Black and white print. A delapidated 1800s farm with tatch roofs and cows laying lazily in the yards. In the foreground a group of ducks are slipping into a pond and a woman is pent over by the pump with a pot in her hands.

Self Hosting

The Web is a public utility in all but legislation at this point. From the smartphone app revolution (for better or worse) to social media, government services and streaming. It’s all online. Not everyone have to self host at home. There is nothing wrong with using a hosting provider, a co-loc, or a service like write.as, Bear Blog or Write Freely. Even Wordpress for that matter, if you want a lot of bells, whistles, and headaches (which is fine, don’t get me wrong, you do you in the online space)....

October 15, 2022

The Wave Rolls Back the Tide Breaks

Strap in folks, this is going to be a looongform post. It is highly recommended that you stock up on snacks and have a cup of $your_drink_of_choice close at hand. It will be a trek. People are slowly leaving the social media platforms, a feeling of the rebirth of the early net is in the air. Or at least we are slowly waking up to the possibility of some kind of alternative....

June 15, 2020