Use real emoji

src/_drafts/2022-02-14-personal-pbx.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Generally, if you wanted a PSTN number, you have to go to a phone carrier and ge
 
 I am personally interested in their [SIP Trunking](https://www.twilio.com/sip-trunking) service. When renting a number from Twilio (which costs just a dollar a month), you can create a SIP trunk from your PBX to theirs, and they will route all inbound calls back to you, plus allow you to place outbound calls to the PSTN through them.
 
-*Hey students, you practically do all of the Twillio stuff in this post for **free** through [GitHub Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack/offers)* :wink:
+*Hey students, you practically do all of the Twillio stuff in this post for **free** through [GitHub Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack/offers)* 😉
 
 ## Software PBXes and Trunking
 

src/_drafts/2022-06-08-bell-ipv6.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Both tunneling protocols use IP [Encapsulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En
   - Relies on IPv6 compatible servers elsewhere to unwrap the packets and re-send them as native IPv6 traffic on the public internet
   - Used by Xbox consoles for multiplayer networking
 
-I chose 6in4, mostly because I felt like it :laughing:. I'm sure Teredo would have brought me on an equally interesting journey, and maybe I'll see what its all about some other day.
+I chose 6in4, mostly because I felt like it 😆. I'm sure Teredo would have brought me on an equally interesting journey, and maybe I'll see what its all about some other day.
 
 Below is a diagram of a typical 6in4 packet:
 

src/_drafts/2022-10-17-ampr-vultr-bgp.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Some benefits come with going through the extra work of obtaining an ASN:
 - Ability to freely jump between IP transit providers
 - Ability to announce your IPs from multiple locations at once
 - Ability to directly peer with other networks
-- *Clout* :laughing:
+- *Clout* 😆
 
 If you would like to get your own ASN, you have a few possible routes to take:
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ With a Vultr account created, head to the [deploy page](https://my.vultr.com/dep
 
 Once your server is up and running, head to `Products > Network > BGP` in the Vultr control panel, and request BGP to be set up for your account. You'll have to provide the LOA you got from ARDC in your prefix application process.
 
-At this point, you should get the option to choose between full routing tables and the default route. If you are single-homed, choose default route. If you have your own ASN, you should be able to decide for yourself weather you need full tables or not (I'm trusting you on this one :wink:).
+At this point, you should get the option to choose between full routing tables and the default route. If you are single-homed, choose default route. If you have your own ASN, you should be able to decide for yourself weather you need full tables or not (I'm trusting you on this one 😉).
 
 While you are getting stuff ready, I recommend logging in to the server, possibly setting up [Fail2Ban](https://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page), and installing the following packages:
 

src/_drafts/2022-11-10-mega-playlists.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ I also realized it would be reasonably easy to extend the playlist *before* 2019
 
 ## The highlights
 
-With the context out of the way, why not share some of the highlights of this project. As of the time of writing, I have a total of 38 hours of music in *Intro* and *Journey*.. Thats 646 songs! Last year I decided to test myself and listen to them all in order to see what I remembered. Surprisingly, I could hum the melody of every single one of them despite not listening to some for a few years. The power of a good song I guess :man_shrugging:
+With the context out of the way, why not share some of the highlights of this project. As of the time of writing, I have a total of 38 hours of music in *Intro* and *Journey*.. Thats 646 songs! Last year I decided to test myself and listen to them all in order to see what I remembered. Surprisingly, I could hum the melody of every single one of them despite not listening to some for a few years. The power of a good song I guess 🤷‍♂️
 
 ### Where it *almost* all began
 

src/_posts/2019-08-10-Why-I-Carry-NFC.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ After hearing of this, I opened up [NFC Tools](https://play.google.com/store/app
 ## Shenanigans 
 Upon figuring out how to write to @hyperliskdev's card, we started out simple. We sent bits of text to eachother, and I eventually sent him a copy of my contact information, and bitcoin address. Then, came the real fun..
 
-By setting the data type to `external link`, and the content to [this totally not suspicious URL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ), we now had the perfect tool for derailing a lesson. An automatic [Rick Roll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling) card. Upon tapping this card to a phone, the youtube app would auto-play *Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up*. After this discovery, people started asking to buy pre-configured cards from me :laughing:.
+By setting the data type to `external link`, and the content to [this totally not suspicious URL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ), we now had the perfect tool for derailing a lesson. An automatic [Rick Roll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling) card. Upon tapping this card to a phone, the youtube app would auto-play *Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up*. After this discovery, people started asking to buy pre-configured cards from me 😆.
 
 After this came even more fun ideas:
  - Enabling flashlights

src/_posts/2020-09-17-Ultralight-writeup.md

@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ Finally, a request is made to `http(s)://<baseurl>/<groupID>/<artifactID>/<versi
 
 ***Case 3.*** The client has asked for an artifact's JAR file. In this case, the backend will first make sure the artifact exists, then make a request out to the GitHub API, and ask for the correct asset URL on GitHub's servers. With this url, Ultralight just crafts an [HTTP 302](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/302) response. This makes the client actually request from GitHub itself instead of the Ultralight server, thus Ultralight never needs to store any artifacts.
 
