Jan-Lukas Else (@janlukas.blog) Bsky

My 5G internet has worked a… My 5G internet has worked again flawlessly since Friday afternoon. I have the suspicion it’s because, since today, there are new laws that define when mobile providers underperform and people have the right to reduce their bills; but it might also be just a reconfiguration or upgrade of cell towers nearby. I noticed the internet got faster as well, now with download speeds often about 400 Mbps (instead of 350 before, with a contract limit of 500) and upload speeds of 60 Mbps (instead of 35 before, with a contract limit at 50). So at least in one direction I get more than I paid for. 😅 But on Thursday I will also get a fiber connection and can set up dual WAN then.

My 5G internet has worked a…

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#5G

22 hours ago 0 0 0 0

Mental dump The last days I was quite busy mentally. So here are some thoughts I just need to write down to get them off my head and give you something to read. 😄

Mental dump

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#Linux #Laptop #Windows #5G #Bike #Fiber

5 days ago 0 0 0 0

When I switched to Linux, I… When I switched to Linux, I also enabled that Firefox setting to disable custom fonts on websites. And you know what? It actually looks better this way! No broken fonts, because some fonts are mapped to ugly fonts. Just my default font, which is Noto for now.

When I switched to Linux, I…

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1 week ago 0 0 0 0

A few relaxing days on the coast We spent our first vacation this year in a small flat on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony. It was windy at times, but generally quite nice and relaxed. We visited a couple of museums, saw a few small towns in that area, spent a couple of hours at a seawater pool, and also did a boat trip to watch seals.

A few relaxing days on the coast

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#Vacation #Impressions

1 week ago 0 0 0 0

Blog discovery sites While I, personally, blog less these days than when I was younger and had apparently more spare time, I have the feeling there’s some kind of resurrection of the blogosphere and IndieWeb these days. At least it feels more visible again. I came across a couple of new blog discovery sites recently, so here’s an incomplete list of sites (old and new) I know of in no particular order. Some I might have already shared before. You are welcome to comment more, and I’ll add them.

Blog discovery sites

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#Blogs

2 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

I’m currently on my third o… I’m currently on my third or fourth attempt to protect my Forgejo (formerly a Gitea instance) from AI crawlers and other bots. Yesterday, I set up Anubis, that bot firewall you now see on some sites, and it actually seems to be helping. Let’s see how long that lasts…

I’m currently on my third o…

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2 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

My March ‘26 in Review Another month gone; time flies…

My March ‘26 in Review

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#Monthly Review

2 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

Mein März ‘26 im Rückblick Und wieder ist ein Monat vorbei, wie die Zeit doch rast…

Mein März ‘26 im Rückblick

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#Monatsrückblick

2 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

I’m back to Ubuntu and Linu… I’m back to Ubuntu and Linux on the desktop! 🥳

I’m back to Ubuntu and Linu…

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3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

Will I switch back to Ubuntu? I re-enabled my old trusty 2013-manufactured Lenovo ThinkPad S1 Yoga which I used during my studies. I had Ubuntu 24.04 installed on it for some time but never really used it. But now, I upgraded it to the latest development build of Ubuntu 26.04 to check the current state of Ubuntu and Linux on the desktop. And to check if I really switch to it as my main operating system.

Will I switch back to Ubuntu?

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#Ubuntu #Linux #Windows

3 weeks ago 0 1 0 0

In 2020, during the pandemi… In 2020, during the pandemic, I spent 50 euros on a 1080p webcam. It worked fine, but I rarely used it: most calls at my old job were audio-only. Fast forward to 2026 and my new job: video calls are much more common. So I invested another 50 euros in a refurbished Logitech Brio 4K. The upgrade is night and day, especially in my north-facing office, where lighting isn’t ideal. The Brio’s low-light performance and 4K clarity really impress me so far. Sure, the recommended price is much higher, but this deal on eBay was worth it.

In 2020, during the pandemi…

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1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Which Linux Distro to choose? After migrating to Nextcloud, I’ve been thinking about switching back to Linux as my daily driver operating system. I used Linux for years before eventually returning to Windows.

Which Linux Distro to choose?

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#Linux

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

I haven’t really warmed up … I haven’t really warmed up with Bluesky and ATProto yet; somehow the whole ecosystem seems very complex to me, but I haven’t really looked into it in depth yet and had similar feeling with ActivityPub in the beginning. But I do have a profile there. I’ve now moved it from bsky.social to the European eurosky.social. No one should have noticed, because I use my own domain as my handle anyway. I have to give ATProto credit for that compared to ActivityPub: migrations work great!

I haven’t really warmed up …

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#Bluesky

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

According to the weather fo… According to the weather forecast, today was supposed to be the last day of reasonably good weather and warm temperatures for the foreseeable future. So I really wanted to go on a short bike ride today after work. In the end, the ride wasn’t that short, but because I made sure not to overexert myself, it wasn’t any more tiring than a 20 km ride, even though it was 40 km. And that was despite the fact that I still had sore muscles and didn’t sleep very well and much last night. Towards the end of the tour, a few drops of rain fell from the sky, but I’m not made of sugar.

