Preparing to Move

I made a post earlier last month about setting up a cloud server to run my gemini capsule from. Part of that uncovered that since I don't store my feeds in my gitpage that I can't easily replicate the server immediately. I am going to do the deployment today at somepoint. If you experience any weirdness with the server I apologize. I thankfully am not a capsule on Capcom this month so my traffic has been considerably less-than so I have no need to worry about any posts I may make during my move to be awkward or potentially slow.

Things I need to do

First I need to ensure I can clone my entire capsule from git (at least the non-cert stuff). I am first going to validate this locally on my linux PC using the local development version of my gemini server.

Backups

But beyond preparing to move my capsule I will also be transporting two computers and I should make sure all my important data is backed up. My server is a backup of a lot of my local PC stuff (so that has at least 2 copies) but it also is how I sync my password manager. I'll send that up to my offsite server to make sure there is a copy somewhere.

ssh-keys

I need to make sure I also load the cloud server with my phones SSH key. I use termux on my phone, so I'll need to ensure I primarily get the key onto that so I can make sure I can access the server.

I also need to load keys for my local server user, as well as my local PC - which is what I will be doing the deployment from anyway, so that is a given.

Sync my passwords one last time

Before I push my password store around I need to ensure I do a cloud sync of the file one last time to make sure all my devices are up to date. Last thing I want to have happen is my phones password manager is slightly out of date and I'm missing an important account password.

Why I am doing my capsule deployment so early?

I am about 4 days early. I could do this on Sunday, since I am moving monday. And I've already, actually done this once (and many times at work), so I am not exactly working this out for the first time the night before I turn off my server. But I mathed out the pricing, and paying maybe a dollar more for some security/peace of mind knowing my system is working is fine with me.

What won't be working while I am moving

git.senders.io

I've actually linked to this a few times more than I was expecting here, that will be offline until I set back up my server. I could mirror it readonly on my cloud server, or figure out something else. But I don't really see the need. I really don't see my self even posting to my capsule while I'm in the move. Since I'll write up about the move afterwards. And that's really the most active page.

A bunch of stuff you all will never see

I do have some other public facing services but those are for personal use that just need internet access. Those will be offline as well, and I mentioned in the previous post that they're all going to be a 503 page while I am offline.

I hate moving

I think it is universally understood that moving is the worst. The act of literally moving, less so the change/going to a new environment - that can be exciting. But packing up all your belongs and losing a day of your life to just transitioning living situations is just the worst.

I went to university in my home state a few hours away from home and lived on campus. Every semester I would pack up my entire life and move it home for winter break, then again for summer break. I honestly only own a "few things" (or at least I did when I was in uni). My PC, my warhammer models, my guitars, and some clothes. So if I am going to be off from school for a break - of course I am going to want to bring home those things!

Now as an adult I just have MORE of those same things. My girlfriend wants us to "throw away anything we don't use/need". But honestly I did that when we moved into this place. I had some outdated electronics that I recycled, some old clothes that I gave away, and some other junk I had that never came out of its box.

Am I a hoarder or just prepared?

I own a box that is filled with guitar pedals in their original boxes, and empty boxes for the pedals on my board. Should I just sell the ones I'm not using?

I own a box of cables and spare parts for my computers? Do I need 3 6ft ethernet cables? Spare HDMIs? Extra drive cages for my PC case? A box of just power strips? To me YES. But I can see the argument that I am just hoarding things for the illusion of "preparedness".

Temporary living space

I am actually moving in with my girlfriends parents for the time being while we look for a more permanent place to live. With the pandemic still going on, and my company moving to full remote, our options became slightly more clear in the more recent months, but we decided to make use of the spare space her parents had to allow a buffer.

I currently can work from (mostly) where I want in the US without issue (mostly) but my girlfriend is still tied to our local city due to her job. So while we can move further way, there are still considerations to be made to ensure we can both easily get in and out of the city when we need to go in.

Homebuying?

I would love to purchase a home, if we weren't tied to our high cost of living city, I would more easily be able to afford a home in my state/ the surrounding areas - but since we need to be able to get into the city easily that significantly increases the cost of houses to a price that is frankly absurd.

I want to live in a place that I have some control over, and can make more sustainable and environmentally friendly. I would love to put my income towards something more meaningful than lining the pockets of a bullshit property owner who is just doing the bare minimum to meet the standards of their tenants/ the rules.

A quick aside: tiny living

Something I really like the idea of a tiny home. Maximizing the space of your place, and reducing clutter. Often these places are using renewable energy, composting everything, and just generally built to be more green than your average home, and since you're desiging it you can take these considerations into mind. I just think I may actually have too many hobbies to be a tiny liver. We watched some videos of someone who was actually a music producer and DJ - they managed to BARELY squeeze their DJ setup into a tiny house. I have a spaceship of a pedal board, and three guitars. Also I am bad at making decisions and I think overall it wouldn't be the right move anyway.

Conclusion

I rambled on a bit this morning writing this - but got busy so I didn't end up posting this till late in the evening my time.

But as of posting it now the capsule is running on the cloud server! Let me know if anything is busted!

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