Recently the YouTube algorithm decided I needed clips from @Taylor the Fiend, @Emilywking, and @The_Modern_King in my life. I have no idea why — but it led me straight down a rabbit hole of WTFs and other emotions. Apparently, some women out there have a checklist as if they’re worth the entire world. Men should…
Category: Rant
DrayTek: Built for Routing… Until You Actually Route Something
I had a perfectly working network at home. Just a simple router from my provider (Odido), a few port forwards, and everything ran smoothly. Then I rented a small office space to work from. Seemed logical to set up a site-to-site LAN connection — so I could access files from home while at the office,…
Note to self: Technical debt
I’m a nerd. Yeah, I admit it. Most of my readers probably know packages like Home Assistant and Domoticz… right? Well. Because I can… I wrote my own whole damn domotica-based system from scratch. Yes. You read that correctly. I wrote my own whole damn domotica system. From. Scratch. YEP 😛 And again — why?…
A VR headset walked out of my office. Apparently, through solid matter
CSI: Locked Room Edition — featuring zero clues and one pissed-off Brain. Someone broke into my office. No, scratch that — someone accessed my office in a locked, secured building without leaving any trace whatsoever. They took my VR headset. They took my Dyson vacuum cleaner. But they left behind something far more annoying: a…
High School – Dutch Oral Exam Hell
Why I still blame my Dutch teacher for ruining my fun in reading. Oh boy. Another rant blogpost incoming? Yes and no. While this can be seen as a rant, I also want to convey a message to all language teachers: their influence and guidance are really important during the high school years. And in…
FODMAP – Great, I’m hungry
The upside? I’ll probably lose a bunch of weight over the next four weeks. The downside? It’s going to cost me a truckload of willpower — and I’ll be hungry. A lot. Why? Because I’m on the FODMAP elimination diet. Great. Just great. FODMAP FODMAP isn’t some fancy wellness acronym slapped on by a Hollywood…
Holy crap, I had COVID, and it was WORSE—no, WORSER—than I ever imagined
And yes! I know I made a typo in the title, and it is on purpose 😛 Why on earth would I want to write an article about me having had COVID-19? There is a very simple reason. One of the many YouTube channels I follow is “Physics Girl”. She just posted this update about…
The wine delusion!
At least from my perspective: Wine is a complete delusion. If you came here for a nuanced article… you might want to hit the back button now :P. I’m in full rant mode today, why? Because I can! Introduction “If you need your wine to taste like chocolate to enjoy it… maybe you don’t like…
Alcohol is the only drug you need an excuse not to use
I started drinking beer around the age of 16 or 17, I guess. I actually stopped for a while when I saw the other side of alcohol — back when I worked at a Laserquest arena and had to deal with more than enough drunk people. I cleaned up my fair share of vomit, or…
Human Gas Reserve (c) (r) ™: approx 18 m³ remaining
Human Gas Reserve™ – ehh wait… wh0t?! “Shedding fat, one sarcastic calorie at a time.” Let me explain. This morning, my scale showed 111.2 kg. To reach a healthy BMI of 25, I need to get to 92 kg. That means: 111.2 – 92 = 19.2 kg of excess body weight still to go. 1…