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Oliver Pifferi

Hi! I’m Oliver, 👋

an IT-guy and restless spirit!

I am a Dad and a Cloud-Addict with a strong focus on Security and Free Software. I prefer Apple at Home and Linux all around. Thus spoken, I am a convinced but critical Cupertino-Fanboy, and, besides, love Metal of all kind, Travelling, Photographing, Reading and Blogging.

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The Binary Journal

Perth Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

History

Perth Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

The first part of my trip in pursue of WW1-heritage sites lead me to Ypres (French version) or Ieper in local tongue in West-Flanders. Besides itself, Ieper...

11 May, 2020

2 min read

In Flanders Fields

History

In Flanders Fields

As I ventured to West-Flanders in Belgium this year - just as we did in the last years - I hadn’t anything specific in mind regarding any historical topic. ...

11 May, 2020

3 min read

Topics

Apple

How to skip the ChatGPT for Mac waiting list and get access now

Apple locks users out of their Apple IDs without explanation

How to fix seemingly disabled Apple Pay on macOS

The End of an Era: The iPod is dead, long live Music!

History

The Price of a Mile

The Return to Flanders Fields

Vladslo German Military Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery

Internet

The third Digital Independence Day in 2026

Is Bluesky worth a visit?

The unhealthful peak of Internet service pricing

The Fediverse - A vivid and modern approach to today’s Social Network-landscape

Linux

Spring Cleaning - Tidying up your Mastodon-instance

How to upgrade Debian 11 Bullseye to Debian 12 Bookworm

How to install PHP 8.2 on Debian 11

Vaultwarden: Your guide to your self-hosted Bitwarden password vault

Music

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it - Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen

Security

How to delete stored credentials from a YubiKey

How to strengthen your online accounts with a hardware-based security key

Software

My default apps starting 2026

VMware kills Players, makes Pro free for personal use

Tusks - Make posting to Mastodon feel like posting to a blog

Thoughts

Season Greetings and goodbye forever, 2023!

Stop worrying about people that aren’t worried about you

The best way to predict your future is to create it

What if... ?

Photobox

Architecture — The Anchor is a pub in the London Borough of Southwark. It is in the Bankside locality on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station.

Castle — On the west side of the Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh is the Ross Fountain. Sculpted in the neoclassical style by Jean-Baptise Jules Klagmann and originally cast at the foundry of Antoine Durene in Sommevoire near Paris.

Stars — It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Industry — The Gasometer is a well-known and iconic landmark located directly beside of my hometown of Bottrop in the city of Oberhausen in the Ruhr Area.

Alley — But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt."