Places I've been, games I love and the tools I use.
Travel & Places.
A few places I've been, and a few I'd like to visit.
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Visited Destination31.9566° N, 35.9457° E
Amman
Jordan (Spawn Point)
My spawn point! The hills, the Roman Theater, the energy. Amman is home.
Places I've been
Amman
My spawn point! The hills, the Roman Theater, the energy. Amman is home.
Zarqa
A lot of my childhood was here, with family and friends. My roots, basically.
Aqaba
Red Sea, beach, no rush. A very good combination.
Jarash
Walking between those ancient columns really does feel like going back in time.
Ajloun
Pine forests and an old castle. I loved how green it was.
Dead Sea
Lowest elevation on Earth (-430m), can't go lower!
Istanbul
A week that felt very different from home. I loved the scenery too.
Jeddah
Walking along the Red Sea felt like being in a movie.
Medina
Such a peaceful city
Sharm El Sheikh
Great hospitality, and conversations with people from all over the world. That was my favorite part.
The someday list
8 Destinations
Not booked. Just a list that keeps getting longer.
Fun Facts & Stories.
A few things that explain a lot about me.
So, how does that work?
I have been the curious tech kid for as long as I can remember. My dad is a computer engineer, so he got ALL the questions. If I asked what a driver was, the answer usually involved reinstalling a computer and finding out for myself. I loved learning that way.
The less fun part of growing up
I got bullied at school for some strange things. Being clean, even my skin color. Racism is bad for everyone. Those experiences were not easy, but they are part of what shaped me.
Apparently, I am a robot
People sometimes call me a robot, or say I am like ChatGPT. They insist it is a compliment. I am still deciding, lol.
What I actually use.
The tools I keep coming back to. Personal preferences, not sponsored recommendations.
Daily driver OS
Fedora Linux
My daily driver. I like a clean GNOME desktop and a Linux system that stays current.
VPN
Tailscale
How I connect my devices and homelab without turning the network setup into another project.
Router
OpenWrt
My router, my settings. I use it for DNS blocking, traffic management, and more control over my network.
Open source
FOSS
I like being able to see how my tools work, change them, and leave when I want to.
macOS firewall
LuLu
On macOS, I use LuLu to see which apps are trying to talk to the internet. Some of them have a lot to say.
Virtual machines
UTM
For running Linux environments on my Mac without borrowing another machine.
macOS automation
Hammerspoon
Little bits of Lua that make my Mac behave the way I want. Window management, hotkeys, that kind of thing.
Games I keep coming back to.
Good stories, strange worlds, and one more attempt.