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PXVOID

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:31:25 +0100

The terminal is great, but sometimes you just want to look at pictures online. Images can convey all sorts of emotions and are an important medium on the internet. Some time ago, I tried to build pixelfed on my NixOS infrastructure so I’d have a way to upload images. Unfortunately, it only ever worked up to a certain point, and the end result wasn’t satisfactory. That’s why pxvoid has now been released.

EKPHOS

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0200

The entire nerd community is talking about and using Obsidian as a knowledge base or for managing notes. Yes, Obsidian is a powerful tool with a multitude of plugins and functions that cover all possible scenarios. I’ve also been using Obsidian for about a year now – time to say goodbye.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

As mentioned above, Obsidian offers a virtually endless list of plugins, functions, and extensions. These may have their place, because they wouldn’t exist otherwise. However, this kind of proliferation can quickly become excessive and inflate a tool to the point where it tries to be the solution for problems that could be solved more easily with other tools. In my experience, Obsidian always felt too large for its intended purpose. I would define that purpose as follows: I have a directory with categorized subfolders containing Markdown files. The .md files contain various notes, code examples, documentation, and even my homelab infrastructure and its nodes. This means I need a file tree and a rendered Markdown view.

NV-XMONAD

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0200

As already announced in XMONAD, I’ve now expanded my XMonad configuration so that it works modally, just like Vim itself. I took a few minutes (or more like days) and rebuilt XMonad so that it has this functionality and also outputs the whole thing neatly to the XMobar.

MODALITY

In case no one has noticed, I’m a Vim user and have been for quite some time now. Anyone who works with Vim regularly quickly realizes that Vim keybindings become second nature, and you find yourself typing more and more often, for example, using Vim keybindings in other tools. Admit it, you’ve also tried closing gedit with :wq. Another thing you get used to is Vim’s modality. It’s a blessing and a curse, because I’d argue the biggest hurdle to getting started with Vim is the different modes. This brings us to modality. On the one hand, this provides different input modes, and on the other hand, the keys are mapped depending on the mode and have different functions.

SPOOKY

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:28:10 +0200

I regularly dig through the configurations of the tools installed here on the servers and computers to see what could be improved. I noticed that I’ve been using a default Oh My ZSH theme for quite some time. It can’t stay this way and calls for a custom prompt. This is how SPOOKY came about.

SPOOKY

I have the terminal open 98% of the day to get various things done. For some time now, I’ve been using Dracula as a theme for all imaginable tools. It’s available for a wide range of tools and is available in almost all repositories. Of course, Dracula also offers its own theme (LINK), but that didn’t quite appeal to me. So, I’m building my own. The terminal prompt is not only prompt but should, of course, be as space-saving as possible while also being as informative as possible. SPOOKY should ideally display the following information: the git status, current directory, user, time, and the ssh session. For me, these are the most important information for navigating the terminal smoothly. This is what it looks like when it’s running:

XMONAD

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 11:37:40 +0200

The debate about the best window manager for Linux/BSD operating systems is as fierce as the “Great Editor War.” Yet there are significantly more window managers than the most discussed floating window managers. When I first stumbled upon XMonad and the principle of tiling window managers five years ago, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I was faced with the choice of installing i3 or XMonad. Since I couldn’t get i3 to work at the time (I don’t remember the exact reason), the next step was to install XMonad. This was the beginning of many hours of learning, understanding, and writing configuration files.

uCONSOLE

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:39:04 +0200

I’m a big fan of strange devices, cyberdecks, and input devices of all kinds. The Clockwork Pi uConsole is one of them. A compromise between a smartphone and a laptop, plus the unmistakable charm of a cyberdeck, making it ideal for terminal junkies.

uCONSOLE

The Clockwork Pi uConsole is a portable, Raspberry-based pocket computer with a keyboard, optional 4G module (spoiler: I don’t have one), a display, a trackball, and so on… sounds very tempting. What should also be mentioned, however, is that the uConsole is not entirely without controversy—more on that later.

TDF 4

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 10:24:30 +0200

A while ago, I was contacted via Matrix with the suggestion to give a talk. Unfortunately, I can’t speak in public, but the event is exciting. It’s about the TAGE DER DIGITALEN FREIHEIT in Tübingen. I can’t contribute any talks, but I have keyboards I could bring along – so there was a two-day keyboard meetup at TdF4. But first things first.

WT(TD)F?

The TdF is a small, two-day event in Tübingen organized by the Chaostreff Tübingen that runs in the very best of CCC style. Peaceful, open to everyone, free of charge, packed with talks, nerds, nerds, and lots of other stuff. It’s basically a miniature congress, and even better, right on your doorstep. The event took place at the Westspitze in Tübingen and was appropriately decorated for orientation and aesthetics.

ZELLIJ 1

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The server portfolio of nerds is usually n=n+1, and that’s without a GUI and only with a command line. Nobody wants a window manager on a server. Unfortunately, the whole thing also presents a few difficulties. The auto-disconnect if you don’t do anything in the terminal for a while, the confusion that arises when you have multiple terminal windows open (everyone has issued the wrong command on the wrong server at some point), and so on. In the natural habitat of hackers (at least in German-speaking countries), you quickly end up at Leyrer and one of the talks about tmux. That’s how I got hooked on so-called terminal multiplexers. TMUX is great, but it seems a bit outdated after a while. Don’t get me wrong, TMUX is great, but you also like to think outside the box and here ZELLIJ caught my eye.

LOG 20250224

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0200

News from the backrooms of the NERDBUDE.

0x01 - COLORS

Nothing really new, but not mentioned here either - the NERDBUDE now shines in the wonderful Dracula theme. I noticed that a few terminal tools weren’t listed there yet and I immediately contributed. dracula

0x02 - LANGUAGE

Yes, this consideration and change has already happened. I regularly think about whether it makes sense to switch NERDBUDE to English. There was already a version of NERDBUDE that ran in German and English. Unfortunately, that was an extra effort that ultimately stopped me from publishing posts. I asked around on Mastodn what would be better - English won. But there was also justified (constructive) criticism of continuing to do the whole thing in German. Thanks for the input at this point. I have nevertheless decided to continue NERDBUDE in English in the future. I’m writing all this stuff as documentation for myself and also for others who might also want to deal with the stuff but can’t find a way to get started. I believe that English significantly lowers the barrier to entry because it is more widely spoken than German.

