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sourceWelcome to volume thirty-five of Scrolls, a newsletter for sharing cool stuff from the IndieWeb, Fediverse & Cybersecurity realms. This week, if you haven’t already, you should make a fuc**ng website. Y’know what? That’s it. Just go do that.
…jk jk — I also discuss some shortfalls of social media (yes, even the Fediverse), and lament the many broken computer-ey things in the world.
IndieWeb
I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. This time I’ll say it a bit more eloquently–you should have a fucking website. Don’t overthink it! It really isn’t all that scary. Your site can be big (maybe not too big though 🤦♂️) or small, static or dynamic, colorful or plain, whatever you want! (Just no AI puh-leeaseee).
Because if we don’t build our own places on the web, we’ll get stuck with the big boring box to (digitally) live in. That’s the boOooOring, vanillaweb. We want the good, fun, non-corporate, cozy, human web! So getcha a site, put alllll your stuff there (yes I mean all of it), and then go read and connect with other people doing the same. It’s fun I promise! Just remember, it’s all about being you, in a place that’s for you. Don’t get too choice-overloaded or bogged down by the technical bits 😄.
From N-gated Hacker News
🚀 Behold, the #IndieWeb POSSE piece: a brave odyssey into the chaotic labyrinth of infinite links and jargon! 🔍️ Navigate through a maze of enthusiasm for #DIY websites everyone will forget by next week. 🤦♂️ It’s the perfect handbook for the #hipster coder who thinks their blog will change the world—one unread post at a time. 📖✨️
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Speaking of fun, there’s so much to do once you have your site up ‘n runnin’. Ya gotta tinker around with the look and feel of course, write your silly li’l posts, then write some cool serious posts (y’know, if you want that is), and do all sorts of other fun things! If you get stuck, take a break and go wander about and poke around on other people sites—inspiration is abundant if you know how to look for it. For example, the Over/Under series is a great way to get introduced to cool new blogs and the humans behind them.
Small Web Finds and Features
Two li’l web finds to share with y’all this week 👇
- CSS-driven nostalgia wasn’t on my bingo card for this year but here’s a playable Mini CSS Mario
- A fun bite-sized mini site: “Small and Nearly Silent”
Fediverse
Look, the Fediverse is great. I have a whole weekly section here dedicated to it afterall. But it could be better. Or maybe traditional “social media” is irrideemably flawed in some ways… Yes, it serves “connections”, but too often those connections result in something I find eerily inhuman. I think blogging allows for more a human connection, but it has its own shortfalls with respect to actually delivering said connection (i.e. discovery). You know the feeling—that sense of yelling into the void…
Coupling these two sentiments is why I am so invested in both my blog as a means to express my humanity, and the Fediverse as the connection and discovery mechanism to spread the good word (i.e. the silly stuff I post on my site).
Cybersecurity
Hello and welcome to everyone’s favorite cyber-themed gameshow, “What’s Horiffically Broken”! I’m your host shellsharks and this week we have several new (and many recurring) contestants! Who will win?! We’ve got AI, the “cloud”, supply chain security infrastructure, NFC, and even SVGs! How exciting!
Stepping away from said horrors, here’s some other neat things to check out 👇
- Learn how to write rules for detecting vulnerabilities in binaries with VulHunt
- Advice on bringing back RSS for operational security
- Learn about the many ways you can escalate privileges in cloud environments with Pathfinding.Cloud
- Secure your desktop applications with help from the new(ish) DASVS
- This site, Virtual Security Car, looks like it has a lot of really neat posts. I’ve been reading a few myself
Thanks for reading Scrolls! Remember, even in dark times, there’s still plenty of good in the world.
