I've been distracting myself with something I haven't done in awhile, building a website. It's actually pretty fun... when you know what you're doing or what you want to do at least. Every day I've been spending a little bit of time after work hacking away at it. It's been a nice distraction from work and doom-scrolling just playing around with CSS & HTML again. I'm not going to go overboard or anything (this time), the focus is going to be on actually writing & posting instead of the rabbit hole of endless tweaking that many fall prey to.

While I have the Fediverse, old school Web 1.0 has always held it's sway over me.

#leisure #indieweb #webnostalgia

this is a cool thing I found poking around on the #weirdweboctober website!
https://dood.al/pinktrombone/ #website #indieweb

Today is math storytelling day! I have a coloring sheet and some prompting questions for math fantasy writing posted.

https://www.fractalkitty.com/math-storytelling-day-2025/

#mtbos #mathstorytelling #math #fantasy #mapMaking #coloringSheets #indieweb

Sometimes I miss the old days of the web when I’d randomly stumble across cool, fun, and sometimes useful sites. And that just so happens to be what I was feeling earlier this year when I stumbled across OMG.lol, a cool, fun, and useful IndieWeb playground that also happens to remind me of the old days of the web.

It’s built and maintained by just Adam and a handful of diverse volunteers. Every single tool that OMG.lol provides is there because he wants it to exist, not because he’s looking to get rich at just $20/year. He’s always available, supportive, building or improving something, and standing up to bigots.

There is quite a lot provided, and I don’t even use it all, so here’s a small breakdown of what I do use:

  • Social.lol: One of the reasons that I ran into OMG.lol is that I wanted to move to a paid Mastodon server, after having fled a few that felt under-supported and/or under-moderated. Social.lol is neither. It’s a social safe space on the web, and I’m very happy there.
  • Some.pics: I stopped posting to Instagram a year ago, but folks still wanted to see my photos, and both my Mastodon and Tumblr presences are a bit noisy for that. With some.pics, I can share my photos and provide an RSS feed that’s just my photos (which I also cross-post to Mastodon with EchoFeed). It reminds me of early photo sharing sites.
  • Status.lol: This reminds me of early microblogging. I just pick an emoji and share short text, and folks can follow with RSS or see my cross-posts on Mastodon.
  • Profile Pages: The profile page is clean and simple. Mine just has my avatar, some words, links with icons, and latest status and photo.
  • URL.town: Speaking of that old web feel, this is right out of the old days of web directories. Before search engines existed, we had searchable link directories that folks managed. Some even got pretty big, like Yahoo! URL.town is a searchable link directory that any OMG.lol member can add to, and I’ve been pretty busy.
  • The Community: There’s a vibrant and supportive IRC community (yes, IRC), where folks not only chat about a variety of things, but also watch and sometimes even help Adam work. There’s also a Discourse forum.
  • PURLs: It’s a URL redirecting (and I suppose shortening, depending on the original link) service. I have quite a few of these set up. Changing the 1 redirect link’s destination is easier than changing a bunch of links in a bunch of places.
  • Paste.lol: There’s even a pastebin service! I haven’t made much public use of it yet, but I have used it to quickly share code from time to time.

Those are just the things I use. There’s actually so much more, from a whole blogging platform to sort of a text adventure game.

I would be remiss if I didn’t close by mentioning the generosity of the community. Back in May, a generous community member offered to match most donations, which resulted in the community donating a total of $19,540.54 to causes we cared about. And, until the end of September, Adam is donating half of everything OMG.lol makes (not just half of the profits) to another community member’s fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which has so far raised over $12,000. Many of us have donated as well, so hopefully we can hit our goal of $50,000 in lifetime donations to St. Jude!

If you’re looking for an IndieWeb playground, or even just a taste of the earlier days of the web, check out OMG.lol!

https://macmanx.com/2025/09/25/an-indieweb-playground/

#indieweb #mastodon #omgdotlol

I have restart me #webring #crowdfunding #flipstarter for cross linking #BCH websites. I've reduced the budget by assuming I will write it in Python rather than Rust. And also I stripped a feature or two.

