❓how to slow internet❓



πŸ“‹ A guide to the guides that we have found useful πŸ’―

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πŸ‘οΈ why slow internet? why make your own server?

πŸ‘οΈ why make a solar powered web server? why make a simple website?

πŸ‘οΈ what could you put on your own server? ways to think about websites





πŸ“‹ why slow internet? why make your own server?

Feminist Server Manifesto

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...on relationality, dependency and what that would mean for an (imaginary) Feminist Server...

Homebrewserverclub

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Principles, practices, and helpful definitions when setting up your own server in the Homebrewserverclub Manifesto

Getting Into Fights With The Data Centers

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How to find a data center, climate politics of ICT, and why create your own server



πŸ“‹ why make a solar powered web server? why make a simple website?

Why a Low-Tech Website?

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"We were told that the Internet would β€œdematerialise” society and decrease energy use. Contrary to this projection, it has become a large and rapidly growing consumer of energy itself."

Towards a Natural Intelligence

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"The Solar Protocol network reconfigures internet protocols using a kind of natural rather than artificial intelligence."

Solar Powered Media

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"Without guaranteed 24/7 electricity from fossil fuels, solar invites questions of intermittency, thrift, and compression." by Anne Pasek & Benedetta Piantella



πŸ“‹ what could you put on your own server? ways to think about websites

Run Your Own Social

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Why create and run your own social media network

A Website Is a Room

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UCLA Thesis project by Nancy Wu: "certain websites give me a sense of shelter and rest more than others."

My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?

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Essay by Laurel Shwulst: "My favorite aspect of websites is their duality: they're both subject and object at once."

Web Design as Architecture

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"1. Websites are places. They provide services and social environments...." a list by Designer and Programmer Malte MΓΌller

πŸ“‹ what could you put on your own server? ways to think about websites

Start with this one, read it all:

Then read this one:

Then use this parts list:

Once you have the parts, then arrange them in this diagram:

Follow these instructions:

If you're new to all of this, here are our suggestions:

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