the search for the sign
After a long time, I went to Germany for a visit. It was out of question that I am going to cycle in Germany as well. First I like it very much and second I ate all the tasty food that I do not get in...
View Articlecompressed and encrypted dropbox
Introduction and Requirements Somewhere I found step by step instructions, how to automatically compress and encrypt files which are copied into the misty cloudy space of Dropbox. But I am not able to...
View Articlemc flurry
Usually I do not go to these eateries in which someone can eat the whole menu back and forth and from left to right without getting the satifaction of having eaten something. Just the pain that slowly...
View Articlespeed up debian
The following tricks to speed up several things in Debian, were collected through multiple forums. Application Acceleration There is a package called preload, an “adaptive readahead daemon”. It...
View Articleeega, the fly
Another incredible idea. It seems that the script editors, screen writers and whoever is involved in writing stories for movies, became insane. The Telugu movie “eega” meaning nothing else than...
View Articlesolar panel for galaxy s (i9000)
For extended cycle trips I am using my Samsung Galaxy S for GPS tracking. However prolonged trips cause a serious power drain on the battery and an external power source is required. Hence I bought a...
View Articlea stove with waist oil collator
In “The Hindu” on 18/05/2012: A truly remarkable invention: A gas stove with a collator for waist oil. No matter how much you eat, the collator critically compares your current waist oil with probably...
View Articlesamsung galaxy s3 – a short review
I got my hands on a Samsung Galaxy S III (or SGS3 or I9300) recently and I must say, it is a very impressive piece of technology. However it also has its flaws that pop up occasionally and which should...
View Articlebangalore, yelagiri, bangalore
Abhijit, Mustafa, Nirmal and I started the Yelagiri tour on Friday night at around 11PM. The aim was to beat the heat during the day while riding on the highways. Since it is mostly downhill,...
View Articlethe dumping lane for snow
Finally: Last week it started snowing. By the 15th of January a layer of around 5cm (2 inches) covered the country side. I always looked forward to ride in snow and to slide around. Especially I have...
View Articlelibboost and write_graphviz(_dp)?
Currently I am working with the boost library to handle graph operations. A requirement is to read and write the graphs from and to a file, which caused me a lot of head ache and time consuming...
View Articlelibboost and read_graphviz_dp
After describing, how graphs can be stored, the question arises, how can they be read? Again we use this graph as an example which is represented in the file example.dot: The vertices are a struct in...
View Articleremember: right sided traffic only
In Germany the traffic usually moves on the right side of the road. It was always like this and did not change in recent times. However it seems that the people working for the road department, do not...
View Articleinitial release (version: 0.1 alpha, build 20130421)
Introduction The formerly peaceful galaxy has been taken over by evil enemies. Only one ship stands still in their path and fights back. But the time and resources are running short and every action...
View Articlespacecoord 2 tutorial
Menu The first thing that greats you, is the main menu: New – Start a new game. If you played a game before, but have not finished yet. The new game will overwrite the state of the old game. Continue –...
View Article0.2 alpha – build 20130615
Finally I managed to integrate an interactive tutorial into the game. I also added the option to choose a difficulty level for the professional combat pilots out there. Try it out! What else is new in...
View Articlegerman department of education login form
Recently I applied for a login to the web site of the Department of Education of Germany. More precisely of North Rhine-Westphalia, a state in Germany. Below the space in which a user is asked for the...
View Articlea scammer on craigslist
Recently I sold my cycle online and I put it on several online classifieds such as craigslist. Ronald Olsen contacted me, asking details about the cycle and seemed to be very interested in buying it....
View Articleinsurance against airlines going bankrupt
Recently I wanted to book a flight at one of the webpages which are suppose to compare the travel fare of many different airlines and spit out a list with the cheapest, fastest (or whatever your...
View ArticlePeople generalize!
People generalize! Although this statement is a generalization by itself, I would say that for most of us, it is true. How many times did we say “Politicians are corrupt”, if another case of...
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