Knowember 2026

Knowember is a blogging idea/challenge from Robert Birming (although, full disclosure, I heard about it via Kev Quirk’s post). It’s a challenge that asks bloggers to post about a few things: 1) A photo, 2) Name or nickname, 3) Where they blog from, and 4) What their blog is mostly about.

I haven’t posted in a bit, but keep meaning to. This seems low-hanging enough to give it a shot 🙃.

A photo

Me with my dog, Maggie. She had surgery this past week to remove some unfortunate tumors and part of her pancreas. She’s such a sweet girl.

Name or nickname

My name is Ryan, and that’s basically what everyone calls me. I’ve had the occasional short-lived nickname, but nothing that has stuck around. These days, I often use himmAllRight for online usernames.

Where in the world I blog from

Currently, I mostly blog from my home in Durham, North Carolina (USA). Occasionally I write while traveling, or start a draft while out and about. Even then, the location is nothing too new or exciting.

What my blog is mostly about

Historically, tech hardware, open source, and programming. That said, with each passing year I try to branch out from that core and have it exist as a true personal blog, covering whatever. I still struggle to convince myself that it’s worth posting anything outside of tech. However, as the wider web around me continues to either become locked off or fall apart, it is ever more important to have a self-owned space. This website is my online home, and it increasingly feels like that as I continue to expand, customize, and mumble to myself in this small patch of internet space.

Hopefully, engaging with more challenges like this will continue that trend.