With a move coming up I started thinking about network requirements for the new house. Based upon past experience and future plans, I arrived at the following set of requirements, in no particular order: Wireguard VPN […]
Hardware
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I’ve long considered getting a small low-power Linux PC as intranet database and web server and for testing Linux applications. Intel’s N100 processor has been a bit of game-changer in this segment, employing four efficiency cores […]
I’ve recently acquired an Elgato Stream Deck Mini after reading about it in German computer magazine C’t. For those who are not familiar with the Stream Deck, it’s essentially a programmable macro pad, but with the […]
As I’ve written in my review of my HP ZBook Power G9, I wasn’t entirely happy with the keyboard layout. The half-height cursor and top-row buttons are annoying. I tried to deal with it by using […]
I had a feeling that my new HP laptop was not giving full performance, especially in multi-core applications. To check whether my feeling was correct, I ran several benchmarks, Cinebench R23 and Geekbench 6. I also […]
When it seemed like my laptop had died, I had to choose a new one quickly as I can’t really live without one, as I a) usually work at the dining table, and b) have to […]
A couple of days ago, my HP Omen 15 suddenly died. It was under heavy load at the time, training a random forest classifier while also having to load a session of Fall Guys. The screen […]
I’m not a big fan of wireless solutions to things that work well wired – that’s why I’ve run Ethernet cable throughout the house. I long resisted the desire to own a set of wireless earbuds […]
As I considered my previous backpack too heavy, I decided to go looking for a new one – the challenge being that there are countless possibilities. My list of requirements was relatively short: Space for a […]