NIXVIM

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0200

I like Vim. People reading this should have noticed by now. Up until now, I’ve always been running a vanilla Vim with various adjustments and plugins. Vim distributions and forks regularly appear in my feeds. I also regularly look at LunarVim, SpaceVim and whatever they’re called, but I usually stick with my hand-built Vim + vimrc. But now something came into my field of vision that hooked me: NixVim.

0x01 - OVERVIEW

What exactly is NixVim? NixVim claims to be a NeoVim distribution, but unlike similar projects such as LunarVim or SpaceVim, NixVim is based on being completely configurable via Nix modules. This means that NeoVim is not installed as a single package and configured via dot files, but is treated as a module in the configuration.nix. This of course has the great advantage that if you change systems or reinstall, you can simply move your Vim config within the NixOS config and have your beloved and fully configured editor in front of you in no time.

ENDGAME

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200

I’ve always wanted a little more keyboard content on the NERDBUDE so let’s talk about Oldman’s ENDGAME.

0x01 - OVERVIEW

The ENDGAME is not the first and will not be the last board to be called Engame - but it is probably the only board that actually has the ENDGAME as its name. I have come across the ENDGAME a few times and luckily you can now just throw money at an online shop (cough (https://keeb.supply">KEEB.SUPPLY - and no, I am not getting paid for writing this) and get one of the PCBs to build your own ENDGAME.
The ENDGAME is a unibody split with 3x5+3 keys. So 15 alpha keys and three thumb keys per side. The board comes as a low-profile board designed for Kailh Choc V1 switches, offers hotswap, is based on the RP2040-Zero and was designed by Oldman.

LIX / AUXOLOTL

Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0200

A sponsor suddenly appeared here that is at least a little off-putting - “Anduril”. A top-notch MiliTech company that produces weapons systems and operates them with NixOS. “Anduril” is not only a sponsor, but also a contributor to the Nix packages. Somehow I don’t think it’s so cool that corps that actively build killing machines are part of the community. At NixCon 2023, Anduril was excluded as a sponsor - thanks to the civil clause of the TU Darmstadt (which prohibits participation in research in the military field). That gave a brief sigh of relief. What could have made people skeptical, however, was the hesitant attitude towards removing Anduril from the sponsorship.
Unfortunately, Anduril appeared again as a sponsor at other NixOS events a short time later. So the topic was not fundamentally off the table and it stirred up the community more than it initially seemed. In addition, other problems came to light that had probably been simmering in the NixOS community for some time. Eelco Dolstras (the main initiator of Nix) is said to have made decisions without consultation, the bias of Dolstra (DetSys as Anduril’s contractor), toxic parts of the community and the aforementioned MiliTech contributors thanks to an ambiguous code of conduct. So all in all, quite a lot of stuff that doesn’t smell good.
Of course, your heart rate will race and you will start to sweat, thinking that you might have to go back to an OS that is nowhere near as powerful as NixOS, but as the saying goes: “DON’T PANIC!”.

HACKSPACE II

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0200

0x01 - WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR

I asked around a bit outside of NERDBUDE, at local groups, and even found some open ears. The LUG Reutlingen was immediately enthusiastic and there are also people in the Chaos Treff Tübingen LINK who jumped on board. Not to mention various individuals from different walks of life who also want to get involved.
On February 11, 2024 we had our first online meeting to find out whether the goals we want to pursue with a hackspace are going in the same direction - and they definitely are.
We have collected and documented many ideas. Thanks to the commitment of some of our fellow campaigners, we now have the opportunity for the first time to have (albeit initially small) premises and direct contact with the city.

HACKSPACE I

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0200

I rarely, actually never, write about local things. The reason for that is that this city is as boring and grey as you can imagine, but something has to change here. For some time now I have been toying with the idea of how great it would be to have a hackspace on site that doesn’t have a GmbH in the background (I wouldn’t call it a hackspace either) or that simply doesn’t produce any output. A meeting point for creative, technology-loving, open-minded people where projects can be launched, where you have the opportunity to meet like-minded people, organize events, impart knowledge, nerd out and all the subversiveness that lies in between. The “problem” with that - nobody does it. But problems have never really stopped me from doing anything. So why not start a hackspace. Current status: 0 :D

CCH|CON

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0200

It’s the beginning of the year again and usually something big comes out of the CCH!. This year there is a whole event in Meatspace.

0x01 - CCH|CON

Keyboard nerds and nerdettes like to meet up at meetups and when the CCH! turns three years old, it will of course be a good idea to physically move the whole thing to the meatspace. That’s why the first version of CCHCON will be available this February. We’ll start as a small meetup, but as always with projects like this, that’s just the basis and the playground for ideas. So it certainly won’t be the only CCH|CON.
All information, contact, directions and everything you need to know can now be found on:

KYB3R KEYS

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0200

A few years ago I was looking for a new keyboard and then fell into a hole that hasn’t let go of me to this day and still fascinates me with its ever-new topics and the variety that opens up. I’ve built and tried out a few keyboards and can say for myself that I like the CRKBD (Corne) the best so far. When you’re in this hobby you eventually get to the point where the default QWERTY layout is no longer really useful and that’s exactly where I am now. So I’m trying my hand at my custom layout, which is completely tailored to my use case. So I have a (hopefully) perfect layout and maybe one of you has a similar workflow or it will help you design your layout.
If you have the layout on your keyboard, a default US keyboard layout on the computer is enough so that all the keys do what they’re supposed to. If you want the German umlauts Ä, Ö, Ü and ß, I recommend the EurKeys. Here the keymap remains the same, but you also have the option of generating umlauts using ALT-GR.

22082023

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Something from the backrooms of the $NERDBUDE.

