Paul W
@paulwhit.bsky.social
Posts about my hobbies! Technology: home automation, PC hardware, our dog Nicky, Modern baseball cards (2021+) (Washington Nationals/Seattle Mariners/Bowman), Noob @ RC cars, Electronic Music (EDM, Chill, Techno), Baseball, World of Warcraft
Running Fedora Silverblue (Gnome Desktop) for the past week.
Running Gtk4 Desktop Icons NG (DING) and Dash to Dock extensions.
Few ostree things:
LocalOverrides: wireplumber-libs wireplumber 0.5.13-1.fc43 -> 0.5.12-1.fc43
LayeredPackages: libvirt qemu-kvm rsms-inter-fonts virt-manager
Running Gtk4 Desktop Icons NG (DING) and Dash to Dock extensions.
Few ostree things:
LocalOverrides: wireplumber-libs wireplumber 0.5.13-1.fc43 -> 0.5.12-1.fc43
LayeredPackages: libvirt qemu-kvm rsms-inter-fonts virt-manager
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Running Fedora Silverblue (Gnome Desktop) for the past week.
Running Gtk4 Desktop Icons NG (DING) and Dash to Dock extensions.
Few ostree things:
LocalOverrides: wireplumber-libs wireplumber 0.5.13-1.fc43 -> 0.5.12-1.fc43
LayeredPackages: libvirt qemu-kvm rsms-inter-fonts virt-manager
Running Gtk4 Desktop Icons NG (DING) and Dash to Dock extensions.
Few ostree things:
LocalOverrides: wireplumber-libs wireplumber 0.5.13-1.fc43 -> 0.5.12-1.fc43
LayeredPackages: libvirt qemu-kvm rsms-inter-fonts virt-manager
Spent some time learning how to make sure my son's tinywhoop motors go in the correct direction after a parts replacement. It's a bit harder than I expected, but now I know how it works. Physics!
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Spent some time learning how to make sure my son's tinywhoop motors go in the correct direction after a parts replacement. It's a bit harder than I expected, but now I know how it works. Physics!
Went mostly all-in on Fedora Silverblue for gaming and work. Had a few RPMs to layer on for VMs, Edge, and H264 support but otherwise Flatpak and Toolbx are working for me.
Have a Surface backup in case I have issues with Teams calls, and running PowerBI on there.
Have a Surface backup in case I have issues with Teams calls, and running PowerBI on there.
January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Went mostly all-in on Fedora Silverblue for gaming and work. Had a few RPMs to layer on for VMs, Edge, and H264 support but otherwise Flatpak and Toolbx are working for me.
Have a Surface backup in case I have issues with Teams calls, and running PowerBI on there.
Have a Surface backup in case I have issues with Teams calls, and running PowerBI on there.
First FPV drone repair - my soldering skills and equipment aren't great but got it going again!
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
First FPV drone repair - my soldering skills and equipment aren't great but got it going again!
VRC pro setup using stuff I already had!!!
January 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
VRC pro setup using stuff I already had!!!
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December 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Fighter jet just flew over not too far north of dc and did a 180. Just putting it out there in case it’s something
December 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fighter jet just flew over not too far north of dc and did a 180. Just putting it out there in case it’s something
2025 R/C skills: replaced shock oil, repaired bodies, replaced chassis on multiple cars, upgraded shocks, cleaned and replaced diffs, fixed slipper clutch
2026 R/C skills: replacing bearings, painting my first body, mounting tires on wheels. Might start my first from-scratch buggy or rock racer kit
2026 R/C skills: replacing bearings, painting my first body, mounting tires on wheels. Might start my first from-scratch buggy or rock racer kit
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
2025 R/C skills: replaced shock oil, repaired bodies, replaced chassis on multiple cars, upgraded shocks, cleaned and replaced diffs, fixed slipper clutch
2026 R/C skills: replacing bearings, painting my first body, mounting tires on wheels. Might start my first from-scratch buggy or rock racer kit
2026 R/C skills: replacing bearings, painting my first body, mounting tires on wheels. Might start my first from-scratch buggy or rock racer kit
Prediction: Epstein files sent to dem senator inboxes including CSAM then they arrest them all for possession
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Prediction: Epstein files sent to dem senator inboxes including CSAM then they arrest them all for possession
Just saw there's an "over 40" RC car racer category in some European championship. Nice! I'm hoping it's the driver's age and not some class or car type thing I don't know about :).
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Just saw there's an "over 40" RC car racer category in some European championship. Nice! I'm hoping it's the driver's age and not some class or car type thing I don't know about :).
