December 5, 2021
Ad-Blocking With Pi-Hole
I’ve had it with ads! Ads and trackers are everywhere. It’s virtually impossible to escape them. Even with ad blockers in browsers, VPN, and custom hosts files on my laptop, some of this …
Projects
November 21, 2021
Let's Build Some Bots
Bots! Yes, bots fascinate me. And they have for a very long time. Well, machines, in general, fascinate me, and even more so the more automated or even autonomous they are.
November 7, 2021
DIY Home Automation
Being a nerd, I view my house as being a machine. In fact, it’s a rather complex machine with all kinds of inter-dependent sub-systems and external connections and dependencies. And since it is …
October 17, 2021
Welcome To Crazy Town
Where to begin? Well, this project, or rather this project of projects, is the logical continuation of many ideas, half-finished and barely started projects, and a few failed attempts and false …
November 10, 2019
Rethinking My Crazy Project
I started my crazy project last summer, and it was yet another attempt at deliberatively setting aside time to learn new technologies and skills.
October 6, 2019
Crazy Project - Part Deux
I have now been at it for a few months and am making so-so progress. I got a new blog up and running, but I’m not happy with the look and feel.
August 31, 2019
Confessions of an Old Nerd
OK, it’s time to fess up. I’m in my mid-50s, and I never learned to touch-type. But it gets worse.
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Ex-Expat Day 330
My first July 4th in Sweden this last weekend, and we celebrated with some Swedish friends at their house further up the Scanian coast. It was …
Ex-Expat Day 316
Summer in southern Sweden … it’s so warm! Phew! I never …
Crazy Project - Part Cuatro
Here we go again. Yes, every few years I set out to start some insane …
Ex-Expat Day 295
All trains are crazy late and then, for some reason, only go as far as …
Ex-Expat Day 292
It’s been a bit over 9 months since I arrived on these here …