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 Lately I've been up to:
- - Editing some goofy videos
- - Trying to finish making a few more songs before the end of the year
- - Livestreaming on this very site, jjv.sh, which forwards to twitch, youtube, etc. I play games, make [music](https://jjv.sh/music), write code, and have recently been trying out makeup. More info on the [home page](/)
+ - Getting back into making music
+ - Livestreaming on this very site, jjv.sh, which forwards to twitch, youtube, etc.
  - Working on a [bot](https://botbot.jjv.sh/) that aggregates live chat from twitch, youtube, etc. into one place, forwards commands for other bots between chats as needed, and even gives people nicknames and chats with them
- - Exploring the new Raspberry Pi Pico W, a $6 computer with wifi. I'm writing code for it to connect to OBS (live streaming software) to control actions by pushing buttons on a [macropad](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pico-rgb-keypad-base?variant=32369517166675). I have a [previous version](https://codeberg.org/johanvandegriff/StreamPico/) working, but that was before the Pico W came out, so it uses the Pico and a bluetooth module
- - Prototyping a handheld game for under $10, the [last one](https://jjv.sh/atinygame) was under $1 but was very limited. I have decided on the RP2040 for the processor, and for the display I am considering two options: a [Monochrome Nokia 5110](https://makertube.net/w/5DxLirHs9eaooD1pWh3rFy) and a [Color TFT](https://makertube.net/w/audk1EdKhM35AP83qrmwqf)
- - Surfing [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@johanv), since there are a lot of new users [for some reason](https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/) :]
- - pettin da [doggo](https://jjv.sh/lucy)
+ - Prototyping a handheld game for under $10, the [last one](https://jjv.sh/atinygame) was under $1 but was very limited. I have decided on the RP2040 for the processor, and I am investigating [a 128X64 I2C ST7567S display](https://www.tztstore.com/goods/show-7817.html)
+ - Surfing [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@johanv)
  - Working at my tech job
 
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@@ -6,16 +6,14 @@ My favorite movie is The Incredibles.
 My favorite color is <span style="color: blue">blue</span>. No, <span style="color: orange">orange</span>! No, <span style="color: purple">purple</span>! I'm indecisive...
 Within the span of May-June 2019, my phone, laptop, and tablet all broke. I switched to a flip phone and a crappy laptop for about a year until I was able to get a better laptop and a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/">PinePhone</a>.
 I used the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/">PinePhone</a> for about a year. It's open hardware and runs Linux (or almost any OS including Android or Windows, but why would you do that).
+My phone is the <a target="_blank" href="https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-4">Fairphone 4</a>, which is sustainable and repairable.
 I've never been outside the United States. I came close when my family visited Maine and almost stepped over to Canada, but it would have been an extra 2 hour drive, so we decided against it.
 My social security number is 015-68-3185. Just kidding! Or am I? Quick -- reload the page so no-one sees!
-My favorite operating systems are Manjaro (installed on my laptop), GrapheneOS (on my phone), QubesOS (on my desktop), Ubuntu (on my servers), Kali (on a virtual machine), and Raspbian (on my Raspberry Pi boards). You give me freedom of choice, and I choose multiple!
-Arch Linux was my valentine in 2016 (I installed it on Valentine's Day). I remember burning a CD and reading the Arch wiki to muddle my way through the install process. These days I am much lazier so I just install whatever works easiest.
 One of my favorite tabletop games is Dominion, a deck-building strategy game. I own the base set and 10 expansion boxes.
 When I was a baby, I turned <span style="color: orange">orange</span> because I ate too many carrots and sweet potatoes. It was... a UGE moment for me.
 I love to create electronic games and projects with Arduino boards! My first big project was a Whack-A-Mole game inspired by the Make Magazine volume 24's "Zap-A-Mole."
 I did FTC robotics in highschool on team 7393; I was the co-programmer. Go <a target="_blank" href="https://ftc7393.org">electron Volts</a>!
-My middle name is NOT Sebastian or Bach. My parents weren't that corny.
-I have technically been living in a basement for the past 2 years. Whether that basement is fully furnished or is in fact 2 separate basements over that time period is up for speculation.
+I technically lived in a basement for the 2 years. Whether that basement was fully furnished or was in fact 2 separate basements over that time period is up for speculation.
 I have run a few D&D one-shot games and I wish I had time for more.
 I still play Minecraft sometimes. These kids with their newfangled comparators and observer blocks put my old redstone contraptions to shame!
 I almost played Fortnite once.
@@ -27,33 +25,31 @@ I try to use mostly free and open source software, for example Krita instead of
 I use Xournal++ for note-taking -- you should try it if you have a drawing tablet or touchscreen laptop!
 My siblings and I have been making and filming little skits and stories since we were young. We used to edit them on Windows Movie Maker (yikes!), but now I use Kdenlive and Shotcut and my brother uses DaVinci Resolve.
 I don't drink coffee or tea (except sometimes iced tea). But recently I tried some Ethiopian coffee and it was good.
-For my whole life, I have lived in Maryland. The longest period of time I've spent outside MD was 7 weeks in summer 2019, when I went on an immersive <a href="https://jjv.sh/blog/bridge-dc">justice program in DC</a> with the IV Christian Fellowship.
-I have never invested in a pair of earbuds good enough that at least one of the two buds doesn't die within a few months. Right now I have a pair of old apple wired earbuds that someone gave me. Ironic that they can't even plug into an iPhone.
