Decoding the analog Mind in a digital World.
Sometimes things and facts are different from what was promised some time ago. Sometimes you get upset about changes that shouldn't be changes – and sometimes you're just tired and need a break: Here's a little spontaneous pile of my thoughts!
Sometimes, updating your system comes with unwanted occurrences- in my case I finally updated my Mastodon-instance from Debian 11 to 12 and found out that I had a struggle with the database afterwards.
Today, March 31, is World Backup Day once again. As is now a modern tradition, we need a special day to draw attention to an important topic: World Backup Day is once again a reminder of the importance of data backups and security – and, especially in these times, in terms of encryption.
There are apps that make a difference: For people who like to spend time outdoors, Komoot from Potsdam, Germany has always been a good option. Now the future may be unclear as the app is apparently being sold to Italy-based Bending Spoons, who have already bought WeTransfer and Evernote.
With all these changes taking place in America, the former ambassador of the free world, it's time to think about the personal consequences in terms of reliability towards services hosted there and therefore outside Europe.
50 km on a single weekend, two stages. 935 metres in height in total. Enough time to re-focus once again for a short amount of time, pulling the plug for two consecutive days and think about encountering and mastering obstacles.
There have been many lovely events in the Internet over the years and one to cherish especially is the one where users simply blog about their favorite standard apps they are using.
Once upon a time, MacOS (or Mac OS X) installations came with a nice GUI for basic networking tasks like traceroute, ping or nslookup. This tool was then scrapped by Apple, only to reappear these days, thanks to DEVONtechnologies, bringing back sentimental memories of the Mac OS X-past.
While most of us have free access to the Internet and its services, certain states and authorities still practice censorship. Recently, this happened to Signal, as Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, recently announced. Fortunately, people on the web can help by providing their own proxy, tagged with the hashtag #SignalProxy.
Backups are essential for any use case and while there are many solutions on the market, some apps stand out for their level of flexibility. Time Machine on the Mac already does a great job, but is limited to connected drives – so how do you back up on the move? Enter, Arq Backup!