https://tsvinc.dev/tags/ad-blocking/ Recent content in Ad-Blocking on tsvinc Hugo en-us Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tsvinc.dev/posts/blocky-mikrotik-no-pihole/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://tsvinc.dev/posts/blocky-mikrotik-no-pihole/ <p><figure class="svg-figure" role="img" aria-label="A hand-drawn doodle: the blocky router as a bouncer — a frowning ad envelope is turned away with an NXDOMAIN sign while a happy clean DNS query envelope is waved through the door"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1200" height="675" viewBox="0 0 1200 675" role="img" aria-labelledby="title desc"> <title id="title">Blocky guards DNS on a MikroTik router</title> <desc id="desc">A doodled router acts as a bouncer, turning away a frowning ad envelope with an NXDOMAIN paddle while waving a happy clean envelope through.</desc> <rect width="1200" height="675" fill="var(--bg, #111114)"/> <!-- sparse notebook marks --> <g fill="none" stroke="var(--fg-faint, #4a4a52)" 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182l-32-77m35 76l-20-82M718 181l32-77m-30 79l45-70" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="6"/> <circle cx="457" cy="101" r="7" fill="var(--fg-heading, #e9a447)"/> <circle cx="758" cy="108" r="7" fill="var(--fg-heading, #e9a447)"/> <!-- imperfect router case --> <path d="M420 205Q423 181 449 180L747 184Q777 184 779 212L786 504Q785 532 755 535L448 532Q418 530 418 500Z" fill="var(--bg-secondary, #18181c)" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="6"/> <path d="M433 219q164-12 333 1M437 515q164 10 333 0" fill="none" stroke="var(--border, #2a2a30)" stroke-width="3"/> <!-- simple identity badge --> <path d="M457 231q68-8 139 1l-2 52q-69 7-137-1Z" fill="var(--bg, #111114)" stroke="var(--fg-heading, #e9a447)" stroke-width="4"/> <text x="526" y="266" text-anchor="middle" fill="var(--fg-heading, #e9a447)" font-family="Commit Mono, ui-monospace, monospace" font-size="25" font-weight="700">blocky</text> <!-- bouncer face --> <path d="M650 238q13-8 26 0m22 0q13-8 26 0" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="4"/> <circle cx="666" cy="247" r="5" fill="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)"/> <circle cx="707" cy="247" r="5" fill="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)"/> <path d="M673 270q16 9 32-2" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="4"/> <!-- open passage --> <path d="M626 322q1-22 23-23l90 2q19 1 20 22l4 192-140-1Z" fill="var(--bg, #111114)" stroke="var(--link, #78d8bd)" stroke-width="5"/> <path d="M640 316q51-8 105 1M641 496q53 8 108 0" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg-faint, #4a4a52)" stroke-width="3"/> <circle cx="742" cy="405" r="6" fill="var(--link, #78d8bd)"/> <!-- stern arm and rejection paddle --> <path d="M420 329c-35-12-58-5-79 22-10 13-19 17-31 14" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="7"/> <circle cx="306" cy="364" r="9" fill="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)"/> <path d="M337 350l-30-71" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="8"/> <path d="M242 222q66-17 130 1l10 58q-68 17-132 1Z" fill="var(--bg-secondary, #18181c)" stroke="#cc3333" stroke-width="6"/> <text x="312" y="260" text-anchor="middle" fill="#cc3333" font-family="Commit Mono, ui-monospace, monospace" font-size="21" font-weight="700">NXDOMAIN</text> <!-- welcoming arm --> <path d="M779 326c33-22 56-18 75 5 10 12 20 9 30-2" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="7"/> <circle cx="888" cy="323" r="9" fill="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)"/> <path d="M884 314l-1-23m7 25l18-14m-17 19l22 4" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="4"/> <!-- feet --> <path d="M470 532l-11 25h51l7-24M697 535l8 23h51l-13-24" fill="var(--bg-secondary, #18181c)" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="6"/> </g> <!-- frowning ad envelope, bounced away --> <g transform="rotate(-7 153 385)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"> <path d="M75 338q77-19 153 1l5 79q-78 18-153 0Z" fill="var(--bg-secondary, #18181c)" stroke="var(--accent, #e787db)" stroke-width="6"/> <path d="M82 343l73 46 72-47" fill="none" stroke="var(--accent, #e787db)" stroke-width="4"/> <!-- ad megaphone mark --> <path d="M111 353l24-9 2 21-25-4Zm4 9l5 14" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg-heading, #e9a447)" stroke-width="4"/> <path d="M143 347l11-8m-10 19l14 2" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg-heading, #e9a447)" stroke-width="3"/> <!-- worried face --> <circle cx="171" cy="370" r="5" fill="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)"/> <circle cx="201" cy="369" r="5" fill="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)"/> <path d="M170 397q15-13 31 0" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="4"/> <!-- stumbling legs --> <path d="M110 424l-19 27m86-22l15 29M77 453l20 1m89 6l21-5" fill="none" stroke="var(--fg, #cdcdd0)" stroke-width="6"/> </g> <!-- happy clean query walking through --> <g transform="rotate(3 932 420)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"> <path d="M855 374q76-14 151 1l-3 76q-75 15-149-1Z" fill="var(--bg-secondary, #18181c)" stroke="var(--link, #78d8bd)" stroke-width="6"/> <path d="M860 379l72 43 69-44" fill="none" stroke="var(--link, #78d8bd)" stroke-width="4"/> <!-- happy face --> <path d="M893 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