So many things to do, so little time
I got myself a small ESP32-C5 board to use for simple (and thus fun) Rust programming. While I have a very nice RP2040 dev board with lots of sensor connectivity, it lacks WiFi which the ESP32-C5 has. Even better, this ESP32 variation has 2.4 and 5GHz WiFi. And BLE. Setting up the Toolchain We need Continue reading ESP32-C5 with Embassy and Rust
I always wanted to have a L3 switch, but I never had the urge to have an expensive noisy 19 Cisco switch on my desk. I had one once (24 port 1G switch last millennium), so I have an idea about the noise it makes. So I shelved the idea and I never needed one. Continue reading 10G L3 Switch SKS8310-8X
Last week I was on a business trip in San Francisco. The last time I was there was after I finished Gymnasium. That was a long time ago. The Flight KEF to PDX (Portland) I flew from Iceland to San Francisco via Portland with Icelandair. No checked-in bags. I don t trust airports to not lose Continue reading Trip to San Francisco
Some devices make it easy to see with what voltage and current a device is charged. Most don t. I got a USB measure device like this. That always works. In its absence, software can do this too: OS Command/URL ChromeOS Chrome browser: chrome://power/ Windows 10/11 PowerShell: Get-CimInstance -Class batterystatus -Namespace root\wmi Linux Rust crate: battop Continue reading How fast does it charge?
Today is Maundy Thursday which is a public holiday in Iceland. Not much to do but relax. Supermarket is closed too, so no fancy food I can prepare or cook as I lack the ingredients. While I was nibbling on my Chocolate Easter Egg, my phone rang. Icelandic number. Today s a public holiday, so that s Continue reading Scammer Calling Me!
I don t waste electricity (not according to my definition of waste ), so I never cared too much about how much I used. It is whatever it is. Since I am now a single household due to work-related circumstances, I got curious: how much electricity do I use? How does it compare to an average European, Continue reading My Household s Electric Usage
Text-to-Speech (TTS) works great with services from GCP/AWS/etc. It also costs money and you send your text to someone who is known to use your data whenever they can get away with it. TTS they might or might not. They can. And if they do, they probably won t tell you about it. So having a Continue reading Text-to-Speak which doesn t suck
I was expecting a white Christmas. Have not had this for a long time. So surely Iceland will have one, right? Well, turns out that we had a lot of wind here (20m/s) and a bit of rain, but also plus 8°C. Definitely not white here in the west of Iceland. Update 2026-02-07: All of Continue reading Iceland False Advertising!
Moving country means that my previous VM-on-the-Internet (AKA a VPC) has a terrible latency. Like 280 ms terrible. A closer server would be 60 ms which is way better. Thus it s time for a new server. But I learn from bad decisions, so here s my new requirements: So here is what I settled on: Note: Continue reading A new server Setting it up
Diesen Urlaub bin ich mit meinem Sohnemann mit dem Zug unterwegs. Nach m Flug Auto fahren ist nicht mehr mein Ding, und Zug ohne Umsteigen das ist schon bequem und oft schneller als ein Auto. Ich krache nicht mit 200 über die Autobahn Und am Anfang klappt alles wie am Schnürchen: ICE kommt pünktlich am Flughabenfernbahnhof an, Continue reading Zugverspätungen (Deutsche Bahn)