How to write a decent job ad

Posted on Fri 27 August 2021 in blog • Tagged with Hiring • 3 min read

This is a series on writing job ads that people actually get interested in.


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Audience feedback on online conference platforms: a speaker's view

Posted on Tue 24 August 2021 in blog • Tagged with Conference • 3 min read

As a speaker, I look for something very specific in online conference platforms.


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Add Depth! Stereoscopic imagery for everyone

Posted on Sat 21 August 2021 in presentations • Tagged with Conference • 1 min read

My talk from FrOSCon 2021, Cloud Edition.


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Running (Almost) Anything in LXC: Applications Using Your Webcam

Posted on Sun 17 January 2021 in hints-and-kinks • Tagged with LXC • 3 min read

One of the non-open-source applications I sometimes have to run for work purposes, and which out of principle I run in LXC containers, is Zoom. Now Zoom is of course an X application, so my previously shared considerations for those apply. It also needs to process input from my microphone …


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Fixing powerline flicker on your webcam feed with a udev rule

Posted on Sun 17 January 2021 in hints-and-kinks • Tagged with udev • 2 min read

If you are

  • spending a non-trivial amount of time in video calls every week (something that, at the time of writing, is true for a lot of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and also

  • having to use mains-powered artificial lighting in your office (true at the time of writing …


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