https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/18/make-your-own-backup-system-part-1-strategy-before-scripts/
#ITNotes #NoteHUB #backup #data #filesystems #ownyourdata #series #server #tutorial #vps

A while ago I filmed & wrote a tutorial on turning your photographs into art. Discussing overpainting techniques and best practices of combining painted art with photos. It was made for CSP, but the techniques are applicable to any art program!
New Privacy Guides article
by me:
While most social media rely on commercial models harvesting users' data to sell to advertisers,
Mastodon offers a human-centric alternative that doesn't seek profits from your data and attention.
This means better social connections, better controls, and better privacy!
The first part of this article discusses privacy and security on Mastodon.
The second part is a tutorial to guide you in making the most of Mastodon's security and privacy related features.
This tutorial includes how to:
• Enable multifactor authentication
• Adjust privacy vs discovery
• Select post visibility and access
• Verify yourself
• Delete and back up your data
• Block users and instances
• Opt out with hashtags
• Move from one instance to another
I hope this helps you making the most of what Mastodon has to offers!
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/
We all love Mastodon here
While most social media apps rely on commercial models harvesting users' data, Mastodon offers an alternative that doesn't seek profits from your data and attention.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/
The Ultimate #Degoogle #Tutorial - The CheapAss Edition by #thehatedone #yt
About the consequences of not outlining strokes in your Illustrator brush artwork: https://youtu.be/Kvjwo3FfUyM #tutorial
#illustrator #vector #design #brush
Interested in making a roguelike? Not sure how? r/RoguelikeDev is holding our 9th annual dev tutorial/code-along event!
https://old.reddit.com/r/roguelikedev/comments/1luh8og/roguelikedev_does_the_complete_roguelike_tutorial/
#gamedev #tutorial #python #roguelikedev
I had the honour to be invited by @ZFAVClub to participate in an online live workshop exploring the mighty and wonderful CLI tool of the @internetarchive, in collaboration with @dweb
If you are interested in data preservation and digital commons, please do watch it, as we did our best to shed some light on the most powerful yet little known features of this software.
The #InternetArchive is an invaluable resource for unlimited, public, open, and free storage for the whole Universe. It seems too good to be true, but it is!
We also touched upon the value of #FreeSoftware, #Linux, #decentralization, and #publicDomain.
Illustrator tutorial: A dot matrix in which the dots flow into each other. Of course you can use this for other purposes than lettering. https://youtu.be/JgBQvcPKFmw #illustrator #tutorial #vector #design
#FlashbackThursday Mattress stitch is particularly suited for joining pieces in stockinette on the vertical edges. Also, it’s very satisfying to see the fabric closing up when pulling the thread!
https://www.lavisch.com/site/tutorial-seaming-with-mattress-stitch/
How to install FreeBSD on providers that don't support it with mfsBSD
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/02/install_freebsd_providers_mfsbsd/
We have a new #discovery system! With this video we would like to give you a short overview. Many features are similar to the old system - some things are new. Have fun watching. Thanks to the #Lukida community and @vzg_gbv Göttingen for the co-operation.
Get an impression for yourself & benefit from some unique material.
nsysctl 2.2 is out!
New features and improvements:
https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2025-06-28-nsysctl-2-2.html
Manual and tutorial already updated!
#documentation #docs #manual #tutorial
Port update in progress sysutils/nsysctl
#FreeBSD #UNIX #sysadmin #sysctl #HappyHacking #runbsd #OpenSource
How To Livestream on PeerTube
Pipeline release! nf-core/demo v1.0.2 - nf-core/demo 1.0.2 - Mostly Harmless!
Please see the changelog: https://github.com/nf-core/demo/releases/tag/1.0.2
As a bit of a diversion, I somehow ended up working through the #golang #tutorial this weekend.
I don't remotely consider myself much of a programmer. Possibly, a bit of a code janitor. I was just looking for a bit of an introduction to an unfamiliar language.
I have to say, #Go has some really clear, clean, and helpful #Documentation for a beginner wanting to get started with the language. I'm impressed.
Between the interactive tour(https://go.dev/tour/welcome/1) and the Getting Started tutorial(https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/), I honestly had fun dipping my toes into Go.
Additional resources:
https://gobyexample.com/
Want to check out animation in Illustrator? Go for it! Here's how to animate two objects: https://youtu.be/DKOPgMYnaxU #illustrator #tutorial #animation #design
Porte Bubble Tea -
Mon époux·e utilise parfois un harnais qui permet de porter en bandoulière un gobelet isotherme. C'est bien pratique pour prendre en train du thé qu'on a préparé à la maison, et certaines enseignes de boissons chaudes permettent d'être servi dans nos propres contenants. À sa demande, j'ai réfléchi à une version pour deux personnes, dans le but supplémentaire de pouvoir ramener à la maison un bubble tea pour moi aussi à son retour d'expédition. Ça implique de garder ce harnais en permanence au fond de son sac, donc le plus léger possible. Je suis assez fière de ma création.
[ un harnais pour deux gobelets, posé vide sur un tapis de découpe rose] [
le même harnais, plié]
Le motif du tissu avait été choisi par mon époux·e, il y a quelques années, pour que je lui couse des masques avec. Alors que mes premières idées prévoyaient un cadre rigide, je suis passée par le bois et le PVC, puis du tissu tendu sur une tige de métal courbée en ovale, et j'ai réalisé que je n'avais pas besoin d'empêcher que les deux bubble tea se touchent, je peux juste les maintenir ensemble, sans plus essayer de les maintenir strictement verticaux. Je pouvais donc ne plus compter que sur la gravité, assumer l'angle formé par les deux gobelets l'un contre l'autre, de toute façons ils sont normalement scellés hermétiquement.
[ le harnais terminé, en test avec deux gobelets pleins d'eau]
Je voudrais que la traduction de ma création soit "Bubble Tea Bag".
La structure légère implique que rien n'est testable avant d'être terminé : une fois tout cousu, je me suis dépêchée de charger le harnais avec deux gobelets pleins d'eau, dont un seul avait encore un couvercle, pour augmenter l'enjeu. Pas une seule goutte par terre, alors que j'ai joué avec le harnais comme avec un encensoir.
[ les deux pièces à découper, sur fond de quadrillage en centimètre]
Si vous voulez fabriquer le vôtre, voici les pièces à découper (en ajoutant un espace de couture d'environ 6 mm) quatre fois et coudre ensemble dans l'ordre :