Introducing my selfhosting project for 2022
This is my first post on the 
HIVE blockchain, where I introduce myself as I am now, and as some here may have known me back in 2018 or so. Then I'll briefly describe the project that brought me back to the social blockchain. Grab a cuppa, it might be a long read!
Who I am
HIVE blockchain. I live in Auckland, New Zealand. I am an "older adult" (or an "elder geek", or "silver surfer", but never "ok boomer"
actually autistic, I have type 2 
diabetes, and a 
cardiac condition, with stents in my heart. I also have a 
major depressive disorder. What this all means, and how it all works together, is something like this...
PTE teaching computing subjects; and corrections / offender monitoring for those people wearing "traceable ankle jewellery" out in the community. I've done all sorts of things over the years.My wife @frittni was born with Spina Bifida, and she manages pretty well on crutches, or a walker, or sometimes in a wheelchair. We are both in the 50+ age bracket, and both are welfare beneficiaries at present. @frittni has a tertiary degree, and has experience in radio broadcasting. I never completed my tertiary education, due to (at the time) undiagnosed Autism-related issues, and depression. I have a varied employment history, including deckhanding on a big game fishing vessel; fisheries research; horticultural contracting; I was a business owner of a small computer repair business; adult educator in a
In short, here is my profile from 
Mastodon, a freedom-respecting social network which functions similar to 
Twitter...
I am an 🧩 #autistic, 💉 #diabetic, 😞 #depressed, 👴🏽 #elderly #male 🤓 #geek, who was raised as a ✝️ #Christian but is now ⚛️ #nonreligious, is 👈🏽 #leftist leaning but not an extremist, 👫🏽 straight but not prejudiced, happily 💍 #married person, who lives in 🇳🇿 #newzealand, and loves 🐈 #cats and 🐕 #dogs equally. I support all ♾️ #diversity, particularly of 🧠 #neurodiversity and ♿ #disability, which I often refer to as "diverse function".
Who I was
HIVE blockchain from the 
Steem blockchain. I was active on there from late 2017 through most of 2018, and got hooked on SteemMonsters (SM), which is now called Splinterlands. I disappeared in late 2018 with health issues, and tried to make a comeback in 2019, but still wasn't really well enough. I'm still not 100% better, and my cardiologist says that I probably never will be, but at least I'm starting to get back into some of the things that I could do back then.I was @trisquelwhare, an account migrated to the
a nice collection ContestKings, where I was the scribe, responsible for generating the guild member rankings and statistics graphs, along with a curation trail of SM-themed contest posts. I didn't run it, I was just the scribe, doing the slog-work of generating the articles. I got "paid" by @o07, @dkid14, and @shoemanchu in SM cards, and built up quite of Alpha and Beta edition SM cards! 😜 I was very active in the SM community back then, and participated in several of the SteemMonster Show events which were run by @coruscate and @littlescribe. I also did a bit of graphic design stuff for the SteemMonster Show back in the day, too. Those were some fun times. I fondly remember episodes of the "SteemMonster Tavern", which I even participated in ocassionally. What a blast that was! Was that part of the SteemMonster Show, or was it part of The Playhouse, with @carrieallen and @chrisroberts? Gosh, I'm getting confused now, hehe. But I certainly have some very fond memories of those days. A large part of my SM card collection came from the generosity of @clove71, who always was such a kind and helpful person. I understand that she is still at it, and is arguably the biggest account in Splinterlands. Nice!
HIVE blockchain? As you'll see in the next section of this post, I probably won't have much time for playing games on the blockchain this time around, but I'd like to think that SP.n survived the TRON hardfork.Back in those days, I also used to play a lot of Steempunk.net (SP.n), which was created by @dehenne. That was crazy fun, and I spent a lot of time visiting random blog posts to collect the chests that would often spawn when playing the game. It was a great way to discover new content on the blockchain, while having fun playing a steampunk-themed game. I wonder if SP.n made it across to the
Why I am here now
I decided to hunt up the social blockchain again this year, as I intend to do a lot of blogging during 2022. I have a big project on the go, and I want to document what I'm doing – both for my own sake, and to inform others who may want to follow in my footsteps. I am getting into #selfhosting at home, using a 
#raspberrypi single board computer. I'll be running 
YunoHost on it, and installing a 
NextCloud instance on it, among other things. I'll mostly be blogging with the #yunohost tag, but later I'll switch to the #nextcloud tag as I focus more on setting that up. I'll be using NextCloud as my main user portal, providing access to my family and friends to a range of other selfhosted services from there.
