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My Hospital Gaming Rig: allthingsdork.com

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Back in the hospital. Can’t seem to catch a break. This time it’s (most likely) Shingles. SHINGLES!?!? Some of the doctors aren’t convinced it is though. We’ll see how the biopsy goes.

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I’m starting to look like a wild man.

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Virtual Tabletop Gaming is Better Than Not Gaming: allthingsdork.com

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - I'm not sold: allthingsdork.com

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Steroid Timing is Getting Better: allthingsdork.com

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It’s also amazing just how annoyed I am by different charging ports now. Having the majority of my stuff be USB-C is a game changer. But now I’m looking at these AirPod Pros with great distain because they’re lightening. Do I really want to drop $250 just for USB-C? (Yes. The answers is yes)

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Hard part with the current health schedule is managing steroids and its insomnia impact. Weird waking hours, which I think is mostly dependent on when I’m remembering to take them. Tonight seemed to go a little better though. If I don’t get sleepy soon I’ll just have to fire up Expedition 33.

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How Quickly Things Change -- Health Update: allthingsdork.com

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My wife came by the hospital today and gave me a haircut, helped me shower, and gave me a mini spa treatment. When you look better, you feel better. 😀

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Health Update \"\" : allthingsdork.com

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Oooh I crushed it today!

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Daily Walkoff ⚾️\nCubs #258

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“7th Year Stretch”\n🟢🟢🟢🟢🚀

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dailywalkoff.com

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Sinners, 2025 - ★★★★: allthingsdork.com

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Sinners, 2025 - ★★★★: allthingsdork.com

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New game I discovered from a fellow micro.blog user

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Daily Walkoff ⚾️\nCubs #254

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“Happy Moms Day!”\n🟡🟡🟢🟢\n🟢🟢🟢🟢🚀

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dailywalkoff.com

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@nsmug I’ll have to check this out. I need to start reading more Trek books leading up to a convention I’m going to in November. Set the mood. 🤣

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Ready Player One, 2018 - ★★★★★ (contains spoilers): allthingsdork.com

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Ready Player One, 2018 - ★★★★★ (contains spoilers): allthingsdork.com

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We’re both a little under the weather so my son and I are playing a “friendly” game of Memoir 44.

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Chatbots and the Danger to Children: allthingsdork.com

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Recently learned that our neighborhood school is the most overcrowded school in the CPS school district. Capacity is at 154%. So that’s nice.

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www.illinoispolicy.org/policy-sh…

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My plan to see Sinners failed spectacularly. I totally spaced that I had Cubs tickets tonight. But on the plus side, they won. Took Xander and his friend from school, which was also fun and special to watch. I’ll try my hand at Sinners again sometime this week.

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@allthingsdork.com Bluesky doesn’t like the embed shortcuts from Hugo. youtu.be/V6EZINgkv8I?…

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Went with Ella to the new Harry Potter store in Chicago. She was in absolute heaven.

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Murder Mystery 2, 2023 - ★★: allthingsdork.com

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Murder Mystery 2, 2023 - ★★: allthingsdork.com

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@allthingsdork.com With varying degrees of installation ease. Sometimes it’s dropping a file in a folder. Sometimes it’s compiling code. Turns out my problem was I needed to uninstall and re-install Xcode to have a proper C++17 filesystem library installation. I shouldn’t be too excited. It’s still compiling….

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One of my favorite parts of using VIM is spending hours researching and fixing compiler errors for a plugin.

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@trekkieb47.bsky.social Have you ever been to the Trekconderoga conventions? They’re small, but incredibly charming. The Star Trek set tours are usually included with the ticket price. startrektour.com/product-cate…

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@allthingsdork.com Turns out you get to keep the cups. Softens the blow a little bit.

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@matty.wtf Yeah. That’s happening. Pineapple upside down cake is. My. JAM!

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@jennschiffer.com Well congrats on the milestone! I know how big of an accomplishment that is. ❤️

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@matty.wtf Love that my dude. My gang does something similar with our annual board game trip. Keep those traditions! So hard for men to make and maintain friendships in adulthood. Enjoy! Expecting to see some photos at some point!

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@nsmug Agreed! I started writing documents while I drive. I can’t ship them as-is but it’s a great starting point where when I get to a computer I just do a little bit of cleanup and BOOM!

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@hankgreen.bsky.social I was a skeptic for awhile. Then I started using them for low risk, time saving tasks. Then slowly moved into using them to help with more strategic tasks. Then, simple code generation. Would I use it to program an elevator? No. But to parse my vendor bills and produce a CSV file? Absolutely.

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@dansinker still amazes me that there are people who still believe there’s a strategy.

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@allthingsdork.com Well, +1 on the wishlist count!

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@darkandnerdy.bsky.social Thank you. Getting easier each day.

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@jensantarelli.bsky.social Don’t they? I’ve seen the tiny orange microphone icon in the Dynamic Island. I don’t know if that’s something a developer opts-in to or if it’s a system level implementation though.

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@hankgreen.bsky.social Don’t know you, but I’m excited, overjoyed, and elated for you. Congrats!!

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@darkandnerdy.bsky.social Weird. My micro.blog cross post didn’t share the YouTube link on Bluesky. youtu.be/XjzAPUK867k?…

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@darkandnerdy.bsky.social Thank you! ❤️

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@localcelebrity.bsky.social I’ve also gone back to RSS feeds and I love it! I post to allthingsdork.com but it does a lot of cross-posting to other sites too. So you might see it twice.

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@darkandnerdy.bsky.social Even weirder the photo attachment didn’t come through.

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@localcelebrity.bsky.social Ahh. I knew it looked familiar. 😂 Always on the look out for a good slice.

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@localcelebrity.bsky.social But I need to know more about that pizza slice.

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@matty.wtf Sounds like the Wired folks are preparing for a RTO announcement. 😂

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@matty.wtf Yoooo! I saw that post and was like “whhhaaaaaattt?” Being respectful and supportive of a group of people is a red flag. You might have compassion! People are bugging.

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