TBH I would consider an M4 Mac Mini and either a NAS or DAS to go along with it. The power, efficiency, and price make it a really compelling choice.

Those are great links. Thanks for posting them! Gonna give them a look.

Web Rings were freaking awesome. I’ve recently discovered the Small Web tool from Kagi and it’s basically a modern version of a web ring. It’s pretty slick. www.kagi.com/smallweb if you’re interested.

Right??? Like it’s 1995 all over again.

But is it? Because the amount of websites that aren’t search engines but have insane levels of tracking and data collection are very high. Not all of it is for search ranking, IMO.

Correct and what I’ve seen from Jellyfin / Emby are poor looking at best. While I could cobble together a system that works for me, there’s no way anyone I share with would put up with it. Plex is PLEX for a reason.