“Cloudflare loses 22% of its domains in Freenom .tk shutdown”

 

Reading about Freenom and .tk domains brings back memories: The first domains I registered were free .tk domains because I was too cheap to pay for domains as a high school student and also had no credit card to do so.

But as soon as I noticed that .tk domains were considered untrustworthy (and I finally had options to pay for domains), I moved on to another TLD, .eu. I still have all the .eu domains (like appydroid.eu) from back then.

When I discovered other registrar options, I also registered domains across many other TLDs. But I did not keep all of them, some domains are already deleted for a long time.

https://www.netcraft.com/blog/cloudflare-loses-22-of-its-domains-in-freenom-tk-shutdown/

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Jan-Lukas Else

16 Mar 2024 at 19:07

Extended content warning

 

I realized recently that I wrote some cringe (to put it mildly) posts in my late adolescent phase. On the one hand, I would of course like to banish these posts from my blog, after all, my opinion has changed completely in some cases since then. But on the other hand, it would be a shame to let this part of my personal development simply disappear.

The posts I wrote back then also helped me to develop in some way. It certainly helped me to process my thoughts at times. Especially in difficult times, blogging was a good distraction for me.

That’s why I’ve had a warning above posts that are more than a year old for a long time, even before I created my own blog system. The warning is a disclaimer that my opinion may well have changed since I wrote this post.

Now, I’ve created a little plugin that extends this warning and shows my age back then on posts I wrote when I was 20 years old or younger. Perhaps this will help to ensure that posts I wrote when I was 17 are also considered posts by a 17-year-old pubescent.

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Jan-Lukas Else

16 Mar 2024 at 18:20

What should I do with my new domain?

 

I recently complained about domain registrars. But I also recently registered a new domain: j7s.me. A numeronym of my first name. And the .me TLD to show that I am a person. (And it is a short domain that was available.)

Why?

I currently often use jlelse or jle as my username. However, four out of six letters in jlelse are my surname. But what happens if my surname ever changes, for example if I get married? Then this username will reflect my birth name, but perhaps not my current name. My first name will forever be the same.

I also have the domain janlukas.de, but mainly to make it easier to fill in email addresses in paper forms. There are usually fewer misunderstandings with this domain. However, .de is of course German again.

Furthermore, I’m aware that it wouldn’t be a good idea to change the domain of my blog (again — I registered jlelse.blog in 2019). Mainly because that could also cause problems with ActivityPub and all my domain credibility would be lost.

My current plan for using the domain is as follows:

I’ve already experimented with GoToSocial once, but then deleted my instance because it was just very much in its infancy. I have also already reported on Takahē. Both promising software for microblogging, similar to Mastodon.

I could set up such an instance and use it as a microblogging add-on to my normal blog instead of my current profile on Fosstodon.

With GoToSocial, however, I would have to wait for the final implementation of the account migration feature, which is supposed to be coming soon. And with Takahē I would have to take a closer look at how resource-intensive the application is. I would rather not have to upgrade to a larger and more expensive virtual server.

Do you have some better ideas?

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Jan-Lukas Else

12 Mar 2024 at 21:19
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I received my blood results last week and have since been taking high dose vitamin D pills (also B12 and folic acid once a week) to improve my extremely low levels (~9 ng/ml).

I feel as if it’s already having an effect: I have more energy throughout the day and feel much better mentally. But it could also be a placebo effect. 🤔

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Jan-Lukas Else

12 Mar 2024 at 19:13

ooh.directory

 

Recently, I came across ooh.directory. A blog directory that lists blogs from all sorts of categories. (My blog is listed there, too).

I’ve been trying to diversify my feed list a bit. Right now, it’s mostly white men and mostly tech. But limiting myself to those topics isn’t ideal. I want to stay open-minded, I want to explore new things, I want to hear from people who have different views or experiences.

Sure, to write a blog, you have to have the curiosity to learn how to set one up. Many have chosen to just post on social media. And for techies, it’s usually easier to set up a website.

But that’s why it’s especially interesting to read blogs from non-tech people.

ooh.directory has already helped me discover some new blogs, so maybe it can help you too.

https://ooh.directory/

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Jan-Lukas Else

12 Mar 2024 at 19:05



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