Lifting the veil: Just about a decade ago, we leased a property on a pristine and desolate beach. The house didn’t have robust walls – It just had a few curtains to protect us from the elements. The rooms internally had walls full of transparent glass... https://srikanthperinkulam.com/b/2Rp #privacy #freedom #decentralize
I’ve been sitting on the ledge for a while now and Whatsapp’s latest ultimatum is just what I needed to see myself out the doors.I value my freedom and privacy way more than the perceived convenience and I’ve deleted my Whatsapp account for good.#whatsapp https://srikanthperinkulam.com/b/2Rd
This is fascinating! A few #GPS devices apparently had a mild(?) path offset issue few days ago:
After a muted attempt last year, we were able to ring in 2021 with an early morning Surfing class at Covelong. The girls loved it and I couldn’t have asked for a better start. Exhilarating, to say the least. And oh, salt water does BURN your eyes! #surfing
Over the last few days, I’ve been meandering through Bert‘s webpage and a few other sites – Such a treasure trove of information on the C-19 vaccine and biology/technology in general. https://srikanthperinkulam.com/t/2Qc
I'm a huge fan of #PrinceofPersia and this has been one of the best videos' I've seen of late. A deep dive into the making of the game:
new article on #lowtech magazine that I'm sure will resonate with a lot of folks here:
'How and why I stopped buying new laptops'
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stopped-buying-new-laptops.html
I chanced on Calibre-Web last week and finally got around better organizing my book collection. I really like the way it’s turned out and if anything, this has been a silent nudge to read more and read frequently! The beauty of this is that, I can now share my collection with friends and family just like yesteryear’s – when you would just borrow a book from a friend, read it and return it. #books
A bit old, but great and detailed video on linux backups using the GUI frontend Grsync for rsync.
YSK: #Amazon will be enabling a feature called #Sidewalk that will share your WiFi and bandwidth with anyone with an Amazon device automatically.
https://www.reddit.com/r/YouShouldKnow/comments/k2iq9g/ysk_amazon_will_be_enabling_a_feature_called/
An absolute VeraCrypt fan after my recent harddisk failure: https://srikanthperinkulam.com/b/2PQ
#veracrypt
This is amazing news! Nextcloud now has a Google migration tool!!
As of Nextcloud 20 there is now the "Google Integrations" addon
"Google integration allows you to automatically import your Google calendars, contacts, photos and files into Nextcloud."
This is amazing - a #search engine for personal websites that also implements #IndieAuth.
Just added myself on here. 😀
One neat article on exposing your homelab to the wilderness.
"In short, federation distributes governance and cost, and can allow us to tackle challenges that we couldn’t overcome without it. The free software community needs to rally behind federation, because no one else will. For all of the reasons which make it worth doing, it is not rewarding for corporations. They would much rather build walled gardens and centralize, centralize, centralize — it’s more profitable!"
https://drewdevault.com/2020/09/20/The-potential-of-federation.html
RT @MWStory@twitter.com
Mad respect for Hans Buhr, who built a working model Antonov An-225 *and* a glide-functioning model Buran Soviet space shuttle, then strapped them together and launched one from the other
I finally got around organizing my #stamp collection in a #lychee gallery.
https://srikanthperinkulam.com/2020/08/26/stamp-collection-digitized/