A headshot of me!
Made by Babanasaur

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Welcome to my website!

Hello and welcome to my website ^v^ My name is Hexaitos (or just Hex). I am a bateleur eagle from Germany and I live in a mystical city that is rumoured not to exist. Also, because this has shocked some people before, my name does actually have a meaning! The -aitos is just an uncommon transliteration of the Ancient Greek word for eagle (ἀετός, aetos) and Hex- is from hexadecimal and also just because I thought it sounded cool. {% include emoticons/buzzard %}

I like working with computers (especially Linux, currently on EndeavourOS) and networks, playing (video) games, learning languages (I speak German, Swedish and English pretty well and know a good chunk of Ancient Greek), taking photos and a bunch of other things, depending on what I am currently fixated on. I, obviously, also really like birds with birds of prey being my favourite – but any bird is good. I also want to get into VR soon-ish. I am also a big fan of FOSS and self-hosting things.

As my actual job, I make computers go brrr (well, sometimes at any rate). I currently (October 2024) work as as systems and network administrator. I am trying to find a new place, though, because the company I currently work at is a bit… eh, to say the least.

If you want to get in touch, look at the contact page! You can find me on plenty of websites or just send me an email – I am always happy to talk to new people! I don’t usually bite. Unless you want me to >:3

This website is still very much a work-in-progress and it was last updated on the following day: {{ 'now' | date: "%-d %B %Y"}}. I also have a blog where I will be posting things mostly about computers, games and birds (who’d’ve thunk?).

Other projects

bateleur.org: At the moment, bateleur.org is simply a mirror of hexaitos.com but hosted entirely at home.
gemini://terathopius.com: This is my Gemini capsule. Gemini is an alternative network protocol (like HTTP) and you will need a special browser to be able to see it. There is an HTTP proxy of my Gemini capsule that you can access through https://terathopius.com, however.
git.bateleur.org: My own instance of Gitea where you can find the source code not only of my websites but also my other projects.
birds.bateleur.org: A small website that I made that displays a random image of a bird of prey from Wikimedia Commons. It also has an API that you can send a GET request to. I am working on remaking it in Rails (it’s currently running on Sinatra).
social.bateleur.org: My own GoToSocial instance, mostly for my own projects like the bot listed below and a backup account.
@botofprey@social.bateleur.org: A Fediverse / Mastodon bot that posts a random photo of a bird of prey from Wikimedia Commons every six hours. It uses the API of birds.bateleur.org to get its data.

Webrings

Fediring

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