Allegedly workingRandomOffsite Uptime Monitoring for free
or: How a few lines of code make Paid Uptime Monitors Obsolete The Gold standard for worry-free System checks (without deeper integration) is clearly Uptimerobot.com, there are others…
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FeralRandomTiny Clock app, with a Notepad
When playing Eve or Trading, the window covers everything. The taskbar clock is gone, and every time I need to remember something I need to alt-tab out, find…
CatsForgotten love
I just realized that I never really posted anything about our cats on this blog, except once where one of our cats got lost and when she returned…
RandomBurger King: Enshittification at the grill
Yes, we are that far already, at least with the Burger King in the gas station here. They have now these order terminals, which is fairly common these…
Stupid EngineeringThe Isuzu D-Max Stupidity
The Isuzu D-Max has a digital display that tells you how many kilometers you can drive with the remaining fuel. The problem: once you reach the lower fuel…
TradingBlueGuardian: A Replacement & a Quiet Request
It has been roughly a year since my last interaction with Blue Guardian (i wrote about Support tickets turning fraud here) since then: nothing. No follow-up, no apology,…
It’s all in now
Well, after years, the time has come where I have to do some drastic steps as the whole money situation now threatens the extended family, and affects people…
FeralBusinessBye Paypal
Well, with all the drama happening right now, local domestic problems and several other things, it’s turned out things are not gonna go for the better. I may…
RandomAI Not Always a Good Idea
Large Language Models (LLMs) have become the default “coding assistant” for many developers. A quick function, debug something weird at 3 a.m.? Surely the model has seen this…
BusinessAvoid Vendor Locking
Vendor lock-in is one of those problems that rarely shows up on day one. In fact, it often looks like the right decision at the beginning: fewer vendors,…