-Both to make the experience faster, and to get around GitHub's rate limiting on the tags API, Ultralight sends the client [`stale-while-revalidate`](https://vercel.com/docs/edge-network/caching#stale-while-revalidate) cache control headers. This forces the Vercel server that hosts Ultralight to only update its cache once per minute (slightly slower than the GitHub rate limit :wink:)
+Both to make the experience faster, and to get around GitHub's rate limiting on the tags API, Ultralight sends the client [`stale-while-revalidate`](https://vercel.com/docs/edge-network/caching#stale-while-revalidate) cache control headers. This forces the Vercel server that hosts Ultralight to only update its cache once per minute (slightly slower than the GitHub rate limit 😉)
 
 For instructions on how to set up your own maven server using Ultralight, see the [README](https://github.com/Ewpratten/ultralight#ultralight) on GitHub.

src/_posts/2021-03-14-QMK-Vortex-Core.md

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ You now have a firmware-unlocked Vortex Core.
 
 ## Flashing QMK
 
-*Its time for the last step :tada:*
+*Its time for the last step 🎉*
 
 With the keyboard unlocked, you can technically load anything you want on to it, but lets stick with QMK. The following commands will do all the hard work for you:
 

src/_posts/2021-11-14-amprnet-bgp.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Ok, ok, I'm sure you are here for actual technical talk, and not a history lesso
 
 ## How do you even get IPv4 space? 
 
-These days, the minimum [BGP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol)-routable IPv4 block is a `/24` subnet, coming in at 255 addresses. One of these blocks auctions for prices starting around 15 thousand dollars USD. I'd say that's slightly unachievable for a college student like me, but when I come to think about it, that's still about the same as a year of tuition and housing, so... :eyes:
+These days, the minimum [BGP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol)-routable IPv4 block is a `/24` subnet, coming in at 255 addresses. One of these blocks auctions for prices starting around 15 thousand dollars USD. I'd say that's slightly unachievable for a college student like me, but when I come to think about it, that's still about the same as a year of tuition and housing, so... 👀
 
 Alright, enough getting side-tracked. I'd rather pay $0 for some IP space if possible, and luckily for me, it is! I am a licensed [Amateur Radio operator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio), and through this, I get to make use of a few cool license-restricted services run by and for other operators. One of such services is [AMPRNet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet), a `/8` subnet of public IP space specifically assigned for Amateur Radio Digital Communications back in 1981, and self-administered by radio amateurs. The governing body of this subnet is the [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](https://www.ampr.org/) (ARDC) foundation. Through their web portal, with a manually-verified account, any amateur can request subnets or single addresses under the `44.0.0.0/8` subnet.
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ This means, for only $5USD per month (yes, $5) I get a gateway server, a private
 
 Now equipped with everything I needed to route my `/24` IP space, I was left with one last step: *actually doing it*. Back on the [Facebook BGP](https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/) issues, I really didn't want to screw this part up, so I once again went looking for help. Luckily after asking around my college, I was introduced to [Felix Carapaica](https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixgustavocarapaica/), Sheridan's resident BGP expert.
 
-My goal for this new network of mine was to have a single gateway server that exposes a [Wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/) server, where each VPN client is assigned a *public* static IP address. Felix was very helpful and provided me with instructions on simulating my entire networking setup in [GNS3](https://www.gns3.com/). Once I was satisfied with my test environment, I proceeded to replicate everything in real life on the gateway server, and it worked first try! Seriously. I know that never happens, but :man_shrugging:
+My goal for this new network of mine was to have a single gateway server that exposes a [Wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/) server, where each VPN client is assigned a *public* static IP address. Felix was very helpful and provided me with instructions on simulating my entire networking setup in [GNS3](https://www.gns3.com/). Once I was satisfied with my test environment, I proceeded to replicate everything in real life on the gateway server, and it worked first try! Seriously. I know that never happens, but 🤷‍♂️
 
 For anyone curious on what BGP routing on a Vultr VPS involves, check out [Vultr's Documentation](https://www.vultr.com/docs/configuring-bgp-on-vultr) on the matter.
 

src/_posts/2021-12-03-quaternions.md

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ let line = LineSegment2D {
 > In mathematics, the quaternion number system extends the complex numbers. Quaternions were first described by Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space.<br>
 > \[[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion)\]
 