0x01 - PODCASTS

You may have already noticed. The $NERDBUDE has a new menu. Frank wanted to collect the podcasts that are no longer available from the $NERDBUDE somewhere and be able to access them more quickly. That’s why there is now an item in the menu: [PODCASTS]. Here you will find the podcasts that I produce myself, but also the many guest appearances that I have had with nice people who have podcasts. The “Guest appearances” section is therefore removed from the [WHOAMI] category.

HIY V

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200

When the almighty CORTEX IMPLANT admin Ramses started the Matrix server “cyberwa.re” I was very happy. Unfortunately, CYBERWA.RE disappeared faster than I would have liked. After thinking about setting up a NixOS Matrix server myself, I can understand why :D.

0x01 - MATRIX / SYNAPSE

What is Matrix anyway? Matrix is a decentralized chat service with the option to create rooms, uses E2EE and there are cool terminal clients for it (IAMB). There are currently three ways to run a Matrix server. Synapse, Dendrite or Conduit. [EDIT: Conduit can federate]. So that leaves Synapse and Dendrite. Dendrite is written in GO and according to various statements is supposed to perform significantly better than Synapse - however, with my current level of knowledge I am not able to get Dendrite to run under NixOS. That will come at a later date. So in the end, only Synapse remains.

TUT

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200

I used toot for some time as a Mastodon client for my beloved terminal. Back then I had two clients. toot and tut. The latter was not available in the NixOS packages with a current version for a long time, but that has now changed.

0x01 - INSTALLATION

I had already written about TOOT. At the time it was the second choice as a Mastodon terminal client. Now the packages for tut have been updated and are available for installation. Of course, installation via NixOS configuration.nix is as simple as ever:

IAMB

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Wow! At the weekend, the wonderful REVENGEDAY launched the Matrix server in the environment of the CORTEX IMPLANT instance. Yes, I know - Mastodon is not the center of the Fediverse. The server has the wonderful name CYBERWA.RE and is now my new home. You can find me there under the usual @0x17:cyberwa.re. (Edit: RIP cyberwa.re :( )

0x01 - NEW CLIENT

Now I’ve always used GOMUKS on my computer. It worked and served its purpose, but I also like to look around to see what else is out there. The only requirements for a Matrix client for me are: It should be terminal-based and reasonably pretty. After a short search I came across IAMB. IAMB was and is developed by Ulyssa Mello (M: @ulyssa / G: @ulyssa and is the “Matrix Client for Vim addicts” - what more could I want? It looks good, works perfectly and has VIM keybindings. Another advantage: It is included in the NixOS packages and can easily be integrated into the configuration.nix.

VIM STATUSLINE

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200

It’s no secret that I like using Vim. Vim is characterized by its extensibility. There are also wonderful plugins and modules that make the status bar look nice. That is, the bar at the bottom of Vim that contains all the important information. Sure, I could use Airline or Lightline … or build the status line myself. So I’m building one myself.

0x01 - STATUSLINE

The status line in Vim contains a lot of information that helps you keep track of things. For example, which mode is currently active, the file name of the open file, are there any changes in the file, file format, encoding, position of the cursor in the file and so on. If you want to keep it simple, use the plugins mentioned above, install them using the Plugin Manager and have fun with it. However, if you are not completely happy with it, you can build your own status line in the .vimrc file. At first, that sounds incredibly complicated and like “open-heart surgery”, but I can reassure you. It’s easier than you think.

31052023

Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200

It’s time for another logbook entry. A lot has happened.

#1: MOVE

The $NERDBUDE and all its offshoots have now completely moved to their own NixOS server and are running stable so far. PARTY It took a while and I had to make time for it, which is why it’s been a bit quiet here recently. I have documented the entire process of the move here in the series “HIY - Host it yourself” [HIY I]( (/hiy_i/), HIY II, HIY III, HIY IV and hopefully recorded it in such a way that everyone can understand it and, above all, can do it themselves, because NixOS is great and is also a lot of fun as a server OS. The infrastructure is now in place and can be expanded. For example, I don’t have a GIT server running yet. But that will all come later and will also be recorded here.

HIY IV

Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0200

The NERDBUDE, the CCH! and the DFK have been running on the NixOS server for quite some time now and are stable (assuming I don’t mess anything up -.-). The last thing that was missing was the emails… and that cost me “some” time. That’s why the update is only three months later - but the emails work now.

SNM - Simple NixOS Mailserver

Thanks to NixOS, there is a ready-made implementation of a mail server, namely SNM, the Simple NixOS Mailserver.
The SNM is completely integrated into the configuration.nix and configured via it.
The entire documentation and configuration is available at SNM. There are a few simple steps to set up the server. The only requirements are a functioning web server with a public IP, a domain and the ability to store an rDNS record.
Let’s get started.

HIY III

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0200

After the structure and the requirements have been clarified, it’s now time to go to the terminal. NixOS is running on the Hetzner box and is basically waiting to do something. So let’s give it what it wants and build the NGINX server for the domains including TLS/SSL. In principle, three domains should run on the server. Of course, the NERDBUDE, the Click! Clack! Hack! and of course the Damn Fine Keyboards. Before the move, these websites were anchored in the NERDBUDE file tree. This should of course no longer be the case, but the websites should be hosted completely independently of each other. To do this, the CCH! and the DFK must of course be scraped out of the NERDBUDE in advance. I’ve done that - so now I have three independent website structures and I can get started.

CCH! LATE NIGHT

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0200

The server move continues happily. There will be more on this here at a later date. But in between there is another anniversary. The [Click! Clack! Hack!](https://www.clickclackhack.de) is two years old! Of course that should be celebrated and that's why it exists from now on every last Wednesday of the month the**CCH! LATE NIGHT**. The live late night show about mechanical keyboards. You will get the first live broadcast on **February 22, 2023** at **9:15 p.m.**.

There are guests, a live chat, topics and probably also music.
You can get all the information here:
CCH! Live
(By the way, the CCH! runs wonderfully on NixOS ;) ).
So tune in and have fun!

