Christopher M0YNG @M0YNG@mastodon.radio

It was suggested I post, and pin, a toot with information about what it costs to run this instance.
I like this, I want to be transparent, and I think it's important that the community have trust and confidence in me, and the hosting.

Currently the costs looks like this:

* £112.50 a year for a VPS
* €25.00 a year for the domain name

All media (avatars, etc.) are sotred on the server, we use 20G of 40G so far.

More details (and optional donations) at
https://liberapay.com/M0YNG

#instanceAdmin

A helpful guide on getting started with Mastodon.
https://kevq.uk/getting-started-with-mastodon/

Ha! Found the remote control for my mini hifi. Now I can finally select the radio station I want to listen to.

So that's where it went...

https://coderadio.freecodecamp.org/

Curated, advert free, music designed to aid concentration.

I use to listen to this a lot, and now I've re-found it.

#code #music

I'm very tempted to light my computer case with EL Wire...

It's the same case I've had for [redacted] years, so it doesn't lend itself to cathodes (although I have done that) and the front panel lights no longer work, so no "ON" state.

The motherboard is slightly too old for all this fancy new RGB LED stuff.

I guess I could use "normal" LED light strip, but something about EL appeals.

Anyone done this?
Anyone know a good reason not to? (other than adding a heap of RF into my case)

#computer

Everyone, please welcome @Lynn_KE0LRW !

Please welcome @dl4mat !

@dl4mat, please toot an #introductions so we can get to know you 😀 add some hashtags too so we know what interests you.

You can find more people in the instance in the directory
https://mastodon.radio/explore
(you can opt into this too once you have 10 "friends", and add tags to your profile) and the local timeline.

And this list of radio amateurs on mastodon, may be of interest: https://pad.dc7ia.eu/p/radio_amateurs_on_the_fediverse

And there are apps!
https://joinmastodon.org/apps

Frustratingly (but not shockingly) two of the three dialup modems I've gathered so far have issues.

One did work, then stopped talking over serial.

The other appears to be deaf and doesn't detect the dial tone. When configured to receive, it never answered.

So, if anyone has a serial dialup modem gathering dust, please let me know!

#dialup

Darn it. Looks like my desktop computer's power supply has died. Rapid short beeping at post.

What's a good replacement?
I'd like high efficiency, ideally semi modular cables (I don't have many in use)
Currently have 600w, but don't really know what my system requires!

It's an SPA 525G2 of that matters.

Please help me fediverse!

I have a #cisco #voip phone for #hamshackhotline
It works, but my isp is interfering with sip, and I can't get anywhere with tech support (😲)

I'm wondering if a #vpn on a vps might mitigate this...
However, although the phone supports a vpn, I can't find out +what+ vpn it is supposed to use.

I suspect it might be a proprietary cisco one.

So, is it possible?
Will it help?
What vpn protocol does it use?
What server software do I need?
Is there an open source option?

some of the spurious requests I get to join mastodon.radio are amusingly blind to the nature of mastodon.radio.

An excerpt from a request today:
"I have created a Facebook group for everything related to SEO"

#instanceAdmin

Please welcome @sp6hfe!

@sp6hfe, please toot an #introductions so we can get to know you 😀 add some hashtags too so we know what interests you.

You can find more people in the instance in the directory
https://mastodon.radio/explore
(you can opt into this too once you have 10 "friends", and add tags to your profile) and the local timeline.

And this list of radio amateurs on mastodon, may be of interest: https://pad.dc7ia.eu/p/radio_amateurs_on_the_fediverse

And there are apps!
https://joinmastodon.org/apps