And another Brain Rot

"So, if you liked Movie 1 and want more - sure, this series gets my thumbs up (and therefore rating). But if the Movie 2 floored you but left hungry, don’t expect this series to come anywhere that level of ambition nor quality."

https://michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/anime/patlabor/mobile-police-patlabor-the-early-days/

#anime #100daystooffload #smallweb #indieweb

@jbaty Yeah, they basically are. And they don't even use standard meta tags for their link preview, as I was telling @cory yesterday.

This is where I disagree with the #IndieWeb approach. The open web should not cater to social media; it was here first. Social media should be catering to the open web.

@Pajo_16

Learn how to search the 'Net w/o the mainstream engines.

Some of the best known alternatives are either getting bad, too (DuckDuckGo is pushing its own AI "solution"), others are "meta-search engines", which run your query thru Google, Bing, etc for you ... which is great for privacy but doesn't do much to improve the search quality.

Look at the various #SearXNG instances (https://searx.space/ ) ... those are meta-search services, but they hit a *lot* of primary engines.

Look for new engines, new projects, alternative solutions.

The #IndieWeb used to have a search engine https://indieweb.org/search ... looks like it might be dead now? But check it out anyway.

Check out https://wiby.me , an alternate search engine specifically for those old, alt, and independent web sites that the main engines are burying.

Search for search.

https://stract.com/ is a beta project, one-person show running on a server in the guy's basement, but it has promise.

https://clew.se is a *very* beta service, made by a kid who just graduated college last week (congrats @amin ! ), he is also trying to set up an algorithm that prefers alternate, home-made "real-people" websites.

There are many alternatives out there ... most are not "ready for prime time" and it's gonna be a learning curve to adjust.

Don't just use 'em. Promote 'em. Help them if you can. Many need non-tech help with documentation and translations and etc.

@nixCraft

Thanks @jefklak for creating Go Jammin'! I have just used it to set up webmentions to my home page. Easy to use and well documented. Hats off! 👏

https://git.brainbaking.com/wgroeneveld/go-jamming

#IndieWeb #webmentions #GoJammin #OpenSource

It’s fine to have multiple social web protocols, because this is a good time to experiment and see what sticks. But there’s a limit, and I’m drawing the line at Farcaster. ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and Nostr each provide unique strengths. We do not need a blockchain-based additional platform.

I use https://fed.brid.gy/ and webmentions to allow people to follow me from the fediverse. To send webmentions I use a netlify build plugin but you could use something like https://webmention.app/

@nigel there's a tool for checking the various elements of your site https://indiewebify.me/ but I don't know about enabling a site. Maybe a certain template for the tool you are using to build your site? Most of it is all about microformats which is just html elements. #indieweb

A look back at friendships made, and those forgotten.

https://shellsharks.com/an-ode-to-lost-friends

Inspired by @ApisNecros original post (https://www.vzqk50.com/blog/an-ode-to-lost-friends/)! A beautiful idea that I promised I would steal 😄

#weblogpomo2024 #mondayblogs #blogging #indieweb

Martín participated in #IndieWeb Carnival with a post that focuses on the positives that changing scenery does to your thinking.

https://mrtnmrls.com/creative-environments

#creativity #blogging

Restrictions are a crucial part of the creative process, writes Kimberly in this #IndieWeb Carnival submission.

https://iamkimberly.org/leveraging-restriction-creative-environments/

#creativity

Dear #indieweb, what are the good #selfhosted tools to #fediverse enable static sites? I've found https://fedipage.com/ but that seems tied to a lot of SaaS out of the box. I basically want posting of articles, and display of fediverse replies.

To follow through on my pledge to do more of my #internet reading on the #indieweb, I've been visiting random blogs using this site and adding any interesting ones to an #RSS feed.

My intention is to browse this feed much the same way I would the news -call it a self-care practice. I want to spend more time in reflection and less in panic. I also want to get ideas for, perhaps, my own blog someday.

https://indieblog.page/

#tech #smallweb #smolweb #blogging #bloggingcommunity

I posted 46 reasons why you should have a website.

https://rscottjones.com/why-you-should-have-a-website/)

It's not an exhaustive list. What other reasons am I missing? Tell me and I'll update the post. 🙏. Need to convince more of my friends to start one.

#WeblogPoMo2024 #blogging #smallweb #indieweb

This week we are starting an online Homebrew Website Club Europe (Morning Edition), timed to allow for participants from Europe, Australia, and New Zealand to join.

If you want to chat about personal websites for an hour, join us on Thursday!

See more information about the event:

https://events.indieweb.org/2024/05/homebrew-website-club-europe-morning-edition--gKTB1ieoO1lg

#indieweb #web

Doing my bit for the ol' #IndieWeb today by updating joegaffey.com and starting to claw back or at least better catalogue some of the content that I've posted across the various Web 2.0 services over the years.
https://joegaffey.com/posts/#2024/05/05/indieweb-ftw
#newpost #indieweb #posse

🎥▶️ Now watching:
Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Ryan Barrett

Good to hear the whole reasoning behind trying to build bridges between Fediverse and Bluesky and dealing with “social media culture clashes” as told by Ryan Barnett. I’ve gotten to talk to him a lot over the past few years of my #indieweb but never really got to hear Ryan speak conversationally about some of the nuances he has to work through not only systematically but empathetically and humanly too.

Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Ryan Barrett from Flipboard Dot Social1 hour 1 minute 33 seconds

The beauty of an open system is that anyone can build on top of it and try to make it a better place. In the fediverse, software engineer Ryan Barrett is one such developer. Ryan’s been building so…

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https://starrwulfe.xyz/x/2s_6
#fediverse #Indieweb #nowwatching #peertube #podcast

Spent some time hacking together a fairly smooth way to put micro posts on my website from iOS last night.

Uses Apple Shortcuts to capture the info, format into markdown with front matter and then commit & push to my repository with Working Copy. My self hosted forge then triggers a webhook on my server to build the website and update it. Magic!

#homeserver #indieweb

In his #IndieWeb Carnival submission, @lazcorp shared insights into the upsides and downsides of having your creative studio where you live.

https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/about-my-studio

#creativity

I was remembering when I started my career and had to use large format plotters. Thought it would be a good post to write about.

#blog #indieweb #printing #retrocomputing #cad #building

https://getoffmylawn.neocities.org

added my digital garden https://gavart.ist via pull request to personalsit.es

#personalsites #indieweb #digitalgarden #wiki #tiddlywiki