MECHANICON 23

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0200

On January 21st, 2023, Mechanicon was in Frankfurt - Europe’s largest keyboard meetup and of course there was also a CCH! Ultras meeting there. So I asked the lovely CCH community if they wanted to publish their pictures of the Mechanicon here on the NERDBUDE and share them with you. The pictures here belong to the respective people who are listed and they also have the rights to them. I’ve included the links to the CCH Ultras for you. Have fun with the photos and thank you to everyone who has included their photos here. If you have any more pictures - let me know and I’ll include them here.

3SB

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0200

Before we continue with the NixOS server HIY I, HIY II, we need to reorganize the NERDBUDE. For this reason this post is a little bit different and special. It is the first post built by the 3SB. If you haven’t read it on Mastodon, then you’re probably wondering what 3SB is.

I’ll start with the roots. The NERDBUDE is based on individual / files and of course the .css and .xml files for styling and feeds, but we’ll leave those out for now. This is about the / structure. Admittedly, it is more than chaotic and structure would probably be the wrong word. As great and fascinating as chaos is, it also involves additional effort and work, which the common hacker wants to save. The additional work quickly becomes apparent when a menu item needs to be changed or a small detail in the footer. If everything is static and based on individual files, the new menu item has to be inserted manually in each individual file, for example. That takes time - a lot of time. So I looked around to see which CMSs are out there in the wild that only do this and nothing more, and found that none of them only take care of the structure. After all, I don’t want to bend any themes here to make the NERDBUDE look the way it does. I want the design that has grown here and no other. OK - enough of the rant. What I’ve had on the list for a long time is my own CMS and that is the aforementioned 3SB

HIY II

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0200

In the HIY I I showed you my idea of what kind of foundation and, above all, what kind of structure the NERDBUDE should have in the future. The next step in the series is the selection of hardware and software. More precisely, which server, which operating system and which tools. The selection is of course made in accordance with the previously known procedure of keeping everything as slim and light as possible. Let’s start with the server.

HIY I

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0200

When I started the NERDBUDE I wrote that it would move to its own server at some point. Well - at some point is now, or rather in the next few weeks.

As is appropriate, the entire process and everything that happens along the way is included here.

STATUS QUO

The NERDBUDE is currently running on a simple web space with the run-of-the-mill web host Strato.

Don’t get me wrong - Strato does its job well and reliably, otherwise the NERDBUDE wouldn’t have been lying around there for ~2 years.

20221115

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0200

I thought long and hard about whether I should write about it or not. As you can read here, I decided on the former. But I’ll keep it short. Everyone has heard that Musk bought Twitter. The result: popcorn cinema at its finest. Former Twitter employees who set up their own Mastodon instance, 2FA turned off because Musk said it was silly, mass layoffs, Mastodon instances marked as harmful links on Twitter, contradictions and so on. Normal corporate stuff. In short - Twitter is burning and is racing against a new wall every day. You can read about everything that’s going on on Twitter elsewhere.

MAGPI

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200

I built the NB100 Cyberdeck some time ago (LINK) and somehow the little project is gaining unexpected traction. Unfortunately, it didn’t win the Hackaday Cyberdeck Contest, but there were plenty of other cool projects. About a month ago, Dave from MagPi Magazine, Raspberry Pi’s own magazine, approached me and asked me if I’d like to tell him something about the NB100. Of course I do, what a question. After a few emails back and forth, everything was ready and as of today (2022-10-27) issue #123 of MagPi Magazine is out. I’m including the scans of the two pages about the NB100 here. The magazine is free and available for free or for a donation. It’s definitely worth reading, as it also includes a cool keyboard project. Many thanks to Dave from MagPi Magazine and the article. You can now read it online: …to the article

TLDR

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Sandra Parsick gave a talk called “Per Shell durch die Techie-Galaxy” (here are the sheets: sheets) and there is a tool listed that I had almost forgotten about but think is pretty good. It’s about tldr. Man pages are essential when using new tools. However, said man pages are also very extensive. There are certainly people who like to read through the whole thing, but I don’t have the desire or the time to do so. This is where tldr comes into play.

CYBER23

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200

I’ve been working on the NB100 Cyberdeck for a few weeks now and things are moving forward. But every now and then I need a little distraction. So I went back to the typical project process and started a new project while I was working on it.
Since I spend a lot of time in the terminal, Vim, Vifm, etc., the whole thing has to look nice. I started the IWTB a while ago. However, it has been revised and adapted several times since then. In addition, the IWTB was rather thrown together and unstructured. So I sat down to structure the whole thing or build it from scratch.

15082022

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200

TL;DR: - There will be no charge and it will remain open, free and available free of charge.

But to start. I have been writing stuff here for two years now that is meant to be for everyone and for free. I don’t want to earn anything from it and you should just have fun with it and not put an additional hole in your wallet. So much for the principles. So far - so good. Now there are a few copycats out there on the interwebs (the not so fine cat content on the internet) and so that my content is not used to take money out of someone’s pocket, there is now a license here. Of course a few people will now say: “Nobody wants to copy this stuff anyway”, but I’d rather play it safe and put a license here.

NB100

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200

The DevTerm keeps falling into my lap at regular intervals. It’s beautiful but it’s also expensive - $339 for a toy is a bit much and not in our budget. If you don’t have the budget, you’ll have to build it yourself. Devterm didn’t invent the form factor. There were various old “notebooks” that also had the display at the top and keyboard at the bottom. There was also the EPSON HX-20, TANDY 102 or the AMSTRAD NC100. I was able to get hold of the latter on eBay and it was even affordable.
Now the NC100 has rather useless hardware built in. So the idea of turning the device into a cyberdeck was a pretty obvious one. I have to say that I’m not a big vintage computer collector, I like hardware that I can use and I hope the vintage nerds will forgive me for taking the AMSTRAD NC100 apart. So what needs to happen to make the AMSTRAD NC100 more usable?

