Jeroen Bourgois

Arch installation (Update 2025)

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 22:19:07 +0100

Steps to get up and running with Arch Linux, on my new 2025 desktop ‘Gerard’.

Arch installation (Update 2024)

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 22:19:07 +0100

Steps to get up and running with Arch Linux.

Enable Bluetooth after waking up from sleep

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0100

After purchasing a new Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro I also got me a TP-Link UB 500 bluetooth dongle. It works fairly good although I do experience some tiny intermittent connection loss from time to time, which becomes obvious as dunst is spitting out notifications about the device losing connection and reconnecting instantly. What was more cumbersome was that the keyboard did not reconnect after continueing from sleep.

The solution was adding a script for systemd to run. Place the following in a file at /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/bluetooth

Arch tips and tricks

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:19:07 +0100

Various small tips, config settings, HowTo’s, gathered and centralized.

Local SSL certs in Firefox on Arch

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 09:19:07 +0100

Steps to get up and running local dev SSL certificates with Arch Linux.

Combine:

Use the cert file from an mix phx.gen.cert, convert it:

openssl x509 -outform der -in your-cert.pem -out your-cert.crt

Arch installation

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 22:19:07 +0100

Steps to get up and running with Arch Linux.

Processing data from my weather station

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:19:07 +0100

Preamble

In the spring of 2021 I aquired a weather station, something I was meaning to buy for a long time. After reviewing a lot of different types I eventually settled with the WSX3001 7-In-1 professional weather station sold by Explore Scientific. I wanted to go for something by Ambient Weather or AcuRite, however the models I wanted were not available in the EU due to frequency regulations. The bands used by those devices were not allowed without license in the EU. To prevent any hassle down the road I chose to buy a EU certified model, which the WSX3001 was.

Raspberri Pi as a AP (hostapd & dnsmasq)

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:19:07 +0100

Setup Raspberry Pi

Install OS

https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/
unzip & burn with Etcher

First boot & config

Create an empty file called ssh at the root of the boot partition on the SD card.

cd /Volumes/boot && touch ssh

Plug in ethernet cable, connect to screen and boot.

Find the IP address of the Pi (Mijn Telenet).

SSH into the Pi:

ssh pi@IP # password will be 'raspberry' by default

Update the password with passwd

Links

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:10:07 +0100

Eetbare planten voor klokschildpad

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:19:07 +0100

Lijst van eetbare planten voor een klokschildpad. Deze lijst is ook toe te passen op konijnen.

Klokschildpadden

Tue, 25 May 2021 22:19:07 +0100

Deze pagina is een verzameling van weetjes en tips die ik zelf her en der online en in boeken kon terugvinden, om het voor mezelf gemakkelijk alles samen in een kort overzicht te kunnen gieten. Ik verzamelde de informatie toen we zelf een kleine testudo marginata van toen 1 jaar oud (mei 2021) kregen: Yoda. We wisten niet veel af van deze dieren - maar wel voldoende om te beseffen dat het een langetermijn verbintenis zou worden :).

Yoda - Testudo marginata

Wed, 19 May 2021 07:19:07 +0100

My son - and admittedly myself - were thrilled to get a new pet today: Yoda! It is a tiny turtle that over time will grow into a big boy. The whole thing is very exciting. In Dutch it is called a breedrandschildpad.

Things I Saw While Running — Part 1

Tue, 12 May 2020 21:19:07 +0100

I love to run. Whenever I can spare the time, I love to just get out and beat down some miles. During these strolls, I come accross a lot of nice things, and thought it would be nice to keep some log.

Two-Factor Authentication In Phoenix/Elixir

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:19:07 +0100

As part of a small research setup for one of our clients over at Jack + Joe, we setup a minimal test project for two-factor authentication. It contains a Phoenix project and promotes a simple login flow with 2FA setup and subsequently 2FA login.

The full source code and instructions can be found in the source code and readme over at Github. No real blog post, most of it should be there.

Manjaro on my MBP

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:19:07 +0100

Install and run Manjaro on a 2015 MBP

This mostly just contains personal notes and references to get Manjaro running, in dual boot, on my MBP, with the following setup:

Manjaro, i3 flavor
web dev setup (neovim, apache, php, elixir, mysql)
termieter (aka my dotfiles)
mutt
various apps (slack, mysql UI client, …)

Most of it is inspired by lobo tuerto’s excellent article.

Installation and basic setup is completely covered there.

Manjaro on my Surface Go