Christopher

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

I'm just a Midwestern Jesus Follower, Husband and Dad.

Location:: Midwest USA

Gender:: Male

Status:: Married

Homepage:: https://itschristophers.life/ ✅

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:42:02 -0700

Christopher
christopher@my.talesofmy.life

I have spun up a few new instances to see which I like best.
Go ahead follow these if you want.
Streams: @Christopher
Friendica: @Christopher
Forte: @itschristopher
Pixelfed: @Christopher
Hubzilla: @Christopher

2025-06-07 08:19:48

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

If today was my first day trying to get out of Big Tech social media, I think I would start with either Friendica, Hubzilla, or Streams (and in the future Forte, once it is has been around a bit longer). They have the best features for controlling you audience, checking in with a location if you want, and newsfeed organization.
I wouldn't even waste my time with Mastodon or any of the other Fediverse projects. If I was just wanting a Mastodon/Twitter/BlueSky/Threads experience...I would grab a Nostr Idenity and create bridges to the those other services.
That's just my two cents.

2025-06-07 12:17:03

ChiaChatter

ChiaChatter@theres.life

@christopher Makes sense. I've played around with Friendica a bit but none of the others so only know very little about them

2025-05-25 10:34:11

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

Hey! Today's my #birthday! 😜

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2025-05-25 11:27:12

juanctorres

jtorr183@agora.cafe

@christopher happy birthday!

2025-05-25 23:03:53

Daniel

daniel@campduffel.social

@christopher Hey! Happy Birthday!

2025-05-26 00:25:34

Robert Logger 🇳🇱

robertlogger@theres.life

@christopher Happy birthday!

2025-05-06 19:00:38

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

Looks like all of the #vivaldi services are down. 😬
@Vivaldi

2025-05-07 00:20:13

Robert Logger 🇳🇱

robertlogger@social.vivaldi.net

@christopher On my side, @Vivaldi everything is working.

2025-05-03 07:57:26

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

My buddy took me to a My Morning Jacket show last night. He love's these guys but I've never taken the time to listen to them. I will say, this show was a great time and I'll start adding some of their music to my playlist.
#music #MyMorningJacket #StLouis #STL #TheFactoryChesterfield

2025-05-01 16:27:12

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

This is driving me nuts. I came across an open source Alexa Echo like device, but now I can't find this thing anywhere. I can't remember the name of it. I think it connected to Home assistant.
#Alexa #homeassistant #opensource

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2025-05-01 19:48:03

Kernel Bob

kbob@chaos.social

@christopher Was it Home Assistant Voice?

https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

2025-05-01 22:38:18

Bodo Menke

bodomenke@hessen.social

@christopher https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

2025-05-03 14:20:27

RandomHayBale

RandomHayBale@hachyderm.io

@christopher If it is not HA Voice preview, maybe the esp 32 based ones? I think they were produced by multiple companies. https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/s3_box_voice_assistant/

2025-04-10 16:31:43

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

Dessert? Uh, yes please!

2025-04-10 15:56:08

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

If a child refuses to sleep during nap time,
are they guilty of resisting a rest?

#DadJokes

2025-04-10 15:58:25

Bill Statler

billstatler@forum.statler.ws

:facepalm

2025-04-10 05:14:56

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

Switchfoot.....so good for the soul. Probably the wisest band out there. Nearly every song in their catalog can touch your heart.

#Switchfoot

2025-04-05 19:10:06

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

Blog - The Santiago Partnership wrote the following post Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:24:28 -0700

Dentistry Caravan

In the middle of March, the Santiago Partnership continued our many years partnership with the Indiana University School of Dentistry, led by Dr. Jeffrey Steele, and hosted a team of volunteers to come down to Ecuador. The team was composed of dentists with extensive experience in both U.S. based care and global care, with one of the volunteers, Dr. Tim Carlson, completing his 18th year of visiting Ecuador and working in dental care here. In addition to these leaders and professors, several dentists in fellowships came, one currently completing a fellowship in pediatrics which she was able to apply well for those in need here. Lastly, they brought many dental students who were proficient in certain procedures and techniques and were able to share their skills to care for those in need.

The team was able to spend some days learning about the history and culture of our country, before coming to Cayambe for various pop-up clinics. We served people in surrounding remote communities of Pisambilla (about an hour drive along bumpy dirt roads through the mountains!) to Olmedo in the foothills of Cayambe Volcano, and also at the Casa Hogar house for the beneficiaries of our projects and the community. While Cayambe does have many trained dentists, the cost of getting care is often prohibitively expensive for people who are of low income. The team was able to provide free care for those in need, meeting both acute needs like tooth extractions, and preventative care such as fluoride varnishes to protect children’s teeth. In total 270 patients were seen and the team administered 132 fluoride treatments.

On the last day at Casa Hogar, we were able to share a meal with all the visitors from the States, all the staff, as well as the children who live at the home. Gifts were exchanged, memories were made, and great food was eaten. Throughout the whole time the prominent sound was that of laughter. We all found that laughter translated quite easily across language barriers.

Overall it was an honor to be able to host this highly passionate, and highly skilled team from the United States again. We’re excited to continue this relationship and hopefully host them again next year!

#SantiagoPartnership #Ecuador #Missions

2025-04-05 08:48:24

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

Sometimes I find myself being a being a secondary character in other people's lives. Here's my reminder (and maybe yours) to be the main character in my own story.