Big Diggity

Big Diggity

big_diggity@social.talesofmy.life

I'm just a Midwestern Jesus Follower, Husband and Dad.

Hometown:: MidWest USA

Gender:: Male

Status:: Married

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Fri, 02 Dec 2022 05:52:47 -0800

I can understand the use cases for and against #verified accounts.

As for myself. I own talesofmy.life domain, so all of my accounts will end in talesofmy.life or theres.life

All other accounts should be considered fraudulent. I am currently the only big_diggity in the Fediverse.

I am adding different instances to this domain, so you may get connection requests as I experiment with some of these platforms.

God bless,
Big Diggity
(Christopher)
#IAmDad

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Sat, 26 Nov 2022 06:18:17 -0800

#ChristmasLights at the #STLouis #Budweiser #BreweryLights

Nextcloud - a safe home for all your data

Big Diggity

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:08:42 -0800

@royal I posted this using my other server, which runs #Hubzilla , not Mastodon. I like the privacy settings better. I store my photos in my own nextcloud server, so I embed the links into my #Hubzilla post so I'm not storing the same photo in multiple spaces, eating my precious hard drive space. On the Mastodon end, it looks a bit wonky, but I don't care. It's still very viewable.

royal

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 07:16:48 -0800

@big_diggity Sure, no complaints, just wondering. I haven't done much with Fediverse beyond Mastodon yet.

Big Diggity

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 11:11:27 -0800

There's Life is actually running a fork of Mastodon called Glitch-soc. It adds a few more features than a typical Mastodon install would.
Hubzilla is much more complex than Mastodon.

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:39:38 -0700

Yes! It tastes as bad as it sounds. My wife and kids thought this would be a fun joke for me.
#IAmDad #bacon #soda

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Nextcloud - a safe home for all your data

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R. L. Dane

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:45:59 -0700

@big_diggity
Just curious, what ActivityPub server are you using that lets you insert hotlinks?

Big Diggity

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:59:33 -0700

@R. L. Dane I'm using #hubzilla software with the ActivityPub add on installed

Big Diggity

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:01:02 -0700

@Randal That sounds like a great bumper sticker

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:51:59 -0700

Drove out to see my mom and dad on the farm tonight.

#IAmDad #farmer #barn #farming #MidwestUSA

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Nextcloud - a safe home for all your data

Big Diggity

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:09:20 -0700

@Kris Since my Nextcloud and Hubzilla instance share the same server, I decided it would be better on space if i just shared the photo with a nextcloud link instead of storing the photo in Nextcloud and then also storing the photo in Hubzilla. I think it looks a bit different on Mastodon than it does from Hubzilla.

Big Diggity

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:12:49 -0700

@Kris I see what you mean, I'll try to clean that up a bit

Big Diggity

Sun, 24 Jul 2022 07:37:02 -0700

@Kris Yes, My flow is that my phone automatically uploads photos to my #Nextcloud as I take them. Then I use an app on my phone called Photos for Nextcloud on the Playstore by nkming. There I can share the photo with a public link. I go to #Hubzilla and insert as a weblink. Bam! the internet magic works.
I'm sure there are other ways to do this, but that's my process.

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:59:31 -0700

If you are on a #pleroma instance, could you please comment on this post? I think I'm having issues with a #hubzilla #pleroma connection.

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Thu, 26 May 2022 07:05:35 -0700

I do wish @Joplin or @Nextcloud ðŸ“±â˜ï¸ðŸ’» notes could handle handwritten notes. I'm currently stuck using #samsung notes, but they don't sync to #linux machines.

Any other suggestions?

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Big Diggity

Fri, 27 May 2022 08:01:21 -0700 last edited: Fri, 27 May 2022 08:06:56 -0700

@Joplin Good question. Thanks for asking. ðŸ˜€ All of the above. ðŸ˜¬
2 things I'm looking for are:
The ability to create a handwritten note, and later be able to alter it. Like paper and pencil, I could add to it, or erase something.

The ability to search handwritten notes. I'm assuming some type of OCR would be needed for that?

I realize that's asking a lot. Handwritten notes carry deeper significance, but it's hard to merge with a digital world.

I think the reason I convert to text is simply for searchability.

RockyIII

Fri, 27 May 2022 15:15:35 -0700

may i hijack this thread for a minute - @Big Diggity sorry for that

@Joplin I really like your app. I was even trying to make it work with the Fediverse - or better saying with #Hubzilla #^https://hubzilla.org/ . Hubzilla has a cloud and WebDav. With the FF Browser Web clipper i was able to store images from the web to Joplin and sync it to a folder in the Hubzilla cloud - that works grade. If Hubzilla could share .md files not just as a download it would be even more interesting to use Joplin and Hubzilla in the Fediverse as Clipping and sharing tolls -
Did you know that?
Have you tried it for your self?

Big Diggity

Fri, 27 May 2022 16:13:17 -0700

@RockyIII I love hearing new possibilities and integrations. Cool idea.

