I was given the opportunity to present at the IS2 conference on the topic of Ransomware. It wasn't just a presentation though — it also required a paper for the conference proceedings. That was new for me; I'd never written anything like it before. It's a bit like a seminar pap...
My Garmin (Instinct Tactical) can track open-water swimming using GPS (optionally GPS+GLONASS/GALILEO). I selected open water swimming, waited for the satellite signal, and jumped in. After a good swim I got out, looked at the watch, and saw zero.
I stared in surprise and started figu...
I went to donate blood at the beginning of the month — FNUSA offers donors a free IgG antibody level check. Why not take them up on it. I said yes and was curious what the result would be. I'd had a decent reaction so I wanted to know whether that translated into an immune re...
I didn't move my appointment up even though the option was there. I had my form filled in from last time so I basically just walked in until I reached the doctor. We went over whether I'd had any reaction and he sent me on. Ironically I spent the most time waiting to get the...
A former colleague tipped me off about AdGuard Home. It looked clean, simple, with DoH support. I decided to give it a shot. Installation was very straightforward and the initial setup wizard is nicely guided. I got the HTTPS certificate via ZeroSSL, which supports email ve...
Since I use Capture for more comfortable camera carrying, on one trip my Nikon strap kept getting tangled up everywhere. I looked at some options and settled on the Slide from Peak Design. I chose it so I could carry the camera the same way as a firearm — single-point. The ability to quickly...
I'd been thinking about a smartwatch for a long time. I wanted to know how fast I run, what my pace is. How many steps I take in a day... and I'd also like to know how far I've swum, and so on. So I searched until I found it: Garmin Instinct Tactical. Why those in particular?
They c...
I booked the first available slot. I arrived on time but there was already quite a queue — which moved quickly, though. Volunteers everywhere directing people on what to do and where to go. Filling in the declaration, having your temperature checked, finding your name on the list...
On the night of 25–26 May 2021 vaccination registration opened for my age group. Before that I checked the status of my earlier registration (when only the highest-risk groups could register, it had been possible to register by manipulating input parameters due to missing validat...
I needed to solve a tricky problem — I have two computers (actually three, but two of them are work machines) and I need to work on them comfortably. Essentially the same issue I once had at a government office, where you had three machines each assigned to something di...