Welcome!

My name is Jake though I usually go by “jbauer” online.

I’m a hobbyist of many hobbies. I love simple and sustainable technologies, tea, writing, gardening, and more. I’m a big fan of low-tech or analog solutions to life’s problems. I also have many opinions about things; some strong, some not, and most are fluid.

Have a look at my values and beliefs if you want to know more, or my projects to see what I’m working on.

Blog

I blog mostly about technology and computing. I also took part in #100DaysToOffload in 2020. Here are a few of my favourites:

• Free Software is an Abject Failure
• Why IRC is Still Good in $CURRENT_YEAR
• Why Email is the Best Discussion Platform
• Choosing a Self-Hosted Git Service
• Paying for Software
• The Joys of Old Tech
• A Month-and-a-Half of Self-Hosted Email
• Are TODO Applications a Waste of Time?
• Why I Hate The Term “Modern”

About This Site

This is a static website generated from Markdown using lowdown with my POSIX shell-based static site generator sbs. It’s designed to be lightweight, accessible, and privacy-respecting. It’s featured on 10kbclub.com and is a part of the XXIIVV Webring and the Fediring webring.

Contact

Feel free to contact me using any of the methods below:

• Email (preferred): jbauer@paritybit.ca;
• Fediverse: @jbauer@merveilles.town;
• IRC: jbauer on OFTC, Libera.chat, Esper.net, Tilde.chat.

This information is also accessible using the Finger Protocol: finger://paritybit.ca/jbauer or finger jbauer@paritybit.ca on the command line.

Here are my OMEMO fingerprints if you’re contacting me via XMPP:

PC:     600E1755 EC35E8D5 7A296CDD 8770553A 18AB6C27 42CF562E 2CFA130E CE68E608
Laptop: D93901C2 D6F8ACED A349AA29 277E156F 869492AF 6D0DA9EF A5771976 24822051
Phone:  2B46E1A8 AAAE9A82 48BBAD53 D9922CA5 DCD160DC 02E25031 2EA0F6A1 E02EE31A