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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)
- Listen to Audiobooks without the Audible App
21 Jan '23As someone who’s reading all day long – mainly technical documentation, code, mails and chat messages – I enjoy the luxury of having someone else read a book to me very much. That’s why I have always been an avid audiobook user.
- Get the BBS Scene Vibes back with Neon Modem Overdrive
9 Jan '23
Miss the internet from the 80s? Want to (re-)experience BBS scene vibes but still participate in today’s conversations? Then Neon Modem Overdrive is for you! - Project Updates Q4 2022
30 Dec '22
Project 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. - xbsapi: An Alternative xBrowserSync API that supports SQLite, PostgreSQL and
MySQL
22 Dec '22
xbsapi is an alternative xBrowserSync API built in Go, that supports SQLite, PostgreSQL and MySQL and can easily be deployed as a single binary on Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Dragonfly, NetBSD, Windows and even as a Google Cloud Function and AWS Lambda Function! - Run Your Own LastPass on Hardened OpenBSD
14 Dec '22
With LastPass having suffered yet another data breach – important update here – it’s probably time to take matters into your own hands and run your own cloud password manager. Let’s do exactly that, on a hardened OpenBSD system! - Run Your Own Instant Messaging Service on FreeBSD
8 Dec '22
What if you could host your own instant messaging service for you and your friends, to communicate privately and securely, away from the prying eyes of big tech? Turns out you can, and it’s actually quite easy to do. - Frankenswitch: The Holy Hypezilla
4 Dec '22
… or the thock that will make the Boba U4T jelly, at an eye-watering price. - Git on Roids
30 Nov '22
An overview of.gitconfigadjustments and Git add-ons that can improve workflows. - Join the IRC Idle-Party over Tor with ZNC on OpenBSD
17 Nov '22
After having successfully set up an IRC server as Tor Hidden Service on OpenBSD for you and your friends, let’s find out how you can outsource idling on your IRC server (and other networks!) to ZNC. - Reclaiming (Mobile) Privacy with GrapheneOS
10 Nov '22
… and improving your smartphone’s security along the way!