According to the weather fo…

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#Bike

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Auch wenn mir die aktuelle … Auch wenn mir die aktuelle Politik in Deutschland oft schlechte Laune macht und ich wenig Lebensfreude bei dem Blick in die täglichen Nachrichten verspüre, gibt mir immerhin eine solche Rede, wie die von Felix Banaszak, das Gefühl, nicht ganz allein mit meiner politischen Verzweiflung zu sein. Oder auch dieser Talkshow-Beitrag von Franziska Brantner. Ein kleiner Tropfen Hoffnung auf dieser brennenden Welt.

Auch wenn mir die aktuelle …

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#Politik

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

I would never have thought … I would never have thought that blocking just one country and one ASN would be so effective in reducing the spam reaching my email server, in addition to using Postscreen and Rspamd, of course. Over time, I had built myself a pretty sophisticated filter with Sieve and added a long list of domains to reject, but automatic blocking with iptables is even better.

I would never have thought …

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#Email

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

I have to say, I’m really h… I have to say, I’m really happy with my almost silent belt drive on my bike. Compared to the loud clicking of some racing bikes, it’s like an electric car compared to a noisy combustion engine. I prefer it quiet.

I have to say, I’m really h…

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1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Of course, I had to take a … Of course, I had to take a photo of my bike with the sunset in the background… Sadly, the camera on the Galaxy XCover 7 isn’t the best to catch the beauty of the sunset. But the bike setup has changed quite a bit since September. And when I got home from this lovely tour, my lovely fiancé had French fries for me. 😄

Of course, I had to take a …

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#Bike #Impressions

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Mastodon finally has an off… Mastodon finally has an official share button. Or at least a page you can use that enables the sharer to select their Mastodon instance and then get redirected to the share page there. I directly used that to replace the share to “Mastodon.social” with share to “Mastodon” in GoBlog. 😊

Mastodon finally has an off…

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#Mastodon #GoBlog

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

MCP plugin for GoBlog Using AI, I just added a new (experimental) plugin to GoBlog, one that finally leverages app passwords, now that I’ve overhauled the authentication system some time ago. The plugin implements MCP, short for Model Context Protocol.

MCP plugin for GoBlog

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#GoBlog

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

My February ‘26 in Review And just like that, another month has flown by, admittedly a short one, but already the second in this “new” year. Time to take a quick look back.

My February ‘26 in Review

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#Monthly Review

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Mein Februar ‘26 im Rückblick Und schon wieder ist ein Monat rum, zwar ein kurzer, aber auch bereits der zweite im “neuen” Jahr. Zeit, einmal kurz zurückzublicken.

Mein Februar ‘26 im Rückblick

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#Monatsrückblick

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

If you are searching for a … If you are searching for a European OpenRouter alternative that also supports audio transcriptions, cortects might be an alternative. Given the recent controversial developments at OpenAI, and as I was already on the search for European alternatives, I deleted my OpenAI account and switched to Cortects for the few places where I need an AI API. The UI and feature set still aren’t as polished as OpenRouter, but at least it has the audio transcription endpoint, which I use for a voice-to-text Telegram bot. For now, I mostly use the Mistral models.

If you are searching for a …

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#AI

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Warm weather, a bit of sun,… Warm weather, a bit of sun, and a Saturday without appointments. A perfect day for one more longer bike ride this week. For me, today meant heading out through the surrounding area, including through a valley (Reitlingstal) that I always find beautiful to ride through, but also for hiking. (Here are also some photos from November.)

Warm weather, a bit of sun,…

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#Bike #Impressions

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

I migrated to Nextcloud, not OpenCloud Just last week I wrote that I am ready to switch from OneDrive to OpenCloud. But things have changed a bit since then. Hetzner announced a price increase, and I just ordered a new service from them: Storage Share powered by Nextcloud. So instead of switching to OpenCloud, I switched to Nextcloud.

I migrated to Nextcloud, not OpenCloud

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#Nextcloud #OpenCloud #Selfhosting

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

First ride with my favorite… First ride with my favorite bike this year. Just a quick round around the local airport. But I saw Highland cows on the way, a beautiful sunset, and got to breathe fresh air. It’s finally a bit warmer again. And most important: It’s not dark already at 5pm!

First ride with my favorite…

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#Bike #Impressions

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Switching to Bunny DNS A recent post by Henrique made me look into Bunny DNS again. In the past I already tried it for one or two domains but eventually stopped using it because they didn’t support DNSSEC yet. Instead I relied on the wonderful services of DeSEC. But now that support for DNSSEC and TLSA records is finally here, I switched again to Bunny DNS with all 21 of my domains.

Switching to Bunny DNS

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#BunnyCDN #DNS

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

Bye Gitea, hey Forgejo! I procrastinated a long time, but I finally migrated my self-hosted Git instance from Gitea to Forgejo. I still don’t know how to pronounce it, but it’s maintained by Codeberg e.V., where I’m also a member.

Bye Gitea, hey Forgejo!

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#Gitea #Codeberg #Forgejo

2 months ago 0 0 0 0

To decrease my reliance on … To decrease my reliance on US-based services, I just switched to Actalis, a fully European CA. They offer unlimited, free domain-validated certificates via ACME, making the transition seamless.

To decrease my reliance on …

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2 months ago 0 0 0 0

Schaumparty in der Spülmaschine Nachdem letztes Jahr schon die Küchenarmatur durchgerostet war, der Hahn in einem Moment einfach abgebrochen ist und ich dann zwei Tage voller Schweiß und Kriechen eine neue Armatur installieren durfte, gab es diese Woche die nächste Baustelle in der Küche.

Schaumparty in der Spülmaschine

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#DIY

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