Travis Owen @devrandom@hackers.town
Wannabe programmer. Husband to my wife and father to twin toddlers. SCCM Administrator and IT Specialist by day… Linux, OpenBSD and Video Game lover by night!
My job was extended for a few more weeks but it sure is tough saying goodbye to so many other talented people.
Back to work after about a week's vacation. A 10-hour drive with toddlers is NOT recommended.
Especially on the last day of a long weekend. We lost at least an hour driving about 10-20km/h on a long section of the Crowsnest Pass on Highway 3. No accidents or Police stops… just people driving their RVs really, REALLY slow.
Solid first day of vacation. Didn’t get everything on the list done but enough. Tomorrow begins our third annual journey to take the kids to see their great grandmother.
Bonus that it’s in Nelson, BC one of my favourite places in the world.
We got kids in baby prisons but people on Twitter are picking on WeRateDogs for goofing up and whitewashing some dog's name. Priorities, people. Whatever happened to fair and measured responses to things where the punishment actually fits the crime? People, even the most well meaning, are being turned into demons by their addiction to outrage. Simply being outraged doesn't make you a good person.
First Dimebag now Vinnie. Both gone far too soon.
Even the sun shines on a dog's ass some days.
Employment extended by a month. Maybe longer but at least a month. Now to try and pull myself out of this funk and try and find a tech job in a city where there really aren't any right now.
why isn't there a Canadian instance called moosetodon
Couldn’t ask for a better day for grilling.
!!! My Timeline is working on hackers.town again! This makes me extremely happy.
Hmmm I wonder how my wife would feel about me tying up the landline to host a BBS old school style.
Sundays with twin toddlers are $DEITY’s way of making sure you are actually looking forward to going back to work on Monday.
I want to make an iPad jigsaw puzzle game where randomly there’s a missing puzzle piece like in real life. Only on my game you could get that piece back with an in-app purchase (I’m not a complete monster.)
Bought Minecraft for the Nintendo Switch. Minecraft with a console controller feels so difficult and clunky but slowly I’m getting the hang of it.
Today I got the privilege of training the people my company has outsourced my job to. How was your day?
TFW: you are jumping over lava in #minecraft and the window temporarily freezes at the exact same time. Just about gives me heart failure every time.
Writing a condolence message for a co-worker who lost his 6 year old son on Friday is no doubt, up there as one of the most difficult things I've ever had to write.
Nothing you can write is adequate, and I can only imagine how inconsolable I would be with the loss of one of my own children.
After a few weeks of use my impression of the Nintendo Switch is that it's decent but Nintendo is still missing the mark in some key areas.
1. Once again they launched with an underwhelming line-up. This is improving a little. And Skyrim in my hands is pretty awesome.
2. They say video is not their primary focus, but maybe it should be. It should already have Netflix, YouTube and Plex apps and maybe a few more. The less I have to switch between devices the more likely I am to use it.
Have kids you should. Rewarding it will be…
Oh and my parents surprised me with a Nintendo Switch for my birthday. Yes I’m about to turn 41 and am excited about getting a Nintendo console for my birthday. 😝
