Das Xperia Active ist mein erstes Android Handy. Davor hatte ich zwei relativ ähnliche Sony Ericsson (K750i und C510) die beide leicht, klein und ziemlich robust waren. Für mich ist ein Handy ein Gebrauchsgegenstand der nur eine begrenzte Zeit halten muss und um den ich mir keine Sorgen machen will wenn es regnet oder ich [...]
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. This wisdom is only partially true for most modern devices, thanks to firmware updates. I’ve briefly mentioned having used a “hacked” firmware for the past few months. This weekend, contemplating whether and when to buy a new camera body, I decided to see if there have been [...]
Careful readers should have noticed that I talked about having finished my Computer Science studies recently. Now, there are several steps to the process. First you simply hand in your diploma thesis, meaning that you’re done working on it. At some point, if you need it, you can get a slip which confirms that you [...]
I haven’t blogged in a while and don’t really feel inclined to post anything too geeky (though I certainly have some topics in the pipeline). So I decided to have a look back at 2010 from a photographic point of view. This includes the shots I took and the stuff I used to do it. [...]
Up until recently I thought of quickly cracking a WEP-enabled wireless as complicated. I was under the impression that not only special wireless NICs were needed to perform the necessary attack, but furthermore some time, a lot of luck and extensive knowledge of the necessary tools were absolutely necessary. I had seen videos of someone [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is a post about some things you might have used a graphical tool for in the past, but which can be done just as well using command-line tools. Since I keep finding these little gems I hope I can continue this kind of post in the future. I’ll try to categorize the tips and [...]
You often hear the phrase “the swiss knife of …”. Well, for networking, OpenSSH clearly deserves that title in my opinion. Besides the obvious feature of providing secure logins with different options for mutual authentication, it can also be used to transfer files. It is also a core component of software like git, which depend [...]
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 [...]
