Posts
-
Social responsibility and basic needs
To lead a fulfilling life, we should aspire for more than our basic needs to be met
-
Navigating with OpenStreetMap
I recently went vacationing in Pondicherry and used Free Software (almost) exclusively to get around
-
Is privacy really possible?
We live in a dystopian world where even the most secure privacy practices, the stuff employed whistleblowers and the likes, won't save us from being spied upon. Our thoughts threatened, and our freedoms constantly challenged. But I think privacy isn't a lost cause, yet.
-
I'm on the Fediverse!
and I have ideas for it. Well, they are more like opinions, really :p
-
Quitting non-free services and search for blood donor: idea for an MxN contact discovery system
I use a few non-free services, mostly instant messaging services to talk to my friends and acquaintances, but had plans to 'sunset' them by the end of the year. I had to search for blood donors for a friend recently and I'm not sure how I would have done without said services. This post proposes a system to discover a person's alternate means of contact from an existing means of contact.
-
Project plans for a hosted Gitea online service
Loïc and I are in the process of creating a 100% libre, managed Gitea hosting service, this post documents some of the challenges that we we are trying to solve
-
Gotta Love Europe
I recently purchased a VPN subscription using which I was able to "visit" countries. This post about my experience with GDPR and the stark difference with which non-European netizens treated.
-
Basic needs
What are basic needs?
-
Math and second systems effect
My thoughts on math and why it is suffering from second systems effect
-
Ideal backup situation
Tough's on backup and what an ideal backup situation should be like
-
NAT Troubles or how my ISP screwed me over
NATs are a pain and I just got put behind one
-
Home defense adventures with Hikvision CCTV cameras
There's nothing like an undocumented plug-this-to-the-internet-and-well-spy-on-you CCTV system!
-
mCaptcha - to hell with captchas!
Introducing mCaptcha - A no-nonsense CAPTCHA system with seamless UX
-
My Matrix (mis)adventures
Keep it simple, stupid. Because there are many like me out there :)