-Quaternions are essentially 4-dimensional numbers consisting of one real, and three imaginary components. They are expressed with the components $w$, $i$, $j$, and $k$. So far, this sounds pretty scary, but it is a lot simpler to deal with when you remember mathematicians like overcomplicating their variable names :wink:
+Quaternions are essentially 4-dimensional numbers consisting of one real, and three imaginary components. They are expressed with the components $w$, $i$, $j$, and $k$. So far, this sounds pretty scary, but it is a lot simpler to deal with when you remember mathematicians like overcomplicating their variable names 😉
 
 The following is a slightly modified version of the quaternion expression, made to express the concept in a more computer-oriented manner:
 

src/_posts/2022-04-06-udm-fan.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ As it turns out, this Linux-based device allows you (like any embedded Linux com
 
 ## Enter: SSH
 
-If you own a UDM-Pro, you surely know how to log in to it via SSH. If not, look it up :smile:.
+If you own a UDM-Pro, you surely know how to log in to it via SSH. If not, look it up 🙂.
 
 With an SSH connection open, the following commands let you control the fans on the device!
 

src/_posts/2022-06-13-fedora-36-vp.md

@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ To get VP to launch correctly:
 
 ~~SEO?~~ I will probably run in to this issue again a few more times, so why not write it down instead of digging through a [crash report](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/visual-paradigm-crashes-on-fedora-36/17562/5) from the second page of google.
 
-..and ya. SEO. Lots of juicy keywords are to be had in this document :wink:
+..and ya. SEO. Lots of juicy keywords are to be had in this document 😉

src/_posts/2022-09-09-new-domain.md

@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ Firstly, there is a new domain name! I should have done this a while ago, but no
 
 Secondly, this site is now anycasted and edge cached. Hopefully this change will make the browsing experience a little faster for viewers outside of North America. [HTTP/3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP/3) is now supported too. In the future, I might even set up some older protocols (Gopher, FTP, ..telnet..?) for fun. Info on that will come in a later post.
 
-Anyways, thanks for reading. I'm always amazed to see my analytics data. A surprising number of people read these posts :smile:
+Anyways, thanks for reading. I'm always amazed to see my analytics data. A surprising number of people read these posts 🙂

src/_posts/2023-03-21-hackernews-block-ai.md

@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ const BANNED_TERMS = [
 
 ## A side effect of doing this
 
-And now, after publishing this post, I am about to share it on Hacker News... where I will never be able to find it again because the title of *this post* contains the term `AI` as well :facepalm:
+And now, after publishing this post, I am about to share it on Hacker News... where I will never be able to find it again because the title of *this post* contains the term `AI` as well 🤦‍♂️

src/_posts/2023-03-23-aprs-usage.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The top 10 packet sources (RF and internet) are:
 
 ![](/assets/blog/aprs-usage/top_10_sources.png)
 
-And look! I'm in there :laughing:. My `VA3UJF-1` station that injects canadian passenger train telemetry into the APRS network sits at position #8. The [WINLINK](https://aprs.fi/info/a/Winlink) station takes first place though. This is another automated station for bridging [WinLink](https://winlink.org/) and APRS traffic.
+And look! I'm in there 😆. My `VA3UJF-1` station that injects canadian passenger train telemetry into the APRS network sits at position #8. The [WINLINK](https://aprs.fi/info/a/Winlink) station takes first place though. This is another automated station for bridging [WinLink](https://winlink.org/) and APRS traffic.
 
 How about the destinations?
 

src/_posts/2024-01-14-shelf-lights.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Of course, in real life, the wiring looks a.. um.. appropriate amount of sketchy
 
 ## A custom LED controller
 
-The LED controller that came with my LED strips isn't awesome... mainly because it doesn't even power on :laughing:. So, equipped with an Arduino and a soldering iron, I set out to make my own.
+The LED controller that came with my LED strips isn't awesome... mainly because it doesn't even power on 😆. So, equipped with an Arduino and a soldering iron, I set out to make my own.
 
 The software isn't really important here, since its basically the [NeoPixel](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel) example code, but I did opt to make my program function with one button.
 

src/_posts/2024-07-26-camping-radio.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Having already built one of these antennas before, I just set out to the local C
 
 So I began searching for *literally anything conductive*, and came across a pile of spools of 24-ft "lamp wire".
 
-Lamp wire looks like speaker wire, so I figured its probably fine. Although the **24ft** part was a bit more of a problem. You generally don't want to build your antennas *too short*, but :man_shrugging: thats what antenna tuners are for I guess.
+Lamp wire looks like speaker wire, so I figured its probably fine. Although the **24ft** part was a bit more of a problem. You generally don't want to build your antennas *too short*, but 🤷‍♂️ thats what antenna tuners are for I guess.
 
 Armed with a surprisingly large amount of wire, I began the process of splicing and measuring.
 
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ Pictured above, days 1 & 2, and below 3 & 4.
 
 ![](/assets/blog/camping-radio/IMG_0218.jpg)
 
-All on...*checks notes*.. 7 watts :slightly_smiling_face:
+All on...*checks notes*.. 7 watts 🙂