Tinkering on puters, mostly

Invading the Huum Uku Wifi controller

Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

I like saunas. For those unfamiliar with the concept, it is a hot room where you are occasionally beaten with tree-branches.

You might have seen images like this:

While in reality it is often more like this

Anyway, while looking for my very own financial burden to call home, I stumbled upon an offering which heavily promoted the fact that it had a sauna.

Fixing the Slack translate button

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Today I’ll be starting a new series of posts called “Fixing stupid things that should not have been stupid in the first place”, or FSTTSNHBSITFP… Mmmm, just rolls off the tongue.

Anyway.

Logging in to Slack this morning, I noticed an irritating change.

Almost every message was followed by a “Translate” button. What a waste of screen real-estate!

At first, I thought it was another AI crap. It’s been absolutely everywhere lately.

How to charge a Philips OneBlade QP2520 without a charger

Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

So there I was. Half-shaven with a stupid look on my face. My beard trimmer had just died. Any other time this would not have been that much of an issue. Just go get the charger from the bag, right? Right?

Not really. You see, I had also realized that while the charger was indeed in the bag I knew it to be, the bag itself was 3000 kilometers away.