Impact of US sanctions on IT services
Impact of US sanctions on IT services Using US-based IT services in a European context is often criticized.The main argument is about wiretapping and its...
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Lots of love from out of Hack42
Lots of love from out of Hack42 'I Love Free Software Day' is a nice and positive campaign of FSFE to thank the people that enable Free Software on Valent...
Veel liefde vanuit Hack42
Veel liefde vanuit Hack42 'I Love Free Software Day' is een leuke positieve campagne van de FSFE om op valentijnsdag de mensen te bedanken die vrije softw...
Dutch digital identity system crisis
Dutch digital identity system crisis Nederlandse versie !!! danger 'Urgent matter' Dutch di...
Nederlandse crisis voor digitale identiteit
Nederlandse crisis voor digitale identiteit English version !!! danger 'Urgente zaak' Nederlan...
How the Netherlands group grew in Covid times
How the Netherlands group grew in Covid times Before André and I became coordinators for the Netherlands, we used to have yearly community meetings at bot...
Dutch Public Money? Public Code! video released!
Dutch Public Money? Public Code! video released! In my last blogpost I wrote about...
Nederlandse Public Money? Public Code! video uitgebracht!
Nederlandse Public Money? Public Code! video uitgebracht! In [mijn vorige blogpost](2020-11-02-recording-a-public-money-public-code-video-translation.nl.m...
Recording a Public Money! Public Code? video translation
Recording a Public Money! Public Code? video translation A Dutch translation of the Public Money? Public Code! campaign video is...
Opnemen van een Public Money? Public Code! videovertaling
Opnemen van een Public Money? Public Code! videovertaling Een Nederlandse vertaling van de Public Money? Public Code! campagnevi...
Free as in Freedom comeback
Free as in Freedom comeback Free as in Freedom oggcast I listen to podcasts daily, when cycling to and from work, and when doing otherwise uninterest...
Offline Android OpenStreetMap mapping
Offline Android OpenStreetMap mapping Last year I did my first mapping during my holiday.I guess any reason would be a valid reason to contribute spare t...
Static site with separate source branch
Static site with separate source branch This post is dedicated to the use-case where there are 2 different branches in a project.Typically one branch is ...
Batch YouTube-dl task
Batch YouTube-dl task YouTube music There is just so many music available to people on YouTube, it’s amazing.And with the advanced screening and copy...
Starting a blog in asciidoc
Starting a blog in asciidoc This year I revamped my personal blog.Part of the reason is my involvement in the Asciidoctor project, which drove me to test...
Gajim and GPG Agent
Gajim and GPG Agent Since I’ve started using Gajim I’ve been trying to get it working using the GPG Agent rather than the built-in GP...
My C720P upgrade to freedom
My C720P upgrade to freedom A couple of years ago I started using my own laptop at work under the policy of [bring your own device](https://en.wikipedia.o...
Fairphone back to the drawing board
Fairphone back to the drawing board Previously I’ve shared my thoughts and concerns on freedom in...
Confronting your digital self
Confronting your digital self July last year I’ve deleted my Facebook account, but not just by deactivating my account, but by removing each and every pos...
Dia, I love you
Dia, I love you Poem for I Love Free Software Day . Roses are red. Handles are green. You’re the finest diagramming software I ...