I’m kinda fascinated by Ghost (the blogging platform) and its ability to sync with Mastodon. Has anyone tried it for this purpose? Do you like how it works?
I really like my current set up, not wishing to change right now. I’m just gathering data.
indieweb
a few years ago i mentioned that i wrote a book about the exciting, awkward and embarrassing experiences of growing up with computers and video games in the 80s and 90s.
i wanted to remember what it felt like being the only dorky computer kid at school. or what it was like to hear my first modem handshake sound. or starting the first flamewar on the school's national FirstClass BBS in the macintosh lab over the lunch-hour
it was originally something i wrote only for my family and friends who were there at the time.
and then i met all of you folks when i started my first masto instance 4 years ago. i had no idea there were so many hardcore retrocomputing and gaming nerds out there; unix and mac and ms-dos folks alike.
so i mentioned it casually. i was surprised by the interest in the book.
so i spent the better part of the past 3 years rewriting the book for *you* fellow mastodon dorkus malorkuses. the book is a celebration of all of the best (and worst) parts of a kid growing up in the digital age.
we're all busy old tired stressed folks now. so every memory and cringetacular story is short enough to read on a 5 minute bus/metro/toilet ride. they're weaved together into an arc that starts at my family's first Tandy TRS-80 and ends at my school's Mac LC II and building my first Pentium 133.
it's finally published, and i'm super proud of what it became thanks to everyone here nerding out for years.
enjoy the book. i wrote it just for you. ❤️
paperback edition: https://mybook.to/EDuUf
DRM-free ebook (EPUB format) and chapter samples here:
https://tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems
#books #indiePublisher #bookstodon #author #macintosh #vintageApple #vintageComputing #msdos #dosGaming #yeg #canada #alberta #bbs #smolWeb #indieWeb
![The rear cover of the book, showing a Carmen Sandiego-style letter from the ACME Detective agency. The letter has a picture of a spazzing out kid wearing a Just Do It sweater.
The letter reads:
ACME Detective Agency
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs
* Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, and Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent.
I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division](/proxy/post_attachment/958760/4c3f9d6273.png "The rear cover of the book, showing a Carmen Sandiego-style letter from the ACME Detective agency. The letter has a picture of a spazzing out kid wearing a Just Do It sweater.
The letter reads:
ACME Detective Agency
Dear Detective #0294,
As discussed, I have enclosed a hardcopy of VGA256's journals discussed at the departmental briefing. The journal entries are chronological, and document the suspect's computing and gaming activities from the early 1980s to late 1990s - his childhood and adolescent years.
Each vignette is an introspection into the suspect's self-described obsessions, including but not limited to:
* IBM PC, Amiga, Apple ][, Macintosh, Tandy
* MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows 3.1 & 95, UNIX
* NES, GameBoy, Sega Genesis, TI-85
* Modems, BBSes, CompuServe, Prodigy, ISPs
* Warez, FTP, Usenet, IRC, Shell Accounts
* Origin Systems, LucasArts, and Sierra On-Line
... and so on. The stories are a treasure trove of immoral and illicit activities that made him the dysfunctional adult he is now. I hope these will be of value in building your dossier on this delinquent.
I expect a report on my desk by Friday.
Deputy Chief Conover
Brat & Punk Division")
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I have a slightly odd hobby. I collect related words of equal length.
The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250820/ #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #IndieWeb #NoPaywall
New #blog post! New Year's Resolutions and other musings. Happy almost-2026 everyone!! Just a little more!!
https://renkotsuban.com/posts/2025-12-26-The-Weekly-Measure-2025-W52.html
If you liked The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb
Some will consider it pathetic, but 16 scifi books in 15 months represents an intense period of reading for me, more stressful than I would like to admit.
My write-up represents a new start to my online presence, and is my introduction to the Indieweb (please be gentle), and the blog will develop out from this.
https://khleedril.org/blog/2025-12-31--cleared-a-tbr-pile.html
The Kingett Guide to Free Pizza https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250820/ #IndieWeb #Blog #Blogging #Blogs
New on the blog: The last one for this year, my personal book and music recap.
#blog #personalBlog #personalWeb #personalWebsite #indieWeb #smallWeb
Edited 54d ago
If you liked Third Grade Letter to Santa, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb
A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250902/ #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #IndieWeb #NoPaywall
A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250902/ #IndieWeb #Blog #Blogging #Blogs
If you liked A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb
Finalmente atualizei meu blog com a lista dos filmes e séries de 2025 que mais recomendo!
#cinema #filme #indieweb #blog
https://ilogi.co/posts/imagens--letras--sons/filmesseries2025/
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New #blog post! Talking about some recent New Year's Happy Hour streams and the games we played in them, plus a few other game recs that we enjoyed over the winter holidays.
https://renkotsuban.com/posts/2026-01-09-The-Weekly-Measure-2026-W02.html
Best homepage decision I ever made, making this my homepage. https://bearblog.dev/discover/ #Web #Internet #IndieWeb
Hi #Forkiverse people! I'm a writer of fiction and nonfiction. I'm blind and have been in the Fediverse a long time now but I love it here! I blog a lot and an introduction to my blog can be found at https://sightlessscribbles.com/welcome-note/ #Introduction #Introductions #NewHere #Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb
Why "Happy Ever After" is Radical Restorative Justice https://sightlessscribbles.com/why-happy-ever-after-is-radical-restorative-justice/ #Romance #RomanceLandia #RomanceReaders #Blog #Blogging #IndieWeb
I really need to find more people who do link dumps! I love them because I find some human writers blogging about random stuff. If you do link dumps, link roundups, please tell me.
#Business #Launches
Blogs Are Back · A privacy-focused RSS reader with a blog directory https://ilo.im/169qa6
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#NewsReader #IndieWeb #Blogs #RSS #Design #WebDesign #Development #DevOps #WebDev #Frontend #Backend
Starting a new series of tutorials with @glitchdotcom and @eleventy.
First up: making a fediverse-ready image gallery to show off your artwork, photography, or perhaps your favorite protest art.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/making-static-sites-on-glitch-image-gallery/
More coming soon!
#PersonalWebsite #websites #indieweb #MakeWebsites #MakeTheWeb #MadeWithGlitch
aos meus queridos estoicos, curiosos ou simpatizantes, compartilho este site: https://stoic.guites.dev .
É baseado num site antigo que eu encontrei perambulando na small web e que gerou muitas conversas boas com o pessoal do trabalho (algumas que deram início a amizades de longa data).
Fui procurar ele essa semana e o site estava desativado.
Então, eis o estoico diário, engasgado.
#stoicism #estoicismo #filosofia #philosophy #surfandoWeb #smallWeb #indieWeb
HI HELLO, I have started work on my fan site for one of my favorite manga series, #Hirayasumi!! It is still VERY much a work-in-progress but I would be quite chuffed if you checked it out (and also check out Hirayasumi!!)
Updated my PodRoll to include some favorite nonfiction podcasts and Let’s Play’s in audio only formats. https://sightlessscribbles.com/podroll/ #LetsPlay #Gaming #Podcast #Podcasts #Audio #Nonfiction #IndieWeb #Podroll #PodRoll