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+# What's a Tiny DataCenter?
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+* Tiny means really small.
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+* Data is information. What's the universe?
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+* Center is in the middle
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+* DataCenter is where shared computers live
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+* TinyDataCenter is where your computers live on your kitchen table
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+## What's it do right now?
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+It's hosting the its website, including streaming video that I'm producing about how to build it.
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+There's a GitHub repo that you can clone onto a new tiny computer like RasPi to follow along and build your own.
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+# Who is this for?
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+This is for passionate amateurs who'd benefit from generating, operating, and destroying their own origin system. It leverages cloud services for distribution, interactivity, and syndication. If you're a nerd, you gotta have a [POSSE](https://indieweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=POSSE&action=edit).
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+## Who else?
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+A network full of nerds might not be very fun... but it may be! The idea is that if you have an IT system and a little money for a tiny compuer, you can have an "old Ford" that can do whatever you want.
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+# Why?
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+I bought a RasPi1 tiny computer that sat in a box for a few years. Then I bought three more RasPi3's to give myself a reliable home computer--and I've operated cloud infrastructure. Then, I couldn't stop making demos or seeing the posibilities unfolding everywhere. It's like I'm in highschool and there's a buy-one-get-60-free deal on computers.
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+## Why make a vodcast?
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+Two reasons:
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+* First, this material needs to be online
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+I know how, have time, and enjoy teaching.
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+* Second, because it seems hard.
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+It's hosting itself along with video tutorials about how to build it. I thought this would be a convincing use case, given the processing, bandwidth, and technical know-how required to build a streaming video platform. Ie. if this is possible, what isn't?
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+## "No but really, I mean, how are you going to make money?"
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+I don't know, but I always have the money I need. So if I just keep going with it, what's the worst that could happen? I considered Amazon referral links, etc. But I got the idea of sponsorship and within minutes started seeing other projects doing it. I also got the idea from somewhere that not selling them myself would help me reamain impartial. So... where am I gonna get money? I'll leave this here--[Patreon](https://patreon.com/harlanji).
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+# When can I use it?
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+It's available now. Episodes are coming out as fast as I can teach myself how to produce them.
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+## How can I use it faster?
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+If you want it faster you can contribute some currency, time and money are good. I don't want to make big plans, so do what you can and I'll work with you. Results speak for themselves, great products fly off the shelf...
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+### "You sound like a dick"
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+I build great stuff and am on a mission, no time for snakes. To get on my good side give me money or be easy to work with on pull requests and I'll take your suggestions under advisement :)
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