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Serverless Twitter Bot using IBM Cloud

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Sep 3, 2021 | chatbot, Docker, fun, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, twitter

A Twitterbot at workSome months ago, I discussed cron-like scheduling on IBM Cloud. One of my personal use cases is to send out tweets. In this post, I am going to look into details, into how I implemented a Twitter bot, deployed it to IBM Cloud Code Engine, and how...

Quickly deploy the serverless cloud mailer using Terraform

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Jun 15, 2021 | automation, fun, ibmcloud, IT, serverless, terraform

In the era of instant messaging we all still receive emails. They are used for status updates, security alerts or just for proposing really great offers. Recently, I blogged about how to have the IBM Cloud Security Advisor send out alerts using your SMTP-based email...

Wireshark with Lua on RHEL / CentOS

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | May 13, 2021 | administration, fun, IT, linux, security

Wireshark with Lua-based dissectorWhat do you do on a rainy public holiday with COVID19 restrictions in place? Finally get Wireshark to work with Lua support to have custom dissectors. Dissectors are useful to turn binary garbage into readable TCP or UDP packet...

OBS on Linux: Green screen and virtual camera for video conferencing

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Dec 28, 2020 | conference, developer, fun, github, IT, linux, phone conference, webcams

OBS Studio: My monkey enjoys the beachSimilar to many of you, part of my work and hobbies consists of video conferencing. For some time now, I have been using OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) to create a virtual camera on my Linux system. Recently, I had to...

Use alfaview on rpm-based Linux (Fedora, Red Hat, CentOs)

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Sep 30, 2020 | administration, fun, IT, linux, webcams

Recently, I tried to prepare for an alfaview session. alfaview is a video conferencing system and used by the university where I teach data security. Only earlier this year alfaview introduced Linux support, and only for Debian-based systems. My system is rpm-based...

Swashbooking for crowd-sourced book reviews and fun

by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Feb 28, 2020 | agile, fun, IT, Life, team, workload

Books for review Usually, I don't go to book clubs or write book reviews. But yesterday evening was different with my first swashbooking session (German: Buchstrudeln). It is fast-paced book skimming and crowd-sourced book review combined. And a lot of fun. So what is...
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