Random Notes

Welcome to my random-notes page. This is where I share interesting finds from the web, highlight things created by others, or jot down thoughts that feel too good to keep to myself. If you remember my old blog, this might feel familiar—it was filled with short, spontaneous entries like these.

I’ve also imported a collection of older entries from my previous blog here for you to explore.

Entries are displayed in chronological order. Since I organize my notes / thoughts monthly, each page shows six months of content, with the length varying based on how much I’ve written each month.

Have questions about something you read? Feel free to email me.

2025-01-26

Github Webhooks are not as easy. Redelivering them, seems to not work. - Update: Using the correct secret makes a bit difference!


Installed a new tiddlywiki for my journaling. Trying to move stuff over from Day One. The pitty is, that I then do not have a nice app on my smartphone anymore. I want to move away from propriatry apps more and more and use more open source software. I know, I am still using a Mac but that is just because the damn thing just works.

2025-01-16

I DID IT!- Verify you’re human by killing at least 3 enemies in nightmare mode. https://doom-captcha.vercel.app/


Boss asked me “what are we doing about Russians exploiting 0days in AI” - Meanwhile our servers are on Ubuntu 14, our SRE team quit, IT is pasting bash scripts into the JAMF editor untested, and the CFO has a 2-star chrome extension to make gmail’s font comic sans.


Awesome List of Cybersecurity and AI Repo by Kris Oosthoek of background reading accompanying his talk “AI in Offensive and Defensive Cyber” at the 2024 One Conference in The Hague. Topics: attacking AI systems, public policy, frameworks, using AI for defense/offense, academic papers, and more.

2025-01-01

38C3: Illegal Instructions

The 38th Chaos Communication Congress (38C3) 2024 videos are now available! They cover a wide range of topics, including hacking vulnerabilities, hardware modifications, artificial intelligence, and resistance against authoritative control. C3 offers a unique blend of technical and unconventional subjects that are not typically found at standard conferences. It is reputed to be an exceptional experience in person, although I have not had the opportunity to attend yet.

2024-12-30

Added a bunch of links to the bookmarks section. The nicest one is https://cobalt.tools/.

Found an interesting service to download music from different services: https://lucida.su/

There is a new Rab8itHoLe Track to enjoy https://soundcloud.com/rab8ithole/want-weihnachtsafterhour-pt-iv

2024-11-26

16:45 - Friends don’t let friends put NAS on the internet!

15:56 - Found this in an older email and uhh, sounds nice and scary?!? ChatGPT can now read some of your Mac’s desktop apps / archive.ph

15:50 - An even cooler thing: Prompt Injecting Your Way To Shell: OpenAI’s Containerized ChatGPT Environment / archive.ph

15:45 - Pretty cool thing: Reverse Engineering iOS 18 Inactivity Reboot / archive.ph

15:40 - I find the projects I’m most excited to work on are nearly always the projects that have really fantastic people associated with them.

2024-11-22

16:50 - The German “Sandmännchem” becomes 65 a symbol of reliability and home


16:10 - A new video from After Cooking - Some Garbage (Official Music Video)


10:30 - Just got a new email from DW Newsletter with a link to the current status of the Ukraine: 1000 days of war and the consequences; bombed cities, millions of refugees, military support and ever new sanctions: Russia’s attack on Ukraine has repercussions worldwide. Several graphics illustrate the effects of the war. 6.7 million Ukrainian refugees have so far found refuge in other European countries; 65 per cent of the supply capacity for electricity and heat has been paralysed. – Perhaps Trump will fulfil his promise and resolve the conflict with a deal. But I hope in favour of Ukraine.

10:28 - Long time since I posted something here. More than five months. A long time. But now I want to continue filling in this category. I maybe go back in time and take out my notes and thoughts from my diary where most of my thoughts went.

2024-06-26

11:38 — I believe we have found a good successor for Jens Stoltenberg: Dutch Prime Minister Rutte elected as new Secretary General

The NATO has officially appointed the outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Rutte as the new Secretary General. The ambassadors of the 32 member states accepted the nomination of the 57-year-old at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council.


08:00 — Today: Sunny at +28(30) °C - ↘ 11 km/h wind - 10 km visibility with 0.0 mm precipitation.

2024-06-25

06:40 — Today: Sunny weather Partly sunny at 24(25)°C, gentle breeze from 13 km/h, 10 km visibility, no rain!


11:37 — Regarding Backup: The 3-2-1 Backup Strategy


08:22 — It was time too: WikiLeaks founder Assange on the way to freedom.

Also fitting is an episode from the 11KM Podcast: Audio Assange: Leaked and delivered?

Tags: #Assange #Tagesschau #Podcast

2024-06-14

17:00 — If you have the money and the actors are on board, why not? The middle east awaits you in The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made

2024-06-13

08:11 — Looks very promising:

umbrellaOS - The no-brainer home cloud OS. Store your files, photos & videos. Run your personal Bitcoin node. Download and stream movies & TV shows. Block ads on your entire network. Automate your home. umbrellaOS lets you do all that — and even more. Link: umbrelOS

#HomeCloud #MediaStreaming #NAS

2024-05-30

16:43 — Oh dear, stories about dreadful security misconfigurations, IP theft and other malicious activities. Ask Reddit: What’s the worst case of insider threat incidents you have seen?

2024-05-23

08:08 — Congratulations to the Basic Law on its 75th birthday! May 23, 1949 was the birthday of democracy in the Federal Republic. The Basic Law announced at that time embodies lessons from the NS era. Who were the “mothers and fathers” of the German Constitution? tagesschau

2024-05-09

10:51 — Video Collection KW19: Frontal.de Suspicion of High Treason: What’s going on with AfD man Krah? youtube / ZDF today: How Habeck wants to save the economy | Markus Lanz from April 30, 2024 youtube / A little entertainment to unwind: 20 Most Extreme Trucks Ever Made youtube

2024-05-02

20:12 — Is that the right way to proceed? ChatGPT is lying – Max Schrems takes on OpenAI. Austrian data protection commissioner Max Schrems has found false statements about himself at ChatGPT. OpenAI supposedly will not take any action against this. Now, Schrems has filed a complaint with OpenAI through his organization Noyb. via br24


20:11 — Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany: This is a completely human- and machine-readable version of the Basic Law in all currently available revisions. This repository was automatically generated. The striking thing is that even Presidents of the Federation can submit commits here.


18:01 — Correctiv Find of the Day: No matter where your mouse pointer is on the screen, this game will find a picture of people pointing at it with their finger. Amazingly funny! https://pointerpointer.com

2024-02-21

14:17 — CIMSEC: The growth of the Chinese fleet. Quantity over quality. / csis.org


14:14 — Everything you want to know about the production of 155mm ammunition, such things that are urgently needed in Ukraine. roblh on substack #Ukraine #War #Ammunition #Article