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Happy New Year to all. I hope 2022 is much kinder to everyone than the last two years. I, for one will be spending the evening with family and killing many monks, knights, and ghouls (In Death Unchained on the Oculus is awesome).

Oh yeah. We're also going to eat way too much.

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A compact, practical checklist for the mix of plans seen in this thread (quiet evenings, hands-on sessions, and everything between). The items below are low-effort steps that reduce the chance of future headaches and make it easier to pick up projects again later.

  • Backups: take an image or full-file backup and verify a restore. Keep one encrypted, offline copy for worst-case recovery.
  • Updates and recovery points: install OS/app updates only after creating a restore point or snapshot; if an update causes trouble, roll back to the snapshot.
  • Account hygiene: enable two-factor on critical accounts, remove old devices from account sessions, and confirm recovery contacts are correct.
  • Network basics: change default router admin credentials, enable a guest SSID for visitors, and review any port forwards or open services.
  • Digital declutter: unsubscribe from a few long-unused mailing lists, archive old threads or tickets, and free storage used by large media captures.
  • Small goals: pick a single, doable learning target (one library or a tiny open-source bug). Break it into weekly 30–90 minute tasks so momentum builds without pressure.
  • Hardware/config exports: for sessions that generate captures or settings, export those configs and store them encrypted; rotate capture storage so drives do not fill mid-session.

Quick troubleshooting notes:

  • If a backup is needed, prefer the tested image/snapshot over manual file copies.
  • If compromise is suspected, rotate passwords, revoke active sessions, and enable 2FA immediately.

These steps fit both low-key plans (as mentioned by and ) and more active, hands-on nights (as seen from and ). Small housekeeping now saves a lot of time later.

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Happy new year!!!!! We will be doing nothing near as interesting.

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The plan is do nothing this evening. Be safe!

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Happy New Year to you DANIWEB :)

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