OPPD

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Frank from Teleprost had the idea (was it your Frank?) to post a podcast a day that people like to listen to. Since I now listen to 8 hours of podcasts every day and mostly really like them, I thought I’d join in. This might bring the podcasts you like a few new listeners and that in turn makes the podcasters happy and I’ve also wanted a podcast list on the NERDBUDE for a long time. The whole thing was on Mastodon but so that it doesn’t disappear, I’m putting the complete list of all 50 podcasts in the NERDBUDE here. The list is unsorted and the position of the podcasts in the list does not have the character of a ranking. Here you go - subscribe and listen. You can either download the OPML File with all podcasts or you can subscribe to the individual podcasts from the list:

DUUMVIRAT

Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Farid from Duumvirat LINK asked me if I would like to join Duumvirat (the podcast formally known as MacMittwoch) again. Of course I would - what a question.
However, I was more of a passive participant, as Conor and Jakob from 0xCB were also there. They brought the hobby of keyboards to a startup and tell everything from the beginning. Incredibly exciting and I learned a lot.
Listen in and have fun with it.

TOOT

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Musk has bought Twitter. Whether that’s broken remains to be seen.
But what it is: a good time to reactivate the old Mastodon stuff, which I have neglected so badly.
I think you’ll find articles about what Mastodon is and how it works and is structured everywhere in the next few days, or you can ask the nerd you trust.

As is often the case, there are of course lots of clients for Mastodon and you’ve probably guessed that there’s also a pretty cool terminal client.
That’s exactly what we’re talking about here. The name? Very simple: toot

THE PLAGUE

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Building Frankenswitches is fun - sometimes at least.
No, actually always. In some cases it is simply more complex.
In the pictures you can also see which parts were used. In 90% of cases the switches that provide the components only have to be added and put back together with the respective parts. Of course you can still lubricate, film and so on, but basically the switches are quick to build.

RFR

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0200

I’ve been hanging around on other podcasts again. This time I was able to talk to Sandra and Daniel in Ready for Review about their beloved hobby of mechanical keyboards. It’s also about comics, Star Wars, Star Trek and family IT support. Check it out!

To the episode: LINK

28022022

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0200

It’s time for another Nerdbude logbook entry. There’s some news to report.

SIENCE

Anyone who has been following the CCH! podcast for a while already knew it. The CCH! is science. Now it’s all (more or less) official. After a little wait, the Click! Clack! Hack! has been included in the wonderful podcast network “Wssenschaftspodcasts”. A network full of podcasts about a wide variety of scientific topics from IT, biology, chemistry, astronomy and much more. Here you can find wonderful podcasts such as [Segfault](https://segfault.fm, Methodisch Inkorrekt, Praktisch Theoretisch, Auf Distanz or Raumzeit.

DFK

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0200

The CCH! is one year old. Now a podcast is more of an auditory medium (which I still love very much and will of course continue to do) and in a hobby full of treats for the eyes it might also make sense to develop a visual branch. I am a big fan of DIY fanzines and since my early youth I have always wanted to produce one myself. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, that never happened. Fortunately, the possibilities have expanded significantly and what could be better than custom keyboards. So now there is the visual branch of the CLICK! CLACK! HACK! and it is called: DAMN FINE KEYBOARDS.

PLAIDPAD

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Before Christmas I stocked up again at Ben’s Keycapsss. I can say that he is my number 1 port of call for keyboard stuff. The Plaid Pad will be used here as a podcast macro pad. The most important Audacity shortcuts will be placed on the keys, but I’m still working on the final layout. The Plaid Pad comes as a complete kit, i.e. almost all the parts that are needed are included (excluding switches and keycaps).

VIM (06)

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

The article title could be confusing - it’s not about “Vim vi” but about the 6th part of the NERDBUDE Vim series. This part won’t necessarily be exciting for everyone. On my systems, I try to do all tasks in the terminal. This saves resources, is faster and can be done perfectly using the keyboard (you should know about this penchant). Vim itself does offer the option of a GUI, but we’re not going to use that here. If everything is to be done in the terminal, I’ll take a look at how far Vim can be integrated into the daily workflow. I’m currently using NixOS (high-performance) with XMonad (small, fast and completely controllable using the keyboard) and various mechanical keyboards as an interface. So everything is designed to move my hands as little as possible. Vim can be a valuable interface for using tools without having to leave the editor or for bending or using Vim in such a way as to save intermediate steps and storage space.

VIM (05)

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Now that we can use Vim to some extent, let’s tinker with Vim a little. The central config file is the .VIMRC. This is where the entire behavior of Vim is configured, plugins that should be loaded at startup, syntax highlighting, the color scheme, key mapping, etc. The .VIMRC is written in Vim’s own scripting language VIMSCRIPT.
So we use Vim to edit the .VIMRC:

1  vim ~/vim/.vimrc

As with most Linux tools, the behavior, appearance and extension of Vim’s functions are regulated and configured here. The .VIMRC is written in human-readable format and can therefore be easily modified (assuming you know the variables). Here are a few simple entries that make using Vim much nicer and more pleasant.

VIM (04)

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

We have covered the basic functions such as writing, marking, deleting, copying, pasting, etc. in the first three parts, i.e. we can basically work with Vim.
But Vim offers more (as with everything). What if we want syntax highlighting, the folder structure, perhaps a nicer status line, etc.? There are plugins for that and the CULT OF VIM provides numerous plugins that greatly expand Vim’s range of functions.
But before I get to the plugins themselves, let’s briefly address the question of how plugins are used in Vim.
There are various plugin managers for Vim. The most well-known are the following:

VIM (03)

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

In the VIM 01 of my little series “I’m learning Vim again and in more detail” I explained the basics of Vim and the simple way of entering and editing text. In principle, that is completely sufficient for the first steps in Vim.
If you want to edit text on a larger scale and not just delete individual characters, VISUAL mode comes into play.
VISUAL mode is therefore purely for modifying text. Starting from NORMAL mode (which we always get to using “ESC”), there are three ways to switch to VISUAL mode:

23

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

The Discordian Pope Philipp - who arose from chaos gives his end-of-year sermon.
This sermon can be distributed in audio format to all who want to renounce rubber domes and experience the glory of the click!

“PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR KEYBOARDS DURING THE SERMON”

ZENTONIC

Transcript of the sermon

Dear community,
Dear believers of the click,
Admirers of the clack,
Dear hackers,
Dear hackers,

In this dark time I would like to welcome you in a wonderful materialization in the form of this Advent chronology.
I am here to bring enlightenment in the form of RGB!

