My Journey with the VU+ Duo 4K SE – A Linux-Powered SAT Adventure
I’ve been using a VU+ Duo 4K SE BT with a DVB-S2X FBC Twin Tuner for about two years now. Before that, I was a happy TechniSat user for many…
When My PV Company Crashed My Tech Dreams — Again
Spent some time today doing a bit of research on wallboxes. It’s probably a few years down the road before I’ll actually need one, but I wanted to get a…
Edward Snowden, Mario & the Trial-and-Error of Real Life
🎮 My Son, Retro Gaming & the Magic of Batocera My little son recently got into Super Mario Bros. — and it’s both hilarious and heartwarming to see those 8-bit…
PV in Outage Mode: Will Your Solar Keep the Lights On?
Ever Wondered What Happens to Your Solar System When the Grid Goes Down? So, imagine this: the public power grid takes a nap. 💤 What happens to your fancy PV…
Adventures in IPv6, Firewalls & the “Oops-I-Forgot” Department 🚀
So, a few days ago I thought: “Hey, let’s be cool, ditch Apache, and hop onto the Nginx hype train because… HTTP/3, baby!” 🎉 Fast-forward to today, when I decided…
Switching to HTTP/3 – A Hands-On Upgrade for My WordPress Blog
Tonight’s TV lineup was pure garbage, so I decided to geek out with some server tinkering instead. What better way to spend the evening than diving into a protocol-level performance…
How I Managed to Wreck My Firewall Appliance With a Debian 13 Upgrade
Yesterday I proudly hit publish on a post about my super smooth upgrade to Debian 13… feeling like a proper Linux wizard. 🧙♂️ A few hours later, reality slapped me…
Debian 13 Upgrade Adventure – With a Little Help from ChatGPT 🐧🤖
So today I did something both brilliant and borderline reckless: I asked ChatGPT to whip up a Bash script that upgrades a Debian 12 system to the fresh new Debian…
HP Service Pack Adventures – Booting Firmware Updates the Nerdy Way
So, today I had the great joy (and mild panic) of updating my HP servers with the HP Service Pack. Okay, okay… technically it’s not the first time ever. I’ve…
My First Python Project: A Nerdy ASCII Hangman Game
So, I’ve been dabbling in Python for a few days now — mostly theory, going over variables, loops, conditionals, and the usual suspects. And like every sane new coder, I…