Accelerate redirects with HTTP/2 server push
You can achieve low-latency responses to redirects with HTTP/2 by pushing the resource at the redirected location along with the response that informs the web browser about the redirect. It’s even easy…
FSFE: Publicly funded software has to be Free
The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) has published an open letter to EU legislators calling for new legislation that will require code paid for by the people to be made available as…
Don’t register your domains with Automattic
Automattic rearranged their domain business at the beginning of the month, and they didn’t bother telling their customers about the changes. I was afraid that my domain had been hijacked! This will…
Review: Delock USB-C volt-/ammeter
I needed a USB Type-C multimeter to test a couple of under-performing USB Type-C ports, and to gather some data for another review I’m working on. I ended up with a cheap…
Keep a record when sourcing royalty free stock photographs for your works
There is a lot of awesome photographs available on royalty-free stock photography repository websites like Pexels, Pixabay, and Unsplash at no cost. But there might be an issue with one of the…
Postmortem re-review of the Sense sleep monitoring system
I thought I’d revisit the Sense sleep tracker which I first reviewed back in October 2015. The Internet connected alarm clock has now been discontinued after two years on the market, and…
Remote desktop capabilities making a comeback in GNOME on Wayland
Remote desktop under Wayland seems to finally be happening; thanks to work on new APIs and a new GNOME Remote Desktop service undertaken by Jonas Ådahl!
Reduce the max cookie lifetime from decades to days in Firefox
If you visit the Google homepage in any web browser, the search giant will leave behind a cookie that lasts for 20 years. Every website you randomly visit one can do the…
SpiderOak ONE: not the best treatment after the trial ended
I had signed up for a free 21-day trial account of SpiderOak ONE, and used that to write my SpiderOak ONE review. As a small addendum that didn’t fit in my review,…
SpiderOak ONE review: Okay backup service, clunky software
SpiderOak ONE is a online backup service built around privacy and strong encryption. One of the service’s design goals was not having access to or even knowing anything about about their customers’…