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 2template:
 3title: Status update
 4subtitle: New year…new stuff?
 5date: 2020-01-18
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 7
 8It's only been a two weeks since I got back to campus, and we've
 9_already_ got our first round of cycle tests starting this Tuesday.
10Granted, I returned a week late, but...that's nuts!
11
12We're two whole weeks into 2020; I should've been working on something
13status update worthy, right? Not really, but we'll see.
14
15## No more Cloudflare!
16
17Yep. If you weren't aware---pre-2020 this site was behind Cloudflare
18SSL and their DNS. I have since migrated off it to
19[he.net](https://he.net), thanks to highly upvoted Lobste.rs comment.
20Because of this switch, I infact, learnt a ton about DNS.
21
22Migrating to HE was very painless, but I did have to research a lot
23about PTR records---Cloudflare kinda dumbs it down. In my case, I had to
24rename my DigitalOcean VPS instance to the FQDN, which then
25automagically created a PTR record at DO's end.
26
27## I dropped icyrc
28
29The IRC client I was working on during the end of last
30December--early-January? Yeah, I lost interest. Apparently writing C and
31ncurses isn't very fun or stimulating.
32
33This also means I'm back on weechat. Until I find another client that
34plays well with ZNC, that is.
35
36## KISS stuff
37
38I now maintain two new packages in the KISS community repository---2bwm
39and aerc! The KISS package system is stupid simple to work with. Creating
40packages has never been easier.
41
42## [icyphox.sh/friends](/friends)
43
44Did you notice that yet? I've been curating a list of people I know IRL
45and online, and linking to their online presence. This is like a webring
46of sorts, and promotes inter-site traffic---making the web more "web"
47again.
48
49If you know me, feel free to [hit me up](/about#contact) and I'll link
50your site too! My apologies if I've forgotten your name.
51
52## Patreon!
53
54Is this big news? I dunno, but yes---I now have a Patreon. I figured I'd
55cash in on the newfound traffic my site's been getting. There won't be
56any exclusive content or any tiers or whatever. Nothing will change.
57Just a place for y'all to toss me some $$$ if you wish to do so. ;)
58
59Oh, and it's at [patreon.com/icyphox](https://patreon.com/icyphox).
60
61## Misc.
62
63The Stormlight Archive is likely the _best_ epic I have ever read till
64date. I'm still not done yet; about 500 odd pages to go as of this
65writing. But wow, Brandon really does know how to build worlds and magic
66systems. I cannot wait to read all about the
67[cosmere](https://coppermind.net/wiki/Cosmere).
68
69I have also been working out for the past month or so. I can see them
70gainzzz. I plan to keep track of my progress, I just don't know how to
71quantify it. Perhaps I'll log the number of reps × sets I do each time,
72and with what weights. I can then look back to see if either the weights
73have increased since, or the number of reps × sets have. If you know of
74a better way to quantify progress, let me know! I'm pretty new to this.