it depends, I find it's definitely worth it, not just for my own benefit as a commonplace book, Rek and I get weekly emails from folks who found something obscure they were looking for on one of our websites and are grateful for us documenting this or that.
Maybe your interests have shifted too, I find so much joy looking at people's websites. Somehow, against all odds, from where I'm standing, I think I know more people today with daily/weekly updated websites than I did 10 years ago..
oh I definitely enjoy websites like those of yours and of folk in the webring. I also still like the idea of maintaining a space in which to house works and collected knowledge; but then it pretty much just sits there, gathering dust, becoming insignificant in a way.
not that my goal is to garner popularity. I don't have the words yet to clearly communicate how it feels to exist right now. the closest I can compare it to would be something like camping in a once gorgeous and serene spot but now there's glampers and instagrammers all over the place. and to sort of stand out and be heard, you'd have to have already been quite established, or be forced to resort to the tactics of content creators (which I find unsettling)
it's a fine line between hoarding knowledge, and making a living document that'll leads to anything. I might have changed my mind a hundred times about this, but there is so little direct tangible returns to having a personal wiki(other than the gratefulness of strangers), that it might as well be a marvelous pursuits, if it's personal enough anyways.
But there's something to be said about leading by example, somehow by making a place I enjoy online, it inspired others to make a place of their own, and in turn I get to visit. Which benefits me almost directly as browsing personal websites has got to be one of my favourite pass-times.
I feel like we might be camping in somewhat different corners of the internets since I see very little of instagramers, the interests of people there overlaps so little with mine, that we never cross each other's path, I can't say I even feel annoyed by all that, it's just a different place.
Maybe if I wanted to be competitive as a content creator or streamer, having a personal website wouldn't have much of a use, and might even be e
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it's a fine line between hoarding knowledge, and making a living document that'll leads to anything. I might have changed my mind a hundred times about this, but there is so little direct tangible returns to having a personal wiki(other than the gratefulness of strangers), that it might as well be a marvelous pursuits, if it's personal enough anyways.
But there's something to be said about leading by example, somehow by making a place I enjoy online, it inspired others to make a place of their own, and in turn I get to visit. Which benefits me almost directly as browsing personal websites has got to be one of my favourite pass-times.
I feel like we might be camping in somewhat different corners of the internets since I see very little of instagramers, the interests of people there overlaps so little with mine, that we never cross each other's path, I can't say I even feel annoyed by all that, it's just a different place.
Maybe if I wanted to be competitive as a content creator or streamer, having a personal website wouldn't have much of a use, and might even be even an energy sapping for time better spent recording videos..
But there is much less noise and competition in the sidelines, I find comfort in that.
@neauoire I like to imagine my website as a little sketch book of words. Sometimes the sketches are just for me, sometimes they are for sharing, and then once they are in my little book I can show them around whenever the topic comes up.
I don't even broadcast all the changes I make to it. There are many pages that just appear without any sort of forshadowing. Pages like my bookmarks just updating whenever.
I think you have good connections and with a community that's much closer. I toyed with the idea of becoming an established artist and making a career out of it, on and off in the past few years, and that was one of the reasons I started my website to begin with.
while I did meet interesting people through my site, it ultimately didn't really do much for my career pursuits. it doesn't help that I'm quite isolated where I'm at (ironic, given it's a city of millions).
I've secretly envied those who seem to be doing quite well in that regard and I've wondered how they got there: consistency perhaps but for how long, or some stroke of luck. the road more traveled of promoting oneself isn't at all enticing though.
to me, social media killed the idea of having a portfolio. then AI and vibe coding killed whatever programming and gamedev projects I've been planning. the earliest iteration of my site had short stories, but now I don't see myself wanting to get back to writing.
I still have art, but there's nothing to be done with it; and so I'm stuck on what to do, withering in the meantime
PhotoPrism offers one path toward that goal of data ownership. With PhotoPrism, your vacation photos don’t become training data for someone else’s business model. They remain what they actually are, your memories, under your control.
Hmm, I wonder what it will take for it to become capable of backing up photos from anywhere in the world not just home network. Then I could use it as a replacement for Google Photos entirely when on a trip or going to my hometown.
sunny 16 was such a liberating concept. once you understood how to read the light, it felt so freeing, just had to trust your gut and the flexibility of film
I've had it closing on me while I work a couple of times. A few years back, a recurring issue I had, that was back when I used OS X, if I started watching a movie in VLC, it would break audio in Renoise, and forced me to reboot Renoise.
I only ever used Renoise as a tracker, personally, same as Sunvox. I love Renoise btw, I wrote all the chiptune stuff I ever released in it.
