Andrew Williams @nikdoof@mastodon.social

Seems I forgot some things, but lets express it through the medium of tags!

#boardgames #disney #nfl #texans #whisky #homelab #python #ansible #homeautomation #homeassistant #tildeverse #pubnix #retrogaming #gbc #etsyseller

Much like everyone else, due to the influx it might be time for a new #introduction

Hi, I’m Andy, a techie from the UK with a particular obsession with over engineering my home network setup. I operate dimension.sh (a tilde/pubnix), I’m a Disney parks fan, Texans fan, and when I get a spare moment I do a bit of wood working.

If your interested in my inane drivel feel free to throw a follow.

Finally, one day to spare.

My wife has received her conditional approval for Global Entry, I have not. To quote Ferris Buller “How’s that for being born under a bad sign”

I've got a 10 hour flight upcoming, trying to decide on the in-flight entertainment. Do I go classic with the GBC and Pokemon, or a 3DS and whatever I've got on there at the moment?

Excuse the undersized glass on the GBC, using a BennVenn Aioli and left the correct glass on the previous case 🤫

Still waiting on my Global Entry application to be processed, and we fly in just under two weeks. Crossing all my fingers and toes that it actually gets conditionally approved before we set off.

Anyone in the Fedi done this recently? We're quickly approaching 90 days and I'm wondering if its just normally this slow.

Ok, it was actually 5 years... wow time flies.

Sad day today, had to finish emptying out my storage unit that I had been using as my #woodworking shop for the past three or so years. Lots of memories but 'rona put its boot into the small business I was operating out of it.

@carbontwelve Please add me to American Football, Board Games, Devops, FLOSS, Gemini, Linux, Mac, OpenStreetMap, Productivity, Programming, Python, Retro Computing, Retro Gaming, Static Site Generators. #Trunk

Then again, not really unusual for #UKGamesExpo, every time we've spotted some company who feels they'll have mass appeal at a #boardgames event.

Now, if they did a game called "How to Steal an Election" and had it as a deep game of passing preferential state laws, buying officials, and running sleazy media campaigns... that would sell.

This feels like very lazy ragebait. In fact, they have another game called "Biden's Blunders". Not exactly the type of game you'd expect to launch at #UKGE

I mean, I’ve got a 150sqft storage unit I need to empty out by Tuesday, but sure making a automated fan is far more important 😅

Not the cleanest, but it’ll do for the moment. Just need to work out how to sense the current settings from the LEDs then work out the magic combination in #esphome to make it show up as a fan in #homeassistant

Wife: “Is that going to end up smart?”
Me: *looking through the electronics box for a ESP32* “Errrr… Maybe?”

I was up at 5am this morning with a lot of pent up energy, so what did I do? automate the publishing of my blog roll from #miniflux to a static #hugo site, with a #python script and Github Workflows

https://nikdoof.com/posts/2022/automating-a-blogroll-in-hugo/

Wendy is the most unlikeable character. Honestly don’t understand why Ruth wouldn’t of took her out as well.

Openreach had work scheduled outside my front door all bank holiday weekend. Thankfully they've setup, fixed it, and tore down all in 5 hours. Nothing like a long weekend to drive efficiency 😂