With the new job with UTAC, I now find myself commuting a few days a week, spending a couple of hours each day in my truck, give or take. Depending on the traffic, it is 10 hours of driving. While I am not complaining ( Right now) about the time spent, I am, however, finding myself listening to a LOT more music, podcasts, and audiobooks than I have in the past decade while working from home. ...
With recent changes that Mullvad had made to service, mainly removing their port forwarding, it was time to look for a replacement. I landed on the VPN service from Proton, which I had used their Free tier on multiple occasions in the past. I had been a fan of Proton for a long time ( Though I never could commit fully to using them, I still liked what they were doing.) so when it came to start looking they were on the top of my list. ...
About a month ago, I got strep throat from one of the kids and went to the doctor to get something for it. During my discussion with the doctor about being allergic to penicillin, I was likely not allergic to it at all/now. When I was diagnosed with it back in the early 1980s, they used a different delivery method for the antibiotic which was what I was more than likely allergic to, and not so much the penicillin. ...
Over the weekend, Nicole and I decided to clean out the garage, and in doing so, I fell through the attic stairs. Thankfully, I was fine for the most part; I scratched my leg on a nail, landed weirdly on my foot, and hit my back against one of the steps, but all in all, it could have been worse. Now to add replacing the attic stairs to my ever-growing project list… it’s always something. ...
The " vacation" is over! I accepted a role with UTAC as an IT System Administrator at their Northville, Michigan office. This will be a fun and exciting change from the world of Linux and Web Hosting,, which I have been immersed in for what seems like an eternity. Not only will the responsibilities change, but I will also now report to an office outside my home for part of the week. I am looking forward to the commute as I figure it will allow me to get caught up on some reading ( audiobooks), and this also gives me a reason to dust off my Spotify account and perhaps upgrade to the premium account again to avoid some commercials. The interactions with people face to face are also going to be a change from the previously random Zoom/Google Meet meetings that I was accustomed to as well! ...