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date: '2020-01-18'
subtitle: 'New year...new stuff?'
title: Status update
url: '2020-01-18'
---

It's only been a two weeks since I got back to campus, and we've
*already* got our first round of cycle tests starting this Tuesday.
Granted, I returned a week late, but...that's nuts!

We're two whole weeks into 2020; I should've been working on something
status update worthy, right? Not really, but we'll see.

No more Cloudflare!
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Yep. If you weren't aware---pre-2020 this site was behind Cloudflare SSL
and their DNS. I have since migrated off it to [he.net](https://he.net),
thanks to highly upvoted Lobste.rs comment. Because of this switch, I
infact, learnt a ton about DNS.

Migrating to HE was very painless, but I did have to research a lot
about PTR records---Cloudflare kinda dumbs it down. In my case, I had to
rename my DigitalOcean VPS instance to the FQDN, which then
automagically created a PTR record at DO's end.

I dropped icyrc
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The IRC client I was working on during the end of last
December--early-January? Yeah, I lost interest. Apparently writing C and
ncurses isn't very fun or stimulating.

This also means I'm back on weechat. Until I find another client that
plays well with ZNC, that is.

KISS stuff
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I now maintain two new packages in the KISS community repository---2bwm
and aerc! The KISS package system is stupid simple to work with.
Creating packages has never been easier.

[icyphox.sh/friends](/friends)
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Did you notice that yet? I've been curating a list of people I know IRL
and online, and linking to their online presence. This is like a webring
of sorts, and promotes inter-site traffic---making the web more "web"
again.

If you know me, feel free to [hit me up](/about#contact) and I'll link
your site too! My apologies if I've forgotten your name.

Patreon!
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Is this big news? I dunno, but yes---I now have a Patreon. I figured I'd
cash in on the newfound traffic my site's been getting. There won't be
any exclusive content or any tiers or whatever. Nothing will change.
Just a place for y'all to toss me some \$\$\$ if you wish to do so. ;)

Oh, and it's at [patreon.com/icyphox](https://patreon.com/icyphox).

Misc.
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The Stormlight Archive is likely the *best* epic I have ever read till
date. I'm still not done yet; about 500 odd pages to go as of this
writing. But wow, Brandon really does know how to build worlds and magic
systems. I cannot wait to read all about the
[cosmere](https://coppermind.net/wiki/Cosmere).

I have also been working out for the past month or so. I can see them
gainzzz. I plan to keep track of my progress, I just don't know how to
quantify it. Perhaps I'll log the number of reps × sets I do each time,
and with what weights. I can then look back to see if either the weights
have increased since, or the number of reps × sets have. If you know of
a better way to quantify progress, let me know! I'm pretty new to this.