MarkoFiume.com Blog

The weird case of my chinese charging case for my buds

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:25:07 +0000

Weird long title ik sorry. But thing is:

On may 15th i lost the charging case for my Galaxy Buds3 FE which are basically my life, and that same day i found a €28 chinese replacement that is somewhat even better cuz it has a little notch to strap it to somewhere so i dont lose it again xD
Anyway the expected date of arrival was between june 10th and 11th. today is june 11th and precisely 22:18 PM and i still have not received a spoonful of dog dookie.
I've been tracking that package via 17track.net since 2 days ago and then it was in an "alert" state, with the chinese side (China Post) stating it was a "failed delively" outright and the italian side stating very vague stuff, talking about a "package is in Peschiera Borromeo, Milan" and some "return to sender" and another "we are certifying the situation" type stuff. Amazon is dumb and just says "out for delivery" since june 4th and "arriving today" all the time.

Today i check 17track.net and at like 9pm it updates, the italian side has apparently removed all updates from it's feed, and the chinese side still says the delivery has failed. Amazon instead updated a few minutes ago (at like 10pm precise) and announced a delay to june 16th.

Weirdest thing? up until june 7th the italian side stated "delivered to destination" but then in a paradox says "failed delivery, return to sender" which makes absolutely no sense at all

i'll update here or on tweets

piclog.red

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:49:37 +0000

I'm creating this out of frustration

The owner of piclog.blue (a website where anyone can upload low quality jpegs) seems to have died or otherwise vanished in the void since they're not responding to emails, they aren't verifying new users anymore, and the last commit to the piclog source was 3 years ago.

So here i'm creating piclog.red:
Now users are automatically verified and can start uploading as soon as their account is created.
As the platform will most likely grow in size i will personally select and contact potential members to be elevated to admins, giving the ability to moderate sent images and/or users (maybe a bad idea but i hope not)
And i will bump security up a step further to prevent any data leaks.

I will announce in this site's tweets when the domain is bought and active!

Neocities.org is down! June 5th 2026

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:58:49 +0000

Copy paste of the comment i sent on reddit on a related thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/neocities/comments/1txjory/comment/opwjy7i/
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Not a Neocities user (my site markofiume.com is hosted on a vps) but i can confirm it's a DNS resolution issue and since Neocities uses Cloudflare, it's a Cloudflare issue. I was able to get the IP address of a Neocities website using a non-neocities.org domain and trying to access it reveals the Neocities servers themselves are working:

$ curl https://[2620:2:6000::bad:dab:cafe] -Lsk -H "Host: neocities.org" | head -n 12

Neocities: Create your own free website!

SEA (the Seattle database for Cloudflare) did undergo maintenance today from 8am to 1pm UTC but it's almost 2pm as of writing this and https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ confirms SEA is operational again. other than this i can't give a lot of details

First summer vacation journey yay

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:31:18 +0000

Well nothing much really me and extended family got together and went on some famous towns in the countryside near Apulia and ate like damn pigs at a nearby restaurant xd
oh and most importantly i won €200 at a lottery and i'm keeping it all in my wallet!! Lols

School is over

Fri, 29 May 2026 14:13:43 +0000

Today was basically my last day in that class! I'm finally retiring
Well actually i was supposed to retire yesterday but i still had the final boss to defeat - the math exam, which i actually somehow silently skipped yesterday so i did it today AND THAT ONE DIDN'T EVEN GO WELL so the prof made a deal and told me i have one last chance on Tuesday June 4th. Hope that one goes well
In the meantime i still have no idea what i'm going to do in these 3 months - probably just going to think abt next year's class or going outside alone and watching trains or visiting random cool places
I'll keep yall updated (does anyone even read my website anyway?)

The spam emails i get about my website...

Mon, 25 May 2026 21:19:45 +0000

OK i'm bored so right here right now i'm listing all the spam emails i got about my website from various "people" (robots or chinese hackers).

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Zara Wycliffe (zarawycliffe@gmail.com) sent on April 4th 2026: "Regarding your Markofiume.com"
Dear Markofiume.com Team,

I recently reviewed your Markofiume.com and noticed it isn’t ranking well on Google for your service-related searches, which is a missed opportunity, as top sites attract far more leads and visibility.

With the right SEO strategies, we can boost your ranking, attract targeted visitors, and convert them into customers. Let's get you to page 1.

Reply to this email or share your contact details to discuss further.

