I just needed a place where to ramble and dump all my crazy stuff
Remember this previous post where I lamented the sorry state of Pi-Hole and how its developers, despite providing a Docker container which uses Alpine Linux, completely disregarded the Alpine Linux users by not giving them the option to install it on bare metal? Yeah, I thought about doing it myself because all the steps necessary … Read more
I’ve been a long time user of PiHole: it’s a fantastic and lightweight tool which, used in conjunction with dnscrypt-proxy, elevates the security of your browsing tenfold. All your DNS queries become encrypted, anonymized and non-traceable. And, of course, your browsing experience is also vastly improved, both in the browsing itself and the security: by … Read more
I used to DJ a lot between 2009 and 2012. In 2011 I even landed a one-time job at new year’s eve in an amazing place which was excavated through big rocks underground and seemed like an ancient catacomb. Back then I used to play with a small, cheap Hercules DJ console and VirtualDJ, a … Read more
Following the suggestions of several people I know, I decided to (re)watch Slam Dunk, the original 101 anime episodes. I already watched some of it when it first aired in Italy on MTV, but unfortunately I missed most of the beginning and the ending and lots of episodes in between. It was also a lot … Read more
This post was triggered after the shitstorm that hit social media in the previous days and was directed at the art direction that Return to Monkey Island took. A quick TL;DR for those unaware: yes, Monkey Island is coming back, and in great style. Made by its original creator, Ron Gilbert, along with all the … Read more
EDIT: Looks like the posts are back up. I swear I’m just as confused as you. Oh, well. Today I woke up to discover that Facebook has decided, out of the blue, to nuke my latest two posts on my page. Just like that. Poof. Gone. Those were two posts linking to this blog’s articles … Read more
Last time I used an OCR was… uh… who am I kidding, I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast, let alone something that happened at least 20 years ago. I remember I had this scanner connected through the parallel port to my PC. It was a nightmare and it was dishearteningly slow. But then … Read more
In the age of ray tracing, virtual reality, augmented reality, quantum computing and incredible, beautiful images of the universe, some of the finest minds at work in some of the biggest companies in the world seem to struggle with simple concepts such as the need to backup and restore the content of our own social … Read more