Kivikakk’s way of being: rubenerd.au
","summary":"A standing ovation from me this morning for this great post:\n\n\"My hobby/craft/profession/practice/way of being isn’t about the things I’ve made; it is not about value, (the) economy, outcomes or output. It is about me; about what is inside of me.\"\n\nBy Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-05-25.","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/kivikakks-way-of-being/","date_published":"2026-05-25T00:22:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-25 00:22","date_timestamp":1779668574,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90855819","content_html":"Australian train news, May 2026: rubenerd.au
","summary":"Upgrades to Canberra–Sydney rail link\nABC News:\n\n\"The Canberra to Sydney rail link is set for a $100 million upgrade in a bid to reduce the passenger train trip time to under four hours.\n\nInitial upgrades will include some some “quick fixes” designed to make the service more efficient, such as new b...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/australian-train-news-may-2026/","date_published":"2026-05-24T23:30:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-24 23:30","date_timestamp":1779665439,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90746601","content_html":"Textpattern issues with MariaDB 11.8: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I recently updated a MariaDB server to 11.8 LTS, their latest long term support release. Immediately I started seeing issues on Textpattern 4.9.1 sites I sysadmin for people. Creating new articles works, but editing existing articles results in the following error shown across the bottom of the scre...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/textpattern-isses-with-mariadb-11-8/","date_published":"2026-05-22T23:44:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 23:44","date_timestamp":1779493488,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90746600","content_html":"Desktop Intel Arc graphics in mid-2026? rubenerd.au
","summary":"I invoked a Betteridge headline here not because I’m not willing to commit to answer, but because I have no idea what’s going on. Yes, it’s time for another Shaggy Dog post where I think out loud about something without arriving at a useful or even interesting conclusion. Today it’s regarding deskto...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/intels-arc-cards-in-mid-2026/","date_published":"2026-05-22T22:07:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 22:07","date_timestamp":1779487620,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90680828","content_html":"The BOOK II is an Apple II laptop: rubenerd.au
","summary":"The BOOK 8088 was released a few years ago to massive fanfare among retro computer tragics like me. It was a modern laptop with newly designed parts wed to an Intel 8088 CPU and CGA graphics. The keyboard is mushy, and the screen acts more like an external panel that requires regular resolution and ...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/the-book-ii-is-an-apple-ii-laptop/","date_published":"2026-05-22T02:01:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-22 02:01","date_timestamp":1779415264,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90670165","content_html":"Listing block devices on FreeBSD: rubenerd.au
","summary":"FreeBSD newcomers regularly ask me “what’s the equivalent to this Linux command?”. The most common of said commands is lsblk(8) that lists block devices.\n\nFreeBSD has a several options depending on the exact details you require:\n\n# camcontrol devlist\n# gpart show\n# geom disk list\n# geom -t (this get...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/listing-block-devices-in-freebsd/","date_published":"2026-05-21T06:28:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 06:28","date_timestamp":1779344890,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90477763","content_html":"I just realised something: rubenerd.au
","summary":"This is how I start new blog posts:\n$ ./new.sh permalink-for-new-post\n\nThis sends a command to Hugo, the static site generator I use, to create a new file with that permalink, and generate the requisite front matter (dates, default categories, etc). It also derives the title of the post from the per...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/i-just-realised-something/","date_published":"2026-05-19T09:47:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-19 09:47","date_timestamp":1779184035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90477759","content_html":"Those darn MacBook notches! rubenerd.au
","summary":"It’s time to make an admission. I’ve been worn down by something. I’ve interacted with something for nigh two years at this point, and despite people insisting I’d get used to it, I haven’t. If anything, it bugs me more than when I first took it out of the box, and it continues to hinder my work.\n\nM...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/those-macbook-notches/","date_published":"2026-05-18T23:05:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-18 23:05","date_timestamp":1779145530,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90342927","content_html":"Trying Ten Thousand Korean coffee in Eastwood: rubenerd.au