Best Regards,
Zara Wyclieffe
Marketing Consultant

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Max Lane (max.lane@thetechnomart.com) sent on April 9th 2026: "Website Revamp & SEO Boost Plan for Markofiume.com"
Dear Business Owner of Markofiume.com,

While reviewing Markofiume.com, I discovered that while it functioned well, there were a few places where minor adjustments may enhance the site's overall design clarity, mobile usability, and efficiency.

I have experience working with a variety of platforms, such as OpenCart, Magento, and WordPress, Shopify, etc. to assist companies in modernizing their websites and increasing user engagement.

Would you prefer a brief proposal that includes site-specific recommendations?

Simply respond "Send the Proposal with Basic Features," and I will forward the proposal document.

Best Regards,
Max Lane
Web Expert
(unsubscribe)

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Jeff Liu (jeff@cnnetname.org.cn) sent on April 26th 2026: "markofiume"

(Please Kindly send this message to your CEO since this is urgent. In case you believe this has been delivered to you wrongly, please simply ignore it. Thanks.)
Dear CEO,
This is a formal email. We are the Domain Registration Service company in Shanghai, China. I have something to confirm with you. On April 26, 2026, we received an an application from Yahui Ltd. They desire to register "markofiume" as their internet keyword and Chinese domain names (markofiume.cn, markofiume.com.cn, markofiume.net.cn, markofiume.org.cn). But after checking it, we find this name conflicts with your business name or brand name. To handle this matter properly, it's necessary to send a message to you and confirm whether this firm is your business partner in China?

Best regards

Jeff Liu

General Manager

[image, "China Registries" logo and link to www.chinaregistry.com.cn]

Tel: +86-2161918696 | Fax: +86-2161918697 | Mob: +86-13816428671

12F Kaike Building, No. 1801 Hongmei Road, Shanghai 200233, China

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souvikjain2@gmail.com sent on May 21st 2026: "markofiume.com: Quick idea on using AI for better SEO results"
Hi Team,
A lot of industry businesses are quietly using AI to:
• Predict customer behavior
• Improve conversions
• Optimize campaigns automatically
Most are still not leveraging it fully.
I’ve been testing a few strategies — happy to share what’s working.
Would you like me to send a quick breakdown?
Best Regards,
Souvik
Business Analyst.

Of course i did not respond to any of these emails nor interact (plus i don't really care about SEO, AI and other types of business-ish request) BUT i did save them into a "funny site emails" folder for some reason lol.

Changing SSL certs

Mon, 25 May 2026 20:50:39 +0000

So i just found out my registrar (Porkbun) offers free Let's Encrypt certificates for root domain and subdomain!! I was previously using certbot to do the same thing but that got messy and i had to generate new certs for each subdomain (i got alot of em really) so now i am rewriting my entire Apache vhost setup to use these new certs. But stuff seems to be slightly breaking so expect some (not too much) downtime!

I decided to switch back to Arch...

Sun, 24 May 2026 17:01:14 +0000

So yeah i was previously using Debian on my daily driver laptop, but then i realised it's Debian so it got the software of millenniums ago and they even had the holy audacity to cut off basically every single "important" python3 package and other packages from the repos. So i chose to switch back to Arch Linux (the first distro i was able to install on my system) because of the absolutely gigantic assortment of shiny new packages the repos and the AUR have to offer. Hope it's gonna be good lols

10K HITS!

Thu, 21 May 2026 14:42:39 +0000

Just checked my website and didnt realise the hit counter was at 10001 LMAO ig i'm happy this way, a massive number of indie websites out there rarely reach this level. Good for me! I'll one day make sum special event or theme or other thingy to this site to celebrate

Reflections

Mon, 11 May 2026 19:13:15 +0000

" Life is to face
I used to laugh till i choked
I used to cry like a fountain
Now i have fake smiles
I applaude caressing my palms from the balcony
Eyes dried up like the Aral lake
I do not want to find myself in the cemetery
Like i was marble behind another marble
I fear that i'm becoming automaton, cyborg
But if i have this fear i'm still safe "

pathosfera - caparezza

Alscade.net and a project to revive it

Sat, 09 May 2026 11:46:31 +0000

https://alscade.net/

This is my first ever website actually. According to the registrar (Porkbun), i first bought this domain on July 26th 2025 late in the evening (2025-07-26T19:15:40Z). I did actually have a few domains before this but they had some issues with shitty registrars or names that didn't really fit me (mailand.net and e626.net at first, today they're both malicious and i do not suggest visiting them).

Idk what will i do with the old Alscade.net, but whatever happens is going to happen on the live version. Let me know any suggestions!

First post!

Sat, 02 May 2026 21:19:41 +0000

Obligatory first blog post after constructing the infrastructure for it XD hai world