entertainment Nanette It has been a while that a piece of stand-up has caught me so off-guard and took me on a real journey. It was funny, so it left me entertained, but it also
automation Sharing links in 2018 In the past it was easy to share interesting, or funny finds on the Internet. First of all, the Internet was this magical place which was called “cyberspace” by the “common folk”. Only
blogging There and back again “What, you changed your blog? Again?!“. That is something I hear very often these days. And they are right, every single one of them. For a while it seemed that I was changing
apple Cisco AnyConnect Client DNS issues Since I started using the Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, I had DNS issues. I could not fully figure out why this happens on my system, but all signs lead to an issue with
apple macOS: Video files in Quarantine I am not sure when it exactly started. But some time after I upgraded to High Sierra, VLC started to display a “Verifying the file” prompt with a progress bar whenever I opened
hardware Five of the best 8th gen Laptops Tom “The Tech Chap” shows off his top 5 of thin & light Laptops with Intel 8th Gen Quad-Core processor.
apple MacOS TouchID for sudo This is one of two reasons I could ever imagine using the fucking macOS touchbar! Otherwise this thing is an utterly useless piece of shit.
gaming Lootbox madness A couple of days ago the Washington Post wrote an article about EA’s Battlefront 2. It was the first time I read something this thorough and detailed about a game and its
society A year offline Paul Miller, talking about his year offline and what he experienced when he “reconnected” with the Internet and Social Media.
apple iMac on the Fritz After six and a half years of heavy use, my main computer, a mid-2011 27″ iMac, is on the Fritz.It is currently unclear if it is the graphics card itself, some related
personal #BTW2017 Eigentlich wollte ich nicht mehr über Politik bloggen. Politische Meinungspost altern meiner Meinung nach sehr schlecht und sehr schnell. Meinungen reifen, Meinungen ändern sich, vor allen Dingen die eigenen. Das kann dann unter
apple iPhone 8 Plus When Apple first announced this year’s new phones, I immediately wanted to go for the iPhone X. I was instantly sold on the idea of having an almost bezel-free OLED display, combined
personal Lucky We in the IT industry in general, and me in particular, very much like to complain. A lot. The recent iPhone release, and the expected price increase, helped me quite a bit to
automation Ansible Tower now Open-Source RedHat kept their promise and made "Ansible Tower" Open-Source. The free version is called AWX, and is available on GitHub. According to their announcement, the model for AWX is similar to the one
development Python Development with Atom Over the years my Development Environments have changed quite a lot. When I started writing scripts in Bash and Perl, I used VIM. As I used Linux on the Desktop, and my scripts
hosting VULTR: Instances sold out While taking a closer look at VULTR, I became very interested in their “$2.50 plan”, as it is half as much as you would have to pay for the same performance at
security Symantec and Comodo revoke certs without proper private key Just the latest example why the SSL certificate industry is widely regarded as shady and has such a bad reputation. Not the first time either that Symantec or Comodo are in the news
hosting Windows Server 2016 VPS at VultR I was very surprised to see VultR offering Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. To my knowledge, it is the only VPS provider to do so. There is an additional monthly
hosting VPS Provider VULTR For the reasons of diversity and high availability I was looking for an alternative to DigitalOcean. Not that I was dissatisfied with their service, but it is always good to try new services
development Atom 1.18 with integrated GitHub support Atom now with built-in GitHub support. Finally, it was about time! Just installed the new version yesterday. Not that the GitPlus plugin was not good, but it feels better if it is directly
gaming Kotaku: The story behind Mass Effect Andromeda's development Jason Schreier with a nice summary of the latest Mass Effect game’s development. A very insightful look behind the curtain of game development in general and the tough development of Mass Effect
apple Apple's MacBook Refresh 2017 Nice write-up and comparison of all new models and options. I am a bit dissappointed by Apple. Now everything is on Kay Lake, the ultra-portable MacBook now supports up to 16 GB of
ansible Ansible: Misleading dopy errors Ansible works pretty well with DigitalOcean, and where it is not, it is mostly the fault of dopy, not DigitalOcean’s or Ansible’s. I am using macOS and out of convenience I
security Collect huge amounts of data from WhatsApp Very interesting story from Loran Kloeze describing how to create a database of phone numbers, profile pictures and status information without much difficulty.