Self-Hosting on The Drew Archive

SearXNG

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Originally published on 2022-07-10.

Drew’s Private Search Engine
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Now hosted locally as a service. I have created an instance of SearXNG that is up and running, fully self hosted on my server.

Yarr

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0400

Originally published on 2022-07-10.

Drew’s Web-Based Feed Aggregator
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I created an instance of Yarr and wrote about it here as part of the archive’s record. RSS aggregators are the tool you should be using if you want to stay up to date with many different websites. Rather than visiting the web page directly you can follow a site’s RSS feed and be notified when a new article is published. RSS aggregators make news-aggregating applications and websites largely unnecessary, and they are better because they are not curated to push agendas or targeted news articles.

Calibre

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Originally published on 2021-10-23.

Drew’s Library Server
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I created an instance of Calibre/Calibre-Web and wrote about it here as part of the archive’s record.

Jitsi

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Originally published on 2021-10-01.

Drew’s Video Conferencing Server
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Now hosted locally as a service. I created an instance of Jitsi and wrote about it here as part of the archive’s record.

RSS-Bridge

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Originally published on 2021-09-12.

Generate Atom or RSS feeds
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In the spirit of building my own platform I created an instance of RSS-Bridge and wrote about it here as part of the archive’s record.

Choose Independence NOT Dependence

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Originally published on 2021-08-17.

The case for why when given the choice between independence and dependence the default should be to choose independence
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When given the option to choose between independence and dependence the defacto choice should be to choose independence, NOT dependence. Sadly, we (the collective American Consoomer) have that backwards. We have grown accustomed to trading away our independence, be that our privacy, personal data, or in many cases our very capacity to think independently. We trade it away for shiny new products that come with the promise of convenience. I say that last part somewhat tongue in cheek because corporations know what sells and employ a standing army of marketers who will sell you on why you need this new product or feature. If they do not get to you first then the dragnet of Youtube Tech Dorks will sell you on the idea with their latest Tech Review upload.

Self-Hosting on The Drew Archive

SearXNG

Drew’s Private Search Engine #

Yarr

Drew’s Web-Based Feed Aggregator #