 I have stopped buying water bottles because I just keep losing them. Instead I just buy a juice bottle and reuse it.
 I carry around a USB with 15 different boot options, including some Linux distros, utilities, and backup software.
 I always wish I had more time for things, but when I sometimes do, I waste it on things I hadn't wished I had time for, like writing these fun facts. (Although sometimes the unintended tasks are fun, like writing these fun facts.)
 My Linux distro hop journey has been: Cygwin (on Vista family computer) → Ubuntu (my own desktop!) → Arch (after Ubuntu upgrade killed the OS) → Ubuntu (new laptop for college!) → Mint → Qubes → Manjaro → Pop!_OS → Mint → Ubuntu Studio → Manjaro → Arch (on new frame.work laptop) → Garuda → Manjaro → Ubuntu → Ubuntu Studio.
+My favorite operating systems are Ubuntu Studio (installed on my laptop), eOS (on my phone), QubesOS (used it for a few years), Ubuntu (on my servers), Manjaro (on one of my servers), Kali (on a virtual machine), and Raspbian (on my Raspberry Pi boards). You give me freedom of choice, and I choose multiple!
+Arch Linux was my valentine in 2016 (I installed it on Valentine's Day). I remember burning a CD and reading the Arch wiki to muddle my way through the install process. These days I am much lazier so I just install whatever works easiest.
 I am 1/4 Lebanese and 3/4 white as Swiss cheese.
 My friend and I set up a Nextcloud server in my basement to replace Google Drive, Calendar, etc.
 I was homeschooled until college. Every year, my family would start the first week of school at a remote cabin in the woods. As part of the trip, we always made the "cabin video," documenting the trip and including a skit that we came up with at the cabin and improvised props and costumes based on whatever we happened to have. Gems such as "Goldilocks and the 3 Campers," "Cabin Olympics," "Senior Survivors," "Stories from Summer Camp."
 I was in Boy Scouts as a kid and one of the trips we went on was Philmont, a week of hiking, tomahawk throwing, climbing, and other activities.
 My Mom tells me that when I was 18 months old, I put a 20-piece puzzle together really fast. Guess you could say I'm a prodigy, no big deal.
 I recently graduated from UMD College Park with a Computer Engineering degree.
-I changed the CAPS Lock key on my keyboard to be a Ctrl key to improve keyboard posture.
-I use tiling window management (currently pop shell, but bismuth and i3 before that) for better productivity with keyboard shortcuts and efficient use of screen real estate.
+I changed the CAPS Lock key on my keyboard to be a Ctrl key to improve keyboard posture. I also changed right Ctrl and Alt to be Home and End.
 I buy computer monitors from the thrift store for $10-$30 each and use them for desktop computers for me and my family/friends.
 I am lucky enough to never have had a Facebook. Right when I was thinking I might cave and get one, the privacy revelations came out, and I decided to never sign up. I'm super glad, since they can be a pain to delete.
 The first programming language I learned was Bash, from a book my Dad gave me called <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293206.UNIX_Shell_Programming">UNIX Shell Programming Revised Edition</a>. The book was released in 1989 and I read it around 2009. I remember being fascinated by the fact that you could create a phonebook program to store all your contacts using files, and display them with cool ASCII art formatting. I still have <a target="_blank" href="https://git.sr.ht/~johanvandegriff/unix-shell-programming-revised-edition-programs">the old programs I wrote</a>.
-My favorite programming languages in order are Python, Bash, Java, and C. One of my least favorites is PHP, although I did use it to make this site... (update: the site has been <a target="_blank" href="https://jjv.sh/blog/how-i-created-johanv-net/">migrated</a> away from PHP :)
+My favorite programming languages in order are Python, Bash, Go, C, and Java. One of my least favorites is PHP, although I did use it to make this site... (update: the site has been <a target="_blank" href="https://jjv.sh/blog/how-i-created-johanv-net/">migrated</a> away from PHP :) But now one of my least favorites is JavaScript, which I had to use to make this button...
 I just started playing chess more seriously (on <a target="_blank" href="https://lichess.org/@/jjvan">lichess</a>) and I'm still terrible at it.
 I learned the basics of how to salsa dance.
 I created a streaming service called <a target="_blank" href="https://asciiradio.jjv.sh">asciiradio</a> for text and audio only, so I could stream from mobile data.
 My Mom uses Linux Mint.
 One of my favorite shows is Callisto 6, a tabletop RPG livestream show about superheroes in a cyberpunk setting.
 I've been learning Golang and Elixir recently since I want to take advantage of concurrent programming.
-I use <a target="_blank" href="https://sonic-pi.net/">Sonic-Pi</a> to make music with code.
+I use <a target="_blank" href="https://greggman.com/downloads/examples/html5bytebeat/html5bytebeat.html">html5bytebeat</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://sonic-pi.net/">Sonic-Pi</a> to make music with code.
 In 2021 there was a <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/johanvandegriff?tab=overview&from=2021-05-01&to=2021-05-31">gap in my github commits</a>, which suspiciously correlated to the months where I was the most unhappy and isolated during the pandemic. :[
-I'm tired right now.
 I can control my lights from my phone... with a janky servo attached to the light switch powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero.
 I joined Mastodon in 2017 before it was cool. (It still isn't cool.)
 I have played in a nethack relay race with the creator of Doki Doki Literature Club. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEW56wBgy7s">saga</a> began when he transformed into a dragon and laid an egg. Then the save file was passed along to other streamers, including me eventually.