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!

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    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?

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      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.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        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.

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    4·
    7 days ago

    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.
  • ace_garp@lemmy.world
    4·
    7 days ago

    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

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      That’s pretty cool! I had no idea one could play board games online. Thank you for the suggestions too!

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      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 ☺️

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I’m not too much of a gamer. I really only play COD Mobile these days. That game looks pretty cool though.

  • Eiri@lemmy.ca
    3·
    7 days ago

    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.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      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!

  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Download and play the free demo of Factorio

    If you have a desktop computer with a somewhat modern graphics card you can give an hour or two trying to install kobold.cpp and a local large language model.

    You can give your feet a good scrub down in hot water mixed with Epson salt and whatever fancy oils or nice smelling scents you want to throw in.

    You can cook a big meal.

    You can sort your kitchen and pantry out throw away the old fridge bad food stuff.

    You can do some art. You can play a single player pen and paper game like Delve or a classic puzzle like sedoku