This card has everything. Great player, perfect grade, awesome photo, on card auto, 1/1
2025 Bowman Chrome James Wood Superfractor 1/1 Rookie Auto PSA 10 Gem Mint | eBay
2025 Bowman Chrome James Wood Superfractor 1/1 Rookie Auto PSA 10 Gem Mint. Condition is Graded. Shipped with USPS Ground Advantage.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This card has everything. Great player, perfect grade, awesome photo, on card auto, 1/1
Is there a name for this “foam dome” I don’t know how to make fancy designs but I’m quite happy with this each morning.
Separately I “fixed” this machine recently by unscrewing the back, going “whoa no thanks” then descaling it. Turns out that was the problem lol
Separately I “fixed” this machine recently by unscrewing the back, going “whoa no thanks” then descaling it. Turns out that was the problem lol
October 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Is there a name for this “foam dome” I don’t know how to make fancy designs but I’m quite happy with this each morning.
Separately I “fixed” this machine recently by unscrewing the back, going “whoa no thanks” then descaling it. Turns out that was the problem lol
Separately I “fixed” this machine recently by unscrewing the back, going “whoa no thanks” then descaling it. Turns out that was the problem lol
In Nov 2024 I ordered a replacement rubber band for a Sony M-9 microcassette recorder we found at an estate sale. I finally put it into today for my 12 year old and he initially resisted but then played with it for at least 15 minutes. I hope he records more than cuss words at some point. Minor win!
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
In Nov 2024 I ordered a replacement rubber band for a Sony M-9 microcassette recorder we found at an estate sale. I finally put it into today for my 12 year old and he initially resisted but then played with it for at least 15 minutes. I hope he records more than cuss words at some point. Minor win!
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Was thinking of a side hustle or neighborhood freebie offer for my RC car repair hobby, and thought this was interesting "Building RC's is better than driving them." and a suggestion that drivers should be self-sufficent, which is a good point - www.arrmaforum.com/threads/what...
July 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Was thinking of a side hustle or neighborhood freebie offer for my RC car repair hobby, and thought this was interesting "Building RC's is better than driving them." and a suggestion that drivers should be self-sufficent, which is a good point - www.arrmaforum.com/threads/what...
This dude love sleeping in a blanket cave #chihuahua #dog
July 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This dude love sleeping in a blanket cave #chihuahua #dog
2025 Topps Heritage hits (for me!)
July 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
2025 Topps Heritage hits (for me!)
Grabbed one of these slick buggies from Adrenaline R/C Racing in Winchester, VA. Our first 3S. So fast!
Adrenaline's outdoor and indoor tracks are great too!
Arrma ecosystem seems a bit more refined than Traxxas.
Arrma Typhon GROM 223S BLX Brushless 4X4 1/18 Buggy RTR w/ Battery & Charger × 1
Adrenaline's outdoor and indoor tracks are great too!
Arrma ecosystem seems a bit more refined than Traxxas.
Arrma Typhon GROM 223S BLX Brushless 4X4 1/18 Buggy RTR w/ Battery & Charger × 1
July 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Grabbed one of these slick buggies from Adrenaline R/C Racing in Winchester, VA. Our first 3S. So fast!
Adrenaline's outdoor and indoor tracks are great too!
Arrma ecosystem seems a bit more refined than Traxxas.
Arrma Typhon GROM 223S BLX Brushless 4X4 1/18 Buggy RTR w/ Battery & Charger × 1
Adrenaline's outdoor and indoor tracks are great too!
Arrma ecosystem seems a bit more refined than Traxxas.
Arrma Typhon GROM 223S BLX Brushless 4X4 1/18 Buggy RTR w/ Battery & Charger × 1
Out of my price range but this card is pretty perfect. Blue+Blue+Blue :) 2022 Bowman Chrome Cal Raleigh Blue Refractor Auto /150 PSA 9/10
2022 Bowman Chrome Cal Raleigh Blue Refractor Auto #d /150 PSA 9/10 | eBay
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July 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Out of my price range but this card is pretty perfect. Blue+Blue+Blue :) 2022 Bowman Chrome Cal Raleigh Blue Refractor Auto /150 PSA 9/10
Just finished watching all 7/8 Mission Impossible movies in reverse order and had a nice laugh out loud at the tie-ins and evolution of repeated action formulas. Pretty fun.
June 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just finished watching all 7/8 Mission Impossible movies in reverse order and had a nice laugh out loud at the tie-ins and evolution of repeated action formulas. Pretty fun.
Pretty happy with this technical training quiz workflow: Record technical video in Teams, feed transcript to Claude with prompt to create multiple choice quiz, feed resulting MD file into Microsoft Forms quiz engine. CoPilot failed this middle part due to character limitations.
June 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Pretty happy with this technical training quiz workflow: Record technical video in Teams, feed transcript to Claude with prompt to create multiple choice quiz, feed resulting MD file into Microsoft Forms quiz engine. CoPilot failed this middle part due to character limitations.
