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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.3.3">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://www.theinternetvagabond.com/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://www.theinternetvagabond.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2024-08-25T20:59:46-05:00</updated><id>https://www.theinternetvagabond.com/feed.xml</id><title type="html">The Internet Vagabond</title><author><name>Bill Niblock</name></author><entry><title type="html">Automatic Backups with RClone, systemd, and Backblaze</title><link href="https://www.theinternetvagabond.com/2023/05/07/rclone-backups.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Automatic Backups with RClone, systemd, and Backblaze" /><published>2023-05-07T00:00:00-05:00</published><updated>2023-05-07T00:00:00-05:00</updated><id>https://www.theinternetvagabond.com/2023/05/07/rclone-backups</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://www.theinternetvagabond.com/2023/05/07/rclone-backups.html"><![CDATA[<h1 id="automatic-backups-with-rclone-systemd-and-backblaze">Automatic Backups with RClone, systemd, and Backblaze</h1>
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<article>
<h1 id="life-in-progress-as-of-2024-08-19">Life In Progress, as of 2024-08-19</h1>
<h1 id="life-in-progress-as-of-2024-09-24">Life In Progress, as of 2024-09-24</h1>
<ul>
<li>Learning <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpvJsqTMM">Stan Rogers’
<em>Bluenose</em></a> on mandolin and voice</li>
<li>Building a few games in the <a href="https://tic80.com">TIC-80 fantasy console</a></li>
<li>Deploying my own <a href="https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server/">“Pages” server</a></li>
<li>Building a Forgejo Action for deploying game builds to Itch.io using
<a href="https://itch.io/docs/butler/">butler</a></li>
<li>Building a custom WordPress Docker container that uses SQLite</li>
<li>Starting my own business</li>
<li>New hardware: laptop, phone, and NAS</li>
<li><strong>TWO</strong> game jams!</li>
<li>Finishing up Morrowind</li>
<li>SEAP/Self-Employment Progress</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="music">Music</h2>
<h2 id="new-hardware">New Hardware</h2>
<p>Adam and I continue our semi-weekly jam sessions! We’ve settled on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZVpvJsqTMM">Stan Rogers’
<em>Bluenose</em></a> for our first piece. I
normally pick up lyrics pretty quick, but this song eludes me. We worked on the
chord progression last week, and I’ve been actually practicing!</p>
<h3 id="framework-laptop">Framework Laptop</h3>
<h2 id="game-dev">Game Dev</h2>
<p>This new <a href="https://frame.work">Framework</a> is great! I’ve only had it for a few
weeks, but it is wonderful. I’ve been slowly sync’ing and migrating workflows
from my various existing options to it. Being able to work for multiple hours
without worrying about battery life is nice.</p>
<p>Still having a blast with <a href="https://tic80.com/">TIC-80</a>. I made a small farming
experiment game, to learn <a href="https://fennel-lang.org">Fennel</a> some more and also
nail-down some basic design principles. Some of the ideas in that experiment,
namely generating the map with a loop and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">mset</code> instead of using the built-in
map designer, gave me some insight for solving my darkness troubles in
Nightgolf. I’m still wrapping my head around it, but I think this will be a
solution.</p>
<p>Previously, the Chromebook I have was my go-to remote personal macine.
Considering its age, and the inherent limitations of a Chromebook, it served me
better than I ever could have hoped. However, I knew it’s time was drawing
near, and the Dell I got as part of my work severance was not going to cut it.
Considering I’m starting a business doing technology, I needed a reliable,
“all-day” machine with Linux. The ARM-based Macs are incredibly tempting, but
I am not a fan of Mac. I’ve been eyeing Framework for a bit now, and their
newest 13-inch model with AMD components checked enough of the boxen for me to
dive in.</p>
<p>The farming experiment game lives on
<a href="https://vagabondazulien.itch.io/farm-experiment-1">Itch.io</a> and the <a href="https://tic80.com/play?cart=3965">TIC-80
Webzone</a>.</p>
<h3 id="phone">Phone</h3>
<h2 id="tech-dev">Tech Dev</h2>
<p>For a while I’ve been eyeing Mint Mobile. In the US, they have a plan offering
unlimited text and talk, plus 5 GB of data, for $15 per month. I generally use
less than 1 GB of streaming data, so this seemed like a clearly better option
than the $30+ I was paying for Google Fi. When I decided to switch, they had an
incredible deal offering a Google Pixel 9 plus a year’s service for a great
price, so I not only switched carrier, I also snagged a new phone! I had a
Samsung S21, which was more than sufficient for my needs, so switching isn’t
quite as significant as with the laptop, but it’s still a nice new experience.
