Diabetes
Contour Next Link vs Next One glucose meter
Compare the Contour Next Link (insulin pump companion) and Next One (stand-alone) glucose meters. Both are good tools for diabetes management.
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Linux
Adjust or silence a systemd service’s logging levels
Here’s three ways to either change the logging level of a systemd service, or stop it from logging all together. Also useful for desktop apps flooding the log.
CDN
Compared DNS caching/TTL of different CDNs
Short DNS TTL times are great for failover but can be detrimental to DNS performance. Here’s a comparison of the DNS TTL caching durations of popular CDNs.
Malware and Phishing
6 places to report phishing emails and websites
Here are 6 services you can report malware websites and phishing emails to help make the internet a safer place for everyone.
Fonts
Redesigned with larger fonts and shorter line lengths
I’ve taken steps to increase the blog’s readability and had to seriously bump-up the font size. Responding to critiques.
Mobile Apps
How to get to the Microsoft Feed in your web browser
Get access to the Microsoft Hummingbird personalized news feed in your web browser (and outside the US.) No side-loaded apps required, just your web browser.
DNS
A survey of DNS caching and TTL in end-user client software
Web browsers and other clients vary greatly in their handling of DNS TTL caching hints. Some follow TTL hints, limit it at 2 seconds, or apply their own logic.
DNS
Embrace systemd-resolved
systemd-resolved improves DNS performance with query-caching. Learn how to configure it to increase system privacy and security with DNS over TLS and DNSSEC.
Review of Mailbox.org: Email privacy with a thick German accent
There’s a lot to like about the privacy-focused Mailbox.org email hosting provider. The web user-interfaces isn’t all that great, though.
Privacy
Goodbye FastMail
The Australian government’s new privacy-unfriendly anti-encryption interception and surveillance law succeeds in undermining trust in Australian tech companies.
Gaming
Steam for Linux is more secure than on MacOS and Win32
Secure app-sandboxing makes Steam distributed via Flatpak for Linux a more secure gaming environment than MacOS and Windows 10.
Compression
WebP image file sizes compared to equivalent Guetzli and Zopfli
Modern and backwards-compatible lossless compression methods reduces the file size-gap between the newer WebP image format, and legacy formats like JPEG and PNG.