As I'm quite old, and I'm going to be doing a lot of blogging, I have decided to join the Silver Bloggers community on HIVE. I have also joined The Terminal community, because I have a lot to re-learn about posting on the social blockchain. They have been really helpful to me. I will get back involved with PALnet a little later, but I know that once I start getting involved there, I am likely to lose my focus on my blog, and on my YunoHost project entirely! 🤣
That's it for now. I'll start posting soon about my project. My first milestone is due on the 16th January 2022, so not that far away now. By then my goal is for YunoHost v4.3.4.2 to have been installed, and booting from the USB3.1 flash drive stick, and is accessible from within my internal LAN network via the IP address and FQDN. And so it begins!
Image Credits
- post-head.png@pantone801; elements from RawPixel – Remix created by @frittro, using elements by ; the Silver Bloggers logo by @mondoshawan; and various "fair use" product images and logos.
- Various "fair use" organisation and company logos, including Hive, NZ Heart Fdn, Mental Health Fdn of NZ, Mastodon, Twitter, etc.
- frittro-and-kitten.png – Original photo by @frittni.
- my-health.png – Original image created by @frittro, using "fair use" organisation logos.
- contest_kings_with_steemmonstershow_200px.png – Remix created by @frittro.
- steempunknet_200px.png – Original image created by @carlos-cabeza.
- maori-divider.png – Original image by @pantone801. Remix created by @frittro.
- frittro-maori-footer.png@pantone801 – Remix created by @frittro, using elements by ; and the Silver Bloggers logo by @mondoshawan.
Hi. nice to meet you. I just remembered the days Contest Kings exits as scam. Roaring Twenties is still here. Welcome back from the Hive.
Woah, what/who was scamming? That must have been long after my time with the ContestKings guild. First time I'm hearing about any scam related to them.
Did you lose keys to the old account? or do you still have them? Unfortunately, I doubt steem would recover the account, but you can try.
Either way, welcome back.
No, I still have the keys. I just decided that, being on a whole new blockchain, I would reinvent myself, and start again from scratch. Well, that and I had kinda "misplaced" ( no, not lost 😜 ) my old STEEM keys when I created this new account. I have found them again now though, so it is all good. I've even migrated my old Splinterlands cards across to this new account already. Check this out ➟ https://peakmonsters.com/@frittro/cards
Nice. Then I suggest you change the recovery account to someone you know (or even another account you hold) when you have the chance, in case you need to recover it in the future. Steem is not a good account to use. You can change the recovery account via https://peakd.com/@frittro/permissions for example.
Nuts of a Splinterlands collection! 🤩 Renting them now is kind of low demand, but if you check specific times when there are tournaments, some of those cards are pretty crazy for renting.
I have done that now, thanks for this great advice!
Yep, I learned early on upon my return to the social blockchain that there isn't much to be made by renting the cards out currently. Instead, I have delegated out my entire collection to someone who is running a Splinterlands bot. I don't have time at present to get back into the game, but at least this way I can earn a passive income from them!
Welcome back! Hive is awesome! 😊
Yes, I am really enjoying being back on the social blockchain. There is so much for me to see, and to learn, and to catch up on. I only came to start blogging about my selfhosting project, but I can already feel myself getting dragged back into the flow of things here. Won't be long and I'll be up to my old tricks again, like playing blockchain games, participating in livestreamed shows, etc.
Awesome reintroduction. Welcome to Hive.
Thanks for the welcome. It is good to be back.
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.Welcome to the Hive community @frittro!
Seven suggestions to consider:
I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.
If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Hiveans available who can help you; you can click to go to The Terminal in Discord here:
Have fun and happy Hiving!
Thanks for the welcome, and the sound advice. I really do feel as though I have come home, returning to the social blockchain. Everyone is so friendly and welcoming, it is great. There are even many names that I recognise here from back when I used to be a Steemian.
Thanks for this. Is there a Discord server for the Inner Blocks community? If so, could you please DM me a link? I can't find a link in the profile description. Thanks.
