I am not an environmentalist in its radical sense (unlike the folks from Extinction Rebellion). That means that I do not refuse to drive a car or ‘waste’ electricity for my servers. But if I have the choice between a common and an environmental friendly approach to problem solution I prefer the latter. This is especially true for transport and traveling. Most of the time I take the train for mid- to long distance travel. I love to read, take a nap or gaze out of the window while being transported with “Ecolictricity” 😉 For short distances I take my...
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Block german ads with Pi-hole
Ever wondered why german ads still keep popping up even though you are using Pi-hole ? Maybe Easy List is missing ? It worked perfectly for me…
Continue reading...Lift you skinny fists like freifunk antennas to heaven
After having set up a rather mediocre outdoor freifunk router (in terms of coverage and of being weatherproof) I decided to install a “real” outdoor antenna for my lovely Freifunk. After some research 2 antennas from Ubiquity where in my budget as well as compatible with the Freifunk firmware: Ubiquiti airmax Nanostation M2 Loco (low cost) Ubiquiti airmax Nanostation M2 The Freifunk Wiki provides a good overview of the the Ubiquity models. They’re robust, have great coverage and come with PoE. The M2 model (not the Loco) comes with two RJ45 Jacks. One is for itself the other one for...
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