| Personal Site | https://spilth.org/ |
| Lost Mapper | https://lostmapper.com/ |
| Making Music | https://polymonic.com |
I've used Netlify for years to host several sites for free, but I'm pretty certain it is hosted via AWS and I see there's "AI Agent" crap in their interface now.
Ideally I'd like to use Ansible to manage a Linux server somewhere and host my sites there, the idea being that Ansible would enable me to move to any agreeable provider with a few minor changes.
They're all static sites, so I don't think I need anything too powerful. Maybe it's time to look at LiquidWeb again.
In an effort to get back to the "good ol' days" of the internet I've added RSS feeds to my 3 main web sites, stopped using Google Fonts on them and am making an effort to start blogging again on my personal site: https://spilth.org
I'm also using Reeder to start following other people's RSS feeds. This way I don't have to wade through endless AI opinions and revelations on LinkedIn to see what folks are up to.
If you've got a personal website where you blog, share your learnings, or do other cool stuff, drop it in this thread.
It doesn't even need to be software development specific (but if it's not, mention the theme in your reply)
The open web of "people doing cool stuff" is something worth reclaiming.
My mind is currently racing with ideas about reconnecting with other humans outside of controlling social media sites.
I'm installing RSS Readers and subscribing to feeds of people I respect. Then I realized my personal site didn't have an RSS feed so I quickly added one.
I'm thinking about making videos about how to build your own web site from scratch and how to avoid paying for hosting services.
I'm emailing folks to tell them I'm subscribing to their feed because RSS is so anonymous.
I wrote a blog post about my recent work with NYU's Digital Libraries department. It spanned working with Ruby, Rails, Solr, Ansible, PostGIS, GeoServer, Python, React, Docker and various geospatial data formats.
Two years ago, dissatisfied with the low quality of commercially available bike wheel lights, I set out to make my own.
Several kilograms of filament and several meters of LED strips later, I had a solution that worked. Bright, eye catching wheel lights that I only had to charge once a week.
I shared the DIY plans on Instructibles, but AFAIK, nobody has made their own. So I've set up shop to make them for you.
Ride brightly, my friends.
#LogicPro has an awesome feature where you can export the "second pass" of a looped piece of music so any trailing notes or audio effects show up at the beginning of the audio file. This allows you to make seamless loops - fairly important feature for game music.
#Cubase doesn't seem to have this functionality without a whole lot of manual work. That might be a dealbreaker for me.
I think I will be giving #Reaper a try next.
I recently ran a #Warhammer40k Wrath & Glory #ttrpg in person and used a digital battle map setup I made with a cheap TV.
To display the map on the TV I used Foundry VTT on my MacBook Air and a full screen Safari window on the TV as an external display. Since I didn't care about fog of war or lighting it was a bit of overkill.
So to circumvent _that_ overkill I'm learning PyQt so I can make my own custom desktop app that works "simpler".
At a minimum I'm engaging my brain in some learning.
Gregory Brown
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