Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
Welcome to the personal blog of Joop Beris. I blog about a wide variety of topics, ranging from atheism to information security and lots in between. I welcome feedback on my articles but there are some guidelines. Feel free to share articles you like by using the sharing buttons but please give me credit if you want to share something. Also, check out my privacy policy and other legalese.
Below you’ll find the most recent things I’ve written. Feel free to check them out, leave a comment and share them with others who might be interested.
Latest posts
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (3/5)
The third part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, a conversation I had with Makayla, over on Twitter. The first part can be read here and the second part can be found here. I recommend you read those before reading this part.In the previous part of this conversation, we explored the beliefs of Makayla…
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Being offended
There is an old story about the Buddha and an angry old man which goes something like this. Each day the Buddha would go to the market and each day, an angry old man would come up to him and start hurling insults and abuse at him. Each day, the Buddha continues smiling and minding…
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Safely clean up boot
One of the things that seriously annoys me but that pops up from time to time, is the fact that my Linux /boot partition fills up with old, unused kernels. I know, I should have created a bigger partition but this installation is old, updated several times over the course of a few years and…
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My 2015 year in blogging
The helpful helper monkeys at Jetpack have provided a report that allows me to review how my blog did this past year. Not bad for a personal blog that I run mainly for myself. Want to see my 2015 year in blogging? Come right this way!
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (2/5)
The second part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, a conversation I had with Makayla, over on Twitter. The first part can be read here and I recommend you read that before reading this part.In the first part of this conversation, we explored some of the things that I believe in, or rather: disbelieve…
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Updating PHP5-APCu on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for ownCloud compatibility
If you run your own ownCloud (not the Enterprise version) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you will most likely have noticed that it works but complains on the admin page about APCu being lower than version 4.0.6, which is the version ownCloud 8 and higher needs. Now there is an easy fix to updating PHP5-APCu on…
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