1   18 January, 2020
 2
 3Status update
 4
 5New year...new stuff?
 6
 7   It's only been a two weeks since I got back to campus, and we've
 8   already got our first round of cycle tests starting this Tuesday.
 9   Granted, I returned a week late, but...that's nuts!
10
11   We're two whole weeks into 2020; I should've been working on something
12   status update worthy, right? Not really, but we'll see.
13
14No more Cloudflare!
15
16   Yep. If you weren't aware -- pre-2020 this site was behind Cloudflare
17   SSL and their DNS. I have since migrated off it to [1]he.net, thanks to
18   highly upvoted Lobste.rs comment. Because of this switch, I infact,
19   learnt a ton about DNS.
20
21   Migrating to HE was very painless, but I did have to research a lot
22   about PTR records -- Cloudflare kinda dumbs it down. In my case, I had
23   to rename my DigitalOcean VPS instance to the FQDN, which then
24   automagically created a PTR record at DO's end.
25
26I dropped icyrc
27
28   The IRC client I was working on during the end of last
29   December--early-January? Yeah, I lost interest. Apparently writing C
30   and ncurses isn't very fun or stimulating.
31
32   This also means I'm back on weechat. Until I find another client that
33   plays well with ZNC, that is.
34
35KISS stuff
36
37   I now maintain two new packages in the KISS community repository --
38   2bwm and aerc! The KISS package system is stupid simple to work with.
39   Creating packages has never been easier.
40
41[2]icyphox.sh/friends
42
43   Did you notice that yet? I've been curating a list of people I know IRL
44   and online, and linking to their online presence. This is like a
45   webring of sorts, and promotes inter-site traffic -- making the web
46   more "web" again.
47
48   If you know me, feel free to [3]hit me up and I'll link your site too!
49   My apologies if I've forgotten your name.
50
51Patreon!
52
53   Is this big news? I dunno, but yes -- I now have a Patreon. I figured
54   I'd cash in on the newfound traffic my site's been getting. There won't
55   be any exclusive content or any tiers or whatever. Nothing will change.
56   Just a place for y'all to toss me some $$$ if you wish to do so. ;)
57
58   Oh, and it's at [4]patreon.com/icyphox.
59
60Misc.
61
62   The Stormlight Archive is likely the best epic I have ever read till
63   date. I'm still not done yet; about 500 odd pages to go as of this
64   writing. But wow, Brandon really does know how to build worlds and
65   magic systems. I cannot wait to read all about the [5]cosmere.
66
67   I have also been working out for the past month or so. I can see them
68   gainzzz. I plan to keep track of my progress, I just don't know how to
69   quantify it. Perhaps I'll log the number of reps � sets I do each time,
70   and with what weights. I can then look back to see if either the
71   weights have increased since, or the number of reps � sets have. If you
72   know of a better way to quantify progress, let me know! I'm pretty new
73   to this.
74
75References
76
77   1. https://he.net/
78   2. https://icyphox.sh/friends
79   3. https://icyphox.sh/about#contact
80   4. https://patreon.com/icyphox
81   5. https://coppermind.net/wiki/Cosmere