Tailscale workaround on OpenBSD
After a sleep-resume cycle i have often found the tailscale network in a non-working state on my laptop. Most of the time the ts network was unaccessible, but some times the clear. I have suspected a TS, a DNS or a WLAN AP reconnection issue, and investigated it a bit but it is time-consuming and a PITA to check what happens if a wlan AP...
Desktop BSD
After distrohopping almost every possible system, finally OpenBSD landed on my laptop as my main operating system around a year ago. If you are interested in the reasoning, head over the why-OpenBSD.rocks site to learn more about the system. Below you can find various pieces of the config files i am using. CWM OpenBSD base install (if you install Xenocara) provides fvwm and cwm as...
Homemade NAS
Back then when i bought my flat i tought a lot about the computer infrastructure i wish to build there. I had extravagant plans and expectations which i later dropped or rationalized. At the end it turned out better than expected, if you are interested, lets check the results together. Uplink To be able to work from home i need a moderately fast internet connection,...
OpenStick
I have bought a VoCore2 some month ago and it gave me endless fun and headache. It is a coin sized computer meant for embedded use and for experimenting. It comes with OpenWRT, a linux distribution mainly meant for routers. While i had fun with the VoCore, the naked PCB feels way too vulnerable for my liking. I really wished to have some compact computer...
Emulating IRIX on a PC
Once my ex-boss told me, as they started the company back in the ’90s they had to buy a computer, so they took a big bunch of credit and bought an SGI workstation. For that price you could buy a new car back then. As i started my career in 2009 the car industry almost finished the long process of adopting standard Wintel PC-s. I...