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Happy #fursuitFriday! This right here is your HARD EVIDENCE that avali can be friends with horses! Thank you MayoNeighs for this shot! This has also been your #avali fact of the day! #fursuit #stl

Fixed 😋

PC is in a million pieces because it was and I quote "choking" on the AiO lol. I kept seeing funky little spikes, and decided "fuck it, we're redoing the cooling" Literally couldn't even play a regular game without seeing it spike the CPU temps, decided it was time for a refresh.

You can have all the flashy-blinky-bloopy toys you want, but you just can't buy your way to that dream job, can you? I got so wrapped up in the idea of creating this lab around my dream job, that I fenced myself off from reality. I don't do any of this at work, and yet here I am, still here...

Oh, you know it's going to be a good album when the track opens up with "Actually sir, I'm a puppy" Finally got around to listening to the early release tracks of @canofbliss.bsky.social's new album 👀

Taking my mind off the printer fiasco and focusing on something else right now: TendieDex revamp! I've been really meaning to take the time to rewrite the site in Tailwind and I finally got around to starting it. I'm also implementing some new features! Pricing and Ratings! Here's a teaser!

Update; parts didn't work, frustrating af.

My 3D-printer decided to have an "elephant's foot moment" and explode a couple of weeks ago. Finally got around to ordering a new hotend assembly, but just yikes lol. Gotta keep a better eye on my prints I suppose!

I did a thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-p_...

Annnnnd they're gone!

Put up some old gear for sale that I'm cycling out of my lab if anyone's interested 👀 Dual-NiC modded Dell Wyze 5070's, 16GB RAM, No HDD Various other odds n' ends, etc. www.ebay.com/usr/phoenixs...

I've decided once these are gone, I'm done building them! They're a bit time consuming when they come in, and running an eBay store can be a bit annoying at times. If the demand is there though... I've got one left, these sell fairly quick!

Air fryers are just easy-bake for adults.

At what point is it no longer "just for fun?" I had someone recently help me realize that my lab is starting to hit this 'criticality point' where it looks and feels like an actual business. multi-site, static IP blocks, RMM, email fully in-house, s2s VPN, power redundancy, 10+ domains, etc.

No, you can't eat that @mayoneighss.bsky.social! NO! WAIT STOP!!!

Went on a little "adventure" today with some locals on the MetroLink to Union Station in STL. Probably wound up in the news, who knows. 🤷‍♂️

These are done, and listed on eBay! www.ebay.com/itm/13642133... Get 'em while they're hot! Preconfigured w/OPNsense and ready to go! LTE + AC Wireless models!

feels, feels.

Ah shit, here we go again. I feel like the Walter White of hardware hacking over here lol.

I see ‘the book’ is making the rounds again lol.

go to help mom update office to latest ltsc: >opens screenconnect and remotes in uwot.jpeg

Friend of mine attuned me to ScreenConnect again, and man, it's exactly how I remember it lol. The whole "anti-customization thing" is kinda meh, but I'm running it on-prem, so it's whatever. Just a few workarounds.

Let's be clear, it's SHEPTEMBER not "sneptember" or whatever those feline creatures want you to believe.

I often wonder if the place I work is somewhere I truly consider 'home' based on the way I act, and how much I share with my colleagues. I put photos from cons on the wall, plushies are all over the place, and I wear my suit to work every year for Halloween. I suppose it really is a second home...

Update, this thing goes HARD. I made like 8 rounds of frozen margaritas last night during our house party. I've gotta try some new stuff, thinking frozen apple-juice slushies w/vodka or rum? Frozen peach wine??? 👀

Wow, those sold quick lol. I bought some more, and should have them up again on eBay shortly! Thanks!

This shit is legit lol

Won a thing at work 👀

Oops, got another one 😅

Update: This has become a regular duty for me at work now, I've been asked to do AV/Meeting AV services like 2 times now in the last week. Definitely going for that raise now EOY.

Fun-fact, the LTE-A radios and AC-wireless radios work in this w/OPNSense! Also, I'm selling two of these pre-modded for any of you fellow OPNsense adventurers on eBay! www.ebay.com/itm/13636836... ($45USD + $5 Ship) If I get enough interest on this, I'll make some more!

😎 - didn’t even have to open it up this time lol, too easy.

Back at it again 😅

Did this again with another firewall, had a Palo Alto ION 2000 laying around, and thought I'd have fun with it. github.com/PhoenixShepp... I hope I don't become "that guy" that just opnsense's all the things lol.

In case anyone else wanted to replicate this, I wrote up a guide on it. Probably cross-posting it to /r/OPNSense as well. 😎 github.com/PhoenixShepp...

This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever done lol.

These printer display sizes are getting ridiculous lol. This thing is like, the size of an iPhone 4s screen! (Apple Watch Ultra Series 2 for scale)

DANG that was FAST!

Today in "what doesn't Phoenix do at work?" Videography, and editing in Premier Pro! (I'm still just an IT guy LOL)

Fired up a Mastodon Instance to run alongside Bluesky. mastodon.gsheps.social Still gotta figure out how to setup dual-posting so that my posts get duplicated over. For now, I'm manually copying, but feel free to drop any self-hostable options.

Was considering flashing OpenWRT on my ER-X, and then suddenly... When did Ubiquiti do this!!??? community.ui.com/releases/Edg...

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Agreed! Not everyone had the childhood they deserve, mine was very muted, my parents were not very well off, and I struggled to make friends. Having a “second chance” at childhood really sparks joy, creativity, and passion into my life when I need it most. I’m so happy this is the path I chose.

Dusting off ‘ol faithful, I need her oncemore…

Tee-hee moment

Heyyyyy same!

Fursuit commissions are OPEN! Around 3 to 5 slots available, for completion over this fall and winter! Quote forms and pricing details available here: www.foxesinboxesfursuits.com/pricing

It's moments like these where I wish Bluesky had an edit button for typos lol.