"With that said, one of the other PowerPC 750 deployments you might be familiar with is currently floating 1,500,000 km from Earth mapping the deepest reaches of the universe in more detail than humanity has ever seen before. So if I can’t get this thing serving a static website, then I think it’s probably time to execute on my long-term plan of retiring from tech and opening a cat cafe."

https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2025-04-21-this-blog-is-hosted-on-a-nintendo-wii/ by @alexhaydock

#indieweb #hacking #selfhost

Digital gardens vs blogging: What’s the difference?

Digital gardens are a different way to present yourself on the Internet. Blogging is often see as a way to "brand yourself". Digital gardens are less interested in marketing a personality but in sharing knowledge.

http://elizabethtai.com/2025/05/10/digital-gardens-vs-blogging-whats-the-difference/

#indieweb #blogs #blogging #digitalgardens

Digital gardens vs blogging: What’s the difference?

If people want to know what’s the difference between digital gardening and blogging, I’ll just direct them to this quote from the blog post, Stop giving af and start writing more by Joel Hooks:

The idea of a “blog” needs to get over itself. Everybody is treating writing as a “content marketing strategy” and using it to “build a personal brand” which leads to the fundamental flawed idea that everything you post has to be polished to perfection and ready to be consumed.

I started blogging in the early 2000s, back when “weblogs” are not about marketing thyself but about recording your life, your quirky thoughts and weird hobbies.

Now, marketing has invaded blogging, that’s all you see, and I hated what blogging has become.

Last year or so, I discovered digital gardening, and it’s like having a light bulb go off in a path shrouded by mists. I’ve had this idea to write on the web this way, but I just didn’t know what to call it. Once I got a solidified concept, I grew extremely excited!

I wrote being an imperfect digital gardener, about daring to put out grammar-addled, spelling-imperfect, half formed thoughts into the void of the Internet. I wrote about the joy of putting the idea “branding myself” to rest, and finally writing without dancing to the algorithm, not caring about SEO-fying my posts, just sharing my wild garden of thoughts and ideas to the world.

So, my thoughts about how digital gardens differ from blogs:

Blogs are chronological, often are “niched’ to align to a polished image you want to present to the world, and is about marketing the personality behind the writer. Blogs are tools to show you in the best light; a personal branding tool. Blog posts the most polished and complete version of your thoughts you want to show to the world. The posts that give people the best impression of you. Yet, they are ephemeral and rush past you like leaves on a fast-flowing river. Older posts are often buried and ignored.

Digital gardens are not chronological, the topics are often not confined to a topic but are a wild mix. The real star of the show is the knowledge being tended in the digital garden. Personal branding is more of an afterglow of the digital garden, a side effect rather than the sole purpose of a digital garden. Digital garden content are often incomplete, works-in-progress, not always polished or even well-written. However, they are like flowers in a garden, inviting you to linger and explore more through a series of posts, links and connections. Older content are resurfaced in newer essays and linked to newer ones. As a result, one can easily get lost in a rabbit hole of thoughts, exploring curiosities in unexpected ways.

Where to build your garden

Just recently, I decided to do the wild thing (at least by digital garden standards) to build my digital garden on wordpress.com. Many digital gardeners like to build theirs on static websites because they want to be free of the chronological format imposed by most blog content management systems, but I’m of the ilk who prefer not to spend endless hours building CMSes when there’s a perfectly good one I’m using.

But will there be a chance I move this website to a static website one day? I have no doubt, but the enterprise will be a humongous one.

#blogging #digitalgardens #indieweb #Internet

So I made a Changelog for my #website...

...and it's not NOT completely unhinged...

...and it does not NOT have footnotes longer than most blog posts...

