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I run a small Mastodon instance, and recently I've migrated it from a Docker container in Digital Ocean to my own Kubernetes cluster on Hostinger VPS. Here's how I did it.

“Koliada,” tapestry, by Olha Pilyuhina Just a few weeks ago I began a new semester at the University of Tulsa and also, with much excitement, kicked off my stint as a Tulsa Artist Fellow. I consider myself extraordinarily lucky to be part of this year’s multi-talented cohort, and I look forward to collaborating with each and every one of my colleagues in the program. My first year with the Fellowship …

“An X never, ever marks the spot,” Indiana Jones once famously stated. Only in this one particular case, it totally does: When Twitter became X, it very much felt like the official end of the Twitter era. I think this very concretely means two things: 1)The landscape for social media discourse has fragmented completely. Over on Bluesky, John V Willshire and I started chatting about this, which turned to him …

January was yet another month of snow and bitterly cold weather. There were large snow piles, kids on sledges, swathes of ice covering…

Composer Walter Mair’s music is everywhere and you might not even realize it. Perhaps you’re aware of the titles with his name on the marquee: the Apple TV+ show Liaison, starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel; the memorable, Megan Fox-starring horror flick Til Death; and, recently, the 2023 reboot of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. He’s also contributed score cues to everything from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas to …

Last year, on my birthday, I released a book. Maybe you read it? It was called WINDBURN WHIPLASH, the first full-length installment in the Streets of Flame series. The next book is called HEATSTROKE HEARTBEAT. It covers, as one does, the next part of the story: Now that Zaya’s figured out how to win again, now that she’s resolved to help not just her son but everyone in Yemareir who’s …

This is a 2,000 word post about the last 18 months and what happened to me during them. It contains a lot, and I thank you for your indulgence. A year ago, both my parents died. My dad in January and my mum in February. They were on opposite sides of the planet but had a number of things in common. Both deaths were unexpected - dad's was a late …

I asked DALL-E to draw a flowchart on how to make a decision. This is spot on.

In the last issue of Own Your Web, we looked at blogrolls as one way to improve the visibility and discoverability of our sites. Whether or not you want to add a blogroll to your site is a matter of personal preference. But there is something else which probably everyone with a personal website should do: adding an RSS feed. What’s RSS? RSS, which stands for either “Really Simple Syndication” …

On February 21 at 12:00 Eastern (UTC-5), join me and Steven Higashide (Better Buses, Better Cities) for a discussion of the new edition of my book Human Transit. It’s sponsored by the great journalists at NextCity.org, who will ask for a small donation. Register here! Registrants will get 30% off the book! The post Webinar Coming Up! appeared first on Human Transit.

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According to the Bowwow Theory, (Compare dingdong theory, pooh-pooh theory, says Merriam-Webster), the language originated in imitations of natural sounds (such as those of birds, dogs, or thunder). That's my inspiration for this compilation loosely based on various imitations of sounds in songs. Anita And The So-and-so's - Rinky Tinky RhythmBette McLaurin - ZipBill Haley - Chattanooga Choo ChooBobby Day - Beep Beep BeepBonnie Lou And Rusty York - Let …

Moved the three smaller plants to the side of the tent. The tent is still tight to work in but much better.Remember click 'em to big 'em.The beauty of Autoflower Cannabis is you can move the overflow plants to the side of the tent. There are still five plants and a AC unit in the tent, the fifth plant is in Coco Coir so it can be moved when needed.

Happy Valentines Day! A couple weeks ago, on a cold Sunday afternoon, I was browsing Pinterest instead of doing the multitude of other things I told myself I would get done that afternoon. I happened upon this fashion plate, and fell in love!That pink and burgundy dress on the right! It was so pretty! I made a spur of the moment decision that I was going to make that gown. …