2022-08-01 16:18:29 -06:00
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2022-09-04 16:59:13 -06:00
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date: "2022-08-01T00:00:00Z"
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2022-08-01 16:18:29 -06:00
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title: Return of the blog
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It was fun for a while,
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but it seems like letting a big company host my blog posts wasn't actually a great idea.
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So I'm starting the blog back.
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I'll probably drop little updates here and there about what I'm up to.
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I doubt I'm going to get into the sorts of tirades I used to.
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An advantage of being older now:
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I rarely feel the need to convince anybody of anything.
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I thought it would be fun to pull some of my old blog entries out of the archive,
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but it appears I mostly used my homepage to keep lists and record information.
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Maybe one day I'll find out what happened to all that stuff I wrote.
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## Self-Hosting is cool again
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I've also been moving my source code back onto my own site,
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removing things from my phone that demand attention,
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and just generally reeling stuff back in to self-hosted.
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One thing I really am not looking forward to self-hosting again is email:
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SMTP is just a nightmare.
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You need the SMTP server,
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the IMAP server,
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the anti-spam stuff,
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domain certificates,
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rate limiting,
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and just ugh.
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I may have to do email if Google really fouls up,
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but I really don't want to.
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## Pocket Computers: turns out, kind of a pain
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The phone app removal has been interesting.
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After removing the news aggregator,
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I wound up having to remove news updates from the web browser app
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and from the search app.
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It took a couple of days to get used to not getting constant news updates,
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but it seems okay now.
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I can still read the news on my laptop, when I want to do that.
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My phone/pocket computer has turned back into a bunch of neat tools,
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like a great camera, and a way to send and receive messages to people,
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and a low-stress low-stakes low-attention game I've been playing.
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## Books
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I really like electronic books.
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Amy and Ginnie got me a new ebook reader,
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to replace the 10-year-old one I've been using.
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There was nothing wrong with the 10-year-old one,
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but my eyesight has gotten worse,
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and the low contrast screen has become difficult to read.
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The new device is a Kobo Clara HD,
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with better contrast.
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It can also check out ebooks from the local library,
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over a wireless connection.
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I like it a whole lot,
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and I find it amusing that the old one lasted me 10 years.
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Amy has it now, she might pick it up when she finishes her current book.
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