Bit of an “end of an era” for me
Have been heavily involved in administering the community-based, not-for-profit daycare my kids have attended for the last 4 years
Kids are now (soon to be) no longer attending, growing up
So it’s time for me to pass the baton
Definitely moments in the 100s of hours when I questioned whether it was worth it, but upon reflection very proud to have been involved and to have made a big impact
A bit more time to continue building up the local Bitcoin scene in Perth and WA soon!!
Parallels was up for renewal today.
~AU$140/year
Used to use it a lot when I was working in different roles but now only used for a single VM.
Took a bit of effort to get up and running but switched to UTM - open source. Bit embarrassed it took so long for the switch.
While I was at it I also got rid of some other software that I know has heaps of telemetry and could be considered somewhat user-hostile:
- Raycast - I’d already switched back to Alfred recently
- Warp - now using Ghostty
My 2026 in “3 M”s
Meditation - create more time and space and calm the monkey brain down
Math - it’s been almost 20 years since I did much math during undergrad physics and my math brain has completely atrophied
Monitoring - I’m working on the Bitcoin monitoring challenge, looking to support @b10c in his heroic efforts of many years
Best gift I gave this year, a silent Bitcoin miner (designed in Perth, WA no less!!)
2 of 3 already up and hashing, the other not yet home.
Recipients were super engaged and excited