rock in the ocean at sunset

Heron

Big Island school house converted to cottage - black & white

School House

🚜 Trying to fix the lawn tractor - it needs to last at least one more year!

🚜 Trying to fix the lawn tractor - it needs to last at least one more year!

Sunset through maple trees - black & white

Sunset

What I am using:

A work in progress documenting my devices and systems.

Mobile

  • iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • 256 GB
  • Deep Purple

Laptop

  • MacBook Air M1
  • Space grey
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 1 TB

Server

  • Mac mini M1
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 512 GB SSD
  • 24.5 TB DAS
  • PLEX
    • occasional “work from home” system

TV

  • TV 4K (1st gen)
  • TV HD

Watch

  • Apple Watch Ultra

iPad

  • iPad Mini WiFI+Cellular 1st generation
    • iOS 9.3.6
  • iPad 4th generation
    • iOS 10.3.3

Non Apple Servers

Home:

  • Raspberry PI 4 4GB:
    • Open Media Vault (Docker host)
      • AdGuard Home (primary)
  • HP 280 G2 SFF:
    • 8 GB RAM
    • 256GB SSD
    • 8 TB HD
    • Win 10
      • PLEX (Kids)
      • Time Machine
  • Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 SFF:
    • 8 GB RAM
    • 120 GB SSD
    • 8 TB HD
    • Open Media Vault (Docker host)
      • AdGuard Home (secondary)
      • Duplicati (testing)
      • Home assistant
      • JellyFin (testing)

Trailer:

  • Lenovo ThinkCentre M92p Micro:
    • 8 GB RAM
    • 512 GB SSD
    • Open Media Vault (Docker host)
      • AdGuard Home (primary)
      • Duplicati (testing)
      • PLEX
      • JellyFin (testing)

Bird perched on top of a power pole

Bird on a wire

🎲 The power is out. Time for a family game of Trivial Pursuit!

🎲 The power is out. Time for a family game of Trivial Pursuit!

Big Island point looking into Savage cove - black & white

Still

Spider in it’s web on an old-fashioned weigela

Spider

Raccoon at the corner of a country house

I may have figured out why the birdseed disappears so quickly!!

Graphically plotted temperature trend very much red (temperature increase) in the last decades

Temperature trend for Nova Scotia / Canada relative to the average of 1971-2000 from 1850 till 2022.

#ShowYourStripes

Picnic table

Picnic table

Any suggestions on registrars? Looks like I need to move a few domains.

Google Domains Shutting Down, Assets Sold to Squarespace initialcharge.net/2023/06/goog

Looking skyward past a communication and power lines

Lines

Two red Adirondack chair and a new outdoor rug in the corner of a deck with privacy panels

New update to the deck