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2026-02-16
Fascinating castles with this natural and real photo of this castle under the snow. No filter was added but the black and white color is real That makes it a stunning shot
Nearly a thousand years of history have shaped the Château de La Sarraz since its construction in 1049 by the House of Grandson. Built on a rocky spur, it has always been the residence of the Barons of La Sarraz and never changed hands until the death of the last chatelaine in 1948. This unique characteristic is what makes it so interesting and rich; it has retained the character of an inhabited home, and the collections it houses, gathered and preserved throughout the history of the barony, are eminently representative of the heritage of the Gingins family, which was among the most important in the Vaud aristocrac
La Sarraz is situated in the west of Switzerland at the foot of Jura mountain
2026-01-20
2010:
- DFRN
- Mistpark/Friendika/Friendica
(DFRN)
2011:
- Zot
- Free-Friendika
(DFRN)
(forked from Friendika) - several other Friendika forks
(DFRN)
(forked from Friendika)
(discontinued 2011) - Red/Red Matrix
(DFRN, from 2012 Zot)
(forked from Free-Friendika)
(rebuilt into Hubzilla 2015)
2015:
- Hubzilla
(Zot, later Zot6)
(rebuilt from the Red Matrix)
2018:
Zot6
- Osada
(Zot6)
(forked from Hubzilla)
(discontinued in 2018) - Zap
(Zot6)
(forked most likely from Osada, maybe from Hubzilla)
(discontinued in 2022) - Osada
(Zot6)
(forked from Zap)
(discontinued in 2019)
2020:
Zot8
- Redmatrix 2020
(Zot8)
(forked from either Zap or Mistpark 2020 or (the third) Osada)
(discontinued in 2022) - Mistpark 2020 a.k.a. Misty
(Zot8)
(forked from either Zap or Redmatrix 2020 or (the third) Osada)
(discontinued in 2022) - Osada
(Zot8)
(forked from either Zap or Redmatrix 2020 or Mistpark 2020)
(discontinued in 2022)
2022:
- Nomad
(originally Zot11) - Roadhouse
(Nomad)
(forked from either Redmatrix 2020 or Mistpark 2020 or (the third) Osada)
(discontinued in 2022) - (streams)
(Nomad)
(forked from Roadhouse)
2024:
Forte
(ActivityPub)
(forked from (streams))[/list]
So as far as Fediverse server applications go, he created Friendica, Free-Friendika, a few more Friendika forks, the Red Matrix, Hubzilla, three Osadas, Zap, Redmatrix 2020, Mistpark 2020, Roadhouse, (streams) and Forte. Depending on how you want to count them, that's at least 13 or 14 server applications. Four of these are still being maintained (Friendica by a new team, Hubzilla by another new team, (streams) and Forte by himself).
2026-01-18
This morning I visited the C3 church in Lausanne. Here are some notes and feedback on a second impression. Here is a description of what I saw and experienced, the thoughts I had during that moment, and various remarks it inspired in me. Positive and negative points.
There are two services on Sunday: 9:45 AM and 11:15 AM. I went to the 11:15 service. I was expecting a young audience because I imagine the elderly come earlier. This church has a particularity of being bilingual French English. It's the only 100% bilingual church I know. Everything is translated from French to English or from English to French.
The hall is a large performance venue that resembles a cinema with a capacity that I estimate to be between 400 and 800 seats. We are welcomed by being invited with a bit of pressure to sit in the front. We are in the second row. The music is very, very loud and it's quite disturbing. I try not to pay too much attention to it and focus on two things: observing and concentrating on God.
The first part is praise. A group sings and it feels a lot like a concert because it's dark and there are spotlights and a big screen that covers the entire surface of the stage wall. I don't know any of the songs. The songs alternate between English and French. The lyrics are displayed on the wall with the language being sung in large letters and the translation in small letters, either in French or English. It's harder to focus on the praise when you don't know any of the songs. I thot there would be at least one or two known songs. Four women sing and other people play instruments (guitar, drums, keyboard). It seems to me that people sing and are motivated and praise God with all their hearts. It is always good to see people praise God and it has a ripple effect. I can therefore inwardly praise God for his blessings for what I am experiencing despite the difficult period I am going thru. People seem to be mostly in the 25 to 45 age range. There are few elderly people. For example, I had noticed that in the prayer meetings for Switzerland, the people were mostly older than 50.
I call this church a flashlight. You need to use the flashlight on your phone if you arrive a bit after the start because it's completely dark.
After this moment of praise, there was a time of offering. Two QR codes to give money. There hasn't been too much emphasis on this topic. I've seen some videos on Youtube criticizing this church for money. Is it a prosperity church? Maybe not here in Switzerland.
The last part was the sermon. The senior pastor had a message on prayer. His wife Marianne was translating. Teach us to pray.
Positive points: the word of God is proclaimed. Praise draws us closer to God. The music is catchy. The number of people. The mass attracts the mass, and there are definitely people in the mass who truly turn to God.
Negative points: the music was too loud. The crowd of people and no one came to talk to me. I have been a visitor at a church a few times and people normally come to talk to me. The population categories are poorly balanced. There were many young people and few old people. I like balanced churches with young and old. The form can take too much importance over the content. A worship service that resembles a concert.
Conclusión
The C3 Church of Lausanne is the only bilingual church that attracts a lot of people. It's an opportunity to learn English. The word of God is proclaimed and God is praised there. Even if it's not a perfect church or one that I would attend regularly, it suits some people and the gospel is preached there, which makes me happy. I want to leave the negative points and keep the positive. A church for young people that is dynamic, in short, a flashlight church.
2026-01-17
Recently I was motivated to create a project with ActivityPub. I write an article about this : Picosocial the story starts
The goal was to start with this little educational project ActivityPub Server in a Single PHP File and improve it.
Things I wanted to add
- Adding logging session.
- List of following and follower
- Add and remove following and follower
- Improve the view (list of post from followings)
- House keeping. We don't need to keep data during a long time. It use memory space.
The goal was to install it easily without technical skill etc...
Décember was a hard month with lot of work and lot of activities. The day light is short and we must have light. I expected January better. But it is worst. My energie is low and my work is huge. More I am tired less my productivity is and at work I cannot be without stress. Recently my boss ask me if the date of my vacation in february can be change. I say No. This information add me stress. I don't know if I will survive. Each day is hard. I don't know what to do. The weekend I sleep and I cannot do my personal work.
So This morning I decided to make some secondary project in pause. I write this messae at social25.aga.ovh
"Important message : This morning I wake up without energie and I am thinking I must do priority. I wanted to work on #picosocial project untill it works at minimum level of satisfaction. But as I have head ache (hurt) and my professional work kills me I must do a break with that project. I am doing too many things together. I cannot do all. I surestime my strenght. I must admit that I am limited.
Additionaly I am discoraged with such project. I am feeling that I am alone and no body is reading this.So I decided to make a break with this project. Maybe in the future I will continue it. "
2026-01-10