git repository, which are then pushed to a remote on the VPS. There seem to be a lot of feed readers available, and so there may well be an alternative that is ‘better’, but looking for the optimum rather than just satisfying seemed like a waste of time. Miniflux is Good Enough: it can import OPML, doesn’t need MySQL/postgres (it uses SQLite), has a reasonable interface that works on mobile devices as well as desktops, and can send links to pinboard or instapaper but has no social media integration. RSS feeds are read using Miniflux on the VPS. Given DuckDuckGo and OpenStreetMap, I am largely independent of Google’s services: some reasons why this is a Good Thing are given by Scott Lowe and Marco Arment. I use FastMail for email (and contacts, and calendars), and back this up locally with OfflineIMAP. The library subfolder on the VPS is frequently backed up to my MacBook using rsync, so I can still read papers and annotations when offline. This is installed on both my MacBook and VPS, but papers are only ever imported into the installation on the VPS: if I can’t access this, it’s because I don’t have an Internet connection, so can’t download any new papers anyway. The iMac is connected to an external monitor in portrait orientation (as is the MacBook, when on my desk at work) - the marketing term for monitors that can switch between portrait and landscape is pivot, not rotate.įolders that I use frequently are kept in sync between the iMac and MacBook using unison. I use three computers - an iMac, a MacBook pro, and a DigitalOcean VPS.
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