Changes, changes...
Lifestyle
November 9, 2019
It has been quiet on my blog for a while, because I had to put my energy in other things in life. All good things, by the way. But …
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Terraform: upgraded CentOS/LAMP/WordPress guide
Linux
February 3, 2019
New things are happening in my life, which is pushing me to try new technology/software/everything (which is a very positive thing). I will get into more detail about what …
The Tesla Model 3 finally arrived in the Netherlands
Lifestyle
November 18, 2018
Sometimes I may seem a bit like a Tesla fan, but to be honest I am not a fan of any car brand. It's more that Tesla has stolen …
Anki Vector, the cute robot: review after 4 days
Lifestyle
October 26, 2018
The Anki Vector is a cute small robot, which has a lot of interactive features thanks to its AI. It's not just a kids toy, it's meant for adults …
Fighting food waste with the Too Good To Go app
Lifestyle
October 7, 2018
Sometimes there are these simple but smart solutions to make the world a little bit better. One of these things I came across is the Too Good To Go …
Really quick WordPress on a CentOS LAMP stack guide
Linux
September 16, 2018
Introduction This is a guide to get a fresh CentOS installation running, with LAMP stack and WordPress, in just a few minutes. Even though many cloud providers allow you …
Testing made easy: use cloud servers
Linux
August 21, 2018
Everyone knows not to do testing in a production environment. Although this is common practice in critical business environments, I can really recommend to do this for your own …
The occasional slow WordPress hit or how you should move the cron
Other Tech
August 19, 2018
So you have a WordPress site which is fully optimized with a caching plugin, a recent and fast PHP version, maybe even MySQL and webserver optimizations, but still occasionally …
About electric cars (from a former petrol head)
Lifestyle
August 19, 2018
I started life as a petrol head. I liked almost every car that had a petrol engine and was special. From American V8 (Corvette C4), beautiful Busso V6 (Alfa …
Activate HTTP/2 on Ubuntu 18.04+Apache
Linux
August 13, 2018
HTTP is the protocol that is used by your web browser to retrieve web pages. The most common version is HTTP 1.1. This protocol was published in 1997, so …