OOPS

In my scheduling I accidentally double-posted. So, if you haven't checked it out yet, read my retrospective on LiveJournal after getting inspiration for your own cozy corner.

(Editor's Note: If there is no image here, it's because I played around with Roomtodo for far too long before wandering off...)

Did I find anything cool lately? Let's see...

Found a new blog! I'll link to it twice.

And if you didn't know about this handy site already, there is https://archive.ph/! I'll be linking that too.

Oh, hey, let's talk about Proton! It's another company I yeeted into the trash! They were on thin ice when they started doing their own LLM-Not-AI-Actually nonsense, then a cryptocurrency wallet, and then, just in time for me to intercept my annual subscription renewal...

@jonah@neat.computer

Here is an archived Mastodon thread, and for dessert here's Reddit raking him over the coals. Forget the lack of surprise; I can't bring myself to be disappointed. But I'm still annoyed because I just recommended Protonmail to someone.

So there's another OOPS, in my opinion: don't tie your entire workload into the same suite. It is convenient (just ask Google), but then I found myself having to scramble for five different alternatives at the same time. If I used their Docs feature (?) in any capacity, it would've been six.

But, you know, I collect links and programs like some sort of digital hedgehog-dragon, because it's always great to have options. On top of manual backups, I can export and import most things. I've uninstalled everything Proton-related and in the process of spinning down the Mail portion.

And in case someone wants to know, since they're also looking. I've currently settled on

• VPN: Mullvad
• Cloud Storage: Filen
• Password Manager: BitWarden
• Email: Startmail, Tuta and...
• Self-hosted Email with Stalw.art if I ever get *that* fed up.

And nah, what I went with certainly aren't endorsements. And I could be terribly, terribly wrong about any of these.

OK, gwan, git. Read about LiveJournal and if you're old enough and been there, reminisce with me. And don't judge me for going back to Google Calendar.