My Medium Writing

Frederik Kreijmborg on Medium.com

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Embracing Social Awkwardness

Because we’re all a little different and because nobody gives a damn

Being socially awkward can be a very positive experience. Sure, the random sweat attacks suck and you aren’t too fond of blushing all the time either. But underneath the superficial experience of embarrassment you may discover a very unique chance for personal growth.

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Quick & Dirty Lazy-Loading for WordPress Images

Using an experimental Chrome feature to reduce loading times of image-heavy WordPress sites

The lazy-loading feature in Chrome is experimental and probably not enabled in many browsers as of yet.

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Optimizing The Solus Linux Distribution For Performance

Warning: Includes flicking off some Kernel safety switches 😱

Theoretically, Spectre and Meltdown are really bad news, but in reality the threat seems to be exaggerated. Don’t take my word for it, though. Plenty of experts think that we’re sitting on ticking timebombs…

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How Solus Cured My Linux Distro Hopping Addiction

Yet another happy Solus user spreading the word

I’m addicted to Linux-based operating systems. You know that feeling, don’t you?

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Finding Expletives and Filler Words with JS & Regular Expressions

Improving written content for the web: The Easy Way ™️

Yeah, it’s that simple.

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Accidentals (♭ ♮ ♯) and Other Musical Symbols as HTML Entities

Standardized musical notation &rocks;

The typography of musical symbols lacks style on the web. To improve it, we can use HTML entities and replace # and b and all the other lazy shortcuts in our musical notation.

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The GNU nano Editor for (Serious) Writers

Distraction-free writing with an often overlooked command line tool

If you love simplicity, then GNU nano might be the perfect text editor for you.

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OpenBSD 6.4: Installing a Seriously Underrated OS in a Virtual Machine

“Safety first” — that’s what they said.

Installation guide for OpenBSD 6.4 (current versions work as well). Try out a new operating system in a virtual machine.