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My first AR App: ThingstAR

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It has been some time since my last post, but I have a good excuse: I made a new app. And it is already on the Apple App Store 🎉

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New Project: RibbaLight5 - A native HomeKit lamp using an ESP8266

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Home automation can be a very complex thing. And as a maker you can already integrate many different gadgets into your home. But when it comes to


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CoffeePID: optimizations

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As we saw in the last post (CoffeePID: the build) the project integration was quite successful. Unfortunately the resulting temperature curve is not


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CoffeePID: the build

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Finally it’s time to put the CoffeePID to work. I have testet the software and hardware outside the Gaggia Classic and am very confident, that the


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CoffeePID: the web interface

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This part was the most interesting one yet. I wanted to create a real simple user interface, so I can see the current temperature and if the machine


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CoffeePID: the software

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After I had decided on all the hardware (see here), I was really motivated to get the software part running quickly. I love these kind of projects,


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New Project: CoffeePID - a generic PID controller for coffee machines

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As many people: I love coffee, I would even call myself a coffee enthusiast, owning a Gaggia Classic (R9303/11 to be precise) since 2014. I’m


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Better Location Sharing with Shareloc

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It's finally been done and I'm very happy to see Shareloc in the iOS App Store. The first prototype was created almost a year ago, the backend api has been rewr

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Meine erste eigene iPhone (Location Sharing) App

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Der Vorsatz eine eigene App im Apple Store zu haben besteht schon lange, doch irgendwie hat es bis jetzt nie geklappt. Und das obwohl ich schon 6 Jahre fĂŒr die

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Custom compass position in MKMapView

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Although the second option sounded tempting, the first one seemed to be the obvious choice. But then I learned that the MKMapView doesn't let you do anything wi

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Awake - An OS X Wake-on-Lan Dashboard Widget

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Looking for an easy-to-use OS X Wake-on-Lan Dashboard Widget? Then you are right here. But first things first.

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MacOS Mail: "Google-Konto: Anmeldeversuch blockiert"

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Wer die Meldung "Google-Konto: Anmeldeversuch blockiert" schon einmal bekommen hat, wird sich fragen woran das liegt. In meinem Fall wurde der E-Mail-Abruf auf

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E-Mail-Bilder mit OCR auslesen - Harvester lernen lesen

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Die Impressumspflicht zwingt quasi jeden Betreiber einer Webseite ein Impressum einzubinden. Hier mĂŒssen einige persönliche Informationen angegeben werden, was

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PDFs verkleinern mit dem Mac

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Auf einem Mac lassen sich PDF-Dateien ohne zusĂ€tzliche, meist kostenpflichtige, Anwendungen verkleinern. HierfĂŒr reicht es das Dokument mit der integrierten Vor

Mastodon

@stadtradeln wĂ€re es eigentlich ok, wenn ich auf Inline-Skates teilnehmen wĂŒrde. WĂ€r auch CO2 neutral und körperlich fordernd. Im FAQ sind (Inline-)Skates zumindest nicht erwĂ€hnt


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Projects

Some of the things I've built and written about