I've always had a little Colophon at the end of my about page, but decided to give it it's own page and add more detail. If you're interested in how my site is setup, here ya go:
Wife: "Can you hold this why I get some fresh water please?"
Me: "Um, sure...?"
Also me...
How I Replaced My Son’s PC With an £88 iMac
I recently replaced my son's broken PC with a 2015 iMac from eBay. Here's how it went...
The frustrations with #Vivaldi continue. I realised last night after setting it up on my Pixel tablet that syncing doesn't really sync anything other than bookmarks and history. No settings are synced, so I still had to piss about changing my search engine etc.
Also, uBlock Lite can't be installed on my tablet, so I get ads in YouTube. That's enough to make me want to stop using it alone. 🤮
Local vs Cloud
I was listening to the Waveform podcast on my way to work this morning and they were talking about cloud vs local computing, and I have thoughts...
OK, I'm gonna try and give #Vivaldi a fair crack. I've set it as default on my laptop and phone, and will try and use it for the next week or so.
Static Site Generators
Jan talks about how static site generators are far more complicated than WordPress, despite (ironically) their output being far simpler.
So I spent an hour stripping down this iMac I bought for my son so I could do an 8 > 16gb RAM upgrade. Turns out the bloody RAM is soldered onto the board on this version, despite the listing saying it was compatible with this model. 🤦🏼♂️
Ah well, it's running #UbuntuMate on a fresh SSD like a dream and Minecraft gets ~60 FPS. That's all he cares about.
Adding Comments to My Jekyll Site
I've been working on adding support for comments over the last few months. On a static site, that's hard, but it's finally done.
We've been keeping one of our young hens in a dog crate in the conservatory for the last couple of days.
It's very friendly and likes to sit on my wife's shoulder when she's cleaning them out. Two days ago, the hen decided to peck and eat one of the (very expensive) diamond earrings I bought for my wife after we got married.
So now we wait for her to shit it out.
🤦🏼♂️💩🐔
RE: Why Do You Need Big Tech for Your SSG?
Loren posts a response arguing that while self-hosting and local builds have their charm, the simplicity and zero-maintenance nature of services like Netlify often make them the more practical choice for small personal sites.
Why Do You Need Big Tech for Your SSG?
A look at why small, personal websites don’t need big-tech static hosting, and how a simple local build and rsync workflow gives you faster deploys, more control, and far fewer dependencies.
Been after a cheap computer for my son, so picked up a 2015 21.5" iMac for £80.
Eighty quid! I can't believe it. They used to be so much money! Hopefully it will run #ZorinOS 😳
Did legs and core in my little home gym for the first time in a loooooong time last night. Maybe an 8km walk in the hills with the dogs wasn't a great idea today! 🤣
JellyLegs
Small Web, Big Voice
Andre argues that independent blogging isn’t about scale at all, but about integrity — choosing a place you control, writing in your own voice, and keeping the web human.
Le sigh. I've been using #Firefox since 2005, but with the direction they're going maybe it's time for me to hedge my bets and consider pastures new.
Giving My Jekyll Site a CDN Front End
I've managed to get my Jekyll based site working behind Bunny CDN, while maintaining my .htaccess redirects. Here's how I did it...
Cancelling a VPS contract with #Ionos and they're forcing me to phone them before I'm allowed to cancel (no doubt so they can try and up-sell). I hate this kind of scummy tactic - doubt I'll be using them in the future.
Email Is Amazing, but People Try Their Best to Ruin It
Alex explores how stepping back from noisy, instant communication helped him fall back in love with email as a calmer, more human medium.
Been thinking about setting up #Tailscale for accessing my #Synology off network. Just went to sign up, and you have to use a 3rd party SSO provider. I hate that. Why can't I just sign up with a bloody email address??