September has begun, and this means summer is pretty much over and autumn is around the corner (though some people dispute this ;)). To those who love summer autumn feels like the world is dying, but for me it's always been my favourite time of the year. The heat is gone, the morning air is crisp and cool, the...

I've been staring at an empty coffee cup for the last 10 minutes, and I can't think of a clever intro to write today. Is this the universe trying to tell me that I should have another coffee? It probably is. No, it definitely is. What else could it be! You know, blogging is a really inexpensive hobby when you just...

I recently heard the word 'Techtember' for the first time. I had to look it up to see what it means. Here's an explanation: Techtember refers to the annual period when many companies unveil their latest products and services. In other words, it's that time of the year when large corporations desperately try to...

I used to be a Windows user, but I was always interested in Linux and I played around with various Linux distros since the late 90s, and I finally made the switch to using Linux as my main OS in 2007, because I needed Linux for a University project. The distro I chose back then was Ubuntu 7.04. The old Ubuntu...

Today things are a bit different. Today I have an assistant who's helping me write this post. This is Lou: Ok, he's more an assistant in spirit than an actual help. He's probably drafting his own post in his head right now. He's a friends' dog, but my friend is away on a business trip for a few days, so I'm taking...

[Update] The site is back! Sizeof(cat) just sent me a message saying that the domain was reinstated, and sure enough I checked and it's working again! I think we all know what happened - the TLD registrar read my post, realised their mistake and immediately reactivated the domain. I take full credit, and you're...

Last week's linkdump was apparently very polarising, because it triggered some serious HATEMAIL. Yeah. I mentioned in my intro that nobody would even notice if I skipped posting for a week, and someone sent me an e-mail saying that they came here "very angry" and that I shouldn't dare think that nobody would notice...

My laptop of choice is a 2014 13'' MacBook Air. I've had it for years, I love the design, it's thin and light, the battery still lasts for hours despite being 10 years old and it runs Linux, which at least for me is its most important feature. I use this laptop daily and most of the posts on this website were...

I go through the same cycle every week. Throughout the week I collect interesting links that I come across, and then on Friday I sit down, go through the list and put together this linkdump. I don't specifically go looking for things to put in here, I just bookmark whatever I come across via Mastodon or RSS or...

Here's how you get some focused writing done. You go to a cozy café, find a nice table, you sit down with your laptop, order your coffee and then you discover that, right across the room from you and with his back to you sits a guy who doesn't understand why belts exist or why shirts should be tucked into pants......

This week we lost Ozzy, less than three weeks after he was on stage for his farewell concert. That was quite a shock, because while he definitely looked frail due to his illness, he didn't look like a man who was going to die two weeks later. The outpouring of love and appreciation for him throughout the music world...

And that's it. The website design is back to normal, the OCC 2025 is over. How was it? I would say I achieved what I set out to do. I wanted to set up a Windows 98 machine and see if I could recreate the feeling of going online in the late 90s. And I feel I was successful in that. I listened to internet radio in...