","summary":"Eastwood is one of my favourite suburbs in Sydney. On the one side of the train station you have some of the best Cantonese food and culture in the city, and on the other has rows of Korean restaurants and supermarkets. And apparently, coffee shops!\n\nTen Thousand has branches in the US, but I think ...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/trying-10000-korean-coffee-in-eastwood/","date_published":"2026-05-17T08:14:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 08:14","date_timestamp":1779005660,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90342926","content_html":"Call to undefined function filter_var() on FreeBSD: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I got this when upgrading a server:\nFatal error: Uncaught Error: \\\n\tCall to undefined function filter_var()\n\nEasy enough install to fix:\n# pkg install [-j $JAIL] php84-filter\n\nThanks to bofh@ for maintaining the port :).\nBy Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-05-17.","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/call-to-undefined-function-filter-var/","date_published":"2026-05-17T08:05:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-17 08:05","date_timestamp":1779005125,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90265582","content_html":"Using a MariaDB jail with Dynmap for Minecraft: rubenerd.au
","summary":"Recently I posted about our Minecraft server, and mentioned on Mastodon that I’d rebuilt our Dynmap server with MariaDB. A few of you wanted to know what I was talking about, what I did, and why, especially those of you maintaining servers for their kids.\n\nClara and I started playing Minecraft as a ...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/using-mariadb-with-dynmap-for-minecraft-maps/","date_published":"2026-05-15T22:36:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 22:36","date_timestamp":1778884612,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90265579","content_html":"Karl the Fog visited us in northern Sydney: rubenerd.au
","summary":"He’d already started to move on by the time I was done with my morning shower, but wow. For perspective, this is just down the road from where I saw the rainbow earlier this week.\n\nI learned about Karl the Fog when I briefly worked in San Francisco. Wow, that was eight years ago. Clara and I had suc...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/carl-the-fog-visited-us-in-northern-sydney/","date_published":"2026-05-15T22:05:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 22:05","date_timestamp":1778882736,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90217995","content_html":"People discussing NetBSD and Project Glasswing: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I’m a long time lurker (and occasional poster) to the netbsd-users mailing list, the official mailing list for NetBSD users. Thanks Ruben, that explanation was helpful.\n\nBack on the 16th of April, Michael Cheponis expressed interest in having the NetBSD Foundation be involved with Anthropic and thei...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/people-discussing-netbsd-and-project-glasswing/","date_published":"2026-05-15T08:20:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-15 08:20","date_timestamp":1778833254,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90068427","content_html":"The biggest rainbow I’d ever seen: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I was up in northern Sydney today, and saw the longest and most vivid rainbow I think I’ve ever seen in my life! I didn’t have a proper camera on me, and was almost late to a meeting, but I still had to stop and take a look.\n\nBy Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-05-13.","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/the-biggest-rainbow-id-ever-seen/","date_published":"2026-05-13T07:16:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-13 07:16","date_timestamp":1778656597,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90068426","content_html":"Web servers, and researching alternatives: rubenerd.au
","summary":"My history with web servers is entirely unremarkable, and likely mirrors yours. I first ran Apache/httpd when I was kid, before moving onto lighttpd in my first paid gig—lighty for those in the know—then onto nginx where I’ve mostly remained since, save for running Bozotic on a 486 with NetBSD becau...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/web-server-alternatives/","date_published":"2026-05-12T22:46:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 22:46","date_timestamp":1778625989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015524","content_html":"Visoka, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I have no idea how I ended up on this Wikipedia article:\n\n\"Visoka is a village in the Kardzhali Municipality, which is in the Kardzhali Province, in southern Bulgaria. As of 1 January 2007, the population of Visoka is 2 people, making it one of the least populated villages in the Kardzhali Municipal...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/visoka-kardzhali-province-bulgaria/","date_published":"2026-05-12T07:16:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 07:16","date_timestamp":1778570164,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015523","content_html":"A web home crumbling like chalk: rubenerd.au