The software will be a functional prototype. If the webring gets enough attention, I will do another flipstarter to write a better software with Rust instead.

The campaign URL hasn't changed: https://fund.farooqkz.com

Same post on Twitter/X:

https://x.com/farooqkz0/status/1970714148444012930

#Bitcoin #BitcoinCash #crypto #cryptocurrency #indieweb

Email to SWICG about handles

Copying an email I sent to the list so it’s on my blog too, revisiting fediverse handles.

My entry for the September IndieWeb blog carnival, hosted by @fractalkitty! It's my first foray into creative writing/short stories on my blog, and it was a lot of fun: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/09/september-indieweb-carnival/

“You feel that a certain sickness has been pervading your life. It's a dull ache that suffuses subtly through many unrelated things, a background radiation to your everyday…”

#IndieWeb #Writing #CreativeWriting #ShortStories #Fiction

peeing recs for web rings

boosts welcomed.
#webrings #indieweb

Tajusin, että Hugo mahdollistaa viimeksi päivitettyjen alasivujen listaamisen, joten lisäsinpäs ne kotisivuille.

Samalla lisäsin toivelistaan uusia pelejä:
- Nioh 3 (6.2.2026)
- Halloween (8.9.2026)
- Wolverine (syksy 2026)
- Saros (2026)

https://saaste.net/tietoa/

#kotisivut #IndieWeb #pelit #videopelit

🔖 Bookmarked: Sanding off friction from indie web connection – Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/09/sanding-off-friction-from-indie-web-connection/

Tracy Durnell looks at how indie web tools can be made easier to use, lowering the barriers for people to connect through their own websites.

🔥 Read more: https://tracydurnell.com/2025/01/09/sanding-off-friction-from-indie-web-connection/

#Web #Indieweb #Personalweb #Blogging #Webmastery

  1. Wrote a letter.
  2. Fixed my website.
  3. Inked my pen.

#3goodthings #fountainpen #letters #usps #stamps #blog #indieweb

If you liked The Strange Comfort, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb

I wrote-up a post about birdsongs for the #indieweb Carnival, “second person birds” - https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2132

#secondPersonBirds @fractalkitty

Alright, alright, where's all the weirdo #animators and/or #musicians with weird fun music videos *in general*?

Animation and animated music videos: http://animationarray.com

Everything (music videos, idents, short clips, livestreams and more): https://nham.co.uk/2025/09/how-indie-video-killed-the-spotify-star/

#Animation #MusicTV #IndieBeat #TheIndieBeat #Animated #MusicVideos #MTV #FediMTV #Music #Channel #Owncast #Fediverse #Fedi #FediVideo #Federated #Musicians #ShortFilms #IndieWeb #SmallWeb

Ignorance really is Bliss!

I do not capture any metrics or analytics on my blog. I have no idea who you are, where you are located, where you came from, or where you went. I don't even know if you actually visited!

And I am totally content with that.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh

#blog #blogging #blogger #indieweb #smallweb #personalweb #openweb #openinternet #tech #technology

Lately, I’ve realized that learning doesn’t always have to be fast or ambitious. At 28, my hunger has shifted into new directions—towards slower, simpler lessons from life itself. 🌱

Read more: https://www.inkbalance.org/2025/09/new-directions-in-learning.html

#Learning #SelfReflection #PersonalGrowth #LifeLessons #Mindfulness #SlowLiving #indieweb

From today on, new posts from my website's #RSS feed will be automatically posted here (for simplicity's sake, I'm trying out #MastoFeed via https://mastofeed.org/). In the mean time, here is an overview of my latest posts that I haven't mentioned here before:

- I'd like to be better at book reviews: https://kedara.eu/better-book-reviews/

- Blaugust 2025: https://kedara.eu/blaugust2025/

- Blaugust 2025 Favorites: https://kedara.eu/bookmarks/blaugust2025/

- More multilingualism please: https://kedara.eu/more-multilingualism/

- Back to sketching: https://kedara.eu/back-to-sketching/

#books #writing #blaugust #PersonalWeb #indieweb #language #house #sustainability #BlogPost