Kagu's Corner
Kagu A.
For a few years, but more seriously starting around 2023, I have been interested in internet privacy, free and open source software (FOSS), and self hosting. I started exploring this interest by starting to build a home server and diving down that rabbit hole. This interest led me to stumble upon some videos about the IndieWeb and motivated me to start this website. My goal is to generally carve my own space out here on the internet.
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All posts (48)
I switched this site over to using the Zola SSG around May of this year because when I originally wrote the bulky-ass HTML files that used to be this site, I had a voice in the back of my head swearing that most people with a personal site were not, in fact, maintaining 4 different 500+line raw HTML files for their...
It has been a little over a month since I set out to improve my focus and attention span by setting myself a few rules. I'm on a plane without wifi and with my notebook so I thought I'd write a bit about how each rule has worked out and how my overall progress is. TL;DR: I've adjusted to this new normal, with less...
I know how weird this idea sounds. "Let's all rate things on an 11-point scale with half-point increments where half the scale is negative numbers." I know how weird this idea sounds because I thought the same thing when I was introduced to the scale. But this neat little -5 -> 5 scale has, I've found, some neat...
I haven't really used Reddit in about 2 years, since reddit banned 3rd party apps. I used "Reddit Is Fun" for years, and hated the walled-garden Reddit was starting to create. I created a Lemmy account instead, which has since scratched the itch but I am considering deleting as well, as I mentioned in my blogpost...
Been browsing powRSS a lot more lately, and it's really helped fill out my RSS reader feed. I fee like I always have something interesting to read from a variety of bloggers and topics. Here's a few that especially seemed discussion-sparking or interesting. Blogs Quailblog - The May-July Flower Report MSD is a...
My partner and I recently formulated a barometer for analyzing (guessing), how good another relationship is. It's not meant to be that serious or some kind of "if you don't have this, break up" type thing. But I think it's kind of neat. The bar is pretty simple: If the couple can publicly disagree about something...
My brain is fried. I think it has been since I was in college. I have vivid memories of having an anxiety attack in the back of my thermodynamics class and pulling out my phone to calm myself down. It also seems I'm not alone. It feels like everyone has become increasingly aware of how hard it is to focus or even...
A few months ago, controversy stirred around one of the core maintainers of Hyprland, the Linux window manager, facing backlash for their political stances. It has been extensively covered by a slew of "techtubers" and bloggers, and I am not interested in re-hashing the events here. However, the discussion bubbled...
I've been on vacation recently so haven't put much time into updating the blog but I did recently find some really cool websites that I wanted to share! Tools powRSS This website is phenomenal, even if simple. It's basically an RSS aggregator but driven by a community of people who want to help others discover...
I was lucky enough to get Juneteenth off work and felt very motivated to do some work in the garden. There was a decent list of things that needed my attention: Two of the 4 tomato plants lacked any real kind of trellis and the 4th one had fruited and dried out completely The walkways had become partially overrun by...
I linked Servers @ Home Wiki a while ago in one of my linkdumps, and it's been really exciting to see it and the related Youtube channel and Discord grow. Recently, the owner opened up their Wiki for contributions from the community, and I'm pleased to say I've contributed my first guide for the self-hosted soulseek...
So last year I wrote about my cobbled-together proxmox server that I started running and how I installed a Minecraft and the classic arr stack. It was my first foray into self hosting and ever since then I've wanted to stand up a new one with more storage, more power, more services. And since I recently upgraded my...
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