Hi all, I've just setup my own #GoToSocial instance, so it's time for an updated #introduction

I'm very much into #yoga and #meditation and everything related to that. I'm trying to learn #Sanskrit because its a beautiful language and also in order to be able to read text like the #BhagavadGita #Upanishads #YogaSutras which greatly inspire me.

I'm from the #Netherlands and work in #science in the field of outdoor #AirQuality I may occasionally share something about that, but this is not a work account (and any opinions are my own).

I love #photography , mostly related to #nature #weather #clouds #trees
I love the #forest, I'm grateful to live at the edge of the beautiful #Veluwe nature area.

I love growing food in my #garden using #organic #permaculture and #RegenerativeAgriculture inspired methods, I'm dreaming of tending my own #FoodForest some day.

Unfortunately I'm operating at half power thanks to #LongCovid since Feb. '22, so most of my hobbies are in "maintenance mode".

I'll post in English, my Dutch account is @kedara_nl
I also have a personal website @ https://kedara.eu where I #blog, tend a #DigitalGarden / #wiki and try to contribute to the #Indieweb #smallweb communities.

I've done my fair share of instance hopping and had hoped to solve that by starting my own Akkoma instance, but found GoToSocial more suitable to my needs in the end. I hope to stay here now indefinitely.

Let me know if you have similar interests and I'll be happy to chat!

There are still things that need tweaking, but for now, I celebrate a successful move from Big Tech (Google & Blogger) over to the IndieWeb (Micro.blog)!

And with a proper domain name to boot: https://prompted.ink/2025/05/14/it-lives-or-to-quote.html

Special thanks go to @NickBohle for his advice on downloading WordPress Studio! It made the migration easy and seamless! 😊

#blogging #IndieWeb #MicroDotBlog

The wikilinks plugin (github.com/photogabble/...) I mentioned above is helping a lot with the Obsidian -> website transition.

#RTLSDR #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #DigitalGarden #Obsidian #Eleventy #11ty #IndieWeb

GitHub - photogabble/eleventy-...

I first started playing with an RTL-SDR in 2020, and every time I come back I have to re-learn a bunch of stuff. I previously stored all my info in a bookmarks folder in Firefox, and having nice notes on it is helping.

#RTLSDR #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #DigitalGarden #Obsidian #Eleventy #IndieWeb

In my Obsidian-style notes section on my digital garden, I also started some notes on my RTL-SDR software-defined radio hobby: reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-gard...

#RTLSDR #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #DigitalGarden #Obsidian #Eleventy #11ty #IndieWeb

RTL-SDR Software-Defined Radio...

In my Obsidian-style notes section on my digital garden, I also started some notes on my RTL-SDR software-defined radio hobby: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/notebook/radio/rtl-sdr/

I first started playing with this in 2020, and every time I come back I have to re-learn a bunch of stuff. I previously stored all my info in a bookmarks folder in Firefox, and having nice notes on it is helping.

The wikilinks plugin (https://github.com/photogabble/eleventy-plugin-interlinker) I mentioned above is helping a lot with the Obsidian -> website transition.

#RTLSDR #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #DigitalGarden #Obsidian #Eleventy #11ty #IndieWeb

One of the things in my digital garden is this set of tutorials on webmentions: reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-gard...

I noticed I kept writing blog posts about them and decided to put everything in one place.

#HTML #CSS #WebDev #IndieWeb #Webmentions #Microformats

A Quick Guide to Everything I ...

One of the things in my digital garden is this set of tutorials on webmentions: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/tutorials/webmention-tutorial/

I noticed I kept writing blog posts about them (and realized I would probably keep doing that for a while!) and decided to put everything in one place.

You can use the table of contents (also a new site feature!) to hop around and choose the tutorial you want, and the first two are pretty easy even with only a small amount of HTML experience.

#HTML #CSS #WebDev #IndieWeb #Webmentions #Microformats

I've just changed the hashtag for (all of) my "cool personal homepages" series from #CPH (which was heavily used for flight tracking stuff") to #CPHP - which seems to be free. It's really cute how this series survived because some of you guys nugged me to go on when I paused for a while.

Go on you smallweb ppl! ❤️

#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog

In the process of adding a digital garden, I found a useful plugin for Eleventy (github.com/photogabble/...) that lets me use wikilinks as I would in Obsidian, making it easier to link my notes together.

#WebDev #IndieWeb #DigitalGardens #DigitalGarden #Eleventy #11ty

GitHub - photogabble/eleventy-...

I added a digital garden section to my site! reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-gard...

I'm using it to put tutorials, research/project notes, and other things that I will return to and build on over time.

#WebDev #IndieWeb #DigitalGardens #DigitalGarden #Eleventy #11ty

Digital Garden

I added a digital garden section to my site! https://reillyspitzfaden.com/digital-garden/

I'm using it to put tutorials, research/project notes, and other things that I will return to and build on over time. In the process, I found a useful plugin for Eleventy (https://github.com/photogabble/eleventy-plugin-interlinker) that lets me use wikilinks as I would in Obsidian, making it easier to link my notes together.

#WebDev #IndieWeb #DigitalGardens #DigitalGarden #Eleventy #11ty

I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. 😉 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPHP Vol. 42: "マリウス" https://マリウス.com/

#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog

Its wednesday, that means: Time for tinkering with my website. Just updated my Now Page.

#indieWeb #smallWeb #blogging

https://plunch.de/now/

My list of RSS feeds has been updated!
For those that aren't in the loop, this is a categorized list of feeds that I follow. You can easily copy the direct RSS link to things that interest you, or even download a full OPML file for import into your favorite RSS reader.
RSS is the past--and the future! Everyone should use it!
Feel free to respond to this with interesting RSS feeds that you follow.

https://tristanb.me/feeds/

Changes (05/14/2025):
New: Manton Reece, WIL WHEATON dot NET, Newsweek, The New Republic, Release notes from authentik, Release notes from Docker, Release notes from pi-hole, Release notes from vscode, Home Assistant, Joel on Software, LambdaMOO Status Blog, Lobsters.
Removed: AudioGames.net Forum New releases (no longer viable because of their aggressive Cloudflare protection), Popehat, James Hoffmann, Linus Tech Tips, Marques Brownlee, Not Just Bikes, TechLinked
Moved: Changelog on Tailscale (now under Software Releases instead of Technology)

In case it wasn't obvious, all YouTube channels have been removed. I haven't been consuming YouTube via RSS for a long time, although I'd love to return to that someday.
#RSS #feeds #IndieWeb

Is blogging my excuse to just build a website?



I noticed that I love tinkering with my website — creating new pages and improving the site overall. However my initial plan was to start a website in order to write more and learn English, so lets write this article about my desire to write more.

Ideas to write more often

Try to publish one article a week—short or long, it doesn't matter.

Join a IndieWeb Carnival

Take article inspiration from other personal website such as this one https://jamesg.blog/2025/03/13/website-reflections […]

https://plunch.de/is-blogging-my-excuse-to-just-build-a-website/

EFF Austin talk slides, summary

Playing around with whether AI can make sense of my slides. Also the slides PDF with notes and YouTube link.