日記
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a
damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily
pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every
funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand
of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from
deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's
hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
This is my substitute for pistol and ball. With a philosophical flourish
Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship.
- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851)
- Project Updates Q2 202229 May '22Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open-source tools.
- XTIA Xproto Upgrade16 Apr '22Upgraded my Linux workstation to increase performance by optimizing thermals through increased airflow, using the XTIA C-Zone 30mm extender v2.0 and a dedicated heatsink for the back-mounted NVMe SSD.
- Running an Open Source Home Area Network11 Apr '22Insights on running a Home Area Network (HAN) nearly completely on open source software, including configurations and metrics.
- Linux on the Phone: Part One31 Mar '22After being back on Linux on my desktop, I decided to make 2022 the year of Linux on the Phone. Not only did I fully replace my iPhone with a privacy-focused smartphone, I also got my toes wet with an actual Linux phone:
The PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition. - Planor: The Cloud Aviator20 Mar '22Planor is a TUI client for cloud services like Amazon Web Services, Vultr or Heroku. It allows checking CodePipeline deployments, Heroku builds, Vultr instance states or CloudWatch logs on a lightweight terminal UI.
- Project Updates Q1 20229 Mar '22Project updates from the current consecutive three-month period, with info on the current status of my projects and next steps. You might find this interesting in case you’re using any of my open-source tools.
- reader: Web page readability on the CLI20 Feb '22reader is for your command line what the “readability” view is for modern browsers: A lightweight tool offering better readability of web pages on the CLI.
- Frankenswitch: The Poor-Man's Soju Switch6 Feb '22A while ago I stumbled upon an interesting Frankenswitch dubbed the Soju Switch: A combination of an C³Equalz X TKC Kiwi bottom, a Boba U4 top and a Lumia stem. I was tempted to build it, but ideally with parts that are more readily available and maybe even cheaper.
- Gemini is Solutionism at its Worst17 Jan '22While I don’t care too much about ideas and projects that I believe to be dead ends or maybe even doomed to fail eventually, a recent interaction on Superhighway84 got me to write down a few thoughts on why I believe Project Gemini is a really bad idea.
- Superhighway8426 Dec '21Superhighway84 is an USENET-inspired decentralized internet discussion system, featuring a retro text user interface and powered by IPFS and OrbitDB.