Archive for the 'Allgemein' Category

ALIX 2D13: 2.6.35, LEDs, lighttpd, lmsensors

It’s a good thing I waited a few days before releasing my next ALIX-post. I was gonna talk about the leds-alix module and where to download it, but in the meantime 2.6.35 was released and already contains all the necessary code. So, besides this post there is a new config: Linux 2.6.35 vanilla for ALIX [...]

ALIX 2D13: First impressions

I desperately needed a new toy, and found the perfect match with the ALIX 2D13 board from Swiss manufacturer PCEngines. I’ve had good experiences with the WRAP-board more than four years ago, so I knew about the quality of their products. This post should serve as a quick introduction and point out some caveats if [...]

Hiking around the Eschbachtalsperre

Believe it or not, this photo was taken about 2km from my parents home, from the dam of the Eschbachtalsperre, a dam for providing the region with drinking water. Usually I just jog around the lake in the morning, but last weekend Katrin and I discovered one of multiple hiking routes around it and the [...]

CCed photos, still a lot of fun

I’ve been keeping track of my CCed photos for a while now, updating the list of people that use my flickr-photos on a regular base. Today I did another round, simply by googling “heipei flickr”. Not surprisingly I came up with about 12 new websites and blogs. And I’m happy that people are discovering my [...]

RWTH UROP: Undergraduate Research

Heute haben Flo und ich unser UROP-Projekt erfolgreich beendet. Da ich, von allen Leuten mit denen ich in den letzten paar Monaten gesprochen habe, niemanden gefunden hab der überhaupt von UROP gehört hatte werde ich versuchen diese Lücke mit einem Blogpost ein wenig zu schließen. Die Details unseres Projekts werde ich ggf. in einem späteren [...]

Studium – Seminare, Protokolle, UROP

Nach einer Menge Posts über anderen Kram und neidischen Blicken zu Flos aufgeräumter Studiumsseite wollte ich mal noch ein paar Dokumente aus den letzten Semestern aus dem Schrank holen. Vielleicht hilft es ja dem ein oder anderen Studieninteressenten der sich nicht vorstellen kann was man überhaupt so während seines Informatikstudiums macht. Seminare Seminare bei uns [...]

Photo recap for early 2010

Wow, the last few weeks I shot more photos (and learned more) than in a whole year, at least that’s how it feels. First and foremost I got a new lens for my birthday. The Canon EF-S 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 IS. This was meant as a replacement for the rather basic 18-55mm that came with my [...]

Softbox DIY

Just like the post on the Streulichtblende (sorry, german only) I thought I’d build my own Softbox before actually buying one (and the flash that goes with it ;). What’s a Softbox? Well, put simple it’s a device to distribute light/the flash evenly over a big surface, so that the resulting light and especially the [...]

Aachen Open 2010 – It’s gonna be legen… dary!

This is just a reminder that Aachen Open, a German speedcubing competition, will take place again next year. More precisely on January 16/17, 2010. What’s even better is the huge number of registered participants and the new venue for the competition. Since the last place became quite crowded (and began to smell after about 2 [...]

Aspire One / X.org screen blanking

When using X on my Acer Aspire One (110L) and playing videos with mplayer, X would occasionally blank the screen after a few minutes without any way out but to suspend/resume to get your X back. This didn’t only happen with mplayer, and it didn’t have anything to do with xscreensaver.Anyway, after some digging I [...]