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Trying different teas. Some from China, some from the UK and some from India.

My main hobby since February has been learning how to program. I decided to start with python since it seemed to be the best way to focus on programming and not fighting the syntax. I've been following the 100 days of code course on Udemy and I love it. Right now I'm working on a project to scrape the bill board top 100 chart for a given day, then use the Spotify API to create a playlist from the scraped data.

I've been getting really into DIY stuff lately, mostly electronics. As someone with a lot of sensory issues, mechanical keyboards are fantastic since you can tune them so much to your own preferences, and as a retro tech freak (and staunch believer in repair rather than replace), learning the basics of soldering and general electronics modding has been great (and custom Gameboy stuff is right up my alley). I'm even thinking about learning PCB design stuff and some general low level computing stuff I didn't learn before. Unfortunately, I haven't really been able to afford much in this regard lately since I'm disabled and I have been having nerve/joint issues lately, but friends did help me get parts for a slightly more ergonomic keyboard (Alice layout instead of standard) so I can use the computer more comfortably (and I guess I'll have to make getting a nice split keyboard a long term goal), and I'm planning on doing some visual stuff to make it look nice and distinctly mine (it's layered acrylic, so adding pressed flowers and stuff below the top layer).

I've started running, I got some proper running shoes and have started running a 5K loop around my house to try and slow down my weight gain. I'm only 2 days in and my legs are very sore, but it's good for my health, both mental and physical

Playing board games. I am designing some myself and so I bought some games that where similar that I hadn't played yet and that kinda got me into a rabbit hole and now I am just into any kind of board game with interesting themes (Spirit Island is one that I will get today and look forward to trying out)

Don't learn to ride at the skatepark, go to big smooth parking lot. Top floor of a parking garage is usually empty and nice and buttery concrete.
Also, DONT PUSH MONGO!

I got back into day hikes. I'll bring back bicycle riding as well. The tires are all aired up and it's ready to go.

This was a couple years ago, but my doctor told me I should walk but that didn't sound very interesting, so I picked up longboarding. I always felt too uncoordinated to do stuff like this, but I've really taken joy in it.

I recently learned to enjoy dry wines. Still don't enjoy California wine though, to me it tastes like cheap vodka, pure alcohol. I spent a couple days planting grapes for a vineyard owner in my area. In 3 years those grapes will be ready to be made into wine. I can't wait to go there and try some wine that might have come from grapes I planted.

Went back to speedcubing, seeing that new 3.13s 3x3 WR amazed me

I have started to set up a homeserver, since I wanted a NAS and a bit extra... Currently running TrueNAS Scale baremetal. I have a HomeAssistant Docker setup on a Pi and am feeding that data into an Influx DB on the NAS (hosted as a container from TrueNas).

I also host Jellyfin and Nextcloud from the NAS. Now I want to open my nextcloud instance to family and friends and there's ssoooooo much debate over what the best way is (tailscale, reverse proxy, vpn service, etc.)

All of which is a) probably too much hassle for non-technically savvy people to implement on their own on their devices and b) is probably really complicated or not viable with my current setup.

I will probably wipe the server, set up VMs with proxmox and have dedicated VMs for the NAS software, a docker host, etc.

Now I just need to figure out how I can backup the data from the containerized InfluxDB and re-feed it into the new instance once I set it up. Because somehow I can't touch those files even as root. sigh it's a fun hobby.

Relatively recent hobbies include:

Fishing

German language

Watercolour painting

Sketching

Bicycle riding

Spear fishing and snorkelling

I'll take up paper making in time, and am interested in manufacturing my own machinery.

Previous hobbies have included:

Surfing

Self hosting

3d printing

Diy house repairs and maintenance

Pipe smoking

Tobacco growing and blending

Wine collecting and tasting

I'm into cooking, fermenting and hot chili peppers. I like experimenting to see how it comes out. I currently have lemons and yellow fatallii peppers fermenting and want to try a type of marmalade with them seasoned with saffron. I'm also working on a fermented cherry based barbecue sauce.

My partner asked a few weeks back if I had interest in golf. I played a bit when I was early 20s so it has been a few decades.

I bought her a set of clubs and I got some second hand ones. Now we are practicing one day a week at the driving range and minigolf.