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On September 24, 2014 a Bash vulnerability was discovered that could lead to arbitrary code execution. The bash shell is used in many operating systems, including Linux, BSD and Mac OS X.
After som...
I have a small RamNode VPS that I use as a VPN server. I also host my personal wiki on there and use it to document interesting things that I would otherwise forget. The information in my wiki is p...
At the end of 2012 I launched a search engine that combined the offerings of six different second hand websites in Belgium. It was called 'Zoekertjesland' and indexed well over 3 million items.
Las...
When I'm on the road and connecting to free public WiFi access points, I always use OpenVPN to prevent my traffic from being intercepted by others. It's also very practical to circumvent the restri...
A little over a year ago I moved away from Wordpress and started using Jekyll for this blog. I also started using Amazon S3 as a cheap but very reliable hosting provider.
The past weeks I've looked...
Some time ago I discovered Chris Pirillo on Youtube and I wondered what he had above his desk. Some sort of LED lights in different colors that change every now and then. I thought it was a very co...
At home I have an iTunes library of almost 200 music albums totaling 17GB. I also have multiple computers that I constantly use. At school and on the go I use my MacBook Pro and at home I use my Ha...
A few weeks ago I started using Jekyll for my blog and moved it to Amazon S3. I also configured AWStats to analyze Amazon S3 access logs. Yet, I never explained how I moved to S3, how I automatical...
A few weeks ago I switched from Wordpress to Jekyll. I also started using Amazon S3 to host my blog. I've been pretty happy with my new blog and the performance of S3. There's just one thing missin...
A few months ago I had the idea to start blogging. So what do you do when you want to blog? You setup a blog script on your webserver! I decided to go with Wordpress since it's so popular and easy ...
In 2009 I bought the first Unibody Macbook Pro (Macbook pro 5,1) as a replacement for my four year old PowerBook G4. I’ve used it ever since and absolutely love the machine! Over the years I’ve add...
At home, I have a problem that I know is very common: the range on our WiFi router is not enough to cover every bit of the house. (Well actually it does cover our house, but in some places it’s jus...