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:47:19 -0700 last edited: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:48:42 -0700

My favorite thing about the #fediverse is that it gives YOU total control over what you see and what you don't want to see. It's free speech. No algorithms. If you get banned from an instance, you just go find one that fits you better. I have the right to block certain words or phrases or people. You have the right say whatever stupid thing it is that you want to say.

Also, It's not all that hard to create your own instance on a multitude of different pieces of software. I've created my own #mastodon , my own #pleroma , and now my own #hubzilla instances.

It's all such a no-brainer. Plus, the really cool people who really want the best for the world are here.

#fantasticfedi

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:05:38 -0700 last edited: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:15:17 -0700

#TZAG Good morning, all!

I think i broke part of my #yunohost server. Last week, I decided to uninstall matrix and I accidentally uninstalled Prosody and now my jitsi instance isn't working. Luckily, #hubzilla is working like a champ. I re-installed #prosody but there must be a missing link somewhere.

Oh well, I'll figure it out. What fun is life if you can't screw up once in a while?
ðŸ¤ª
#iamdad

Big Diggity

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:33:45 -0700

@Kris Yup, I have my hubzilla cloned. ðŸ˜€

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Thu, 10 Mar 2022 05:18:29 -0800

Oh no! What happened to my #nextcloud ? ðŸ˜±ðŸ˜Ÿ

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kris

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:39:13 -0800

I did test with pixelfed on yunohost but I will not use it. Update is not ok. I don't want to search the reason and reading logs ... It was part of my test. Then I will not use it with Yunohost.

Did you already update your app ?

Big Diggity

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 05:12:47 -0800

@kris I didn't install #pixelfed
I installed #hubzilla #Jitsi #synapse for a matrix server, & #nextcloud

Big Diggity

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 08:09:43 -0800

@Kris I'm not sure if I'll keep the matrix or jitsi apps on my yunohost. It was cool to install but not really necessary. Matrix runs fine. I might keep that one for a while longer, though I'm having trouble accessing the admin side is it.

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:35:47 -0800 last edited: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:44:12 -0800

As of today...
I have my own #hubzilla server.
I have my own #matrix homeserver.
I have my own #nextcloud server.
I have my own #Jitsi server.
Not ready for public implementation yet. But quite the accomplishment for me. ðŸ˜Ž
Oh yeah, and my own #monica #crm server.

#iamdad

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Kris

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:56:15 -0800 from ActivityPub

@big_diggity Congratulation

Ade Malsasa Akbar

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 06:20:30 -0800 from ActivityPub

@big_diggity I just want to say congratulations.

Ji Fu

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:23:46 -0700 from ActivityPub

@big_diggity but... Why?

Big Diggity

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 06:34:44 -0700

@Ji Fu ha ha. Because I can? Sounds fun.

Ji Fu

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:33:24 -0700 from ActivityPub

@big_diggity is it just for tinkering with? What other advantages do you have over using one someone else hosts? Does it live in your house, or is it on AWS or somewhere else in â€œthe cloudâ€? I have a hard enough time just keeping my personal machine running free software, to the point our Plex server is on the wifeâ€™s Windoze box

Big Diggity

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:50:45 -0700 last edited: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:51:49 -0700

@Ji Fu Mostly tinkering. Social.talesofmy.life is my hubzilla instance. I created it for a future when my friends finally realize how evil Facebook is and want to try something new. I'm currently using Digitalocean with Yunohost installed. I really want it to live in my house, but I was cautioned that it could pose a security risk if not done correctly. I guess the advantage to hosting my own is that I don't have to wait for Admin to add features. Hubzilla has NOMAD identity, so my account is cloned on Zotum.net.

For the record, I've already killed my jitsi meet instance and unsure if I'm keeping the Matrix.

Ji Fu

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:05:21 -0700 from ActivityPub

@big_diggity I think that for most people the free-of-charge instance at https://meet.jit.si/ is sufficent. I also have access to the FSF server as a member https://jitsi.member.fsf.org/

Big Diggity

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:11:26 -0700

@Ji Fu I really just installed jitsi to see if I could. He he he

Jorge Irraizoz :bluecheck:🇺🇦

Fri, 13 May 2022 10:20:06 -0700 from ActivityPub

@big_diggity make a try for a vps server of @session

Randal (Hubzilla)

Fri, 13 May 2022 12:10:53 -0700

You're the man!

Big Diggity

Fri, 13 May 2022 13:25:02 -0700

@Jorge Irraizoz I will look into #session . At first glance, looks interesting

Big Diggity

Midwest USA, Fri, 25 Feb 2022 04:34:39 -0800

#yunohost is so much fun. I've created my own #hubzilla instance. My own #nextcloud instance. My own #monica #crm instance. Now I'm playing with my own #matrix homeserver.

I wonder how long it'll take for me to crash and burn it???
#iamdad

kris

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:49:54 -0800

how to save and recover with yunohost I still don't know.