Let me help you install IOTStack on a Mac Mini. Why? Just because you can? Well, maybe. The true motivation, however, is that I had an un(der)used late 2012 Mac Mini at home that looked to be perfectly suited to run a few Docker containers. The IOTStack README introduces the project like this: IOTstack is […]
Recently I found my self looking for suitable spare batteries for a Carrera Mario-copter drone. The Mario-copter is a fun entry-level drone for kids (8y+). It is reasonably priced and easy to handle. However, due to its light-weight build it can carry only minimal weight. As a consequence, the tiny batteries only give you around […]
Building your own bootloader for PyInstaller is often required to avoid seeing virus scanners (falsely) report your executable as infected. Some anti-virus vendors have included snippets of PyInstaller code in their virus definitions. Look around the internet for “PyInstaller virus” and you will get lots of hits such as here, here, and here. In order […]
What if you could build a flight tracker all by yourself? For just a few bucks? And help a community of flight trackers at the same time? This tutorial guides you through building your own flight tracker aka “feeder” based on a Raspberry Pi. It also demonstrates how to upload the tracking data to ADS-B […]
The climate summit has failed, but we are discussing Greta‘s train journey. Why do we do that? I care deeply about our planet. After all it is the only home we humans have. However, the longer I do, the more desperate I become. Too few people are willing to take, or at least support, the […]
The Lovebox is a project I learned about through a Make: magazine article from 2019. A reader notified ThingPulse – of which I’m a co-founder – because the project’s Arduino sketch relies on an open-source display driver provided by ThingPulse. I was immediately intrigued as the project involves electronics, software and classical woodworking. As a […]
I’m still giddy; giddy about Docker buildx; giddy about creating multi-arch Docker images on my Mac and having them uploaded and properly stored on Docker Hub with a single, simple command. Why I needed Docker buildx Docker makes my life so much easier – period. Unless there is really good reason to not Dockerize a […]
In this short post you will learn how to make a cheap Grove 0.96″ OLED display module. In fact, it should end up costing you 4-6x less than the off-the-shelve product. Grove primer Just real quick in case you stumbled upon this post not exactly sure what you are looking for. Grove is a modular, […]
Look Creately, if you want me to use your service – which I really wanted to – then it is not a good idea to require dead technology from a past era. Adobe Flash is really dead. Has been for a long time. Its fate was sealed back in 2007(!) when Apple refused loading it […]
Yes, Apple did forget to include a dial pad for FaceTime on the Mac. Says who? I do. Every now and then I make short posts about Apple macOS/Mac behavior I observe that annoys or delights me enough to spend time writing a post. It isn’t all perfectly thought through that gets the Apple design […]