Reusing old Android Phone — Reduce, Repurpose, Reuse
So, as a mobile phone hoarder (as I am), you probably have one or more older Android phones gathering dust in some drawer – the ones you charge occasionally just to prevent them from turning into a “spicy pillow” (batteries swell when neglected). Do not ask how I know about this situation from my own […]
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Ecovacs Deebot N20e: Cheap Robot Vacuum, Serious Cleaning?
Or better to be seen as: 4.5 months in, here’s a short and honest review of “Đurđa.” To set the premise: I wasn’t in the market for a flagship robot vacuum that costs as much as a used car. I was in the market for something that actually cleans floors without me having to think […]
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Few months in – VW T-Roc Life SCR 2.0 TDI Long Term usage review
Note at the start: This is a review from a second-hand user of the vehicle, written mostly from the perspective of the frequent passenger. To premise: no, the car isn’t brand spanking new—or as Bosnian and Balkan people would say, “ispod čekića”. It was bought second-hand from an official VW Service Center in Germany (complete with […]
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Web, Socials and Personal Updates as of June 2026
To begin this post—you might notice that it doesn’t specify which quarter of the year this update is for, and that is by design and personal choice. From now on, this update post will come out twice a year. I no longer need it on a quarterly basis, especially since I’m working on projects that […]
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Inside Meta’s Latest Phishing Wave: What I Learned from a Friend’s Hacked Inbox
Over the past week, while working through the early morning shift, I encountered a highly aggressive and clever new phishing campaign right inside my personal Facebook inbox. Much like the Outlook phishing wave that systematically targeted various Croatian national institutions last year, this attack didn’t rely on glamorous or overly elaborate social engineering. Instead, it […]
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Privacy — Continuation of Moving to Digital Sovereignty (Part 3)
Self-Hosting: Taking Your Data Off Someone Else’s Servers You’ve locked down your passwords, encrypted your connection, and hardened your browser. Good. Now it’s time to address the elephant sitting in every room: where your data actually lives. Every photo you upload to Google Photos, every document you stash in OneDrive, every video you share through […]
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Privacy — Continuation of Moving to Digital Sovereignty (Part 2)
For more details on why this matters, check my previous post here. Here, we tackle the next easy steps before moving to the higher end of digital sovereignty. You’ve moved your email and files. Good. But if you’re still browsing with Chrome, logging in with reused passwords, or connecting via public Wi-Fi without a shield, […]
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World Backup Day: Don’t let the “MU-Plugins” be your April Fool.
Today is World Backup Day, and if you are managing sites for clients, volunteers, or yourself, you have probably heard the 3-2-1 rule—or my personal, paranoid favorite, the 4-3-2-1 method. You back it up every month, you glance at the staging restore, it looks fine, and you move on. Never just glance. Look closer. You […]
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Canned vs. Personalized Responses: Finding the Right Balance in Customer Support
When I’m handling a dozen tickets about the same issue, I reach for a pre‑written template—either one created by the team or one I’ve saved from previous cases. The advantage is obvious: I stop re‑typing the same sentence over and over, I can verify in seconds whether the problem originates on the customer’s side or […]
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Privacy — the most‑searched word in 2025 and early 2026
When I talk about “privacy,” I’m not just referring to the classic mantra of “back up my data three times, store it offline, and keep strangers out.” That approach covers only a tiny slice of what true privacy really means. Genuine privacy begins with the everyday applications we rely on, and it hinges on the […]
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