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👋 network engineer building an off-grid home and reconnecting with nature
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🗣 Followers 9 · Following 4 · Logs 75 · Docked 9 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/@danrl/videos
on the weekend i build a sawhorse (aka sawbuck) so we can cut firewood. so many dead trees on our property, turning them into firewood for cozy evenings down the road. https://youtu.be/xaWsbzmvEkY
💬 0 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 3 months ago
turns out, the wife is a great tree cutter. she roamed our property and identified dead trees, cut them into smaller pieces, hauled them to our sawhorse, and made firewood. i was busy building a large wood rack to stack the influx of material. now she is tired :)
💬 0 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 3 months ago
once i helped installing a metal fence around a large meadow for an outdoor hacker camp (emf camp) “near” london. they provided me with a brand impact driver to do the job. the tool was extremely reliable and when i had to buy my first power tool years later i chose the same brand. and this is how i bought into the ecosystem. a trap! now all my tools and batteries are from the same vendor, no way out. it’s like the ios/android ecosystem but in real life. anyhow, i got myself a miter saw stand and did an unboxing video. the vendor should sponsor me, lol. https://youtu.be/LjtBPXD5oVg
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 months ago
i contributed to a book called "lan party" which is about the 90s/2000 era lan parties, before gaming went onto the internet forever. it looks like my contribution was chosen to be included in the final print, even a photo of mine might end up in the book. i might be in a history book! am i old now? how should i feel?
💬 5 Replies · 10 Thumbs · 3 months ago
the web is utterly broken. we can build a better one. one that provides value to people's life. one that connects people in a meaningful way. one that is quirky in nature, clunky to use, a place that delivers only what it needs to and then disappears into the background of our lifes. a people first information highway. not a brain-hacking, money-optimized, ad-ladden place to waste precious life hours.
💬 3 Replies · 1 Thumb · 3 months ago
i’m considering converting my blog to a gemlog first. with the option to render html, but maybe i won’t serve the web anymore. sounds like a big step. unsure what is best. certainly don’t look forward to running servers again… cloudflare pages (like netlify just different provider) is a great place to host static content. but don’t think they serve gemini. i want to avoid being single homed. that doesn’t sound right to the site reliability engineer that i am. ideas?
💬 2 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 3 months ago
every time i watch the latest serenity os update video on youtube i want to download, compile, and run the os immediately. it is so impressive what can be done by a small group of people who don't take "no" or "impossible" for an answer. we have to add gemini support to the browser, though, it would just be perfect! anyone else into serenity os?
💬 3 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 3 months ago
friday evenings are my new productivity spot. the unexpected power of being alone in the office and having no one ping me or send me emails. unfortunately, also no one there to review code changes.
💬 0 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 4 months ago
the big web is broken. wanted to read an article on my phone and all i got was this: http://bayimg.com/iabedaAbH good lord, what would we do without the small web.
💬 7 Replies · 5 Thumbs · 4 months ago
yesterday i was reminded that planning is good, but plans go puff quickly. arriving at our piece of land i was equipped to clear some branches that started growing into the road overhang. what i actually found was a dead tree that fell onto a different part of the road. so i spent most of the day turning the tree info handy pieces of firewood and stacked it up nearby. time flies and eventually my chainsaw ran thru all the batteries i had. it was such a please to deal with the curveball nature threw at me and be successful in that. buying this place creates challenges and satisfaction each weekend. big difference from the moving of bits and bytes during the week.
💬 1 Reply · 6 Thumbs · 4 months ago
another saturday in the mountains. we got the old tracked loader running. it made a nailing noise. i guess the injection needs to be looked after. it is scheduled to be sold off. the wife got herself a pro level weed eater and starting whacking the stuff out of existence. next week we are looking at creating burn piles. we also played powerball hoping to boost our construction budget up from 0. that, of course, didn’t work. as engineers we know that the odds are not in our favor but 10 bucks for hope seemed like a good deal.
💬 4 Replies · 1 Thumb · 4 months ago
there is this interesting space between prefab homes and on-site construction that is prefab walls and roofs to be assembled at the construction site that are customizable to great extend. electric, plumbing, shape of house, precision cuts, solar, even air tightness is an option. this space seem worth exploring. i want to do most construction work myself, otoh, i’d take a cnc routed and nailed wall any day over slowly building out in the open over weeks and months. tradeoffs and decisions!
💬 4 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 4 months ago
i brought my idea to charge a 4x4 electric vehicle via solar to my friend who is smarter than me. he did some quick math and it turns out what i was planning is quite a stretch. i would need a lot of buffer batteries in my (to be built) house to store a full car charge during the day (solar) and then transfer it overnight to the car (to be bought one day) good thing i don’t have money to do anything right now and start again from scratch. the solar only car charging idea gets too expensive given current prices and battery technologies.
💬 3 Replies · 1 Thumb · 4 months ago
we spent the day at the property we just bought. 12ac of vacant mountain forest. huge redwoods. i put up a mailbox and build a bench and a table out of old wood i found. the water pipe has a leak. well, leak is an understatement. it is basically broken. so we gotta run a new pipe. nothing went as planned and still it was a great day and i feel accomplished. back to nature!
