Cancelled my Spotify membership a month ago and have been searching for a self hosted music alternative. Now set up a Navidrome instance on a Pikapod server. Very easy to set up (a few mins and clicks of buttons). Uploaded 2k+ songs from my archives. Cheap to run (approx $3 a month). Accessible on all my devices. So far, so good.
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Since Dec 2022 we have been running our own Mastodon & GoToSocial servers. What a breath of fresh air the Fediverse has been. We have made many hundreds of new friends from around the world, mostly related to our mountain, tech and nature interests.
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Exciting news that Framework products are now available to order in three more countries including my own: Italy, Spain, and Belgium! That includes the Framework Laptop 13, Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders. Better get my planning head on!
@frameworkcomputer
Lots going on in the night skies at the moment, but didn't manage to get any of the Perseids meteors yesterday evening, just the occasional satellite.
32 degrees centigrade at midnight last night! Difficult to sleep. Looking forward to autumn.
I'm quite excited about local-first software development. I've been playing about with Anytype note taking and am quietly optimistic. Good article about how a "local first" approach can set us free from the corporate cloud.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a-prison-can-the-local-first-software-movement-set-us-free/
There was a beautiful setting moon this morning so whilst my wife was out walking the dogs I borrowed her "good" camera and got this photo.
A tough day yesterday on mainly pathless, steep terrain, but into a wonderfully quiet area full of natural beauty. I'm knackered!
Loma Pua 3226m - Pico Sabinar 2961m - Rio Veleta - Lagunillos del Pulpito - Paso de los Guias - Col de Carihuela
Just backed Cory Doctorow's Kickstarter project "The Internet Con - How to Seize the means of Computation". A DRM-free audiobook to halt the internet's enshittification and throw it into reverse (Amazon won't sell it!). Looking forward to this.
@pluralistic
Author Chris Stewart joined our hiking group yesterday. Here he is hanging on grimly to the short but spectacular "Paso de los Guias" in Spain's Sierra Nevada mountains
N.B Chris's travel books have encouraged thousands to contemplate the move to Andalucia. "Driving Over Lemons" was the first. Soon to be a TV Series.
Arko, chilling after his early morning dog walk. Nothing moving except his eyes
New head torch ... Nitecore NU21. At 43 grams and only €35 it seems like good value on the face of it. Testing it on an overnight soon.
Looking forward to this tonight. A home grown tomato and basil salad with locally sourced garlic and drizzled with a friends olive oil. The simple things in life are the best
Arriving at the ski lifts yesterday we found that the bottom gondola lift was broken and wasn't running. Never mind, one plan closes, gets put on back burner and another one opens. Instead, we dropped into a quiet valley with just a few animal tracks. This valley was full of streams, greenery, waterfalls and wild endemic plants. A beautiful reminder of how the Spain's Sierra Nevada once was.
Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
Interesting article - think it's unlocked
Managed to just about catch the rainbow appearing in this cascade
Things you love to see!
Piedra Resbaladiza, Sierra Nevada
Your beer should always be treated with much love. What better way to cool it down than by immersing in pure mountain waters at 3000 metres?
N.B Dear Steinburg ... would you like to sponsor me?
Santuario de Monteagud, Filbares.
Our predecessors certainly knew how to construct mountain hilltop buildings that took full advantage of any cool air and superlative views.
A religious building with spectacular views of the sea, the desert and the mountains. The sanctuary occupies the site of a Muslim ravita called "Montahur" and is a provincial pilgrimage center.
The development of some Mammatus clouds above Lanjaron this morning?
It's taken me some time to figure it out, as I found it confusing initially, but I am now enjoying using the note taking app. Offline and local first, fully compatible across devices, supports markdown and keeps notes and files in the same place. Worth a look at https://anytype.io