","summary":"evacide:\n\n\"If you are in your late thirties to mid-forties right now, there is a good chance that you have spent most of your life in a cycle of making some sort of home on the internet only to have it crumble beneath you like chalk and having to start over.\"\n\nI… can relate to this. If you’re the ki...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/a-web-home-crumbling-like-chalk/","date_published":"2026-05-12T05:19:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-12 05:19","date_timestamp":1778563176,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015522","content_html":"“… are ready to take your money”: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I was compelled to install the confusingly-named, generic-sounding, un-hyphenated Shop application on my mobile telephonic device recently, for specific reasons that are beyond the scope of this post. It’s also beyond the scope of the previous post about HTML fractions, which had nothing to do with ...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/are-ready-to-take-your-money/","date_published":"2026-05-10T23:48:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 23:48","date_timestamp":1778456933,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015520","content_html":"Fractions in HTML: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I realised something recently: I rarely write fractions in my daily life. I might divvy up a pizza with friends, cut up pieces of round birthday cake, or refer to times as “quarter past five” instead of 17:15 in speech. But I somehow managed to avoid writing them after uni, until I started drafting ...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/fractions-in-html/","date_published":"2026-05-10T23:14:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 23:14","date_timestamp":1778454894,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015519","content_html":"Our Minecraft world in 2026: rubenerd.au
","summary":"I mentioned on Mastodon that I was doing some maintenance on Clara’s and my Minecraft server we started together in 2020. A couple of you asked what it looks like, so I thought I’d do a little tour :).\nThe map\nThere are several different plugins that will generate you a web map of your world, upon w...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/our-minecraft-world-in-2026/","date_published":"2026-05-10T08:35:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 08:35","date_timestamp":1778402144,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015518","content_html":"Talking to me a decade on, now with 8-bit experience! rubenerd.au
","summary":"Thirteen years ago I posted this snippet of text from Wikipedia, and joked that it must be how it feels to talk with me when it comes to my more esoteric interests:\n\n\"The GTO thyristor used on 1996 stock achieves this by “chopping” the supply voltage in order to drive a sinusoidal current in the mot...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/talking-to-me-a-decade-on/","date_published":"2026-05-08T22:57:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 22:57","date_timestamp":1778281078,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015517","content_html":"Linux monoculture is just as bad for security: rubenerd.au
","summary":"Another day, another Linux exploit. It’s been hard to keep track over the last few months. Vulnerabilities are inevitable, but they do highlight my concerns again regarding monocultures.\n\nAny post I’ve ever written warning about monocultures and Linux (or as I’ve taken to calling my home desktop, KD...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/linux-monoculture-is-just-as-bad-for-security/","date_published":"2026-05-08T07:22:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 07:22","date_timestamp":1778224928,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015516","content_html":"eBay Australia’s changed fees: rubenerd.au
","summary":"eBay has updated how it charges Australian sellers. tl;dr: you can’t sell on eBay for free, despite their claims.\n“Free selling” announced\neBay Australia sent an email back in March, emphasis added:\n\n\"Coming at the end of April, we’re making it free to sell on eBay.com.au for Australia-based sellers...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/ebay-australias-changed-seller-fees/","date_published":"2026-05-08T04:49:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 04:49","date_timestamp":1778215791,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015512","content_html":"Site width tweaks for readability, maybe? rubenerd.au
","summary":"I’ve adjusted the width of posts on the blog, which I think makes them easier to read. I remember reading years ago that having between 12-15 printed words to a line was optimal for text “readability”, which I’ve maintained here since 2004. Aside from the fact I haven’t been able to find any concret...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/site-width-tweaks-for-readability-maybe/","date_published":"2026-05-07T13:49:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 13:49","date_timestamp":1778161770,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"90015509","content_html":"BSD, bottles of water, and positive habits: rubenerd.au
","summary":"One of the coffee shops I frequent puts a litre bottle of slightly chilled water on the table when you order coffee. I’m used to this at Australian restaurants, but even getting this level of service when you’ve only bought a single beverage and proceed to “nurse” it at your table for the next hour ...","url":"https://www.rubenerd.au/bsd-bottles-of-water-and-positive-habits/","date_published":"2026-05-07T13:20:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Ruben Schade","url":"https://rubenerd.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd708ca9eb901505430e244d6ce167cdc%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"rubenerd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-07 13:20","date_timestamp":1778160011,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}