...and it certainly is not NOT a little like sitting in on my therapy sessions...

https://fromemily.com/changelog/

#SmallWeb #IndieWeb #blogging #WebDev #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyADHD

peguei um domínio e um site no #Neocities :)
esse findi vou decidir como construir ele, mas finalmente tenho um cantinho meu na web!

https://bkrz.org

(eu queria o .net, pena que já pegaram :/)

#indieweb

🚀 New guide: how to publish your personal website on InlineStyle!

No magic wizards, no drag-and-drop builders that get in your way. Just the freedom to use whatever tool you like and upload your website directly.

If you want to export a page from #libreoffice , use HTML editors like #RocketCake or use your favorite generator like #hugo you’re ready!

🔗 https://support.inlinestyle.it/t/creating-your-personal-website/9/#post-15
📽️ https://tube.inlinestyle.it/w/mQoMwPqhLw4Bn1W3fjt6TH

#OpenWeb #IndieWeb #SelfHosting #InlineStyle #FreeToBuild

There is an error on the site processing #WebMentions. A bug report has been filed.

Mein neuestes Projekt ist in seiner ersten Phase online.

Alles dreht sich um das Thema Blogging und Vernetzung.

Hier gibt es den Start-Beitrag:
https://c0d1.eu/greatblogs-ein-neues-community-projekt/

Direktlink:
https://search.greatblogs.org

Ich freu mich über jede Unterstützung, die ich kriegen kann.

Alle Direktinfos gibt es via @hello

Bei Fragen, Unklarheiten, whatever - bitte gerne fragen!

#blogging #greatblogs #community #indieweb

I am working on a CSS layout for 32BitCafe's tea party/layout exchange and found this fun little border maker. This is so satisfying to play around with!

https://maxbittker.github.io/broider/

#indieweb #personalwebsite #css #32bitcafe

A small entry for my People blog series today of a Certified Ohio Moment my partner and I experienced a couple years ago.

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #blogging
https://vzqk50.com/blog/people/blazing-through-the-intersection/

Extending my edit web page bookmarklet

Happy Friday everyone! Volume FIFTEEN of Scrolls has been published. Let me know what ya think!

https://shellsharks.com/scrolls/scroll/2025-05-09

#indieweb #fediverse #infosec #cybersecurity

Thanks to everyone mentioned below for their contributions to this week's edition. It's fun to see each week the new mentions and plenty of others who have been featured in one or more previous issues. You guys are all awesome! 🧡

@ApisNecros @anders @expressiverse @wearenew_public @TheIdOfAlan @heydon @palomakop @heatherhorns_lite @box464 @amin @hammyhavoc @adam @eli_oat @martin @bitsgalore @amin @stfn @thelinuxcast @EmilyMoranBarwick @anubiarts @rra @axxuy @moonfaced @fimion @32x33 @otterlove @wynlim @frills @chrismcolvin @cinimodev @xandra @hamatti @mttaggart @gluedex @bouletcorp2 @pathunstrom @christian @A11yAwareness @distributed @martin @Osmose

💙 Flashback Friday #6 💙 – Neopets

Before mobile games and dopamine-fueled scroll sessions, there was Neopets—a magical land called Neopia where we fed digital creatures, played Flash games for Neopoints, and dreamed of getting rare paint brushes to customize our pets.

Read the full post here: https://smallweb.thecozy.cat/blog/%f0%9f%92%99-flashback-friday-6-%f0%9f%92%99-neopets/

@indieweb @smallweb @neocities ##indieweb ##Neopets ##nostalgia ##oldweb ##smallweb ##webdev

Another day. Another attempt to get access to my old domain so I can redirect it to my new website. It stinks because that’s the one that’s linked everywhere. It’s the one that’s in blog directories and #IndieWeb directories just sigh! Lesson learned! Now I legitimately know why experts always say always by your domain at a different provider!

Great session of #IndieWeb Front End Study Hall today! Topics and troubleshooting galore. Thanks all who participated. Next one 2 weeks from now. Notes from today: https://indieweb.org/events/2025-05-08-front-end-study-hall