Twitter preconnects to the wrong domains
Twitter tried to reduce load times for external links, but made things slower instead. It mistakenly normalizes domain to a point where they’re no longer useful.
Latest blog entries
Intel: replace thermal compound “every few years”
Your computer’s thermal compound (paste/grease) is slowly displaced by the “push-out” effect. It must be replaced periodically to maintain high performance.
The 0,5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files
Six percentage of each music files you’ve bought from Apple Music (iTunes Store) contain, literally, nothing. Why is Apple padding their music with zero-bytes?
How to get Microsoft Edge back into your Windows Timeline
The new Microsoft Edge doesn’t currently support Windows Timeline. Here’s an extension that reintegrates the browser with Windows Timeline/Task View.
Options for deduplicating storage of TV series intros
Exploring whether deduplicating file systems or other deduplication alternatives can be used to reduce the storage cost of duplicated media content.
Review: Beurer TL20 daylight therapy lamp
A daylight therapy lamp is used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Here’s my review of the new Beurer TL20 that fits perfectly under a computer screen.
How to distinguish between files, links, and cloned files
You can clone files on modern copy-on-write file systems in a way that doesn’t require extra storage space. But how do you tell a file, link, and clones apart?
How to label a webpage as being out-of-date
Humans will understand an “out-of-date” label near an article’s dateline. Here’s how to make search engines aware of outdated pages in a machine-readable format.
What happened to BitTorrent’s Project Maelstrom web browser?
In 2015, BitTorrent Inc introduced a P2P-revolution for website distribution. But it got side-tracked by investors ogling the “content” business along the way.
Which file systems support file cloning
You can instantly clone files on many copy-on-write (CoW) file systems. But how do you do that in different operating and file systems?
Network routers are just computers
Network routers are neither appliances nor magic; they’re computers and computers require ongoing maintenance and security patching. But who’s job is that?
KMail account trouble
I’ve always wanted to use KMail. However, I always run into problems trying to use it. Unfortunately, this time was no different than my past experiences.
Updated blog entries
What to <link rel=dns-prefetch> and when to use preconnect
Update (): I published this article right before the release of Firefox 71, so I completely missed that preconnect stopped working in the very next version! It still doesn’t work today in Firefox 81.
Fix the Windows 10 Data usage report when it stops counting data
Article updated at .
How to change the keyboard layout on the macOS login screen
Article updated at .
The distributed web isn’t ready for Runet cutoff from the Internet
Update (): The Dat protocol has since become the Hypercore Protocol and no longer relies on a centralized tracking server.
Linux on Lenovo ThinkPad T14: great except the webcam/mic
Update (): Several people have written to me asking about the microphone recording level. I’m soft-spoken and didn’t realize the recording volume was lower than expected. This is a driver issue and is expected to be fixed in Linux kernel version 5.8.
Embed XMP sidecars into image files with embed_xmp
Update (): I’ve now uploaded the source repository and opened an issue tracker for this project on Codeberg.