Digital & tech ownership

█████████ ██████ █████ ████ █████ ███▒▒▒▒▒███ ███▒▒███ ▒▒███ ▒▒███ ▒▒███ ███ ▒▒▒ ██████ ████████ ▒███ ▒▒▒ ██████ ▒███████ █████ ████ ▒███ ██████ ███████ ██████ ████████ ▒███ ███▒▒███▒▒███▒▒███ ███████ ▒▒▒▒▒███ ▒███▒▒███▒▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒▒▒▒▒███ ▒▒▒███▒ ███▒▒███▒▒███▒▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒▒▒███▒ ███████ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ███████ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒▒▒ ▒▒███ ███▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ███▒▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ███▒▒███ ▒███ ███▒███ ▒███ ▒███ ▒▒█████████ ▒▒██████ ████ █████ █████ ▒▒████████ ████████ ▒▒████████ █████▒▒████████ ▒▒█████ ▒▒██████ █████ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒

When our digital lives are tied up in private services, updates to the software and terms of service may not be for us. These posts include topics about alternatives to corporate services, self-hosting, and data ownership.

Moto G5 Plus iPod

For very little effort, I have a media player with some unique features.

January 24, 2026

A photo of the Blu-ray disc for the Super Mario Bros. Movie in an external Blu-ray drive next to the box art.

Blu-ray: The rise of Jellyfin

I want to build a digital media library that's competitive with streaming services.

January 11, 2026

A screenshot of the web application FreshRSS showing categories on the left-hand column and a list of starred articles on the right-hand column.

FreshRSS, favorite tech 2025

No matter how many times I re-learn that RSS is the answer to managing internet consumption, I'm always charmed by it.

December 11, 2025

A black and white photo of a grid of stacked CRT television sets.

It's not sideloading and it never was

The way we frame our relationship to technology affects our expectations and how much we hold corporations responsible for their creations.

October 27, 2025

All software is precarious

While I'm working to replace a lot of my mainstream tech, I thought this one was safe.

October 12, 2025

A Radioshack ad showing a President's Day sale with a Tandy computer, mobile cellular phone, Deluxe Portable CD player, and other electronics.

A new minimalism

I was excited by smartphones as one device to rule them all. In a few short years, I was miserable.

September 30, 2025