Notices by Cliff (cliffwade@infosec.exchange)

It's crazy to think that yesterday was already my 6 months working HST Pathways. Seems like just a few weeks ago I was laid off from Nova Launcher and looking for a new job.

Now, here I am six months later already at my current job!

#SixMonths #Anniversary #HSTPathways #Job

📷 New Post From Cliff's Vernissage 📷

While today is my birthday, the wife and I also choose to celebrate today as Kumquat's birthday. Unfortunately since he was a stray at the time we don't know his exact birthday so we choose to celebrate it today to make it easier to remember.

With that said, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this special furry part of our family who turns 5 years old today!

#Cats #CatsOfVernissage #CatsOfMastodon #Kitty #Kitties #Kumquat #Birthday #HappyBirthday #Photography #iPhonePhotography #iOSPhotography

View on Vernissage https://vernissage.photos/@CliffWade/7496475565281512159

📰 New Post From The SeerOfSouls Blog 📰

Review: Redragon Galatin Pro K719 Gaming Keyboard With LCD Screen

https://www.seerofsouls.com/review-redragon-galatin-pro-k719-gaming-keyboard-with-lcd-screen/

Associated Mastodon Account: @Cliff

#Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech #SeerOfSouls #Blog #Blogging #Blogger #Author #Writer #WordPress

Since it's Friday, and since there's so many really awesome folks here on Mastodon, let's do a little #FollowFriday post to show some love to those awesome folks.

I personally recommend following all of these folks. They post great stuff, are always active, always interacting and will certainly brighten your feed!

@bianca
@catsalad
@pauls
@beardedtechguy
@andycarolan
@inderix
@mdmrn
@jcrabapple
@APBBlue
@CoachMark
@heyfluxay
@JensHannemann
@Aaron
@m750
@T2R
@Ronnie
@joel
@ernmander
@binarydigit
@matt
@amerpie

Happy Tuesday to all of you #Fediverse folks!

How are we all doing today and what are your plans?

I'm currently drinking my morning iced ☕

Good morning! It's ☕ time for me. How's your day so far?

Good morning #Fediverse How are you all doing today?

I'm not sure what I want/need to do at this point. I just renewed my Proton subscription family plan not even two weeks ago as it's been a year with them already.

I really don't want to move elsewhere and force my wife to move elsewhere either. We've literally just gotten comfortable using their services and I have switched my email account from my 20+ year old Gmail account to my Proton account on most everything I own now days.

It's been a relatively busy day at work so far for me today, so I've not been actively looking at Mastodon and seems I've missed some stuff along the way.

@beardedtechguy just informed me that @protonprivacy is leaving Mastodon, which I now see by what they have in their bio and I'm curious as to why this is happening.

Not only that, but how are people feeling about this that actually use Proton?

Are y'all moving to another paid email service and if so, where are you going?

Are you sticking with Proton?

#Proton #ProtonMail #ProtonPrivacy

@beardedtechguy I would. I don't see the US changing laws like that too quickly. The EU has been trying to do these things for years now.

Not saying it won't happen, as it likely will at some point, but that some point is likely much further than you think or realize.

Thing is, most all other companies do something similar or will do something similar once one or two do things like this.

@beardedtechguy Except that's for the UK/EU folks. You're safe for now and likely will be for quite some time to come.

@binarydigit Gotcha! I just followed you over there and saw the photos from the auto show!

Oddly, it shows you as a pro member too. LOL

@binarydigit It's definitely been mentioned for nearly 3 years now and still hasn't happened, so who really knows.

Do you use the free tier of Flickr or are you paying for it if you don't mind me asking?

@binarydigit I have tried some.pics, but it's not really what I'm looking for. I thought about Flickr as well, and might need to check it out as it's been forever ago since I last used it. I also thought about Tumblr, especially since they'll be joining the Fediverse.

The only issue with Tumblr is, Matt Muellenweg owns it since he owns Automattic, which owns Tumblr.

Anyone have suggestions for a FREE(or very cheap per month) photo hosting service?

I'm looking to move away from Pixelfed, which is currently where I post photos and then have them auto posted to Mastodon via EchoFeed and an RSS feed.

I'd like something simple, easily customizable without having to code. Just something I can post a photo a day so to speak and have others be able to view it, comment or whatever.

