Notices by stig atle (stigatle@diasporapod.no), page 17

Got most of the day for my self today, so I've walked my usual forest hike - but in deep snow, was tough, dug out our two cars from the snow, removed snow outside the house, and veranda upstairs (can't have too much snow up there, gets too heavy) and walked the dog twice.
And done a lot of stuff in the house as well.
Feels good to do stuff like this instead of just siting there on the couch watching TV.

So, #diaspora #podmin 's , the upgrade guide got me thinking, in the end it says that you have to stop and restart diaspora after upgrade, so the guide is suggesting that diaspora was running while it's being upgraded.

I was kinda thinking it can corrupt something if you upgrade while it's running, so I've played it safe by stopping it, then upgrade and start again when done. So - it would be nice to just upgrade while it's running instead.
So - what do you do when upgrading?

https://diasporapod.no has been upgraded to latest version of diaspora.
See here for latest updates.
Please note that I skipped the previous update (been so busy with other things) so when you check the changelog - the two last versions are now updated on this pod.

Have a nice day!

I will upgrade the pod software and take a full snapshot of the instance for backup tomorrow (Saturday).
Expect some downtime during this.
Backups are important, and so is pod upgrades, that's why I both in one go.

Yesterday I added support for exporting Plastic shader in my exporter for blender.
I now have a few more shaders to add before I start on other features.
I think I'll fix so that I can export lights next (currently I have a hard-coded HDRI map for lighting).

#b3d

Might not be easy to see, but I added support for exporting the subsurface shader to the render engine today. I'll make some better examples tomorrow night. Wanted to show it anyways, always fun to show new stuff. #b3d

Decided to work on my blender render exporter for PBRT tonight, I have the first shader nodes working! Glass and Matte material.They are implemented in the source code directly.Export script is currently python. I render and work on slow laptop, that's why render is grainy. #b3d

diaspora-installer package is now available from stretch-backports. It has been available from my personal repos for some time now (we run it on diasp.in and poddery.com), but its a natural evolution to have it available from the official repositories.

So all you need is a single command and answer a few simple questions to get a diaspora pod up and running.

# apt-get -t stretch-backports install diaspora-installer

https://tracker.debian.org/news/934857

#diaspora #diaspora-installer #debian #debian-diaspora

Today we had my grandmother's funeral, she got buried next to my grandfather. Been a day with a lot of feelings. Miss them both, but now she got her last wish - to be back next to my grandfather which died some 8 years ago.

Deleted my instagram account today, spent time yesterday installing #mediagoblin on my VPS.
Moved over all my images. Feels good to get rid of that.

https://mediagoblin.stigatle.no/u/stigatle/

How are you all doing today?

I'm just curious, what OS\Software do you use for your #diaspora #pod ?

I run mine on ubuntu server, on a ubuntu host in virtualbox, works very well, easy to back up and recover the whole thing etc.

#podmin

Started working on a new blender #eevee scene, got something blocked out tonight, I'll work on it this weekend, I'm also going to combine it with the elevator scene I posted earlier. Screenshot is directly from viewport in blender. #b3d #blender

This is one of the things Zuckerberg gets from selling your privacy. the yacht 'Ulysses' costs around 95 - 150 million USD. Just think about that. Glad i deleted Facebook account a year ago, never ever returning. #facebook

I made this scene to learn Blenders EEVEE realtime engine. I used the image on the right for inspiration \ reference. Screenshot is taken of the realtime viewport. I'm happy with the result, and I'm done with this scene, now I'll figure out something new to make. #b3d

For the first time in weeks I feel motivated to work on my own project. I'm picking up my blender render exporter again, I want to finish it. so now I'm going to resume integrating it properly.
Attached a test render I just did with my current code..
#b3d

Which linux / bsd distro do you run? And why do you use that one?

They are still working on the main power cable, now they are digging up the street. Still on unstable emergency power.

Had some unfortunate downtime today, I do my best to keep things running, but this one was a major one.
The main power cable for the whole street had issues today, so everything went down at noon, and power got back up at 7 tonight. They had to set up external emergency power, so they are working on the main cable now.
I cannot guarantee that things will not go down when they switch back on to the main cable, but I can assure you I do my best to keep things up and running. When this is fixed there should be no issues for a long while.

Thanks for the patience.

Enjoying some #psytrance tonight.
https://soundcloud.com/ibogarecords/human-element-new-year-mix-2018