Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

Watching Bitcoin skyrocket to new highs, Ethereum NFTs set art auction records, and meme stocks jump thousands of percent during a pandemic and recession has me worried that the economy is deeply unhealthy in some novel and less-than-obvious ways, and that when the bubble pops, we're all going to feel it.

Several times now, I've stored a bunch of novel, rare Internet curios on USB hard drives, put them into storage boxes, and years later decide it's time to open the time capsule, only to discover that the drives rattle and click and won't read.

So I'm ensuring the future of my remaining and ongoing digital trinkets by buying a BluRay burner and a bunch of 100GB discs to store in a disc binder.

I can't wait until I can just keep a running cache of every kilobit of data that enters or exits my home network.

Spontaneously buying Revision Party tickets would normally be a bit of hassle, given the commute to Europe and whatnot, but while the world remains virtual I guess I don't have to worry about that.

Anyway, #Revision2021 tickets just went on sale.

https://2021.revision-party.net/tickets

Here's a look a bit closer.

Perseverence took this picture of it's heat shield a split second after it separated during entry.

Very proud of my web-scraping server for staying booted up for an entire year. I was still going to the office when I turned this thing on.

Glad my OVH VPS was in Gravelines, not Strasbourg.

Absolutely incredible negligence.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams

Also, I feel like cooking ground lamb unseasoned, and just eating it with cheese is some sort of culinary malpractice, but Beecher's cheese is pretty much a seasoning of its own.

Came up with a very simple Keto meal that was surprisingly delicious:

1 Lb ground lamb, cooked in 1Tbsp boar oil. Don't drain the fat! Serve over a bowl of fresh spinach with 2oz of Beecher's Flagship cheese grated on top.

Stir and eat with a fork.

Why does stuff like this make me lose weight?

Fun fact: The camera is still unsecured at the same IP I found it at.

Found an unsecured camera in Russia early last year. Witnessed some shady business.