Digitally Adrift

"Whats Up Next"

Current state I've got Hugo up and running nicely. I'm getting down how the flow of everything works with it and what the built in features are. I'm pretty happy with how it looks and I really like th...

'update', 'blogging'

"Moving to Hugo"

After a lot of working with Eleventy for a while I decided to jump ship and move to Hugo. The main reason behind the decision was the ease of Hugo themes. Eleventy has a ton of customization but I jus...

'bloging', 'tech stack'

"Some workflow updates"

kill the newsletter I gave in and just created kill the newsletter RSS feeds on the official service for the few newletters I have that aren't RSS able. The cost of increasing my vps size was more tha...

"blogging"

"Jan 28, 2025"

I was updating apps today on my phone and noticed this release version number on the Google Play Books app. So I checked out apkmirror and sure enough it's been the same message since June of 2023. Ho...

"Just realized a major drawback with self-hosted WriteFreely; the inability to..."

Just realized a major drawback with self hosted WriteFreely; the inability to upload images. Clearly if it took me this long to notice, I don't often have posts with images. Still this is unfortunate....

"I'm on to figuring out the last piece of my self- hosted RSS to read later..."

I'm on to figuring out the last piece of my self hosted RSS to read later setup. I need to get a solution in place for handling email newsletters. is what I'm going to try. It gives you unique email a...

"Just picked up two new books from the library last night and moved them over to..."

Just picked up two new books from the library last night and moved them over to my Currently Reading section for 2025. and Read the first chapter of each and they both did a good job pulling me in so...

"I feel like this time of year is always a bit of a struggle."

I feel like this time of year is always a bit of a struggle. After the holidays and all the visiting and eating and events, it feels like all that's left is an empty quiet. I feel like there's usually...

"I have not been able to get Readeck configured as an OPDS option for KOReader..."

I have not been able to get Readeck configured as an option for KOReader on my e reader. Not sure if it's a permission issue or what. Unfortunately there's not much feedback when trying to connect oth...

"Linode and Yunohost have been great together so far."

Linode and Yunohost have been great together so far. I've got a handful of services up and running and have completely moved my RSS – read it later workflow. FreshRSS to manage feeds and read them whe...

"Writefreely CLI"

Working on getting the setup. It was pretty easy. Just install the go binary and authenticate with my server I'm trying to think through a good way to keep all my posts archived in a way that makes se...

"Jan 19, 2025"

Testing a post from locally hosted (sort of) Writefreely instance.

"Overhauling my setup"

Was inspired by to try out Yunohost. What started as a brief trial of loading it onto a small linode server turned into a whole weekend of reworking my digital workflow. I've run a homelab server for...

"Jan 15, 2025"

I've been bouncing around a lot lately, trying a number of different note taking/Zettelkasten/whatever you call them apps: Notion, Obsidian, Logseq, and Org mode (for Vim, not Emacs). I love all the f...

"Jan 14, 2025"

Working on transferring my domain regitsration from Squarespace to Porkbun. I originally had the domain through Google but they stopped offering the service and sold it off to Squarspace last year. No...

"Jan 11, 2025"

Finished reading: by Pierce Brown 📚 First book of 2025 finished. This one was a pretty quick read and a reread for me so that helped too. Enjoyed it as much as the first time.

"Jan 09, 2025"

Currently reading: by Aaron Johnson. One or two chapters a night to the kids at bedtime. The whole family is enjoying it. Excited to continue the series 📚

"Jan 07, 2025"

Modified my mnml theme to use some Catppuccin colors. Still might play around with it some more buti like it so far.

"Jan 06, 2025"

Favorite Games of 2024 Managed to save up enough credit card rewards to cover the purchase of a SteamDeck OLED in April of 2024. It completely changed my ability to play games. Rather than being tied...

gaming

"Jan 05, 2025"

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