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 2template:
 3title: Status update
 4subtitle: New year…new stuff?
 5date: 2020-01-18
 6url: 2020-01-18
 7---
 8
 9It's only been a two weeks since I got back to campus, and we've
10_already_ got our first round of cycle tests starting this Tuesday.
11Granted, I returned a week late, but...that's nuts!
12
13We're two whole weeks into 2020; I should've been working on something
14status update worthy, right? Not really, but we'll see.
15
16## No more Cloudflare!
17
18Yep. If you weren't aware -- pre-2020 this site was behind Cloudflare
19SSL and their DNS. I have since migrated off it to
20[he.net](https://he.net), thanks to highly upvoted Lobste.rs comment.
21Because of this switch, I infact, learnt a ton about DNS.
22
23Migrating to HE was very painless, but I did have to research a lot
24about PTR records -- Cloudflare kinda dumbs it down. In my case, I had to
25rename my DigitalOcean VPS instance to the FQDN, which then
26automagically created a PTR record at DO's end.
27
28## I dropped icyrc
29
30The IRC client I was working on during the end of last
31December--early-January? Yeah, I lost interest. Apparently writing C and
32ncurses isn't very fun or stimulating.
33
34This also means I'm back on weechat. Until I find another client that
35plays well with ZNC, that is.
36
37## KISS stuff
38
39I now maintain two new packages in the KISS community repository -- 2bwm
40and aerc! The KISS package system is stupid simple to work with. Creating
41packages has never been easier.
42
43## [icyphox.sh/friends](/friends)
44
45Did you notice that yet? I've been curating a list of people I know IRL
46and online, and linking to their online presence. This is like a webring
47of sorts, and promotes inter-site traffic -- making the web more "web"
48again.
49
50If you know me, feel free to [hit me up](/about#contact) and I'll link
51your site too! My apologies if I've forgotten your name.
52
53## Patreon!
54
55Is this big news? I dunno, but yes -- I now have a Patreon. I figured I'd
56cash in on the newfound traffic my site's been getting. There won't be
57any exclusive content or any tiers or whatever. Nothing will change.
58Just a place for y'all to toss me some $$$ if you wish to do so. ;)
59
60Oh, and it's at [patreon.com/icyphox](https://patreon.com/icyphox).
61
62## Misc.
63
64The Stormlight Archive is likely the _best_ epic I have ever read till
65date. I'm still not done yet; about 500 odd pages to go as of this
66writing. But wow, Brandon really does know how to build worlds and magic
67systems. I cannot wait to read all about the
68[cosmere](https://coppermind.net/wiki/Cosmere).
69
70I have also been working out for the past month or so. I can see them
71gainzzz. I plan to keep track of my progress, I just don't know how to
72quantify it. Perhaps I'll log the number of reps × sets I do each time,
73and with what weights. I can then look back to see if either the weights
74have increased since, or the number of reps × sets have. If you know of
75a better way to quantify progress, let me know! I'm pretty new to this.