I’m off until at least 5 Feb due to a boxers fracture. I’m getting sick of TV and movies. Today I’ll clean my apartment, but even with my busted hand it will only take a couple of hours. I can’t really go anywhere as I need to save as much money as I can to cover for missed time at work.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
- Solve Rubik’s cubes
- Work on music production
- Sleep
Thing I probably should do:
- Continue to learn Swift
- Follow makeup tutorials
Lemmy, what would you do?
EDIT: Keep ‘em coming Lemmsters! I LOVE the suggestions, and can’t wait to give some of these a go!
You seem to feel like you should learn Swift, but don’t want to. If you’re looking for tech growth, but can’t get invigorated, maybe try a different direction?
Self-host a good first-app, like Nextcloud?
Watch build videos on Voron 3D printers?
Switch apps you can from the Play Store to Obtainium to prep for DeGoogling your life?
Make a server out of some old laptop?
Write scripts that automatically set up your PC when you reinstall?
Organize all your techy tools on a pegboard?
It’s been a goal of mine to create and finish an iOS app. I’m setting my sights pretty low right now. I’m just looking for the motivation to actually make something.
I’m interested in Docker as well. I’ve never been able to setup a container that actually works. I just got read up on it.
Rn I’m focusing on music.
Nice, all good options!
For iOS, I’d recommend Flutter, since that’s where the market is going, and they have good quick start guides.
For Docker, it changed my world. I taught someone in these steps, they used GPT to do each step individually, but were required to learn what each part of the compose file did as they went. They used WSL in Windows, but doing it via CLI is key.
- Use docker-compose to start an Alpine Linux container and Docker Exec into it
- Get the id of the container with Docker PS
- Add an environment variable of THIS set to 1
- Swap Alpine Linix for Nginx, and open 127.0.0.1:80 on it so you can visit it from local host
- Mount a folder on the local machine into the container as a volume with an index.html page so Nginx will serve that page
Getting those basics down one step at a time will make all the rest soooooo much easier.
You should play Factorio. Although there is a great risk you will never leave the house again.
Curious how you got on with the Rubik’s cube?
I love twisty puzzles. My fave is the Ghost Cube. That one takes me a couple 2-3 minutes to solve.
Hey that looks cool thanks.
Great username btw.
Thank you!
Not a huge use of time, but add fap to your list. Keep your head clear.
Not my thing, but thanks lol
Watch a bunch of history videos and become a nerd :3 Channel recommendations (from easiest to hardest to get into):
- Oversimplified: They recently released part 3 on the second Punic war and in general they are very funny. Good for entertainment with history thrown in.
- Extra History: They focus on historical accuracy and making longer series (but shorter videos), generally they focus on less talked about subjects. For example they recently finished a series on the Pazzi conspiracy and started one on Frederick II.
- The Cold War: They focus exclusively on the cold war and go into great detail. They recently made a video on the Georgian civil war.
- The Great War: Same as above but for WWI, they go into extreme detail. Very long videos and very historically accurate. They recently made a video on the German surrender.
- Real Time History: They focus on extreme accuracy to the point that they very often describe the battles exactly as they happened in real time (as the name implies). They recently made a video on Russias military strategy.
I could get down with that. I love history. Hardcore History got me into The Great War.
Playing boardgames online.
Yucata.de is a community built website, where you can play any of 211 boardgames online for free, with people from every country of the world.
Small games to start with:
Mountain Goats
Ali Baba
Balloon Cup
Chinagold
Hey, that’s my fish
Lemminge
That’s pretty cool! I had no idea one could play board games online. Thank you for the suggestions too!
Had a similar amount of time recently and rewatched the whole Buffy/Angel shows was quite a time killer. I remember doing similar with the stargate shows a few years back but yeah that’s like a couple of months time investment.
I recently rewatched Buffy as well, but I’ve never seen angel, is it as good as Buffy?
It’s ideally watched at the same time as Buffy from Buffy season 4 onwards because of crossovers but yeah it starts slowish but by the end the plot is really good actually to the point I think it’s a little better than Buffy.
But yeah I think both should be watched together as kind of a combined show.
My son and I have been watching The Office for the first time over the past few days. It’s nice that we have a new show that we both like.
Read all 40 Halo novels.
Enjoy yourself.
Today, I got my nails done, my eyebrows waxed and picked out an áo dài for the upcoming lunar new year. I suppose I did enjoy myself ☺️
Banoffee pie is really easy to make. https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/banoffee-pie/
Looks yummy!
Learn to play cdda (it’s free and open source). Once you get the general flow of the game it’s a great experience.
aavak on YouTube has a bunch of playthroughs to get you familiar.
I’m not too much of a gamer. I really only play COD Mobile these days. That game looks pretty cool though.
play skyrim. it’ll make the 9 days feel like 9 hours
I’d try to use that time to study a language I’ve always wanted to speak.
I’d probably fail and do something utterly unproductive, but maybe you wouldn’t.
I’ve wanted to learn Vietnamese for a while now. I start and then kinda fall off after a few days. I might give it a go again. Good idea!
A 33 tome long book series can’t be finished in 9 days. Ascendance of a Bookworm is my favorite thing in the world right now.
Nice!
“Follow makeup tutorials” is pretty vague, do you have more specifics on what you’re aiming for with that? Part of why I ask if because I know that I can find the functionally infinite array of tutorials overwhelming, and if I don’t have a clear goal, I’ll end up burning out.
The other part of why I ask is because I’m curious about your style goals — what do you want to be able to do that you can’t currently do? Is this part of a larger endeavour to shape your style?
I haven’t done my makeup in so long. I’m re-learning basics rn. I just want to be able to have a natural look that I can put on in a reasonable amount of time. It’s Viet Lunar New Year this weekend, and I want to look nice. Specifically I want to work on contouring, as I have like no idea what I’m doing.
try running