VIM (02)

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Part 2 of “Learn Vim with the NERDBUDE”.
I explained how the basic structure and operation of Vim works in part I. The second part is about NORMAL mode, which is basically the basis for everything (except text/code entry).

Last time I explained how we open a simple file, write text, save and close the file again. That may be sufficient for simple notes or similar. But now Vim can also be used in a much more complex way. NORMAL mode serves as the basis for everything. Let’s take a quick step back. NORMAL mode is reached by pressing “ESC”. The status line then shows NORMAL.
Here, various commands and key combinations can be used to edit text or code and to control functions in Vim.

VIM (01)

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0200

It had to happen. Vim had to appear here at some point and since Vim just turned 30 years old, it justifies it all the more.
I thought we’d just start a little series in which I (try to) explain what Vim is and how it is used.
The good thing is that I’ll learn a lot in the process. :D

This first part will first of all be about what Vim is, where Vim comes from and how it is used in general.
The later parts of the series will then go into more detail about use, configuration and modification.
So let’s start with the (in my opinion) best editor there is.

14102021

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200

A new entry in the NERDBUDE log file.
I’ve been tinkering a bit with the NERDBUDE and from now on posts can be displayed in a group and categorized.
If you only want to read the keyboard stuff, all posts that are about keyboards can be displayed together.
How does that work?
The NERDBUDE is known to be pure HTML, so when you click on the category or tag you are directed to a separate index file.

CANTO

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200

GUI sucks. Terminal is better and finally I have (hopefully) found the last RSS feed reader I will install in my life.
The good piece of code is called “CANTO”.
CANTO runs exclusively in the terminal - no fancy graphics and long loading times.
Coded in Python, CANTO is even very easy to configure or extend.
The most important thing first: what does CANTO look like (even if it’s about the terminal, it may still look good ;) ):

VIMWIKI

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Sometimes you learn to love old tools and plugins only after a long time.
That’s what happened to me with vimwiki.

I somehow always need the same information in everyday life. Be it coding, crafting, podcasting and so on.
What is useful here is your own knowledge base (which can be easily expanded and edited).
So basically a wiki to sort your own thoughts and ideally for the command line… This is where vimwiki comes into play.

CCC

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200

On 01-09-1981, an advertisement with the name “TUWAT.TXT” appeared in the TAZ.
The content of the advertisement:

 1The
 2powerful all believe today that internal security is only possible through the use of computers.
 3  
 4The fact that computers do not go on strike is slowly being recognized
 5by medium-sized companies.
 6The fact that the use of computers makes the telephone even better is something that the Post Office believes
 7it has to prove today
 8with its screen text system in “field tests”.
 9  
10The fact that the “personal computer” is now
11to be sold to the video-saturated BMW driver in Germany
12is clear from the advertising campaigns that are now starting.
13  
14
15We believe that small computers can still be used to do useful things
16that do not require large centralized organizations.
17  
18So that we as Komputerfrieks no longer scurry around uncoordinated,
19we do something and meet on 12.09.81 in Berlin, Wattstraße (TAZ main building) from 11:00 am.
20  
21We'll talk about international networks - communication law - data law (who owns my data?) -
22copyright - information and learning systems - databases - encryption - computer games - programming languages -
23processcontrol - hardware - and whatever else.
24  
25Tom Twiddlebit, Wau Wolf unnamed ("2)  
26September 1, 1981

What emerged from this ad is the Chaos Computer Club, CCC for short, the “galactic community of living beings”.
Yesterday (12.09.2021) the CCC celebrated its 40th anniversary (or in hexadecimal: 0x28).
HAPPY BIRTDAY CCC!

MANNERDETNIEAUS

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Podcasts come up here again and again. Why? Because podcasts are great and a lot of fun.
Thanks to the pandemic (even if many people act as if it’s over - no, it’s not!), podcasts are sprouting up like mushrooms.
Of course, not everything that glitters is gold, but there are always pearls among them.

This is also the case with Sabrina’s “You never stop nerding out” podcast.
What is it about? Nerd stuff of all kinds and since I can nerd out, I asked Sabrina if I could nerd out on her podcast.
In August, that worked out and the episode has been out since yesterday evening.
It’s about keyboards, of course, and some meta talk about the hobby.
I can only recommend all the episodes to you. You have to decide for yourself whether the episode with me was good - I think the others are great anyway.

REBUILD

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0200

I’m on vacation. My brain then goes into the mode of thinking about things that could be done.
That’s why I sat down at my favorite NERDBUDE and tinkered.

First the small changes:

You now get a wonderful little “terminal” animation in the title of the NERDBUDE (of course without Java script ;) ).

No - that’s not all and I didn’t waste a week putting a JS-free animation in here.

BORG

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200

I think everyone knows “No backup - no pity”.
If you don’t want to hear that anymore, you should make backups.
There is an exorbitant amount of GUI backup tools for Linux. The command-line is more useful and for the command-line there is BORG (you should use BORG just because of the name).

What is BORG?

BORG is a “deduplicate backup tool”. BORG checks the data to be backed up for redundancy and only backs up the data that has changed.
So it does exactly what you want to create space-saving backups.
BORG itself also encrypts the backups created and can also compress them if necessary.

TELEPROST

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Somehow I’ve been hanging around in other podcasts lately.
And now in the TELEPROST podcast by Hannes and Frank.
A podcast about nerd stuff. Each episode comes with a drink and a film as homework and as a colorful supporting program other topics from the nerd bubble.

If you have me on the podcast, you can’t avoid mechanical keyboards, of course.
But we also chatted about Linux, podcasting and podcast DIY hosting without Wordpress, the Nerdbude, the Pinephone and last but not least, “The Blair Witch Project”.
So grab a cold Störtebeker Schwarz beer and listen to the TELEPROST.

