You know things are really bad when you get email after email from leadership with motivational stories and “Here’s what we’re doing” and “We’re taking this very seriously.” blerg.

Now that my personal projects and worries from January are fading into new (and good!) reality, my concerns revolve around the tomato in chief and the musky circus. Since I work for a large medical center and a university, these uncertain times affect my colleagues and me.

Some happiness, at last

After a refreshing walk in the new charming neighborhood, feelings of euphoria replace months of stress, leading to a productive evening unpacking.

The move is complete. New apartment. New neighborhood.

I have so many things to set up and many more to learn how to do here; I get stuck in mental loops of “I can’t do A before B, but that’s up to C, which comes with requirement D.” Oh well, getting there. Hey at least the internet is up!

It's too easy to get Windows 11 VM on Linux

I set up a Windows 11 virtual machine on my Linux Pop OS desktop with surprising ease. Here’s what I did:

Whoa, configuring a virtual machine on Linux was much easier than anticipated. Windows 11 is running smoother than it ever did. Nice! 🤓🖥️💪

Linux for games, Mac for work

My Thelio from System76 has become an automatic part of my workflow, and I can happily say that every game I have tried works.

A year ago, I started using Tiny Theme. I haven’t looked back since. I am wondering about Sumo though… maybe when I have time to tweak things again.

I watched the first two episodes of Silo, and I can’t wait to watch the others. I vaguely remember the books. It feels like what I was hoping out of Fallout so far. Good stuff. 📺

Sick today. It’s been on the verge of happening and I think last night I lost the fight by being out late in an event in the cold weather. Stress didn’t help much, but at least things are shaping up!