Security Engineer with a dash of software. Originally from Stockholm, now in Berlin. I like to hack things.
Setting up Thinkpad dockd
I finally bought myself a dock for the thinkpad I use as my main computer. After using the new dock for some time I noticed that the screen would be stuck displaying black after leaving the system locked for a longer time. Looking around I found dockd which fixes that problem and automates the switching of display layouts.
ReadSetting up Brother DS620 on Linux
I got myself a scanner so that I could scan some paperwork. Payslips, tax declarations. I went for the Brother DS620 because of it's small size and the fact that it had linux drivers available. Here's how I set it up on Ubuntu and a small cheatsheet for the future.
ReadReplacing Cronjobs with Systemd Timers
How to create systemd timers, that are in my opinion better than cronjobs.
ReadGithub Docker Packages Username Fix
A quick workaround for those of us with upperchase characters in our Github username when using Github Packages.
ReadPulseAudio cheatsheet
PulseAudio seems to be the default sound system for many linux distributions, including mine. I often have to look up the commands when I want to e.g. change output ot a different device, such as my big "TV"-screen. Pulse seems to be a very powerful system in terms of configurability, I won't cover much of it. My interactions with Pulse is only as a desktop user.
ReadWebhotel using traefik, docker and ssh
Where I build a static site webhotel using traefik, docker, ansible and good old ssh.
Read