The Week #184

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  • 🌐 IPv4 addresses are a scare resource. As more and more devices are connecting to the internet there aren't enough addresses to go around. Fly.io, the hosting platform I use for my site and sunbottle , had a bit of a kurfuffle where they started charging $2/month for dedicated ip addresses without telling their customers. As dedicated IPv4 addresses were the default for all new apps, this resulted in a bit of a surprise, especially people who had multiple apps.

    Thankfully, they did the right thing and held off billing, emailed customers, and linked to a post for how to switch to a shared ip address. I migrated both of my apps to a shared ip address, so I won't be affected by their new charges.
  • 🎶 As I mentioned in Reclaim your music collection ✊, I bought an iPod classic. Once I get it setup and running, I think I'm going to pare down my Apple subscriptions. Right now I'm on the Apple One which has everything, but the cost is about $40 USD / month. I got it because we needed more storage, was using AppleMusic, watching Ted Lasso and wanted to give Fitness+ try...but I haven't watched anything on AppleTV+ in about 6 months, runs using Fitness+ have been frustrating with sync / start, and I plan to reclaim my music collection. This should bring my total cost down to $10 / month (just for storage).

    While the iPod arrived, the hard drive is/was toast. The listing didn't call that out but it said "think of it as junk". Bummer as I was looking forward to using it a bit before putting an sd card kit / changing the battery. The parts should arrive today, tune in next week to see how that surgery went.
  • 🏔️ With the remove-Turbo branch merged, I'm trying to focus more on small features and tweaks to keep momentum. This week I made it so you can click on the photos on the top page and a larger version will pop up in a modal.
  • 🚗 While driving back from the in-law's house, Leo dropped a marble in the car. It promptly fell between the seats where the seat belt clip sticks out. Wanting his marble, he immediately started digging for it and promptly got his arm stuck and screaming. Naturally this occurred when I was stuck at a light and not somewhere where I could turn around / off to the side. A few minutes later I was able to pull off into a neighborhood and inspect and free his arm...no damage done and I hope he won't be doing that again.
  • 🏃‍♂️ One of my main motivators when I started running on/off again before Leo was born was that I wanted to be a good example. I wanted him to see his dad trying to take care of his health. Maybe, just maybe, it would rub off and he'd grow up different than I did. I thought Leo didn't like running, he said as much to his classmates when preparing for sports day earlier this year.

    Imagine my surprise when, out of the blue, he said he likes running and wanted to join me(!). So I laced up and we ran 0.5km to the local park. Even that short run (with 2 short breaks) with him was a lot of fun. I hope we get to run more together in the future. My efforts seem to be paying off.
    Warming up with Leo
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