Last week I’d mentioned I was taking part in a 5-day fast. That went from Monday the 25th to Friday the 29th of August. I never really explained why I would do such a thing, but it really just boils down to “I wanted to see if I could do it.” I did a 3-day fast back in 2022, and figured I could extend it a bit to five days since I felt basically OK on the beginning of day four.
Boy have I not posted in a while. As excuses go, I actually have a pretty good one for once: I’ve been swamped in being ridiculously productive. The best part about it is that it’s been so fun I don’t even mind. And to think it all started when I finished a video game.
Beginning the Expedition I think this deserves a bit of backstory. I completed a game called Expedition 33 back in June, and it was so good I played through it a second time in New Game+.
I may finally have some respite from my hectic schedule full of flying all over the continental United States. On the other hand, I’m typing this very post from the airport, so perhaps not? The yearly EdgeFest company event was the last item on my itinerary after several conferences, and let’s just say the return trip is an ongoing dumpster fire.
EdgeFest itself was long, because the team that works on the Spock extension decided to get together and get some actual work done before festivities and other requisite meetings.
I’ve finally gotten tired of maintaining my own mail server. I’ve been maintaining it since 1999 in one way or another, and I think it’s just time to take it behind the shed and put it out of my misery.
As to how I reached this decision and what I intend to do about it, well… that’s a story.
This year has gotten off to an utterly ridiculous start. Now that I’m working with pgEdge, they’re encouraging me to submit to every possible conference that will have me. So I have. In addition to that, there are a few company events which require travel, so I’m globe-trotting for those too.
All in all, this is what my schedule looks like this year so far:
Feb 3-7 - Spock developer symposium in Alexandria March 5-8 - Presenting What’s our Vector, Victor?
