Latest Posts
-
Software Development in China
How to use mirror servers in China to speed up access to repositories used for software development.
-
3D Printing Stands for Traxxas TRX-4
After getting a Traxxas TRX-4 Kit with the Defender body some time ago, I learned that it's not good to let the car sit on its tires in the shelve all the time, because the tires will get flat spots. Traxxas TRX-4 Defender So a good opportunity to get into …
-
Archiving Documents
Some years ago (since ca. 2010) I decided to start archiving my documents (invoices, letters, certificates, manuals, and much more...) in electronic form. At first mostly for convenience, but now also as the main backup of the paper versions. In this post I describe my approach and the thoughts behind …
-
Tasmota Firmware for Sonoff S20 Wifi Switches
I have bought two Sonoff S20 wifi switches. One to control a lamp in our bedroom, the other one for "playing". Ordering them on Taobao was not expensive - if I remember right, they were ca. 60 RMB (less than 10 Euro) per piece. From the beginning I was not so …
-
Wordpress behind a Web Proxy
As I spent some time to search for a solution, here a short note on running a Wordpress site behind a web proxy, like e.g. in a company network needed to access the internet (I'm not talking about a reverse proxy setup here). A few days ago, a Wordpress …
-
Setting up a Banana Pi M2 with Armbian
Since some time I have a Banana Pi M2 sitting in the storage room used as a server for files and media. I do not exactly remember where I got the installed Linux, but it was something based on Raspbian, which is not really suitable for the A31 processor. So …
-
Opening Mifon IPTV 4K Box HG680-J
Today I had some time and while tidying up, I found a set-top box we got some time ago from our Internet provider. It came with a contract for combined 50Mbps fiber connection and IPTV. The guy who installed the IPTV box (labeled FiberHome HG680-J) showed us that it worked …
-
E-Mail Notification for Windows Updates
Sometimes I have to deal with a Windows server. But I do not log in regularly, so I wanted to be informed about available Windows updates by e-mail. Some short research in the internet indicated, that this is not possible out-of-the-box. So I enjoyed hacking a bit of Python to …
-
In Memory of DaTou
In Memory of DaTou (大头, "big head"), one of the compound cats, who often sat at the gate in the morning, watching us when we were leaving for office. 大头
-
GNU Terry Pratchett
In memory of Terry Pratchett, this server added a X-Clacks-Overhead HTTP header.