Flexbox is awesome, but my ability to use it lacks absorption, yeah I'm old. So I know something can be done, but how do you do it?
Alright nostriches. I finally have enough done and feel comfortable to share my progress on HAMSTR.
You are about to witness perhaps the first ever(well outside of the 2,000 ones I have done testing, lol) nostr note retrieved exclusively over HF packet ham radio.
There is no Internet access on this browser at the moment at all.
It is a client - server setup. The client is fully off-grid. Only the server can connect to the internet. For this test, the server is was roughly 500 feet away using dummy loads on my radios putting out virtually zero watts. Yes, not far, but in theory it would similar at hundreds and even thousands of miles away as well.
This test pulls my most recent notes from my fake dev account following list. In this case 1 note. The number of notes is configurable, but keep in mind HF Packet Radio is SLOW. This one note takes quite a while for just tiny note from nostr:nprofile1qqsywt6ypu57lxtwj2scdwxnyrl3sry9typcstje65x7rw9a2e5nq8sprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvqydhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnzd96xxmmfdecxzunt9e3k7mgpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mq9hxafw. Future versions will have FM Data packets as well, but line of sight FM was not my goal. Global coverage was. HF radio is the only way for that.
Most functionality is now working, just ironing out some things and lots of bugs. Following, global, search, hash tags, npub search display names, are all basically working. Soon replies.
What started out as a project for me to use some social media and take camping and do some off-grid nostr stuff has now morphed into something that I believe will be able to help millions of people be able to bypass oppressive regimes, firewalls, tyranny, and allow them to interact with the nostr network using nothing but ham radios. This could be massive for learning, comms, and overall freedom. Could have a server running in France, and connect to it from Russia or Afghanistan for example. Easily within HF radio reach for half the world.
Much like the winlink email network, I hope people will be able to take my project and setup servers all around the world for people to access, read, write notes, send DM's, use various nostr kinds and even send Bitcoin(on chain offline transactions over HF radio and nostr coming soon).
Lots to come!
Note: pardon the phone screen cap, it isn't quite working fully android Firefox or chrome yet.
#hamstr
#Nostr
#development
#hamradio
https://video.nostr.build/1830960c328baad59ce74bfb23e7d3ea12bb26ea09f085e8a14762bb2cac88d4.mp4
As a former maker/vendor, Lavender sold well to the girls, but the guys preferred our spicier soaps. Looks great. Our best seller ever was Rosemary/Lavender.
Ah, OK. That was always there even without setting. Your talking about this 
Try the new onboarding flow and a FROST signer with your nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqsuamnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dshsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9ekh2arfdeuhwctvd3jhgtnrdakj7qpqpr4du5xl28dy5sh4msz9uddnwxgzupkk4qzjzklv84edc6ruevzqvfns5g site! Go to site Settings in dashboard, Other section, turn "Signup with Start.Njump.me" switch ON. Users signing up on your site will go through the Nstart onboarding process.
Try it with your normie friends and let us know how this onboarding works for them!
I've enabled it but do not see any changes, (using solo theme)
Confirmed it works in Amethyst just this morning while sipping #coffee
Tuesdays are usually just Tuesdays. For some weird reason this one is better than usual 🤔.
I've never seen that tag but then again, universal feed is just to big. Following tags used to be good but now there is so much tag spam and abuse. To find new peeps to follow, I check the people I follow for who they follow (like spying, lol). Or tag search and find others that are interesting. I was just thinking I need to find a few more people to follow because a few that I'm following are going away. ❌
Trying something new for #2025, taking an old project I did in 2014 (see image above - my personal #recipe database), yep 2014. Works flawless to this day but it feels a bit dated. No issues along the way up to #PHP 8.1 but it fails on anything above that. I'm going backwards with this and doing the front end UI/UX first. The goal is to do something different. Existing project used no CSS framework and most of my more recent projects are based on #Bootstrap 5.x. This time I'm going to try https://picocss.com just to keep the brain active and try something completely different. If it goes well, I'll share the result. #diy #selfhosted
PHP upgraded, most issues were database related but all sorted now!!!
Trying something new for #2025, taking an old project I did in 2014 (see image above - my personal #recipe database), yep 2014. Works flawless to this day but it feels a bit dated. No issues along the way up to #PHP 8.1 but it fails on anything above that. I'm going backwards with this and doing the front end UI/UX first. The goal is to do something different. Existing project used no CSS framework and most of my more recent projects are based on #Bootstrap 5.x. This time I'm going to try https://picocss.com just to keep the brain active and try something completely different. If it goes well, I'll share the result. #diy #selfhosted
I'm almost there. It took a little bit to get used to the fact there are no helper utilities. Just got a bunch a little tweaks and then see what breaks when I switch it to PHP8.3.
Best thing I've done on nostr was block bitcoin, btc, dca, airdrop and a few others.
Trying something new for #2025, taking an old project I did in 2014 (see image above - my personal #recipe database), yep 2014. Works flawless to this day but it feels a bit dated. No issues along the way up to #PHP 8.1 but it fails on anything above that. I'm going backwards with this and doing the front end UI/UX first. The goal is to do something different. Existing project used no CSS framework and most of my more recent projects are based on #Bootstrap 5.x. This time I'm going to try https://picocss.com just to keep the brain active and try something completely different. If it goes well, I'll share the result. #diy #selfhosted
Are there any nostr event signers that work on desktop apps (Linux, Windows,Mac), not websites or PWA's?
#asknostr
Hmm, that might be interesting. Send message to member list on every new post with option to manually send a message as well. Are you thinking each npub.pro user would add smtp email settings in app or a unified provider for all npub.pro users? Bulk DMs would be less popular because most website users probably don't have a nostr client, and those that do can already see new posts on their existing client, but like others said, probably easier to implement.
Just seconds ago I was looking around for the same!!!
For the most part, there is no good alternative to google voice, but I still ditched it. I chose a more DIY approach using voip numbers. As you migrate mail away, you still have the old account. Over time more of your email will get migrated to something new. For youtube, use something like pipe-pipe. you get the added bonus of no commercials and sponsor blocks watching privately without a youtube account but still following your favorites. For chat, nostr private messages (0xchat, chatstr, Amethyst), or DeltaChat, among many other platforms, find your tribe and use what they use.
#freedross
Fell in love with Nostr this year, especially thanks to nostr:npub1e3zglze5g2mq894pfw42kw8uwmyd8uc6m8mupctjfkfplgddglds4v7wja for introducing me and nostr:npub1drvpzev3syqt0kjrls50050uzf25gehpz9vgdw08hvex7e0vgfeq0eseet for his awesome Nostr-Rust SDK (and helping me out with some quirks <3).
Good things coming in 2025 - Let’s Build Together. 💜
#grownostr #build
If Ross is not FREE on day one, the country has voted for dishonest individual that cannot be trusted. #freeross