How to keep your data on a small removable SSD with USB interface?
The idea explored here is to separate your data physically from the computer that you are using them on. This has the following advantages: (1) you are quite safe from theft because you can keep...
View ArticleHow to fix when the mouse stops clicking in Lubuntu?
The mouse stopped clicking at times – it seemed to happen at arbitrary moments. The pointer would still move, but it was no longer possible to click in any way (on my ThinkPad X201 Tablet meaning:...
View ArticleHow to count words in XML and HTML files?
For HTML files, you can use the command-line tool html2text (even with several files at once), together with wc: html2text *.html | wc --words For XML files, you can use the command-line tool xml_grep...
View ArticleHow to create a panorama from video under Linux?
Option 1: Autopano Pro Autopano Pro is a great sophisticsted panorama software that comes with a Linux version (.deb package even!). It is commercial software for about 100 USD, but has a demo version...
View ArticleHow to use a webcam as a high-resolution scanner?
All software that I found (esp. the many Android apps developed for this purpose) use the webcam by taking a single picture and improving it digitally to be a "scan". This however leads to low...
View ArticleHow to repair an Android phone where only the bootloader works?
Yesterday, I nearly bricked my phone (HTC Desire HD), but got it back up and running again. Here is how – it is a relatively simple technique but I did not find it on the web, so I thought I'd share...
View ArticleHow to fix excessive numbers of FTP connections in in TIME_WAIT state?
When you use FTP for recursive downloads or uploads and the FTP server has a firewall installed, you might get blocked due to "too many connections". Nearly all of those connections would be in...
View ArticleWhat powerline adapter to use that can be fully managed under Linux?
Powerline is a technology for transmitting data over the AC grid. All devices provide an RJ45 Ethernet plug (and some also wifi and USB), so they support client devices of all operating systems. Basic...
View ArticleHow to create group-specific default panels in Drupal 7?
Working solution Finding this solution was quite a nightmare. But, here it is. This assumes you have a working setup of Panels in Drupal 7 already. Use a group path prefix. Set up pathauto to include...
View ArticleHow to fix “Unable to allocate shared memory segment of 67108864 bytes”...
One of my websites was constantly throwing "Internal Server Error" errors, and that error appeared as follows in /var/log/apache2/error.log: Thu Oct 16 17:59:14 2014 (19446): Fatal Error Unable to...
View ArticleHow to install OSMAnd~ maps via download to a computer?
Downloading your OSMAnd~ maps to a computer and installing them to your Android phone from there has several advantages: Use cheaper or faster network access. In a case where, for example, there is no...
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Pilot-wave theory implications on the Big Questions
This draft-state article explores the implications of pilot-wave theory (see) on the "big questions" in life, assuming that pilot-wave theory is indeed adequate and that the universe is deterministic...
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How to create the best collaborative ad-hoc database ever
For a crisis-mapping project after the 25 April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, we needed a collaborative online database that is easy to set up and maintain. I found the product on obvibase.com to be the...
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The end of “developing”
I am back in Germany after four months in Nepal. First impression? Germany is well-organized, super quiet, and populated by zombies. The living dead, you know. (Oh and, Germany is so flat. Very...
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Not so normal living conditions (Part 1)
So this is my home now, a 4×4 ex-firefighter truck from 1976. Bit older photo, but from the outside it still looks like this. Except it has a licence plate, means it's street legal now. It's misssing...
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Freedom as in free trash
So I just finished another little project: my new entrance ladder. Ok, let's say it's finished except for a layer of paint, as always. All paint jobs pile up for when I have no urgent needs and will...
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Living in the forest and paying with trash
Good news for my truck, it got MOT again ("TÜV") so I can move around a bit. Used the opportunity for a nice little tour. Including: buying some parts for my "living space" in a hardware store;...
View ArticleAgainst human trafficking in Europe: So much to do
A friend with a big heart for victims of human trafficking asked me to identify opportunities for helping trafficked women in Europe. As my (initial) results can be useful for others as well, I publish...
View ArticleIdea collection: Electric wheelchair hacking
Just a quick brain dump: more and less useful things you can do with the components of an old electric wheelchair (usually two 24 V DC geared electric motors of 200-400 W each, a motor controller, and...
View ArticleSelecting a notebook for 4k video editing
For a friend, I recently researched which notebook can be recommended for Ultra HD video editing (4K UHD, 3840 × 2160 px). Here is, in short, what we found. First priority: Intel Core i7-7xxx CPU,...
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Vanlife Updates (May / June 2017)
Some pictures of living in the truck over the last month (2017-05-03 to 2017-06-08). #vanlife (Click picture to see a larger version.)
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Software for agile, task-based collaboration
At the company I co-founded, we have tried for quite some time to find a collaboration software solution that works for young, free-range, independent workers. We’re settling on Dynalist for now –...
View ArticleHow to earn from excess electricity or computing power
Because I live in a truck, in summer I have the interesting problem of excess (practically free) photovoltaics electricity. The same can happen in an off-grid home or a grid-connected home in a...
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Celebrating Final Red Cabbage Day
While I don’t exactly live in a food truck, I live in a truck and I cook food. Here’s a random selection of the dishes that I happen to have photos of. Cooking something. Cooking something else....
View ArticleThe banality of consumption
Life in today’s capitalist societies is far from great. It’s full of meaningless bullshit work, full of laws and other constraints, and all of that in the face of multiple ecological crises that...
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