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Johan Bové

Fixed one problem, another one jumps up; pictures from webmentions are not being displayed. An error 500 is happening somwhere in the image proxy code. Let's dig in!

The error in the error log is "Looks like something went wrong, image was zero bytes big!"

Johan Bové

Predicting that alternative ways of generating electricity, for example by using a fixed exercise bike connected to a battery, will get more popular in Europe and Germany this winter.

Johan Bové

REBOWL - Das Pfandystem für Take-Away Mehrwegschalen

This "re-usable" cups and bowls system using a fixed deposit fee is interesting - It would however be even cooler if there would be a "pick-up" service that would return these containers back to the restaurants of origins. Just like online ordering, but then for the pick up of the empty containers from your office or home or anywhere you might be. Don't feel like bringing back your empty containers and the trash containers are full? Call the "Recycling Heroes" (app of course) and they'll take care of it. In return they keep the deposit. Especially during pandemic times this would help the flow of re-using these containers.

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And the elevator got stuck again. Can’t believe this keeps happening. This time two people had to be freed. It’s like the fifth time in four weeks. The elevator really needs to be fixed for real this time.

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Nokia 8110 4G Requests - Part 1

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Nokia 8110 4G banana yellow and black side to side

Gathering a list of issues and changes I would like to see fixed on my 4G phone.

Most of these issues can be fixed with a hypothetical software update. So it's up to HMD Global (@NokiaMobile) to work on the apps and system software on the phone and release a new update - preferably sooner than later.

And the WhatsApp integration should be implemented by Facebook Team WhatsApp of course.

List of software nuisances:

  • WhatsApp is running on the phone, but is lacking in these ways:
    • No https://web.whatsapp.com support, even-though the phone has a QR-reading-cabable camera on board
    • Received videos have a maximum file size of 8MB, so anything bigger than that cannot be opened, at all. Memory limitations?
    • No calling
    • No video chat
  • No emoji input - This makes me really sad. 😅
  • No CalDAV and CardDav sync support - would have been great to be able to easily synchronize contacts outside of Google or Apple sync.
  • The volume controls are practically useless as the phone has three volume settings even-though it has a scale from vibrate to 15, the actual volume stages are "Really Loud", "Loud" or "vibrate".
  • The phone gets really hot during calls - not sure if software or hardware related to be honest.

It would be awesome if this list could be marked off soon.

Johan Bové

Fixed the very small screen (240px) Layout issues in my Known template in case anyone might accidentally open my site on their Nokia 8110 4g browser...

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Changed the layout of my personal "Plans" pages a little. The "Updates" now are announced with their own header and I'm sorting the updates as last added on top. See https://johanbove.info/plans/10-indiewebifyme.shtml for an example. Also fixed some validation issues. Writing in pure HTML can be tricky.

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Paid "Call-a-Bike" €10 just so I could get to work 20 minutes faster. Unfortunately the fixed - free - drop-off points in Düsseldorf Derendorf are too far from work. Also I don't understand why the whole of Derendorf is out of the supported "Call-A-Bike" zone...

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After quite the rush today through 's theme customization and CSS styling, I'm finally settling with the current design. In the meantime I also fixed the Known plugin form - on my own instance - to allow for selecting if a bookmark is a "Like" or a "Re-post". Will send a on to fix [this Issue](https://github.com/idno/known/issues/1652) soon.

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Wanted to register for Coinbase but the verifying ID service and tool is not available to me. First, my Belgian ID has an unfortunate tear in it which i fixed with some sticky tape and it doesn't look bad. But worse is that does not accept an ID for verification if you live in another country than your nationality. This pretty much sucks for any expat or immigrant like myself.

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the on my site where I had wrongly configured the ``url`` in the ``config.ini`` file.
My web server error is full of these useful and informative messages:

> Backend log: Known (social.johanbove.info): warning - Base URL has defaulted to "/" because Known was unable to detect your server name. This may be because you're loading Known via a script. Try setting url="http://yourdomain.com/" in your config.ini to remove this message\n, referer: https://social.johanbove.info/content/all/