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Debugging and fixing the conflict I had between Let’s Encrypt certificates and the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress (for joining the Fediverse!)
I’ve been joining and rejoining bits of my Internet footprint to the Fediverse. I think a couple of years ago I started a mastodon account and dropped off because my corner of it was dead and I didn’t really understand how self-serve it was. More recently, after starting to record myself streaming video games (in…
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A grand project – Streaming and Video Hosting – Part 3 – Drilling into DNS
I want to look into how we do DNS these days. There are a couple of choices – one of the reasons there are choices is that DNS kind of sucks. But it also drives the Internet. I am old enough that I remember, having just missed the era of programming mainframes with punch cards,…
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A grand project – Streaming and Video Hosting – Part 2 – Design, Planning, and Notes
Having decided on a goal, it’s now time to rough out the approach. Basically, what do I need to do to make this happen? Decide on regular DNS or Dynamic DNS to provide an external DNS hostname so other peers can find my instance. regular DNS Domain: perivid.xyz Registered, registrar chosen, domain chosen. DNS A…
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A grand project – Streaming and Video Hosting – Part 1
Sort of growing out of my impulse to record leukemia patient knowledge for posterity, I started playing PC games and streaming them. My original goal there was just to get used to recording my own video, used to hearing and listening critically to my own voice, figuring out what to talk about when playing games…