@neauoire i'm guessing what happened is that VLC made the OS change the sample rate (instead of adapting to the existing one) and renoise didn't adapt to the sample rate that changed under its feet.
@Richard I have a saying: like toilet paper it is possible to be both strong and gentle. What I like about The Crappy Childhood Fairy is that she is both strong and gentle. She doesn't sugar-coat evil, but she teaches how to not let it overwhelm us. This is how she writes about her background:
"I know about childhood trauma because I lived it. I grew up in a rough family that was deeply affected by addiction, and all the problems that tend to go with that - poverty, violence, neglect and shame."
I've been politely described as "direct". I wasn't always that way. Now I am. I decided it's not my job to bend over backwards to make people feel good about themselves at great expense to myself.
@Richard You are right. I find it's still of value to my own soul (so to speak) to be direct from a place of kindness, truth, and strength. I don't want to be an abusive jerk like my parents were.
cream is one of those fonts that either people LOVE it, or absolutely despise it. I personally find it really nice, the capitals sucks, but otherwise, it's quite pretty.
@neauoire i find it quite charming as well. there's a delicateness to it almost like a handwritten look, with a small blend of medieval.
But seeing this really shows why the macintosh team's head exploded when they saw it and why they completely pivoted to. erm... rip it off and be first to market....
Songbirds communicate with different species during nocturnal flights sharing vital info about navigation and stopover habitats. Save their fascinating world!
@kirtai ank24, I've been using it for about a year, it's kinder to my eyes I think. It's also easier to extend(drawing latin extended, cyrillic, etc..) int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/…
Font: DOS/V re. ANK24, from the world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles
I miss Linux support for Proton Drive, and have asked them for it on LinkedIn.
For cloud backup on Linux I ended up using Jottacloud, which has a CLI tool (beta version). However it's not perfect, but if files are not synced automatically I start the sync job manually.
The only problem I have with de-googling is the Play Store. It's the only place I can get banking apps and governmental app safely. If these were available from alternative source, I could throw Google away easily.
Raspberry Pi is a great way to get started with self-hosting your cloud on a budget. 💸
How-To Geek writer Tim Brookes shares how you can replace stacking subscriptions like iCloud, Spotify, or audiobooks with self-hosted apps you fully control.
I’d love to believe it’s so easy as many people make it sound like, but every time I approach the subject I feel a sense of overwhelm that kinda paralises me before even getting started.
big nope from me - get something good - there is way more value out there - hp refurbs trounce pi in every metric especially value - even when you consider electricity - don't fall for the pi spiel, it is a false narrative
32 People Died in ICE Custody in 2025, as #Minneapolis Killings Spark Outrage
“Of those who died in #ICE custody last year include Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death in #Texas has been ruled a homicide.
Also Wael Tarabishi, who died of a rare genetic disease thirty days after his father, Wael’s primary caregiver, was detained by ICE after a routine check-in at an immigration facility in Dallas.”
The Sulawesi Babirusa also known as the North Sulawesi Babirusa are wild pigs are found on Sulawesi Island along with nearby islands Lembeh, Buton, and Muna in #Indonesia. They have a mottled grey-…
Over the past few months, the Bing search engine has completely blocked the domain neocities.org, including the front site and all user subdomains (example.n...
@neauoire I know DuckDuckGo uses bing results, so that's mostly where I'm affected in this. But yeah, I haven't heard of anyone using raw bing in a while either
I need to get a proper YT proxy front-end going (I might install my own Invidious, but we'll see) I am slowly switching EU-based services where possible, but it's not a requirement.
I will be giving a talk about building and scaling the European Cloud with @nextcloud and @mariadb_org at MariaDB Day next Sunday at 17:20h in Brussels. If you want to attend, there is still time to register, it's free ;)
I will be giving a talk about building and scaling the European Cloud with @nextcloud and @mariadb_org at MariaDB Day next Sunday at 17:20h in Brussels. If you want to attend, there is still time to register, it's free ;)
Google is adding Gemini-powered "Suggested times" to Google Calendar, automatically scanning attendees' calendars to surface the best meeting slots based on availability, work hours, and conflicts.
If you could pick one non-U.S. tech, product, or service to switch to, what would you recommend, and why? Open-source and self-hosting options welcome!
European governments are looking to move away from U.S. tech and reclaim their digital sovereignty at a time of unpredictability and volatility in the United States.
I am frequently watching @DestinationLinux Linux on YouTube and the hosts, currently @dasgeek and @Jill_linuxgirl are good (online) friends of mine.
