GNU is 35 years old

Posted by: Daerandin 2018-09-27 19:55:36 0 comments

GNU just turned 35! If you don't know what GNU is, it can be briefly explained as a collection of computer software. All the system tools and software that Linux distributions use is GNU. For this reason, there are a lot of people that believe it is incorrect to say just Linux, but instead you should refer to it as GNU/Linux. After all, Linux is the kernel while the rest of the operating system is …

Categories: Programming, Linux, Open Source

Quest for Glory

Posted by: Daerandin 2018-08-29 21:53:16 0 comments

So you want to be a hero?

When I was in elementary school, I would frequently visit an uncle who had a large collection of games, not only for the PC but also for the Amiga. In case you are wondering, Amiga was a computer system not too different from the PC. I would spend a lot of time exploring his game collection, always on the lookout for something fun. Among those games was one …

Categories: Role Playing Games, Adventure Games, Fantasy

Why DuckDuckGo?

Posted by: Daerandin 2018-07-19 09:27:50 0 comments

First time visitors to this website will be greeted with a detailed explanation of this website's information gathering and sharing policy. Anyone who do not consent to this can either close the browser tab/window, or click on the nifty button to instead be redirected to DuckDuckGo. Additionally, there is an included search bar for this website, which lets you search this website with DuckDuckGo.

I have to admit that the search bar is just laziness …

Categories: Privacy

Grand Launch

Posted by: Daerandin 2018-07-18 13:53:07 0 comments

Roughly six months ago I decided to start working on a little pet-project of mine. I enjoy coding, but I've not really coded anything to be unleashed upon the rest of the world. Mostly I just write small programs for very specific personal goals on my own computers. I have always been somewhat of a control freak, so adjusting even the most basic stuff is quite satisfying for me. So I started this project where …

Categories: Web Development