Sailing tech

Searching for a viable Facebook/Twitter alternative

Spent a decent number of hours over the weekend looking at the field of OSS and private Facebook and Twitter alternatives. Initially, the two that leaped out at me were Diaspora* and Mastodon. I decided to take a shot at installing Diaspora, in spite of it’s messed up name, because it is pro-ported to be […]

Skype calls

Signed up for Skype so I can make phone calls from my iPad when phone battery is dead.

Sort of DIY

Decided to go for broke and mount the flat screen on the wall vs. having it sit on the stand. Finished product looks clean. It seems trivial, but do to the way the studs lined up in the wall and the weight of the 60″ screen, I had to create a fully custom mount for […]