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John Hawkins

@vegasgeek.com

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Owner/Operator @ vegasgeek.com where I build stuff with WordPress. Current obsessions: Learning to play guitar, 3D printing, and Peloton.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 30/05/2025

Me: We received an item in our order that shouldn't have been sent. No problem, I'll just return it. Cat: The fuck you will!

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 24/02/2025

You know what today needs? Today needs a pic of a kitty sleeping in a box holding his fishy.

A kitty sleeping in a box holding a fish toy.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 20/02/2025

Looking to add 10 new PokemonGo friends. Hit me up! #pokemon #pokemongo #pokemongofriendcode

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 30/01/2025

Hmm not sure Blackie Lawless from WASP counts as a celeb, but therapy should be fun

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 19/01/2025

My new favorite use for ChatGPT is learning new guitar chords. #learningguitar

Screenshot of a chatGPT conversation where I asked for how to play a cadd9 chord on guitar.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 02/01/2025

A few months back, I stopped tracking my weight daily because it was adding to my stress level, which was already topping out. Time to kick it back in gear. For me that means drinking a lot of water (100 oz/day) and limit the chips & cheesecake intake. (notice I said limit and not eliminate)

a chart of my weight over the past 2.5 years

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 31/12/2024

How good is @cloudflare.social Turnstile? I had a @gravityforms.com form getting CRUSHED by spam and causing thousands of emails to be sent to the client daily. Set up Turnstile, added the GravityForms add-on, and it was like flipping off the light switch.

Chart showing daily email usage dropping after installing Turnstile

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 21/12/2024

Many years later, this is STILL my favorite family photo. It shows up in my FB Memories every December and always makes me smile.

Family photo. But instead of everybody looking at the camera, they are all looking at their phones.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 11/12/2024

This year I decided to learn to play guitar. I initially used the Fender Play app, but in March I switched to Yousician. Just received this email with my stats for the year. Not too shabby.

A screenshot of my stats from Yousician. 3188 songs played, 276 active days, 173.4 hours. Top 0.01% of active learners.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 23/11/2024

I took this photo at a show a few weeks back. That my knee and the stage.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 20/11/2024

I made a small army of gingerbread peeps. Currently printing a couple of these guys at 2.5x the size. Won't be finished until this evening. Pictures to come.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 18/11/2024

Another fidget spinner. Being able to print these in multi-color makes them a lot more fun.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 18/11/2024

Video game wall-hangs. #pacman #digdug #donkeykong #tetris #spaceinvaders #galaga

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 18/11/2024

Fight Club soap box. First thing I knew I wanted to print once I purchased pink filament.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 18/11/2024

Fidget spiral thingy. Way more satisfying to play with than it should be. But here we are.

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John Hawkins @vegasgeek.com · 18/11/2024

I've been nerding out with the #3dprinter recently. I'm going to start a thread with some of my recent prints. For starters, this is a 4-color Dragonite #pokemon. This thing took something like 40 hours to print.

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