Learning Docker - Immich & AudioBookShelf
Thanks to @jasper@dystopianpresent.club for a great intro to Docker and for sending some files to learn from. I was able to learn some basics and get Immich running on my Mac to see if thats something I want to continue with.
Finished reading: Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel 📚
Emily St. John Mandel never disappoints. This is a fairly fast read with a twisting timeline that spans space and time, starting in 2031 with one night at a party and unraveling across time and people’s lives. It offers two very realistic scenarios for what America’s future may hold; I’ll let you decide which one.
Finished reading: The Third Realm A Novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard 📚
The third book in the Morning Star series, nine narrators again, but mostly new voices. Many of them were on the edges of The Morning Star, and now they get their turn. Knausgaard is an incredible writer and storyteller. I have loved all three books.
Finished reading: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown 📚
Another outstanding book by Daniel Brown; the man can write. I know I’m late to the party on this one, but after reading The Indifferent Stars Above, I knew I had to read more by Mr. Brown.
Coming Out the Other Side
We come out the other side on many things, don’t we? Troubles. Problems.
Custom Book Pages in Micro.blog
Spent the afternoon sorting out the custom book pages and how I want to use it.
Finished reading: Train Dreams by Denis Johnson 📚
It’s slow-paced, sad, and atmospheric. Every page has a sentence that stops you, makes you reread it, highlight it, or look away from the page to ponder and let your mind build the scene and absorb the meaning. A really gifted writer. Time is compressed in this Novella that covers the protagonist’s full life.
Thoughts From My Recent 3 Roll Develop and Scan
I had my first fairly major leak using the AGO processor.
Finished reading: The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown 📚
This was an outstanding book, well written with lots of history and side stories. I don’t give out five-star reviews very easily, but this earns its place.
Finished reading: Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson 📚
Finished reading: Pirate Hunters by Robert Kurson 📚
A quick read with a good story and lots of pirate history. Not as good as Shadow Divers, but worth reading if you have any interest in pirates and the process of treasure hunting.
Finished reading: Tambora by Gillen D'Arcy Wood 📚
I can’t recommend this book to the casual reader, but if you read Krakatoa and enjoyed it, and you are a history buff who wants to understand the effects of the Tambora volcanic eruption which was far worse than the better-known 1883 explosion of Krakatoa you will enjoy this book.
Finished reading: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster 📚
Dark, strange, mysterious, interconnected, very unsatisfying endings. Three interconnected stories, excellent writing. Some of it doesn’t make sense or cohere. A lot is left to the imagination.
Update to Calibre-Web: Worth it?
Out on the road, I’ve had time to fully investigate my Calibre-Web setup. I wrote a short post about it, but this is an update on using it and whether it’s worth the setup time.
Finished reading: Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-Reum 📚
This is a quick read: 53 short meditations on reading. If you are an avid reader, you will not find much new here, but it’s still nice to read about reading and how a fellow avid reader feels about books. This one gave me some new book ideas and made me think about going deeper with my reading.
Finished reading: Biological War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen 📚
Sobering. Frightening. A very informative book that I think everyone should read. We all need to understand where the world is at in reference to biological warfare.