Just circling back with an update - the forums at https://forum.phenomlab.com/ are now taking shape on their own - mostly thanks to two new scripts I have written that use the Flarum API. The first one ingests email, breaks each message apart, then creates a post out of it.
This is handy if you're out and about, and are feeling creative. You compile the email, send it to a secured address (one that is not easily guessed or crawled), and let the script work it's magic.
The second is an RSS parser. Phenomlab.com takes a number of technology news feeds and creates posts out of a standard RSS feed. We always provide attribution by including a link to the original article. The real difference here is that we actually discuss the topics rather than just be "force-fed" news.
Of course, I'm keen to get the discussion juices flowing, so please feel free to sign up 🙂 I certainly have a lot to talk about when it comes to technology and security, and you never know, you may just enjoy it as much as I do !
If anyone is interested in my scripts, do let me know, and I'll provide them here with instructions.