My post on how does #Mastodon work is very popular, so I decided to take some time out to give it a re-write.
I borrowed Judith and her sunglasses for this one! #square #squares #reflection #sunglasses #lens #pattern #checkered #blackandwhite #ig_bnw #nice #cotedazur #france #ilovenice
@raretrack Fair points there, certainly some ways to go before it's turnkey. But to be fair doing it on a static site is not the easiest way to go. (I'm on a WordPress site and get most of it for little effort.)
This is me and the #IndieWeb - as a geek but non-programmer the friction is just too high for me to stick at it. https://glenn.thedixons.net/giving-up-on-indieweb-again/
Standing glass - Fabrica De Sticla Avrig / Avrig glass factory, Avrig, Romania #sticlă #fabrica #factory #avrig #transylvania #romania #glass #bottles #glassware #blackandwhite #squarecrop #lightandland #dark #catchlight #monochrome
Roof tiles on the fortified church at Viscri-Deutsch-Weißkirch #abstract #roof #tiles #viscri #fortified #church #weißkirch #transylvania #romania #lightandland #orange
Cow & Gate - sending the cows off to pasture after early-morning milking #cows #gate #viscri #deutschweißkirch #romania #squarecrop
1580 - doorway at Brașov Citadel Fortress - Cetățuia Brașovului #brașov #citadel #fortress #cetățuia #brașovului #door #arch #shadow #blackandwhite #monochrome #romania #squarecrop #symmetry
Sunset Copse - sun setting over a small copse of silver birch trees in Romania #sunset #copse #silverbirch #trees #light #romania #dumești #squarecrop #blackandwhite #hillside
Bah, fed up with #Windows10 During an unprompted update / system “maintenance” all of my Start Menu shortcuts disappeared. I’ve had to create new shortcuts manually for each. which has taken ages! (Note to self: must back up the Start Menu folders in case this happens again!)
Here’s a (rather niche!) micro.blog post I wrote for my local cycling group about how to merge separate GPS-recorded rides into one: How to merge GPX tracks easily https://microblog.raretrack.uk/2019/01/19/how-to-merge.html
How to merge GPX tracks easily: https://microblog.raretrack.uk/2019/01/19/how-to-merge.html
I’m finding running my own Nextcloud instance is just too much friction and hassle for me. Thinking of moving back to silo cloud storage using Cryptomator for client-side encrpytion. I know it’s not #indieweb but very tempted anyway. Thoughts?
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