SPLITSEY

Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200

If you fancy a little weekend soldering project, the ARTSEY might be something for you.
The ARTSEY is a one-handed keyboard with 2x4 keys. Characters are generated on the ARTSEY using key combinations.
For example, the space bar can be reached by pressing all four lower keys.
The “holy” QMK runs in the ARTSEY and takes care of the key combinations.

Well, the ARTSEY is definitely interesting. But let’s go a bit crazy and build ourselves a “split ARTSEY”, the so-called “SPLITSEY”.
Of course, the ARTSEY is intended for one-handed operation, which is no longer possible due to the splitting, but you can play around with it a bit.

MACMITTWOCH

Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Some of you may have already listened to my new CCH! podcast (if not - then go for it!).
What I produce has also been listened to by Farid and Gordon from MacMittwoch and they found it good enough to write to me.
As a result, there is an episode of the “MacMittwoch” podcast in which I can talk about mechanical keyboards.

It’s definitely worth listening to. It’s not just an “Apple” podcast, there are also wonderful sideshows like BSD on the Mac, DIY Mac stands and more.
Listen in!

FYYD

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200

I’ve been in the podcast universe for quite some time now. To be precise, since 2006 (passively) and since 2018 (actively).
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a wave of podcasts (again). Everyone is starting one, everyone wants to become famous and rich with it.
This means that hosts and platforms are springing up everywhere.
Spotify, Deezer, etc. have of course been involved for a long time.

PAPIS

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200

With the post about “Fyyd” I started to bring cool and worth supporting projects here to the Nerdbude.
This continues here with “PAPIS”.
Over time, various PDFs accumulate into a large collection.
I think everyone knows it.
If you like using the command line and want to have a good overview of your documents, I recommend “PAPIS”.
“PAPIS” is enormously expandable and helps you keep track of things.

“PAPIS” is written entirely in Python and can be installed using “pip”.
The range of functions of “PAPIS” is enormous:

NIX OS

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200

I have been a loyal Debian user for over 15 years now (shit, I’m old).
Anyone who has ever had to reinstall their system, and I’ve had to do that a few times in the last 15 years, knows how annoying it can be to get your system back to the same state as before.
File backups are one thing, but the system itself is a different story.
Since curiosity often makes you want to try something new, NixOS came into play.
Originally Arch Linux was an option, but a little tip made me switch directly to NixOS.
The installation effort is basically similar to that of Arch Linux, so pure manual work including manual formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, and installing the system from scratch.
The installation instructions are available at NixOS and are really very simple and clear.

PINEPHONE

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0200

My loyal (and crazy) family gave me the PinePhone for my birthday, which was three months ago now.
A smartphone that runs flawless Linux - very good!
I’ve been testing the PinePhone for the last three months and I have to say that I’ve never changed a blog post as often as this one.

Before I get to the PinePhone, a few words about my current setup when it comes to my beloved smartphone.

PODSTATS

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Some of you may have noticed that there is a CCH! podcast. Be sure to subscribe if you haven’t already.
When you podcast, you naturally want to know whether and how often you are being listened to.
Now there is the option of using Wordpress or similar CMS which, in conjunction with Podlove plugins, provide you with everything you need.
Well - anyone who knows Nerdbude will know that this is out of the question.
(Podlove is of course still worth supporting - no question about it)

CLICK! CLACK! HACK!

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0200

What do you do when you have projects? Correct! Start even more projects.
That’s why the “Click! Clack! Hack!” is now available. Podcast.
A podcast about mechanical keyboards and everything that goes with them.
Hardware, software, cases, news, cables, community, keycaps and and and.

The podcast also has its own section here. Here is the link to the page: LINK
You can also reach the podcast page via the button “PODCASTS” at the top of the menu.

SPRAWLRADIO

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0200

As already reported here, the AudioCortex was recently launched ([Here is the article](/audiocortex/)). Shortly afterwards, Alex and Stephan asked me if I wanted to say a few words about the AudioCortex. I didn't need to be asked twice and released a few (few) words into cyberspace.

You can find the short special episode here:
Sprawlradio

If you want more from SprawlRadio or of course want to discover other podcasts, here is the link to the AudioCortex:
AudioCortex

AUDIOCORTEX

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0200

I love podcasts. There are podcasts of all kinds on here every day. From nerd stuff, technology, hacks, programming to sci-fi.
But the worst thing is to get new podcasts. Sure, there’s fyyd, but even there you have to search for your podcasts with great effort.
So what’s the best way to summarize podcasts on one topic? That’s right. A podcast network.
So now there’s AUDIOCORTEX in the vastness of cyberspace!

UNIT-1

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0200

A quick bit of fun in between. the “Unit-1” Zsh theme.
Maybe someone can use it.

Unit-1 on Github

Installation is easy:
Copy the unit1.zsh theme into your zsh theme folder and configure it as a theme in your .zshrc.
Restart Zsh - done.

HACK THE PLANET

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200

I like listening to podcasts a lot. From The X-Files to chat podcasts and nerd stuff, everything is there.
Among other things, I stumbled upon the “Hack the Planet” podcast by Andreas Heil and Daniel Kirstenpfad
some time ago and was lucky enough to be a diligent listener since the first episode.
As there are some points of intersection with one’s own interests, I couldn’t resist opening my mouth every now and then.
One of these points of intersection was and is mechanical keyboards.
So it happened that we exchanged views on one or two topics in this area.

CSSYN

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200

In order to display code or Linux commands on the website, you need a syntax highlighter. However, most of them are only in conjunction with JavaScript - you don’t necessarily want to have them.
So try the whole thing as a pure CSS solution. This is cssyn, a lightweight syntax highlighter in pure CSS.
This post also represents the documentation and is updated regularly.

Github: GITHUB
Aktuelle Version: 0.2-alpha
Last Update: 20-07-2020

DS

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200

For a long time (with interruptions) the Datenschleuder, the central organ of the CCC (Chaos Computer Club), has been arriving here regularly.
Always a pleasure to read and an absolute must for every sympathizer.
You can clearly see the effort that goes into it each time.
Since I’m unlikely to be publishing scientific articles in relevant specialist journals anymore, I thought I’d write for the Datenschleuder (No. 102) - basically the specialist journal for nerds and hackers and what is my “scientific” paper about? Keyboards! Mechanical and DIY - just as the keen hacker likes it.

