Introduction For some time, actually some years, I am pondering with ideas how to create a wide area low bandwidth data network. The regulatory situation is a bit limiting, you only have few license free bands at hand, the so called ISM bands. The most well know are the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands used by WiFi and Bluetooth. But these… Read more »
So I got myself a new toy, the InfiRay P2 Pro thermal (IR) camera. Why? Since I already had the FLIR One Pro? And invested the work to create a Linux application for the FLIR One Pro? Well, the FLIR One Pro started to annoy me a bit, I have to admit. First of all is has a battery included…. Read more »
Recently I got myself a new toy, the Moorebot Scout The Moorebot Scout startet out with a Kickstarter campaign but by now the Scout is also available for retail directly from Moorebot or from some of the more usual outlets. I got mine from a German retailer via eBay. The Scout is a little larger than the palm of your… Read more »
Open source and free software is so amazing! And you learn new tricks every day. Today I learned how to make my music collection even more awesome to listen to on my home hifi setup. The setup is nothing really spectacular, mainly consisting of an older Yamaha RX-V661 amplifier, a matching Yamaha active subwoofer, two good hifi front speakers, a… Read more »
Just the other day I had a thought about this litigation against YoutTubeDL (now yt-dlp), the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) stepped in to help with an amicus brief, talking about how this could endanger culture and free press. While I think they are not wrong in this regard, but I think that everyone is missing another very critical point here!… Read more »
For many years now I am on a quest to find my ideal mobile computing device, aka laptop. It should be small and lightweight so that it is easy to carry, but not too small so that I can still work on it. It should have decent battery life so that I can get through a day with light use… Read more »
I am not a musician, not at all. I love music! And for year I feel the craving for being able to make my own music, but have not found the right means for it, yet. Over 30 years ago I started a bit with the guitar and indeed had some fun with it! But it cost a lot of… Read more »
Nachdem ich nun immer wieder Nachrichten weitergeleitet bekomme, wie böse doch Telegram sei. hier mal ein paar Wore dazu. Ja, die vorgebrachten Argumente stimmen im Prinzip. Die größte Kritik ist die für Gruppen fehlende Ende zu Ende Verschlüsselung und damit, dass Gruppenchats unverschlüsselt (=lesbar) auf Telegram Servern liegen. Ja, das ist nicht so gut. Aber bitte bedenkt, dass alle eure… Read more »
Wie Heise und andere melden, schränkt Microsoft seine online Produkte wie Office 365 und weitere Netz basierten Dienste immer weiter ein – angeblich wegen der Überlastung ausgelöst durch mehr Nutzung wegen der Corona Virus Krise. Davon abgesehen, dass dies zeigt, dass MIcrosoft offenbar mehr Kapazitäten vermietet hat, als sie tatsächlich vorhalten, was an sich schon ein fragwürdiges Geschäftsgebaren darstellt, da… Read more »
Just today it came to my attention that the GNOME Foundation, a non-profit free software governing foundation, has been approached by what seems to be a patent troll trying to squeeze money out of the non for profit GNOME foundation over a patent, which can only be laughed at. Here is the information that the GNOME foundation gave: https://www.gnome.org/news/2019/09/gnome-foundation-facing-lawsuit-from-rothschild-patent-imaging/ Looking… Read more »
