M0streng0's Blog

Last week, while I was doing some research on the ways companies are implementing child safety features (an essay I’ll publish in the future), I got blocked on the New York Times website, asking me to log in to my account.

This post follows the format: Detail the controversy Analyze Mullvad’s response Compare this situation to a similar case (Proton’s CEO) My action as a customer of Mullvad’s services. « IMPORTANT TO MENTION » This blog post does not intend to take a politi…

Some months ago, I watched the whole Amazon show with the same name, and I really liked it.

This movie was based on a book series (that I haven’t read, but it will go to my reading list) by Richard Osman.

This was an interesting project that all started with me self-hosting rmfakecloud on my server and running the rmfakecloud-proxy to trick my reMarkable 2 into thinking it was connected to the official servers.

Now this is what I call a MOVIE.

I found it entertaining, and that was exactly what I was looking for.

I’m at a loss for words, not even sure where to begin.

« DEFINITION OF FUN » Change Linux systems frequently until you locate your haven.

This one is really different; it’s truly one-of-a-kind in its own right.

The Dark Forest, just like its predecessor, is incredibly fantastic.

I’ve been using System76’s “Cosmic-DE” for the past 10 days.

I learned about this book from the TV adaptation that was based on it (see my review here), and because of that, I knew what the main theme of the book was before I even started reading it.

I often find myself in a situation where I need to temporarily connect to a certain network with a device that is usually offline.

I must start by saying that as Portuguese, I have a great respect for the work by José Saramago, in which with his masterpieces he was able to provide something unique to our culture, a Nobel Prize.

Yesterday, I switched over to the latest version of my website, which I’ve been working on for the past couple of days.

End Season 1: If I were to sum up this show in a single word, it would be simply “WOW”.

This is a highly intriguing and innovative narrative, wherein a society is compelled to live underground, in a Silo, due to unknown causes.

This was a thoughtful film that provoked thought.

I’ve come across this great literary work through the TV series that was based on it.

This is an interesting show, even though I found the narrative to be a bit confusing and the emotions to be a bit off.

This TV Show is really well made, with all of its intriguing ideas and an whole roller coaster of emotional changes.

This was a nice TV show that didn’t need to be this good.

I usually use virtual machines for tasks that involve either multiple operating systems in the same type or sandboxing environments, usually for cybersecurity work, such as Capture the Flag.

I use Calibre-Web-Automated as an excellent OPDS server in order to download e-books to all my devices.

I found out that upgrading moodle (running in a Docker container) is not as simple as doing docker pull image.

I don’t have the YouTube app installed on my Android devices (nor do I use it directly), so in order to watch my favourite channels, I use alternative front-ends such as LibreTube and NewPipe.

The main storage drive of a Raspberry Pi is typically a microSD card.

Why a Raspberry Pi 4?

The pseudonym m0streng0 comes from the name mostrengo, a poem written by Fernando Pessoa, one of the most important Portuguese poets of the 20th century.

Here are some reasons: To use it as a portfolio To be able to share content To learn new things, such as Hugo (static website generator) To develop HTML and CSS a little better Getting back to using JavaScript Cloudflare (Pages) Being able to write and tr…