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Well… I'm doing it once again -- starting a new notebook. This time, using [[Obsidian]].
Why? Primarily two reasons:
- I neither want to nor can remember every idea, thought, feeling, or esoteric Linux command that ever entered my brain at some point in life. Call it getting old or lazy or whatever… I don't care. The point is, I'm done even pretending that my memory at 53 years old is anywhere near what it used to be at its peak (which I suspect was sometime around the time I left [[Microsoft]] and started my own consulting business -- [[Technology Toolbox]]).
- Since I am now retired, it doesn't make sense to use my [[previous notebooks on GitHub]]:
I migrated that content out of Microsoft [[OneNote]] many years ago and those repositories served me well for many years.
Earlier today, I started thinking that I need to capture the various configuration details for the [[new media server]] that I've been "building" for more weeks than I care to admit. As is often the case, I get an idea, sit down at the computer to search the Internet, start opening countless browser tabs, and -- before I realize it -- wander down the rabbit hole for hours trying to find the optimal way to make that idea a reality.
I started this morning off by spinning up a Docker container with [[TiddlyWiki]] -- after seeing it mentioned on perfectmediaserver.com .
Side note: [[perfectmediacenter.com]] is written and maintained by [[Alex Kretzschmar]] and I originally stumbled upon it while learning how to configure [[mergerfs]] on my new media server.
I tried TiddlyWiki for a little bit, but it was quickly apparent that when Alex said, "markdown is supported - yay!" he didn't mean capital "M" [[Markdown]].
That quickly led to numerous browser tabs related to [[Obsidian]]… which, in turn, led to several browser tabs for Nick Milo's excellent YouTube videos on Obsidian for Beginners. Fast forward a few hours, and the name I chose for my Obsidian Vault (i.e., my ubiquitous "personal notebook") became somewhat of a no-brainer.
I spent a couple of hours getting tools (e.g., [[git]]) installed and configured just the way I like them -- but hopefully that investment will pay off over the long haul. In other words, I hope that I will eventually look back on hundreds -- or perhaps thousands -- of notes with a feeling of satisfaction akin to [[Savannah|raising a child]].
Time for some lunch!