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I am in Berlin.

This week, you can find me in Berlin. Last trip of the year. I promise.

I am in Denver.

This week, you can find me in Denver!

Death of ownership

Growing up my world revolved around Windows XP, CDs, and DVDs. We used to have physical media laying around – media we either purchased or acquired from questionable sources. For creating music or editing photos, my go-to tools were Sony Vegas and Adobe Photoshop, good software back then.

Back then, if a family member wanted a copy of a movie, it was a straightforward process of copying the DVD or copying the file after ripping it. The point I’m trying to make here is that we used to own our media.

I am at Kubecon.

This week, you can find me at Kubecon in Amsterdam! I managed to grab an ‘All-Access’ ticket, so I’ll be here for the whole week.

I am in Brussels.

I just got back from Brussels, where I attended FOSDEM. It was awesome to finally meet my XMPP friends in person.

Check Your Iphone for Pegasus Spyware

Pegasus, a spyware created by an Israeli organization, is the go-to tool for many glowing agencies worldwide. They use it to snoop on unsuspecting individuals. Luckily, Amnesty International has developed a tool that can help us spot signs of this spyware on our iOS or Android devices.

I will be using a Macbook M1 with Docker to complete this task.

Youtube-dl vs. Copyright Censorship

The Youtube-dl repository, a popular tool used by many, was suddenly removed from Github a few hours ago. The reason? The greedy cunts from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) requested a ‘DMCA takedown’ claiming that the code in the README was being used to download copyrighted music and videos. They believe this software enables copyright infringement.

But let’s be realistic, even if some people do use this software to download copyrighted content, it’s quite audacious for them to try and remove a free software that has already been downloaded and shared by thousands of people. This action serves as a reminder of the importance of hosting your own code and digital files.

Fiber-To-The-Home on OpenWRT

It took me some hours and some help of a friend, but I finally managed to setup a T-Mobile FTTH 1 Gbps network. So today the T-Mobile install tech came by to install the fiber, media-converter, modem/router and ip tv boxes. I asked the guy what VLAN’s T-Mobile is using, he told me that T-Mobile doesn’t use any VLAN’s.. I didn’t trust that answer, so I did some research. I found that T-Mobile is using VLAN 300 for internet and 640 for IPTV, so obviously that answer was incorrect.

I am in California.

Just got back from an trip exploring the West Coast of the US 🌴✈️ I visited three cities: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Francisco.