XPM

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0200

In my latest version of XMobar, there is a small green space invader in the top left corner. This can be done with XMobar using a *.xpm file.
That’s why today there is “fun with unusual file formats”. XPM stands for “X PixMap” and is an ASCII text format. It is used to display raster graphics. It is mostly used for icons. XPM was developed in 1989 by Daniel Dardailler and Colas Nahaboo. The latter is perhaps known for the GWM window manager for X-Window systems.

IWTB

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200

If you finally need new colors in the terminal or in Vim, you can now use the IWTB colorset. I put it together myself and found it to be good. A colorful set for dark environments with a touch of 80s/90s. The terminal version and the beta for Vim are currently available on Github. If you have other tools and want to use the theme there, you are of course free to implement it. The only requirement is that you contribute your implementation to my Github repo. :)

DIY KEYBOARD FROM SCRATCH II

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200

Part 1 LINK was about the considerations that are needed before you start tinkering. We continue with a hybrid of planning and having fun with the device (… which we are building first).

Microcontroller

In order for the keyboard to do what it is supposed to do - pass on the characters we type to the computer - it needs more than just switches. This is where our microcontroller comes into play. It recognizes which key is pressed and compares the code running on it to determine which character the key belongs to and sends this on to the computer.

DIY KEYBOARD FROM SCRATCH I

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200

If you work with a MacBook Pro for a while, you’ll eventually miss a “real” keyboard. At first, you seem to be able to type faster on the butterfly keyboard, but you quickly miss a clearly noticeable keystroke or even the ESC key. So what’s the alternative? The answer is simple - mechanical keyboards are the alternative. There are various providers who offer kits and want to charge a certain price for them. Now, this wouldn’t be the NERD BUDE if I just bought one. So let’s build our own mechanical keyboard!

SYSTEMABSTURZ

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200

A bit of culture today. Thanks to Logbuch: Netzpolitik and Twitter, I had the honor of creating a cover for the band “Systemabsturz”’s single “Verdächtig”. You can hear (and see) the great piece here:

SYSTEMABSTURZ - VERDÄCHTIG

NETZPOLITIK ARTICLE

Have fun with it.

SD CARDS

Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 +0200

If you play around a lot with small computers, you also need operating systems that usually have to be flashed onto SD cards or micro SD cards. This process is quite simple and can be done under Linux or macOS with the same tools.

First we have to find out what name or address our SD card has. We do this as usual via the terminal:

1diskutil list

This command shows all mounted devices in your system:

INTERFACES

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200

There are various reasons why you might want to talk to serial interfaces.

A serial console enables you to configure the RaspberryPi without having to connect it to a display or network, or you might have old hardware like a router or similar lying around at home and want to know what’s going on inside. With a bit of luck, there’s a hidden serial interface that’s not actually intended for use by a “normal user”.

OSI LAYER MODEL

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200

Before you get to TCP/IP, you should know how network protocols are organized. The OSI model is used to ensure communication across different systems. Here, narrowly defined tasks are defined for each layer. Network protocols defined in a layer with clear interfaces are easily interchangeable.

OSI layer model

Divided into 7 layers, the various protocols are classified according to their tasks and functions.

In networks, clients are provided with various services of different types. In order to ensure communication between both clients, a large number of tasks must be handled in terms of reliability, security, efficiency, etc. Starting with a simple signal through to complex processing in applications. Due to the large number of tasks, the OSI model was introduced and divided into seven layers. The requirements are implemented separately on each individual layer. The instances on both sides (sender and receiver) must work according to the same fixed rules. These rules are recorded as a protocol and are defined by the logical horizontal connection of two instances in a layer. Each instance provides services that the instance above can use. The real data flow therefore takes place vertically.

RAID

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0200

RAID systems (RAID is an acronym for “redundant array of independent disks”) are used to organize multiple physical mass storage devices. All storage devices are connected to a logical drive. This increases reliability and data throughput enormously. Normally, data is not stored multiple times (redundant) on normal PCs. However, this is intentional in RAID systems. Due to the redundant availability of data, a hard drive can fail and be replaced without data being lost. RAID systems are usually used in server operations. One thing in advance: A RAID system is not a data backup!

LORD NIKON

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0200

In 1995 a film was released that divided hackers, nerds or whatever you want to call them. The film “Hackers - Inside the FBI’s Network”. Some love it, others hate it. I find it quite funny and entertaining and now there is proof that I am not the only one. The “Hacker” fans from hackerscurator have recreated Lord Nikon’s (played by Laurence Mason in the film) laptop.

quelle: hackaday.com

NMAP

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0200

Nmap (Network Mapper) is a free port scanner for scanning and evaluating hosts in a network. The tool, published under the GNU Public License, was developed by a resourceful hacker known as Fydor. Of course, I advise you to only scan networks that you own or that you administer - anything else could be illegal and punishable.

Nmap runs under:

1Windows
2macOS
3Linux
4Unix

Installation:

macOS

1brew install nmap

Linux (Ubuntu / Debian):

NB GITHUB

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0200

If you like the blog, you can download the HTML files here on GitHub:

GITHUB

Installation:

Copy the folder to your web space and experiment with it as you wish

Profit!

If I change anything, you’ll find out about it on GitHub.

Have fun with it.

[EDIT]
The WordPress theme is no longer being developed

SYSTEM MONITORING

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0200

gtop

NodeJS or JavaScript runs under the hood of gtop. The tool itself has monitoring for CPU usage, memory and swap history. Once as a graph and once as a diagram right next to it. It shows the amount of data you have received and the speed in the network, the active processes including PID and last but not least your memory usage in percent. gtop can be run under:

HELLO WORLD

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0200

Another blog on the internet about nerd stuff? Who needs that? To be honest, I don't know. But it shouldn't play a big role here. The blog, podcast or whatever develops from this is primarily an outlet for my brain. If someone enjoys it, then I'm happy, of course.

So much for the first sign of life - if you want to stay up to date follow me 0x17.