Integrating analytics into my website
I've been blogging (on and off) for a while now. Originally, I just wanted a place to write down things I'd done, tutorials, idle thoughts, stuff like that. But since I'm also active on Mastodon (or r...
How To: Run shell scripts containing relative paths from anywhere
Have you ever had the problem that you want to run a script but because it handles relative paths it depends on the directory it's called from? Well, today I learned about a shell function that helps...
Reproducible development environments with Nix
A while ago I became aware of Nix, NixOS and people who actually use it. I was intrigued by the proposition: configure your whole system declaratively so you can avoid configuration drift and combat i...
Playing Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy again
"Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy" celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! Reason enough to dust it off and play it yet again. This time I went to hunt for mods to make it more interesting this time aroun...
How To: Fix duplicated characters (and other artifacts) in your shell
A few days ago I started noticing strange behaviour of my shell. When typing commands or working with pasted ones, especially with tab completion, duplicated characters started showing up at the begin...
How To: Play Zelda - Majora's Mask (and Ocarina of Time) with 4K Textures on the Steam Deck
I recently decided to revisit the childhood memory of mine that is "Zelda - Majora's Mask" on my Steam Deck. I've never owned a Nintendo console and was only ever able to play at a friend's place or w...
How To: Choose a specific WiFi radio band on Linux
Sometimes I don't work from home but at my family's or a friend's place. Turns out the router at one of these places is terrible and can't reliably provide WiFi for my laptop sitting some 4 meters awa...
My New Server Setup
A while ago someone (not pointing fingers but it wasn't me) broke the Raspberry Pi my Jellyfin server was running on. I have no idea what exactly happened and why it doesn't work anymore but it was in...
How To: Run Freelancer on Linux
Here's another piece of gaming nostalgia: Freelancer. It's celebrating its 20th birthday this year which seems like a good opportunity to me to get it up and running again. Prerequisites Although this...
Review: Cyberpunk 2077
This game is an interesting one. It was infamous after its release and I haven't been in the habit of paying attention to new game releases for a long time. For the most past that's because for the lo...