I don't need a store for the photos, as I have no intention of selling photos since I'm not some great photographer.

And no, I do NOT want to self host in any way!

#Photo #Blog #PhotoBlog #PhotoHost #PhotoGallery #Photography

Tapestry by the @Iconfactory is now available via the Apple App Store. If you're having issues finding it via a search in the App Store, here is the URL that will take you right to it!

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/tapestry-by-iconfactory/id6448078074

#Tapestry #IconFactory #Apps #Apple #AppStore #iOS #iPhone #Tech #AllThingsTech

@raphael We've already shut everything down except the actual Mastodon instance itself which will be happening in the coming days. We have no plans to reverse this decision at this time.

Costs were about $120 a month. That's $40 at MastoHost for a very small 20GB database. Then another $80 for web hosting for the wiki, blog and some other stuff. That part likely could and should have been cheaper.

In the long scheme of things, this wasn't about not being able to afford it. It was about lack of time from both of us for the most part. Plus the fact that we wanted to be fully self-hosted, but just didn't have the time.

As I stated, everything associated with AllThingsTech has now been deleted, including the blog, wiki, accounts such as Ko-Fi, PayPal and several others.

I do appreciate the offer of helping, but we needed that a while back unfortunately.

@AllThingsTech @beardedtechguy

@binarydigit Auto show?!?!? That would be awesome to see. I hope y'all get to go and I hope you take LOTS of pictures.

Good morning #Fediverse friends!

How are we all doing today? What's on the agenda for the day today, if anything?

For me, while yesterday was an absolutely horrible day, today is going well so far. I'm at work and will work until 8pm EST, and have no meetings.

Not much else is planned other than work, but the good news is, I'll have a 3-day weekend because Monday is MLK day.

The wife and I will head out tomorrow and do some shopping and hopefully Sunday will be a lazy day!

#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #HappyFriday #Work #TeamNoMeetings

Today is one of the hardest days of my entire life! I'm completely heartbroken and shattered that my wife and I had to put this precious kitty, Bess, to sleep this morning!

Bess came into my life when she was only 8 weeks old, and she would have turned 17 years old this coming September.

Bess has been a huge part of my life, has given me numerous upon numerous memories during those nearly 17 years.

Bess was hands down the sweetest, most loving, most caring, yet totally different cat than any other I've ever owned.

Bess had her own little personality like no other cat I've ever had, and I've had a LOT of cats over the years.

When she was very young and up until about 2 - 2 1/2 years ago, she was a very large kitty, weight wise. She once weighed in at almost 23 pounds. Over the last 2 - 3 years she lost a lot of weight, and in fact, she was down to 7.6 pounds this morning when we took her to the vet due to the swelling in her leg and in her throat.

I'm going to miss Bess more than anything. I'm going to miss seeing her sleeping most anywhere and everywhere. I'm going to miss her getting in a box the moment we sit it on the floor. I'm going to miss her begging for food in the kitchen, or as she likely thought she was doing, helping us cook while in the kitchen.

I'm going to miss her little "meeps", as she didn't have much of a voice due to the person who owned her when she was born, her boyfriend stepped on her throat trying to kill her and crushed her vocal chords. But she did have a little meow and a little "meep" as Bianca and I called it, and when she meeped, she got whatever it was she wanted at the time.

I'm going to miss giving her "bathtub time", as she loved to get in the bathtub, have us turn the water on for a second so she could then drink the water from the bathtub.

I'm going to miss her, totally and completely! I just hope she felt like she was given a great life and I hope she has no complaints.

She's now off to join her brother Porgie, who passed away in June 2022, and of course Pops who passed away in July of 2021. She was certainly a huge part of Pops' life as well for her first 12 - 13 years of her life. Pops loved her so much and would be heartbroken to know she's no longer with us.

Bess was having swelling in her left leg the last couple of weeks, was breathing heavier than normal over the last few months and had been diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease back in November 2023. She wasn't in the greatest of health, but she lived a full life!

I love you Bess, Bessie Lou, Ms. Lou, Ms. Lou Poo, Bessie Lou Poo, and the likely hundreds of other names we called you throughout the years. I'm going to miss you more than you can ever imagine!

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Kitty #Kitties #Bess #MissingYou #LovingYou #RIP #RestInPeace