Cheap IoT devices like power plugs are mostly manufactured in China. They connect to “bridging” servers we don’t really have control over, they are usually ….
I remember my first “ping” to prep.ai.mit.edu. This must have been around 1993 . I worked with networks before that time, hacking X.25 networks and ….
The problem with geeks: We are never satisfied. But that’s not too much trouble for those of us who learned to code in the dark-ages ….
In order to understand things, I like to create something useful learning all steps in the process. After connecting a few Alexa-enabled plugs, I wanted ….
Alexa, Google Home, Siri – the new revolution of computing power is the spoken word. You just tell a device what you want and – ….
Dieser Blogbeitrag ist eigentlich mehr ein Tagebuch, damit meine Familie und Freunde in Deutschland etwas besser verstehen, wie wir Tropenstürme sehen und wie “Harvey” unser ….
When exactly did it start? When did we start to refuse to accept the responsibility for our own data? How can it be that we ….
Plenty of services use a standard email-address as login token. This has advantages: The user doesn’t need to remember another keyword and the service provider ….
I recently “upgraded” to CentOS 7 and got a Radeon RX 480 graphics card to go along with the upgrade. Everything went well but a ….
Here is the general idea: I wanted to have a record player that looks nice, spins at the appropriate rpm, is able to display matching ….