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2025-02-10 06:00:05

Pixy’s Corner 💻

Days like these, where the world is going crazy bit by bit, I really wish I was more tech savvy! I would love to understand Linux better, especially since I got it to my laptop now. And, if I were smart enough, I would love to host my own little corner on the internet!

If I had the funds and the wits, I’d love to have a domain where I could host all the bits of the internet that I enjoy for myself. Of course I’d go with the activity pub/FediVerse route, as I’ve been enjoying that so much… I have dreams, but I don’t have the means and knowledge, unfortunately… But… What would I like? 🤔

Well, it would be cool to have a domain named “Pixy’s Corner” 😉! I’d love to run several FediVerse services. I would make sure that I’d have a stable PC with a decent hard drive system (also a backup one), so I’d have enough space to host all my sillyness!

I enjoy the Mastodon bit of Fedi. I’ve recently joined my first “misskey” instance and wow, those options are even more awesome! So I’d definitely want some of that! 😇

I enjoy sharing pictures, so there should be a Pixelfed instance as well…

Video sharing is cool too! So I’d need more space to host a PeerTube instance as well.

And, last but not least, I’d love a blog site based on Write Feedly, as that also works with activity pub.

If I’d had the space available, it would definitely be open for some friends to join. But I’d make it for me first, and then I’d try to federate with the other instances, so I could chat and share with folks on other instances as well. 😊

Back in the day, when Frontpage and message boards were still a thing, I used to host my own website and forum. I rented the online space and used a ftp program to connect. And somehow, it usually worked! I don’t think I could that now…

Ever since the fibro kicked in, I’ve struggled with brain fogs. I’ve lost a lot of why I knew. And things changed… 😔

I still remember starting my first GeoCities website. Playing with those awesome animated images that became a hot thing, especially when MySpace became a thing to join!

Ow that reminds me… If I could, I’d also host a matrix instance so friends and family could chat safely through my servers… 😊

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Don’t tell me it’s easy! With my autism, I find it very hard to learn from the internet, especially since most tutorials are videos these days. And those are the worst for me… 😔

Ideally, I’d get someone face-to-face, and together we’d set up the kit and then get all the stuff running. They’d explain every little step, and I’d be writing down every step Ling the way! And then when I need to do my first instance updates, that person would come over again, talk me through it step by step, and I’d be making notes again. And repeat that until I know what to do and if feel confident enough about it.

But as I don’t know code, as I don’t understand protocols, as I don’t havr the funds for the domain and kit I’d need… I guess it’s just a silly dream…

It’s just a silly dream to have my own “little sanctuary” on the wide web, to have a place to really call my own, to make it as weird as I can, and then add some more sillyness! To have “Pixy’s Corner”, where I could blog, Toot, share vids and snaps… That would just be awesome!! But I guess it will just stay a dream as I don’t have the knowledge, nor the funds, to make any of this possible…

I am very grateful for the instances that host my current sillyness, and I try to support them when I can. Which is really not often enough, as I’ve been dealing with loads of costs the last year… 😔 But when I can, I do try to chip in a bit…

So, unfortunately, no Pixy’s Corner… But it was a nice thoguht…

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