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/

@oppen I just spotted your note about ariane on fdroid.

I grabbed the latest apk and wow is it slick ! I like that little fade in animation on page load.

Keep up the good work!

Everyone, Please welcome @KC1PYT !

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

Everyone, Please welcome @KD8TNV !

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

for anyone following along at home, it has been half done!

Apparently our main fuse is welded in place so they can't install a new meter because they can't remove the grid side fuse.

Which is good to know if there was a fire or other emergency that required the fuse being pulled...

Apparently I'll have someone else come out and replace ALL of that stuff, then the electric metre can be replaced after that.

But we have a new gas metre!

I have someone coming to install new gas and electric metres today.

They will be here between 0800 and 1800.

They will call before arriving.

We're nearly 20% through the possible period and still no call.

This is completely blocking my ability to start doing ANYTHING.

Essential viewing for anyone who does stuff with electricity I think!

How to use your trashy meter without blowing it up (much)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDW0LRQVrY

Sorry for the turbulence.

mastodon.radio is now running v3.4.1

We skipped over v3.4.0 (well, we did run it for a few minutes whilst I installed 3.4.1)

Release notes:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.4.0
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.4.1

#mastoAdmin

Something actually useful a (self driving?) car covered in cameras could do - look for "2 hours free parking" signs and automatically start a timer then alert you BEFORE you get a stupid "parking charge".

This toot brought to you by a letter saying I owe £100 for parking for 2h 20m somewhere I thought was 3h free 🤬

I install #briar after I saw someone toot about it. Seems interesting, messages are exchanged via Bluetooth, WiFi, and/tor

I don't have anyone to try it with though

Everyone, Please welcome @nm9o !

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

New #blog post!

Complex 19 + Licences

https://m0yng.uk/2021/10/Complex-19-+-Licences/
gemini://m0yng.uk/2021/10/Complex-19-+-Licences/
gopher://m0yng.uk:70/0/2021/10/Complex-19-+-Licences.txt

I've decided to Just Do It #YOLO

I've pushed the code for #Complex19 to a public repo.

Complex 19 is my static site generator for simultaneous #Gopher #Gemini and #HTML which I use for my personal site:

https://m0yng.uk
gemini://m0yng.uk
gopher://m0yng.uk

I'm sure there is much wrong with it and don't expect it to be of any use to anyone else (I haven't even picked a license!)

https://git.m0yng.uk/m0yng/Complex-19

Everyone, Please welcome @W7QED & @robbinespu !

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