omg lol, the wind
After seeing it crop up a few times, either from people I interact with on the fediverse and/or folk who’s blogs I read, I’ve signed for an account with omg.lol.
I don’t really know what to describe it as… A “small independent hosting collective” is the best I can come up with.
I thought I’d perhaps use it as an un-anonymised alt to my usual semi-anon online presence here.
As part of the £15 a year membership you get some light web hosting (a profile page, a now page, a basic markdown blog, a very old school microblog), a text pastebin and image pastebin, a mastodon account at social.lol, an email address (cutts@omg.lol), plus a few other bits and bobs.
Given how elaborate and daft my main website is, and how likely any alternative is to sit dormant, requirements for said alternative would be:
- be super basic
- be close to free
- be near zero maintenance
It ticks these boxes and has the added benefit of being a bit daft and fun.
Also I’m looking forward to telling someone my email address is Cutts at oh em gee dot ell oh ell.
In Other News, It’s Windy
A storm arrived in the UK and all the usual British things happened. Wheelie bins and trampolines littering the streets, etc.
Our barbeque, thanks to it’s rain cover I’d imagine, took a little trip but stayed in the garden. Other than a few panels of the greenhouse, no other damage as yet.
The fence, however, is not long for this world. It may have seen its last winter.