Projects Update

I am currently tinkering around with my LCD-Clock project.

New is: I’m trying to make a prototype design using ponoko. But its pretty expensive, phew. My option is to make it on my own… which would, most definitely, lack any nicely looking outcome.   Working with acrylic glass is just awful! Well my opinion…

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Blog name change

As much as I liked the old Blog name I nevertheless decided to change it. Why? – ’cause “strange” is one of my life’s frequently occurring adjectives.

Technical stuff always behaves in a matter it was never intended to or no-one else would ever encounter. I tend to get the most exotic errors when [...]

It is 09. June 2011 now… well… long break, again.

Title says it all… But, now that I finished my diploma thesis I have some more spare time and what else but picking up old projects comes into my mind?

I grabbed the box where I stored my stuff and… it was dusty… sign of a neglected project! Anyway, I could pretty much [...]

Wow… over two years of… nothing

Yeah, I know. I’m not good at keeping track of stuff in my blog.

What was the last thing… ah, yes… HBCI. Never got it working well. I think there is something wrong with the chip card.

Ok, actually I wanted to say that there is a new page logging a project of mine:

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OpenStreetMap02

I already posted something about the openstreetmap project before. Now some pictures to illustrate the progress:

It shows my work (Elgershausen and some parts of Großenritte) and the work of T2000 and another guy we dont know yet . Oh, before i start explaining all over… follow this link. [...]

Server

Also based on T2000′s influence i ordered a Jetway IPC Board. This is a mothermoard with mounted 1GHz CPU. The board is made for low noise and low power consumption and therefore perfect for a server project.

T2000 already made a nice case for his server. I suggested to use plastic glas, so he [...]

OpenStreetMap

T2000 told me about OpenStreetMap, an open source project for providing free street maps and more… well see here.

I ordered a GPS mouse and managed to get it working with my PowerBook using gpsdX and the Prolific drivers to get /dev/tty.usbserial working.

Anyways, its working great and I already uploaded some street information. [...]

“Licht aus”! – Google gone black

Bild (germanys daily trash newspaper), the TV channel ProSieben, BUND, Greanpeace and WWF together with Google initiated an action where people were asked to switch off all their lights for 5 minutes. The target audience were not only private households but also companies and even cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Reason: a sign [...]