The OS and environment on the Pixel is much nicer than Samsung phones, so
that’s quite the plus!</p>
<p><a href="https://forgejo.org/">Forgejo</a> continues to be rewarding, and I’m looking
forward to expanding my deployment of it by deploying my own <a href="https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server/">“Pages”
server</a>. This will allow me to
deploy my static sites on my own infrastructure. I’m also working on an “Action”
for leveraging <a href="https://itch.io/docs/butler/">butler</a> to publish games I publish
the source code for from my Forge to Itch.io.</p>
<h3 id="nas">NAS</h3>
<p>In preparation for both my own use, and my business use, I need to learn more
about Nextcloud. I’m also working on building a custom WordPress Docker
container that relies on SQLite instead of MySQL.</p>
<p>I bought a 2-bay Synology NAS from a friend a few months ago, and with the
myriad other changes, decided to set it up proper. I setup
<a href="https://www.navidrome.org/">Navidrome</a> for audio, and <a href="https://jellyfin.org/">Jellyfin</a> for video. I had previously used Navidrome, then
switched to Jellyfin for both audio and video, but with the new phone comes a
return to form. I like <a href="https://gitlab.com/ultrasonic/ultrasonic">Ultrasonic</a>,
and Navidrome plays nicely with it.</p>
<p>Hovering about all this is backups and monitoring, both of which I sprinkle into
my learning voyage. I’m looking forward to writing up some documentation about
my implementation.</p>
<p>The other big additions with the NAS is more backup scripts, and also pulling
down some YouTube series I like for local copies. More details in a full post.</p>
<h2 id="entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</h2>
<h2 id="game-making">Game Making</h2>
<p>I’m happy to report I was accepted into New York’s Self-Employment Assistance
Program, <a href="https://dol.ny.gov/SEAP">SEAP</a>. I will be starting a business offering
managed online services, such as website design and deployment, personal cloud,
and email. I would like to offer these services to local small businesses and
not-for-profits. I think of it as “Silicon Valley experience” at reasonable,
local prices. I’m excited to dive into the parts I’m not very familiar with,
namely the business side of things. I have extensive technical experience and
mastery, but I lack any significant business experience.</p>
<p>Two game jams! One for the entire month of September, <a href="https://itch.io/jam/clone-jam-game-a-month">Clone
Jam</a>, and a
<a href="https://itch.io/jam/mini-jam-167-cyber">Mini-Jam</a>. For the Clone Jam, I was
working on building a ray-casting-based dungeon scavenger, similar to “Legend
of Grimrock”, but with less combat. However, while I have made great progress
understanding how ray-casting works, and how to implement it, I won’t have time
to finish such a game. That knowledge won’t go to waste, though! There’s a
game-jam at the end of October where I intend to make use of it. Instead, I’ll
be touching-up and submitting a clone of Minesweeper I made:
<a href="https://vagabondazulien.itch.io/ticsweeper">TICsweeper</a>.</p>
<h2 id="gaming">Gaming</h2>
<p>For the Mini-Jam, I decided to make a “runner” type game: you maneuver your
sprite to collect and/or avoid certain projectiles. I also made this game in
the <a href="https://tic80.com">TIC-80</a>. While I didn’t pull any all-nighters, focusing
on a single project for 72-hours with as little down-time as possible is still
quite exhausting! My submission was called
<a href="https://vagabondazulien.itch.io/runr">RUNR</a>. It ranked 48th out of 66
submissions, which is honestly disappointing, but not enough to demotivate me
from continuing my game-making journey!</p>
<p>I’ve started a new playthrough of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkest_Dungeon">Darkest
Dungeon</a>. It’s mildly
frustrating, but mostly fun. I have fun yelling at the game; it’s like stress
relief. I’ve been generally successful, but the Crimson Court has been very
rough to me. It is a game about challenges and loss, though, so nothing
unexpected.</p>
<h2 id="game-playing">Game Playing</h2>
<p>I’ve continued my play-through of
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundered">Sundered</a>, though have put it down for
a bit. I’m playing it on my Steam Deck using <a href="https://lutris.net/">Lutris</a>, and
it works very well. Lutris continues to impress me, and I want to try writing an
installer for a game.</p>
<p>I finally finished my play-through of Morrowind, and one of its two expansions,
Tribunal. (Note: before “DLC”, new game content for existing games was
distributed like the game itself, on a piece of data-storing media, such as a
CD. These were called “expansion packs.”) I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in
The Elder Scrolls III, and I definitely understand why many claim it as their
favorite. I will talk more about my experience in a full post, just like I did
for my recent Fallout 3 replay (I mean, just like I <em>will</em>. I <em>WILL!</em>)</p>
<h2 id="business-time">Business Time</h2>
<p>Alas, while game making and playing are great uses of my time, they do not get
me the resources I need to pay my bills. I continue to work on starting my own
business. I’ve met with two mentors, one business and one technology, to help
get me started and provide guidance. In fact, this week marks what I would
consider the proper beginning of my business. With some dedication, I’ll have
more exciting news to share about this next time!</p>
<h2 id="thats-all-for-now">That’s All For Now!</h2>
<p>I think the original intention of a “Now” page is to be less verbose, but I
find the monthly cadence of a somewhat comprehensive update to be more
appealing! Until next month!</p>
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