Starting with NextCloud I finally got myself a MiniPC. Installed Linux on it and then NextCloud AIO. It was a bit of a hassle to get the port forwarding as I wanted it. AIO is also a bit finicky if you give it some incorrect information. It doesn’t complain until you try to get everything setup and it simply doesn’t work. After the first few hurdles, I started tinkering with my shiny new NextCloud instance.

My mom and sister came again for a visit this year. This time they flew into Seattle. I went there to pick them up. Day 1 The vacation already started with some excitement. As you can see, there is no luggage. It didn’t make it to Seattle. This isn’t the first time they are flying, which meant they were prepared. The had some essentials in their carry. We headed to the hotel and afterwards down to the wharf.

I got myself a pfsense firewall and dedicated access points for my home network. I might do a seperate post about all that, but for now, only one thing is important. I configured OpenVPN on it to allow me to connect to my home network while on the go. I immediately wanted my phone to automatically connect with OpenVPN. I am not going through the detail on how to configure OpenVPN Connect.

Birthday weekend This year was a special birthday. J took me to Whistler for my birthday. Four days away. We had a lot of fun. The hotel room had a private hot tub. It was necessary after all the walking we did. It was really nice. On the way to Whistler I learned a lesson. If Google Maps tries to constantly get you off the highway, then check your route options.

Today is the day I deleted my old page. New beginnings. This means I now committed 100% to hugo. I have to say that I prefer the simplicity of it. That it is just static web pages. I also like that it is just plain files on my side. Makes it so much easier to move things around, find things and edit them. I don’t have to deal with a database or whatever limited things the software offers me.