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posted by chromas on Thursday September 27 2018, @01:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the hope-we-don't-drain-the-battery dept.

Low-tech Magazine explains how to build a low-tech web site, using its own (solar powered) web site as an example. They cover both the web design and the actual hardware in use, an Olimex A20. The idea is to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing the content, seeing as complex designs with Javascript have burdensome resource requirements that translate into increased use of electricity. Renewable power sources alone are not enough to address the growing energy use of the Internet. Their server is also self-hosted so there's no need for third-party tracking and cookies either.

Low-tech Magazine was born in 2007 and has seen minimal changes ever since. Because a website redesign was long overdue — and because we try to practice what we preach — we decided to build a low-tech, self-hosted, and solar-powered version of Low-tech Magazine. The new blog is designed to radically reduce the energy use associated with accessing our content.

Earlier on SN:
Conservative Web Development (2018)
About a Third of All Web Sites Run on WordPress (2018)
Please, Keep your Blog Light (2018)


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @02:07PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @02:07PM (#740781)

    I spotted it. What's the prize?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Thursday September 27 2018, @02:15PM (5 children)

    by acid andy (1683) on Thursday September 27 2018, @02:15PM (#740786) Homepage Journal

    You get to feed the buzzard. He doesn't bite. Sometimes.

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    If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
    • (Score: 3, Informative) by RS3 on Thursday September 27 2018, @04:08PM (4 children)

      by RS3 (6367) on Thursday September 27 2018, @04:08PM (#740840)

      Just don't look, act, or smell like buzzard food and you'll be fine.

      • (Score: 1) by redneckmother on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:34PM (1 child)

        by redneckmother (3597) on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:34PM (#740888)

        Dammit! I missed taking a shower last night.

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        Mas cerveza por favor.
        • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday September 27 2018, @07:08PM

          by acid andy (1683) on Thursday September 27 2018, @07:08PM (#740960) Homepage Journal

          Oh. I see. Be sure to check yourself over carefully with one of our highly sensitive, purpose built, Political Compasses™ (patent pending). Available now for just $99.99 a month. If it shows less than sixty degrees right of center, run away immediately.

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          If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @06:22PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @06:22PM (#740927)

        Stupid and clueless?

        • (Score: 3, Funny) by acid andy on Thursday September 27 2018, @07:04PM

          by acid andy (1683) on Thursday September 27 2018, @07:04PM (#740956) Homepage Journal

          Nah buzzard food often has the aroma of SJW occasionally mixed in with a hint of the lesser regressive-looter-shithead, or so I'm told.

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          If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?