“Oh, you know exactly what you did”: A Tale About Being on the Spectrum
Being on the spectrum can sometimes be difficult. Here I share an aspect while growing up.
Could you continue from scratch?
If everything burns down, and your data is lost, could you regain access to your accounts?
Gandi vs Namecheap
I use both Gandi and Namecheap, but what's the difference?
Why the User-Agent string is wrong on Mac
The User-Agent string is wrong on Mac nowadays, but that's not by accident...
My Conundrum With Cloud Drives
There are different kinds of cloud drives, with different levels of reliability, maintenance, cost and privacy... and the state of things is not pleasing.
Dear Thunderbird: An Update on the State of PGP
See? I learned since my last post, I'm not referring to Mozilla this time. :D Introduction Some time ago, I wrote [a popular article] about Thunderbird version 78.x, and how built-in PGP was generally a good idea, but the implementation was subpar for advanced users. I had stopped using Thunderbird [...]
PhpStorm vs NetBeans
Some personal observations on NetBeans vs PhpStorm
YouTube is deleting your comments
Comments not found You might have heard by now that YouTube is deleting user comments, perhaps you commented on one of my videos and your comment disappeared unexectedly... Let me assure you, I have not deleted any comments at all so far. Background I started my YouTube channel about two [...]
Craig Federighi (Apple): Sideloading is a cybercriminal’s best friend
In today's article, I'd like to talk about the pros and cons of sideloading, playing devil's advocate, offering a counter-argument and finally a possible solution to allow it in a secure fashion. Craig Federighi, Apple's current Senior Vice President of Software Engineering said in the Web Summit 2021: "Sideloading is [...]
Apple released … Mac OS X Lion? In 2021? Huh.
I had to update someone's Mac today, from 11.5.x to 11.6... the download kept failing inside the built-in updater, so I figured I'd go check if Apple still releases update packages on their website, for manual updates... and it seems they still offer those (but not for macOS Big Sur?). [...]