Speaking of OIDC, I searched in my drawer and found all three security keys I own again. A YubiKey 5C NFC with firmware 5.4.3 (apparently not so secure anymore and not upgradable) and two SoloKeys Solo 2 (one USB-A and one USB-C, both with NFC) I funded via Indiegogo many years ago. Those have upgradable firmware,...

Tim Hårek really sent me down a rabbit hole with all the self-hosted services he lists on his latest blog post. There are some interesting links I put on my reading list. The first one I actually looked into, though, was Pocket ID. It’s a nice little OpenID Connect provider. A great homelab alternative to Keycloak,...

Not too long ago, I switched from two Hetzner Cloud VPS to one netcup VPS, with integrating my mailserver setup into my hosting setup. It works fine so far. To keep things simple and because I’m back on Ubuntu on my laptop, I decided to just go with Ubuntu on the VPS as well. But stumbling over bootc, I can’t stop...

After one and a half years, there’s a new addition to my collection of almost exclusively soundcore headphones: the open-ear soundcore (by Anker) AeroClip. As I wrote recently, I purchased a DJI Mic 3 (150 €) to improve my audio input for work calls. It’s the microphone many influencers use, and from my tests, the...

Another month has passed and my monthly review is a bit late this time. Why? We’ll get to that in a moment. First, let’s take a look back at August. At the beginning of the month, we enjoyed our last day in South Tyrol and then started the long journey back. We were stuck in a traffic jam for 1.5 hours on the...

My sites had a few TLS problems during the last few days. It was due to some Actalis certificates being revoked and OCSP failing for them. I don’t really know why Caddy wasn’t able to renew all of them correctly, but it should be fixed now. While I like Actalis for being the only real European free TLS certificate...

With the first point release of Ubuntu 26.04 in the form of Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, I can briefly summarize my thoughts about being back on Ubuntu for almost half a year now. Do I miss Windows? Absolutely not. I love how much I don’t need to care about the system anymore. Updates? So fast. Booting? So fast. Issues?...

I bought a DJI Mic 3 to improve my audio quality during calls. Better audio input, and I can also use normal headphones like my Soundcore AeroFit 2, so I also have better audio output compared to my Aftershokz OpenComm or the Anker PowerConf S330. I bought a set with two senders and one receiver and the charging...

One of the topics I am currently investing a bit more research in, given my recent move to cut my hair, is razors, shaving, skull shaving, shaving blades, electric shavers, and everything around that. I even created a subpage listing the razors I am using. One thing I wonder about, especially since I am not finding...

Whether I stroll through the park, cycle through the countryside, or simply take a short break on a bench outdoors, the sight of the green nature has an incredibly calming effect on me. My mood improves instantly. And the best part: all those options aren’t far away. 📷🌳 Interactions & Comments

Yesterday evening, I finally did the last step and shaved off the remaining few millimeters of hair on my head. This morning, I took the chance and prompted a new avatar that represents my current style. I know, AI-generated stuff everywhere sucks, but I really like this one, and it looks quite accurate. 👨🏼‍🦲...

I knew of the existence of paperless-ngx for a long time. A new YouTube video now finally gave me the push to set up an instance on my VPS. It’s configured to use Bunny.net storage using S3 and rclone for the media files, and a restic backup is configured to regularly back up the bucket to Scaleway. Now I just need...