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Hosting a Minecraft Server for My Kid and His Friends
Back in 2013, I ran a Minecraft server with my (at the time, teenage) nephew, Alex Gray. It actually grew to a pretty good size, hosting a couple-hundred players. We had a few mods installed, and had a lot of fun making dungeon-crawling playing areas, marketplaces, and all kinds of fun things. We ended up […]
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Looking For Help With ActivityPub (Resolved)
One thing about the REST-based Mastodon instance mentioned here, is that I’d like it to eventually be replaced with an ActivityPub implementation, but honestly I don’t know much about how to actually integrate with that (yet!). Instead of doing that, I’m going to build a REST based data source specifically for Mastodon, since it suits […]
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Pay it Forward
3.5 years ago, was broke as hell, living in my mother-in-law’s house with my wife and son, hating most of it. I was overworked, underpaid, and downright desperate to be out of the situation I found myself in. I lived in that house for 3 years, and most of that time I was still unable […]
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When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins
I believe that the Fediverse is poised to transform WordPress and usher in a new golden era for the platform.
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Your Site As a Central Hub
I believe we’re on the cusp of turning our personal websites into complete representations of our online presence. This post goes over how I think this can be accomplished.
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How to Find Your People on Mastodon
This post talks about how I have discover people on the fediverse, and cultivate the content curated so that I can find more people I want to meet.
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Adiungo – A Content Ownership Manifesto
First off, let’s get this out of the way – Adiungo is pronounced “Ah-DOON-Go”, and the closest translation to English is “add”, but it also is used to “join, harness, attach, and incorporate”. I felt that these words accurately describe the goal of this project. The purpose of Adiungo is to help people take control […]
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How To Move From Twitter to Mastodon
Learn how I made the switch from Mastodon to Twitter, preserving as much of my online identity, and connections as possible.
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Why The Fediverse Excites Me
Once upon a time, the internet was ruled by a combination of people’s individual blogs, and instant messenger. The most-reliable way to get access to a person’s content was actually through their own personal website. If someone wanted to connect with people online, they would publish blog content on their site. Sometimes content was pretty […]
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Second Summer, Here I Come
Musings about our return to a little spot in Hill Country, Texas.
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