Revamped Pi homelab was a success, deployed public-facing Indiekit Micropub Node.js server using Docker, Compose, Tailscale and Caddy; with new Kitty terminal!

Jumping down rabbit holes and troubleshooting: fixing Mermaid/D2 diagrams, Render and Codeberg problems, learning new tools, Pi home server refresh, and more!

Participating in Hyde's Over/Under series, HK public library resources, new Fresh Tech Finds section exploring tools like CLI/IDE, and lots of IndieWeb links!

Tested new WP theme for my secondary blog with My WordPress. Learnt more about Git branches, merge/rebase, and cherry-pick. New router excitement becomes woes.

New tech stack curiosity, Hugo theme redesign demo, setting self-hosting goals amidst Hostinger's WP expiry, and trying to meet the 100DaysToOffload challenge.

Loving Lewis' P3 podium at Shanghai, exploring CryptPad as an open-source alternative to Google Drive, and online multiplayer games with the Nintendo Switch.

Became a Wikipedian, craving a split keyboard, doing trackball mouse switch repairs. F1 2026 fantasy season starts. Links on tech, security, and privacy topics.

Tried Nordic walking for the first time at a 5km walkathon and feeling a sense of accomplishment as I add another item to my plumbing DIY achievement list.

Happy Chinese New Year! I'm improving WCAG compliance and A11y as I learned how to use Git branches. Also, IndieWeb wiki, Nordic walking, and PGP experience.

IndieWeb web dev ventures on my site: new guestbook and likes page, improved Microformat2 markup, fixed h-card to support Webmentions. Also new /caw page.

Book tracking with Fediverse Bookwyrm, CNY and New Balance sneakers. Some IndieWeb themes, agentic AI security concerns, and other curated links.

Major blog version upgrade with refined Hugo templates for photos, locations, and notes sections; photo carousel 2.0 much improved, location features added.

Pass step count goals, mapping trails with GPX, fixing expired mac profiles, and creating a simple CSS carousel for multiple photo posts.

Managing Hugo themes and sharing photo apps. Starting my first ever 100 Days To Offload writing challenge, hoping to fill this blog up with more content.

Big IndieWeb updates behind the scenes with Indiekit and joining Homebrew Website Club meets. Learnt Git redaction, PR merged and improve Mermaid diagrams.

Made my first contribution to Hugo Docs, installing Indiekit, testing Micropub content. New Hugo templates for IndieWeb posts. Plus a quick F1 Fantasy summary.

Attending my first IndieWeb event, fixing Hugo HTML validation errors, and insights about the traditional Chinese holiday—Winter Solstice.

Improving website performance on my secondary WordPress blog. Made a new link-in-bio page gathering content from multiple blogs onto one central dashboard.

Created readership survey; installed upvote button, moved photography site code. New vocab section in weeknotes and plans on learning Darktable in 2026.

Switching from WeeChat to Senpai for IRC bouncer, Mac CLI tools, links page on Black Friday Create Day, Hong Kong fire and bamboo scaffolding.

Learning more about the IndieWeb led me to setting up IRC, joining webrings, getting my first webmentions, and connecting with amiable fellow bloggers.

Hiking in Hong Kong at the Wilson Trail (Section 2). Also, Men's table tennis final, EU Digital Omnibus wrecking ball, and Android sideloading update.

FOSS freedom at risk, Meta AI data scraping, Hugo updates, F1 Fantasy at Brazil, shout out to my new fans, and getting a driving licence.

First week note: optimized Hugo page speed, got flu shot, posted about coffee, explored Gopher. Links on Spotify, agentic AI, Google's sideloading saga.