Paul Tagliamonte
@pault.ag
he/him ⁂ purveyor of fine bike sheds ⁂ Debian Developer ⁂ Hy ⁂ playing with SDRs as K3XEC ⁂ formerly: board @ OSI
Find me on the fediverse at https://soylent.green/@paul
Find me on the fediverse at https://soylent.green/@paul
In response to the interest in the technical aspects I stood up this small pile of HTML tpl.house covering some of the basics of how The Promised LAN works
The Promised LAN
The Internet sucks, build a LAN
tpl.house
June 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In response to the interest in the technical aspects I stood up this small pile of HTML tpl.house covering some of the basics of how The Promised LAN works
Reposted by Paul Tagliamonte
A site dedicated to info about it / how to set up your own: tpl.house 👀
The Promised LAN
The Internet sucks, build a LAN
tpl.house
June 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A site dedicated to info about it / how to set up your own: tpl.house 👀
When I was sending this draft around to houses on the LAN two folks sent this along -- i feel it all so deeply. ❤️
June 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
When I was sending this draft around to houses on the LAN two folks sent this along -- i feel it all so deeply. ❤️
Reposted by Paul Tagliamonte
A lovely post. It reminds me a bit of this: tailscale.com/blog/remembe... which was the inspiration for Tailscale.
Remembering the LAN
Learn more about the early days of LAN.
tailscale.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A lovely post. It reminds me a bit of this: tailscale.com/blog/remembe... which was the inspiration for Tailscale.
tldr on the tech aspect is IPSec IKEv2 PSK (AES 256, SHA2 512, curve 25519; ESP chacha20poly1305 curve 25519), using bird (debian)/bgpd (openbsd) to exchange routes
June 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tldr on the tech aspect is IPSec IKEv2 PSK (AES 256, SHA2 512, curve 25519; ESP chacha20poly1305 curve 25519), using bird (debian)/bgpd (openbsd) to exchange routes
You can read long-form thoughts at notes.pault.ag/tpl/ where I tried to capture as much as I could into one place.
This is on my blog but I was just the one to put keyboard to markdown here. I am exactly one of many. I hope this represents our thoughts well. It definitely represents mine.
This is on my blog but I was just the one to put keyboard to markdown here. I am exactly one of many. I hope this represents our thoughts well. It definitely represents mine.
The Promised LAN
The internet sucks. Build a LAN.
notes.pault.ag
June 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You can read long-form thoughts at notes.pault.ag/tpl/ where I tried to capture as much as I could into one place.
This is on my blog but I was just the one to put keyboard to markdown here. I am exactly one of many. I hope this represents our thoughts well. It definitely represents mine.
This is on my blog but I was just the one to put keyboard to markdown here. I am exactly one of many. I hope this represents our thoughts well. It definitely represents mine.
We know we can't scale this. We can't even get all our friends on the LAN. I don't know how long that will take -- nevermind letting anyone outside that group in.
However -- this is my call for you to do the same. Build your own LAN. Connect it with friends’ homes. Have fun with computers.
However -- this is my call for you to do the same. Build your own LAN. Connect it with friends’ homes. Have fun with computers.
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We know we can't scale this. We can't even get all our friends on the LAN. I don't know how long that will take -- nevermind letting anyone outside that group in.
However -- this is my call for you to do the same. Build your own LAN. Connect it with friends’ homes. Have fun with computers.
However -- this is my call for you to do the same. Build your own LAN. Connect it with friends’ homes. Have fun with computers.
We’ve grown our own culture and fads - around half of the people on the LAN have thermal receipt printers with open access, for printing out quips or jokes on each other’s counters.
There’s a 3-node IRC network, exotic hardware to gawk at, LAN only email, and even a SIP phone network of redphones.
There’s a 3-node IRC network, exotic hardware to gawk at, LAN only email, and even a SIP phone network of redphones.
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We’ve grown our own culture and fads - around half of the people on the LAN have thermal receipt printers with open access, for printing out quips or jokes on each other’s counters.
There’s a 3-node IRC network, exotic hardware to gawk at, LAN only email, and even a SIP phone network of redphones.
There’s a 3-node IRC network, exotic hardware to gawk at, LAN only email, and even a SIP phone network of redphones.
We can freely host insecure game servers or one-off side projects without worrying about what someone will do with it.
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We can freely host insecure game servers or one-off side projects without worrying about what someone will do with it.
In December of 2021, three of us got together and connected our houses together.
The idea is simple - fill the hole we feel is gone from our lives. Build our own always-on 24/7 nonstop LAN party. Build a space that is intrinsically social, even though we’re doing technical things.
The idea is simple - fill the hole we feel is gone from our lives. Build our own always-on 24/7 nonstop LAN party. Build a space that is intrinsically social, even though we’re doing technical things.
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In December of 2021, three of us got together and connected our houses together.
The idea is simple - fill the hole we feel is gone from our lives. Build our own always-on 24/7 nonstop LAN party. Build a space that is intrinsically social, even though we’re doing technical things.
The idea is simple - fill the hole we feel is gone from our lives. Build our own always-on 24/7 nonstop LAN party. Build a space that is intrinsically social, even though we’re doing technical things.
Feels a bit self-congratulatory, but this is the sort of thing I'm particularly proud to spend my time on earth helping with.
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Feels a bit self-congratulatory, but this is the sort of thing I'm particularly proud to spend my time on earth helping with.
started to try and recreate this photo but the pagers kept going off
March 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
started to try and recreate this photo but the pagers kept going off
you think that's bad, just imagine spending $2k for a brand new b210 to get your table and spend $10 on dinner
March 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
you think that's bad, just imagine spending $2k for a brand new b210 to get your table and spend $10 on dinner
hell yes amazing concept restaurant this is gonna be a huge hit
March 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
hell yes amazing concept restaurant this is gonna be a huge hit
The real question is what do I do with all the leftover pagers?
March 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The real question is what do I do with all the leftover pagers?
Reposted by Paul Tagliamonte
I've just pushed @debian.bsky.social versions hamm (2.0), bo (1.3), rex (1.2), and buzz (1.1) @docker.com container images to hub.docker.com/r/debian/eol -- they're a little esoteric to successfully use thanks to old kernel expectations, but they do work and represent those old releases accurately!
February 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I've just pushed @debian.bsky.social versions hamm (2.0), bo (1.3), rex (1.2), and buzz (1.1) @docker.com container images to hub.docker.com/r/debian/eol -- they're a little esoteric to successfully use thanks to old kernel expectations, but they do work and represent those old releases accurately!