And now they started to use Nextcloud, for collaborative exchange of ideas for show content, managing expenses, ... and more. And Jill is jotting down personal note and ideas with Nextcloud's smartphone app ...
unfortunate, but not catastrophic, and not their first time (so it's not a new nor necessarily endorsed by their new CEO). I hate genAI as much as you all do but I still think they (GOG) are worthy to fight for and get them corrected on the matter. I hope they end up learning from this.
I mean... why? It's just a simple drawing, pay some money to an artist from your staff and that's the end of the story. Why these companies are always getting caught on using AI where any human can do better. How much time they "saved" with this AI picture? A couple of hours? Was it worth it?
![A turtle's snouts sticks above the water, making ripples. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]](https://keybored.me/photo/preview/640/1403252 "A turtle's snouts sticks above the water, making ripples. [Fuji X-T5 / Tamron 18-300]")
joſh
in reply to joſh • • •Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to joſh • • •it depends, I find it's definitely worth it, not just for my own benefit as a commonplace book, Rek and I get weekly emails from folks who found something obscure they were looking for on one of our websites and are grateful for us documenting this or that.
Maybe your interests have shifted too, I find so much joy looking at people's websites. Somehow, against all odds, from where I'm standing, I think I know more people today with daily/weekly updated websites than I did 10 years ago..
joſh
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •oh I definitely enjoy websites like those of yours and of folk in the webring. I also still like the idea of maintaining a space in which to house works and collected knowledge; but then it pretty much just sits there, gathering dust, becoming insignificant in a way.
not that my goal is to garner popularity. I don't have the words yet to clearly communicate how it feels to exist right now. the closest I can compare it to would be something like camping in a once gorgeous and serene spot but now there's glampers and instagrammers all over the place. and to sort of stand out and be heard, you'd have to have already been quite established, or be forced to resort to the tactics of content creators (which I find unsettling)
Devine Lu Linvega
in reply to joſh • • •it's a fine line between hoarding knowledge, and making a living document that'll leads to anything. I might have changed my mind a hundred times about this, but there is so little direct tangible returns to having a personal wiki(other than the gratefulness of strangers), that it might as well be a marvelous pursuits, if it's personal enough anyways.
But there's something to be said about leading by example, somehow by making a place I enjoy online, it inspired others to make a place of their own, and in turn I get to visit. Which benefits me almost directly as browsing personal websites has got to be one of my favourite pass-times.
I feel like we might be camping in somewhat different corners of the internets since I see very little of instagramers, the interests of people there overlaps so little with mine, that we never cross each other's path, I can't say I even feel annoyed by all that, it's just a different place.
Maybe if I wanted to be competitive as a content creator or streamer, having a personal website wouldn't have much of a use, and might even be e
... show moreit's a fine line between hoarding knowledge, and making a living document that'll leads to anything. I might have changed my mind a hundred times about this, but there is so little direct tangible returns to having a personal wiki(other than the gratefulness of strangers), that it might as well be a marvelous pursuits, if it's personal enough anyways.
But there's something to be said about leading by example, somehow by making a place I enjoy online, it inspired others to make a place of their own, and in turn I get to visit. Which benefits me almost directly as browsing personal websites has got to be one of my favourite pass-times.
I feel like we might be camping in somewhat different corners of the internets since I see very little of instagramers, the interests of people there overlaps so little with mine, that we never cross each other's path, I can't say I even feel annoyed by all that, it's just a different place.
Maybe if I wanted to be competitive as a content creator or streamer, having a personal website wouldn't have much of a use, and might even be even an energy sapping for time better spent recording videos..
But there is much less noise and competition in the sidelines, I find comfort in that.
... and and and and ...
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •@neauoire I like to imagine my website as a little sketch book of words. Sometimes the sketches are just for me, sometimes they are for sharing, and then once they are in my little book I can show them around whenever the topic comes up.
I don't even broadcast all the changes I make to it. There are many pages that just appear without any sort of forshadowing. Pages like my bookmarks just updating whenever.
joſh
in reply to Devine Lu Linvega • • •I think you have good connections and with a community that's much closer. I toyed with the idea of becoming an established artist and making a career out of it, on and off in the past few years, and that was one of the reasons I started my website to begin with.
while I did meet interesting people through my site, it ultimately didn't really do much for my career pursuits. it doesn't help that I'm quite isolated where I'm at (ironic, given it's a city of millions).
I've secretly envied those who seem to be doing quite well in that regard and I've wondered how they got there: consistency perhaps but for how long, or some stroke of luck. the road more traveled of promoting oneself isn't at all enticing though.
to me, social media killed the idea of having a portfolio. then AI and vibe coding killed whatever programming and gamedev projects I've been planning. the earliest iteration of my site had short stories, but now I don't see myself wanting to get back to writing.
I still have art, but there's nothing to be done with it; and so I'm stuck on what to do, withering in the meantime