It's been a bit of time since I posted, so I think I should put a little
update. Lately it feels like everyone is going crazy, with stay at home
orders and social distancing, but strngely enough it seems to be
affecting me less than most, or at least in a different way. I keep
coming back to the thought that if I were still living as more or less a
shut-in and working from home like I used to, I would be doing amazingly
right now, but my life has moved in a much different direction. Most of
the time I think it's an improvement, being less isolated, but when
you're so close to people who are going crazier by the day, it's hard to
not have that feeling rubbed off onto you. I just hope there's some
stasis soon. But enough navel gazing.
I've taken to studying for the CompTIA A+ in my spare time, I'm thinking
that sometime when I'm able, I would like to work in a datacenter or in
some other IT related field. I watched a video following a nightshift
NOC engineer and that really got me thinking "maybe I could do this".
The material covered in the A+ cert is a wonderful combination of things
I already knew and things that I'm interested in knowing. My vaguely
defined plan is to go for the A+ and then start passively looking for
jobs while studying for the Network+, and maybe the Security+ to get the
trifecta; I'm not 100% sure that's what I will end up doing, but it's at
least some kind of direction to start moving.
I've been using Emacs a lot lately, specifically Doom Emacs, which has
just opened up a whole new world of exploration for me. I'm actually
posting this phlog entry from vshell in Emacs. Hand in hand with that
has been my further exploration into Gopher and Gemini spaces through
the Emacs extension Elpher, which I have been really enjoying. You
really can just do anything in Emacs. Maybe at some point I will set up
the old Raspberry Pi 3b+ that's collecting dust in my media center to
host some Gopher/Gemini/Finger content; I'd like to get involved with
the community in these spaces, and be more active in putting content up
or working on fun little projects. I really like the ethos of
gopherspace and its relatives.
Anyway, thank you for reading this little update, and have a wonderful
day.
