api Thinking of a Domains API Future I had a thrilling followup meeting today with Jim, Lauren, and Taylor to talk more about the potential of a Domains API and how we might use it. This is
Year 1 of Reclaim Arcade Part 2 I hadn't planned to make this a two-part post but when looking back on this blog I realized I hadn't really set the stage much for all the work that
Year 1 of Reclaim Arcade Part 1 This blog ain't dead yet but as is typically the case I've been head down grinding on plenty of different things, but these days most of those things look like
oerxdomains21 Integrating SSO for OERxDomains21 I have a love/hate affair with SAML and SSO in general. Damn, two acronyms in the first sentence?! Nothing like that to thin out the crowds. Still with me? Ok let's go. The problem: While much of the conference we recently put on
support Remote Support for Parents It probably comes as no surprise that I'm seen as the "tech help" of the family. Anyone with a job that involves computers probably also plays that side role at
reclaim arcade Building a Video Wall for Reclaim Arcade Just when I think @ReclaimArcade can’t get any cooler, an idea surfaces from a conversation that will take the space to another level. Now to just see if I
pinball The Arcade Internet of Things The Fall has been a busy but fairly productive time here, so it's about high time I got off my ass and blogged some of that magic. Jim has an
reclaim today Reclaim Today: Quit Google Last week a good friend and colleague Pete Rorabaugh wrote to me asking for advice on how someone might start to extract themselves from the belly of the beast and
reclaim PHP Updates and Removals It's been almost 2 years since I last wrote about major PHP updates to Reclaim Hosting's platforms. At the time the big move was setting our default PHP to 7.
studio Building Reclaim Studio: Lighting One of many takeaways from a conversation with Andy about the studio is that video quality is dramatically influenced by lighting and audio, perhaps moreso than camera quality. In other
green screen Building Reclaim Studio: The Green Screen Jim and I are currently reworking our plans for Reclaim Arcade and we will be looking to reduce the large amount of construction that was to take place and make
cloud Weekly App Install: n8n Ok I know it hasn't been a week, it's barely been 24 hours. But after 2 weeks of being relatively unsuccessful (I still consider experiments a success even when they
cloud Weekly App Install: Winds It's Sunday afternoon and I've recently discovered two important things, neither of which have anything to do with this post. One is that Starbucks now has Pumpkin Cold Brew which
minglr Weekly App Install: Minglr So this project came across my desk recently as I'm helping to coordinate the VSTE Annual Conference which, like all things in 2020, is going to be virtual. Doing synchronous
cloud Weekly App Install: RSSHub Heya, it's been a minute so let's do another one of these. As a refresher I grab a random repo project that looks interesting and try to get it running
twitter Reactivating @ds106radio on Twitter Jim has a great post talking about the migration of ds106radio to a new home in the cloud with a software upgrade to Azuracast. The previous software, Airtime, was no
cloud Getting Eaasi in the Cloud One of many driving factors for us to finding a container-based hosting solution like Reclaim Cloud was not just to enable a whole slew of new applications for the web,
nodejs Weekly App Install: Docusaurus Over the past few years one of the things I've found I really enjoy is scouring Github repos for interesting new software. It's no secret that Reclaim Cloud has made
reclaim The Evolution of the Cloud I’ve been really (really) excited about a recent project, not unlike my excitement at this moment in time https://t.co/zN3VKEC5Pc How’s that for a tease for
Pandemic Cooking Adventures I've always loved cooking. I grew up spending a lot of time in the kitchen watching and learning from my mother. She was not any kind of classically trained chef mind you, but out of necessity for feeding a family of 5 on a
Dialing in the Home Office Like so many living the "Work from Home" life I have been taking some time to make a comfortable space for that work. As fortune would have it, a year
#ds106 Revival If you follow me on Twitter you may have recently noticed the use of more OG hashtags like #ds106radio and #ds106tv. It appears in light of everyone quarantined at home,
Grateful My family is eating meals together at the table every day.We are taking more walks.I'm spending more time reconnecting with friends in ways that feel more authentic than a "like" on Facebook.Everything feels less busy, the calendar is practically empty.We
reclaim Winning in Last Place There has been a major transition in my work over the past 3 months that is worth noting and applauding. We had some goals in place last year that I would be able to remove myself as much as possible from the day to
Super Soccer I knew after I started playing pinball late last year that I had been bitten by the bug. It started with us needing a few pinball machines for the arcade
