Jane's Addiction **** After 22 years, I finally got to see Jane's Addiction again. Wow. 2 min read #music
The Eras Tour ***** There's this thing about perfection. It can look obvious, almost effortless, because it's too easy to overlook that perfection didn't happen overnight. Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour is a shining example of this. 3 min read #music#taylor swift
Upgrading Home Assistant Yellow's Zigbee2MQTT from EZSP to Ember A step by step guide on how to upgrade EZSP to Ember in Zigbee2MQTT. 2 min read #home assistant#zigbee
Secret Life Sometimes a record clicks right from the first time you hear it. And sometimes it doesn't, and you lose track of it, never to listen to it ever again. One such record that almost vanished from my Recently Added screen is Secret Life by Brian Eno and Fred 1 min read #music
Studio.Fuckhedz #14 It's already been over a year since I last created a playlist, but as I was walking back from bringing the kids to school this morning listening to Phosphorescent's excellent new single "Revelator", I felt the urge to create a new one again. I& 1 min read #studio.fuckhedz
Always Open With in Finder I've been using a Mac for almost twenty years now, and one thing that has always annoyed me is changing the default applications that open certain file types. Changing a default application is a multi-step task: * Right-click the file * Select Open With * Select Other (even when 1 min read #mac
Eighteen months at Automattic — farewell team Apex It's been 18 months now since I joined Automattic, and I've been planning to write about how it is to work at a fully remote company for a while now. But I never got past the first draft. The reason is that it's very 4 min read
The Bambu Lab X1C Ever since the Bambu Lab X1C landed on my workbench, its blistering speed and razor-sharp precision have turbocharged my projects. 4 min read #3d-printing#prusa
Our home network, 2024 edition In our recent home renovation, we seized the opportunity to overhaul our network, waving goodbye to Telenet and welcoming Proximus's fiber optic solution, boasting speeds up to 8.5 Gbps. 4 min read #network#unifi
Adding a network share to Finder's favourites I use a Synology to store all my files. One thing that’s bothered me a lot is that macOS doesn’t allow you to drag and drop a network share (or Sharepoint as Apple likes to call) them to your Finder’s favourites. It seems like Apple really doesn’ 1 min read #mac#nas
Fancy in-wall panels using NSPanel, ESPHome and HomeAssistant / In the past, I’ve written about turning your house into a smart home using Home Assistant. Since we are currently in the midst of a home renovation, I’ve been doing lots of research on how to make it even smarter. One of the products I came across while 3 min read #diy#esp32
sudo with Touch ID As a programmer, you might have come across the sudo command while working on the terminal. sudo, short for “superuser do”, is a widely used command in Unix-based operating systems such as Linux and macOS. It allows a user with administrative privileges to execute commands that are restricted to 1 min read #mac#programming
WordPress turns 20 This weekend marked the 20th birthday of WordPress, the blogging tool CMS I’m writing this post in, and the thing I also work on/with mostly during my working hours. Let’s go back in time a little bit. I’m an old-timer in the blogosphere, I started 4 min read #cms#internet
My 2023 Mac apps & utilities A little while back, I wrote a post about my 2023 programming stack. This post goes deeper on what Mac apps & utilities I use to get the job done. Don’t worry, there won’t be any programming related things in this post. This post is for everyone. Launcher: 9 min read #apps#mac
My 2023 programming stack Last year, I penned a piece about the tech I was using most. From languages to frameworks to tools, I gave a rundown of everything I love working with. It’s a new year. Time to update that list! Overview Framework: Next.js with App Router 2022: Next.js Next. 5 min read
This band photo doesn't exist I’m a big fan of AI. It’s changing our world at an unprecedented pace, and I’m pretty sure it has the chance to propel humanity into a bright future. But that will be the topic of another blog post, in which I explain why I’m an 2 min read #ai#photography
On virtual reality & the PlayStation VR2 In 1997, my parents and I paid a visit to London, where we visited SEGA World at the Trocadero center, a very futuristic arcade / theme park. There’s only one attraction I still remember until today: a virtual reality ride. The graphics were terrible, I was nauseous as hell when 5 min read #gaming#playstation
Studio.Fuckhedz #13 It took a while, but I finally got around to creating a new playlist. It’s an extra long one. It contains music I enjoyed the past year, old & new. Enjoy! 1. Black Country, New Road – Concorde 2. Taylor Swift – Maroon 3. Christian Lee Hutson – Strawberry Lemonade 4. Phoebe 1 min read #studio.fuckhedz
The light parade Before COVID hit the world, the school of our kids organized a parade each year. All the kids carry small candles and walk across the neighborhood, accompanied by a big fanfare. Because small candles are kind of boring, I decided I was going to go big the next edition, and 4 min read #3d-printing#wled
On Twitter When I was in high school, we had this little rich twat in our class. Everyone went to school by bike, but this guy had his daddy pick him up from school every day. When passing the other kids, he would spit out of the window. His daddy would laugh 3 min read #elon musk#musk
Tech time: Doom & Next.js 13 Hi there ???? A few days later than usual because I forgot to push the publish button. If you like this content, feel free to subscribe using the form down below. The early days of id Software I’m currently reading Masters of Doom, a book about how John Carmack and 2 min read
Tech Time: 👋 Notion, hello Obsidian Hi folks, Another week, another update. I feel exhausted today because last night was the first night ever my girlfriend wasn’t home, so I had to take care of our three children. I was so stressed about having a bad night (because of children who couldn’t sleep) that 3 min read #linkdump
The iPhone 14 Pro camera is out of this world When Apple introduced the iPhone 14 Pro, my mind was blown by the dynamic island. Together with the always-on display, it justified upgrading for me. Now, about a month later, I can say that the feature that stands out the most is the new 48MP camera. Especially with RAW. 2 min read
