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Sneaky “Update” By Google And Samsung Since a few days I have this very unexpected notification on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10+, saying "System configuration update". Samsung hasn't released any update whatsoever for this machine since september 2023, so the message surprised me and made me somewhat…
The (Un?)Solved Mystery Of Lorem Ipsum I have used a few Lorem Ipsum-generators during my career. I knew the text displayed was somehow related to the Roman writer Cicero, but I also knew it wasn't "real" Latin... Now someone has figured out the history of the Lorem Ipsum: a nice detective story!
Good Question (Not Just About Data Centers, By The Way) In "If Data Centers Are So Great, Why Are They Being Built in Secret?", Erin Brockovich writes: Transparency means notifying residents before decisions are made, not after. It means public hearings with real, complete information about energy…
What A Build Project! I have visited the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona just before it was finished, and it must be said: Gaudi created an amazing and impressive building, even for an atheist like me. Now, Lego offers a kit so you can build it yourself. I prefer the real thing, but if you have the…
May Saw Some Strange Meteo May 2026 was a strange month, meteorologically speaking. The first half was pretty grey and wet, and then came the very hot and very exceptional last 10 days, ending in severe storms in some locations not far from our house! All in all, our solar panels generated about…
LinkedIn Is Being Sloppified (Or Is It Just Enshittification?) A long time ago, LinkedIn was one of the first "social networks" that allowed you to connect to and interact with professional (and other) contacts. You won't see me there very often, these days - my professional life is in my past. I…
“Is it possible to carve a Bodoni out of Potatoes?” Do we really want to know the answer to that question? We had the idea to make a Bodoni interpretation with potato stamps, so we bought 8kg of potatoes, some knifes and carved a long, long evening in the kitchen. When we finally had the full…
A Quick Way To Know The System Version Of Mac OS This is information I need from time to time, since I usually fail to note which version of Mac OS (or MacOS X) I install on an external drive - typically a drive I use to test out something I don't want to linger on my main machine until it's…
Aw Sh*t! Jason Kottke pointed me to the "Breaking Free" report of the Norwegian Consumer Council, where you can find this funny-but-not-really-funny video called "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator". Click the image to see the video on Vimeo. One of the comments on Kottke's blog struck me as…
New Isn’t Always (Much) Better As if we didn't know that already. Yet the Turner Twins are proving it, as illustrated in this article about their mountaineering gear. The Turner Twins are proving that while protective gear has evolved, the human engine hasn’t. The most crucial piece of carry isn’t…
“The best engineering is always borne of constraints” I have seen the idea surge a few times during my career in software development: "let's count lines of code (LOC) to measure the productivity of our programmers". But that never was a good idea: just try it in your organisation, and what you…
Nice And Sunny April April 2026 was quite sunny, and we did not get much rain on the somewhat more grey days. While that was fine for our solar panels, the drought in Western Europe (or at least in the Netherlands and Belgium) has already started to be a breeding ground for fires in nature…
Come On, Apple, Be Quick Now! A week ago, I read this Mastodon toot (plus all replies and follow-up toots)... So I started writing my post for this blog: Yeah, it’s bad. Anyone who does not want to (or cannot) update from iOS 18 to 26 on a device that is theoretically capable of running the latest…