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Driving PureBlog... again
After drifting away from WordPress, I’m back on Kev Quirk’s PureBlog and eyeing its notes, Mastodon syndication, and theming features.
The Difference Between Using and Relying on AI
I recently read JP’s article, “Things Are Still Worth Doing Yourself”, and while I agree with some of what he’s saying, I think he’s placing AI usage into one…
LibreWolf not what I expected
So, let me first say that LibreWolf is a very decent browser. Maybe it’s just old, crotchety me stuck in his Netscape Navigator ways (OK, thats not totally…
Switched to LibreWolf browser
Been trying various browsers the past month. I have been really trying to get away from anything Google related, which eliminates quite a few browser options…
Posts will be a little less frequest
Not sure anyone actually reads this. Probably not. So really, getting wrapped around the axle about how much I post here finds me realizing I need to chill……
The overuse of the word “slop”
Every generation has catch phrases and words associated with them. Currently, the word is “slop.” I’m just going to be very blunt with my thoughts on this. If…
Getting old sucks
My brain still thinks I am 30 and my body fights it tooth and nail. I had a band gig last night, old school 9pm to 1am. The gig was over an hour away so I…
Where Are All the Americans? Fediverse Adoption and the Missing US Crowd
Spend enough time poking around Mastodon instances, looking at who runs the bigger ActivityPub servers, or reading about governments experimenting with…
Federated space and the new gatekeepers
I really thought that I had found a viable home. A place where I could write to my hearts content and maybe actually have it viewed by someone. The #smallweb…
Another big shout out to Gemcities users!
I started GemCities at the beginning of March 2026. A mere five months ago. I had started really getting into the whole Gemini protocol/small-web thing and…
Thoughts on the web, small-web and federation
I’ve actually been thinking about this for a while… a couple of years probably. But I ran across a post on mastodon.social that made me stop and pause and…
Some changes to my website and self-hosting
Offgrid Holdout has gone through quite a few iterations trying to find a place for it. It originally was a SSH BBS, then a small web site, then a pubnix. Now…
Tackling my Masters degree at 60
I have decided that at 60 I’m going to go ahead and work on getting my Master degree in History. I got my BA in History late in life (I graduated in 2015) so…
It’s been a tough and enlightening week
My last post was June 28th. Today is July 5. A little over a week.I’m honestly going to keep part of the personal items brief. I’ve lived through them enough…
When you have a brain that just wont shut off
It’s Sunday just past noon. I have been up since 3am. Tired as hell, but yet, have spent the last 8 hours mostly in front of my computer working out a bunch of…
I don’t like Facebook. However…
I don’t like Facebook. However… I am a local musician. I have been performing for over 40 years now. I don’t tour the country, I don’t sell albums, I’m not…
AI and my love-hate relationship with it
I started actively using AI a few years ago. Nothing heavy, basically as a glorified Google search engine. THen I discovered other facets of AI… brainstorming…
Remember two posts back when I said I was a lazy blogger?
It’s been 5 days. I know I shouldn’t pretend that I will ever be “regular” when it comes to adding to my journal., but in all fairness I have been doing a lot…
I swear I cannot make up my mind
I am pretty sure I hve ADHD when it comes to projects. I get one going and the next thing you know it’s “Ohh!Bright shuny thing” and I ending moving to…
I’m a lazy journal poster… I admit it!
I always start journals with good intentions. Document what I am feeling, what is going on, give my thoughts a voice, etc. Maybe a week of back to back posts…