I welcome you to hive again. This post was a perfect introduction post, now I feel like I know everything about you lol... Meet you in the terminal discord ✌️
And Good luck with your journey on hive. Hope you have some fun here.Hi, @frittro
!PIZZA
The TerminalThanks @pravesh0, It took me a while to remember how to even create a post on the social blockchain, but I had some great help and advice at . Everyone has been so friendly and welcoming here. It really is like I'm coming home at last. Being #actuallyautistic, I often don't bond easily with other human beings, but this social network makes it a lot easier, as everyone seems to go out of their way to be extra friendly. It really is autistic heaven! 😃
I completely understand, I have also joined recently and can confidently say that I have never seen any social network like this. Loving the journey. ✌️
Welcome to Hive @frittro! We'll you are quite cool for being an old guy. You got a lot of going on which is amazing. You will like it here on Hive! Wishing you all the best here.
Thanks for the welcome. I was one of the early "computer geeks", from the days when a computer was roughly the size of your average kitchen fridge, lol.
Awe a Fantastic Introduction, literally seeing your workd through this post.
Big respect for you. I'm from the terminal and I'd keep watch for your post. I enjoyed reading it alot.
Love you & your mrs Big🤗💗
Welcome to the Terminal & glad to have such experienced goal driven life with us
(I'm new there too btw😂)
Thanks for the welcome! "Mrs Big" will love that moniker, haha. Such friendly, helpful people in The Terminal. It reminds me of the "Treehouse" back in the early days on Wikipedia. It too was centred around us n00bs.
Good Day Frittro... and welcome to the #silverbloggers. It's a pleasure to meet you.
BTW.. you can use the logo without mentioning me everytime. It is for free use, and so i will not be notified by every post using it... 🙃
Thanks for that. Being a remixer myself, I'm always keen to give credit to original artists. I'll make sure that you don't get notified in future though. Thanks!
Hello @frittro! This is @proteancreator from @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) team, and I just want to say, welcome to Hive and on behalf of all blockchain communities, we are really glad to have you back here!
From your previous experience, I'm pretty sure you already know which communities to subscribe to. If you want, you may check out the Communities Incubation Program for more info.
If you are looking for tips and information as a Hive newbie, click here: Newbie guide but I bet you already know half of the basics wink-wink. If you have questions, you can hop into Discord server and we'll gladly answer your questions ✨.
Also, letting you know, since content on the Hive platform is monetized, using other people’s ideas or images could be considered as an offense and which is also viewed in a serious light on the blockchain. Here is a useful collection of resources about how plagiarism and abuse is viewed and handled on Hive.
I am really looking forward to your next posts to come, you seem like a pretty interesting person 😊. Regards to your wife!
Wow, that's all very helpful information, thanks so much for that. I have just joined the OCD Community now, so thanks a lot for the link. I'll give the Newbie Guide and collection of reseources a look over too. Thanks again for the welcome. My wife @frittni says thanks, too, and sends her regards back.
Welcome to Hive again and to the Silver Bloggers community. I always like to learn about new things. However, I don't think I'll ever become a gamer 😂 But I love to learn about things that are unknown to me, your YunoHost project looks interesting, so I'll keep an eye on its progress. Greetings!
Thanks for that. I enjoy learning new things too, and keeping my brain active. As we get older, it is important to keep on learning, to exercise that grey matter. I've been meaning to set up my selfhosting server at home for ages now. 2022 just seems to be the right time for me to do it, at last.
You are welcome! And in that case, I wish you a big success in your long awaited project of having your self-hosting server.
Welcome back, and welcome to Silverbloggers! I'm of the same vintage as you, and don't think of myself and old or "elder".... lol
You have a lot going on there, and I know that Hive is both a better place than the other, and a good place to document your new project.
Good luck!
Thanks for the welcome. I'm happy to embrace the "old" or "elder" moniker. There are so many young "digital natives" these days. Many find us "elder geeks" to be bit of a curiosity, as they can't imagine their parents or grandparents doing what we do online. It is a badge of honour to be counted among them, but still have the silver hair that goes with aging.
I'll keep an eye out for your blog on the Silver Bloggers curation trail! Thanks for stopping by.
Kia Ora Frittro, and welcome back! Nice knowing more about you and your upcoming projects. I wish you success in them ;)
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