💬 4 Replies · 6 Thumbs · 4 months ago
i need to tow a trailer with our car soon to get some building materials onto our nature mountain property. i installed a tow hitch receiver which was my first modification of a car ever. then time ran out and it got dark. i reassembled the car. next i have to disassemble the whole back of the car again to connect the wire harness. unfortunately i broke some decorative parts that are impossible to find in stock somewhere. so soon i can tow a trailer but the car looks broken from the outside. tradeoffs! in other news: the wife got poison oak while hanging out in our forest and the rashes are spreading. sorry to see her suffer.
💬 7 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 5 months ago
my wife spent a day in our little redwood grove in a hammock. she had a stressful week, too. welcome relaxation. at the end of the day she didn’t want to leave. nature is surprisingly powerful in calming is down. now we need to build a small shed or cabin in the clearing to be able to stay late some days. keeping mountain lions and other nocturnal wildlife apart from us. i am a bit scared of those. the country i grew up in wasn’t home to dangerous animals.
💬 2 Replies · 7 Thumbs · 5 months ago
omg it happened. my wife and i bought 10+ acres of beautiful redwood forest and some clearings. our own piece of nature. so much work now! and it seems to be buildable as well. so much to do! couldn’t be happier.
💬 3 Replies · 19 Thumbs · 5 months ago
company shut down my business unit. job and visa in limbo for a brief period. finalized land purchase. the past week was a rollercoaster ride par excellence. need a break. have a great weekend everyone!
💬 0 Replies · 1 Thumb · 5 months ago
it is happening. we will get our very own piece of nature. i made the initial deposit yesterday. first wire transfer in my life. i now know why ach (automated clearing house) exists. what middle ages process is wire transfer? this country continues to surprise me!
💬 1 Reply · 3 Thumbs · 5 months ago
i know some of you are following my journey back to nature. i have exciting news to share. my wife and i spent all day at the lot of land we like to buy in the mountains. together with the sellers we walked he property lines (the ones we were able to find, lol) und i cut some bush and dead trees to get to most corners of the lot. discovered a small redwood grove on the edge of the lot. it is so peaceful and beautiful. lots of small flat spots and little hideouts all over there. we agreed on a price. now preparing the paperwork.
💬 3 Replies · 11 Thumbs · 5 months ago
the big web get less usable by the day. just now i came across an article that had ads between paragraphs (so far so bad) but also overlayed over the images. at first i thought the author had forgot to add the images they were referring to in the text. then i discovered them beneath ads that i uad to remove by clicking on a tiny x in the corner. ads aside content were annoying, ads within content made me explore alternatives like gemini, ads on top of content will make me leave forever.
💬 1 Reply · 5 Thumbs · 5 months ago
i wanted to buy a plot of land in midst nature. trees, some open space for a cabin, a good view and the sound of the forest. well, the sellers moved a little. and i moved a little. and maybe this time we can make it happen! i should start a gemlog if it works out and share my journey. wdyt?
💬 2 Replies · 8 Thumbs · 5 months ago
we have some coffee making equipment at work that is not provides by our employer. hence it doesn’t fall under the regular cleaning regiment that keeps everything tidy in the office. a colleague cleaned our custom equipment because it was damn necessary. now the coffee tastes different. i liked the previous taste. should i worry?
💬 2 Replies · 1 Thumb · 6 months ago
met with the owner of the property i fancy so much. met on the property for negotiations and that went into the night. we’re closer to a deal now, but i had to stretch to go there. it is too early to be excited, but i feel like we are close to finding common ground. the sunset was unreal. so beautiful. and it is only one and a half hours away from where i live. maybe i do get my nature getaway after all? so exciting. there is wildlife though and i guess i should learn how to build a cabin.
💬 6 Replies · 3 Thumbs · 6 months ago
i have been trying to buy a small piece of land in midst nature for recreational use and relaxing. unfortunately, seller’s and buyer’s opinions about the actual value differ a bit. despite all goodwill and moving closer to their price, they won’t move. it was a really nice plot of forest with some open space intermixed. perfect to place a tent or even a small cabin one day. letting go is hard. the journey towards more nature time in my technology-focused life continues.
💬 2 Replies · 0 Thumbs · 6 months ago
sending warm greetings from a mountain cabin to the great station community. spent all day hiking with my wife in yosemite national park. saw chipmunks, interacted with squirrels, spotted a coyote and several birds i hadn’t seen before. we jumped into rivers and enjoyed the views from below and above mountains. spending time in nature is such a recharging experience. wishing everyone a great weekend and the opportunity to experience nature and peace as needed. 🐿 🌳 ☀️
💬 2 Replies · 9 Thumbs · 6 months ago
i ditched paypal. too many years of too many frustrations and always knowing when push comes to shove, they or their algorithms will screw me over without hesitation. deleting that felt good. delete from your life what you unhappy. can recommend.
💬 5 Replies · 6 Thumbs · 6 months ago
learned about the backrooms today. scary. afraid of noclipping now. i like this part of reality and don’t need to see the backrooms ever.
💬 4 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 6 months ago
out of curiosity started wearing a continuous glucose monitor (cgm). it can last up to two weeks before it has to be removed. I am three days in. so far, the readings were less exciting and volatile than i expected. i am basically at or around 100mg/dl all day, slightly below at night, with soft spikes to 130/140 after a meal but back to 100 within two hours of that. yesterday i ate a ton of chocolate and ice cream for science. still the spikes never left the green zone. amazing how well out body can regulate. insulin truly is a magic substance!
💬 5 Replies · 2 Thumbs · 7 months ago
anyone at defcon 30 this weekend? should we have a gemini meetup?