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Personal dashcam server with Emby
Photography, Programming

Personal dashcam server with Emby

2022-11-22 espena 2 Comments

After purchasing a dashboard camera for my car, I started building a private server environment for collecting and storing the video files from the camera.

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Fixing content security Policy for WordPress
Programming, Security

Fixing content security Policy for WordPress

2020-10-15 espena 2 Comments

Getting WordPress to play along with HTTP Content Security Policy (CSP) can be challenging.

Security headers play an important role in protecting your web site against malicious attacks, but they can also cause trouble for legitimate server applications.

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Infrared light barrier
Electronics

Infrared light barrier

2018-07-13 espena Leave a comment

I spotted a nice hobby project when my garage door was to be secured with an infrared light barrier.

Homemade gadgets are of lower quality and much more expensive. However, it’s a lot more fun!

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Database research reports with SQL
Journalism, Programming

Database research reports with SQL

2017-03-16 espena Leave a comment

How about a super-simple tool for making, pretty-printed PDF research reports from your usual mess of intricate SQL queries?

There are times when you have to let the rest of your news room into what your’re up to, spending hours and days drilling into large data sets pulled and tweaked by complex SQL queries.

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New GPG key
Security

New GPG key

2016-12-22 espena Leave a comment

I have created a new encryption key, and will transition away from the old one. Inspired by Simon Josefsson at Yubico, I have created (that is, copied) his key transition statement. It can be found at https://espenandersen.no/key-transition-2016-12-22.txt. The statement is signed by both my old and my new key.

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Sign a web page with PGP
Programming, Security

Sign a web page with PGP

2016-05-21 espena Leave a comment

If you want your audience to be absolutely certain that the web page you just served them has not been tampered with, read on. This method may be a good way to calm down even your most paranoid readers.
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Watering pump controller
Electronics

Watering pump controller

2015-01-14 espena 1 Comment

My friend Per Ervland nurtures his practical skills by crafting a solution to relieve him and his wife from the rather cumbersome task of keeping their container garden alive. I helped him with some of the inner workings.

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SOSI shape-up
Programming

SOSI shape-up

2015-01-10 espena 9 Comments

I have written an open-source program to convert Norwegian SOSI map data files into the more widely used Shapefile format.

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Insect focusing
Photography

Insect focusing

2015-01-08 espena Leave a comment

Get razor sharp macro shots with a system camera and a couple of gadgets. The tehcnique is called focus stacking.

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About Espen Andersen

Espen Andersen

I've been engaged in journalism since 1992, now working as development editor at Kommunal Rapport. Previously I worked 12 years as a researcher and developer at the digital investigative unit at Norwegian Broadcast Corporation. I am also a former member of the Norwegian Press Associations Commission for Freedom of information. Currently I participate in the technology committee at Association of Norwegian Editors.

Since this is my personal blog, I'll write about anything that I think might be of interest to you. That includes articles about journalism, photography, diving, electronics and programming.

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Support pages centered around my book «Datastøttet journalistikk» (Norwegian for «Computer assisted reporting«). In this section, you will find course files, link collections and dummy data.

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