We decided it was time to take our little one on a bigger trip than just travelling around the Czech Republic. We'd already spent a few days in Vienna before, but this journey was on a completely different scale. Why? Because we travelled by train! We changed trains in Vienna and the...
Although I went to a secondary school where we were taught programming and my graduation project was in Assembly (x51), I wouldn't call myself a programmer. At university I didn't put much into it either and did the bare minimum. Though I did really enjoy the subjects on algorithms a...
Since I'd already gone to the trouble of generating a certificate for the UDR, I made one for AdGuard Home too. For DoH to work you need a wildcard certificate. Active24 supports DNS-01 via its API, so issuing it is no problem.
The advantage of DoH is that HTTPS is already open (t...
I decided to deploy a Let's Encrypt certificate on my Unifi Dream Router. Since I own a domain and Active24 is one of the providers that supports API access for domain management, I wanted to take advantage of it. What I needed was DNS validation — DNS-01. After...
The days when Koko was mentioning sous-vide in her videos are long gone. But the ability to prepare meat — and of course not only meat — using this method is a fantastic option. It could be a kilo chunk of meat, chicken breasts, thighs, or carrots… the possibilities are endless.
The...
I was a little alarmed... my bank is telling me there's been a data leak involving my payment card! A nightmare. Quick, open George and block the card — I wasn't home at the time, so I blocked it and planned to deal with it properly once I got back.
Once I got home I...
What were the highlights of this year?
Technology: Autofocus on the A7 IV — the eye detection in particular is breathtaking.
Event: Surgery — an experience I don't want to repeat
Software: LLMs have integrated themselves into our lives
Gear: The practical and spacious...
A friend asked me whether I'd photograph the interior of her office. Interior photography is always a challenge — you often have nowhere to step back to, walls everywhere. Lighting is also a big unknown. Since my wife was behind the interior design, I had a fairly quick brief. I al...
Like everyone, I use batteries (AA or AAA) quite often. My biggest consumption is AA — the thermal actuator heads devour them. There's a solution of course: Varta makes a lithium version. It's outrageously expensive and if you have multiple actuator heads... it adds up fast. This...
When I bought and built the Lego Tumbler (76240), I thought it was a shame there were no motors and it couldn't be remote-controlled. So I started searching… and found this Lego MOD. Sourcing the parts was a challenge. The biggest headache was the motors and springs (br...