My first experiences in playing around with home automation are resulting in a running framework (basic network for extendibiltiy and integration). I am working with raspberry Pi and Home Assistant as central environment. The operating system is debian…
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I have added some new, old images on my flickr photostream. The images have been made in last summer/autumn showing some impresssions from Opatja (Croatia), some more in December in Hongkong and some nature views. Mainly shot with…
Read articleAfter reading through the manuals of the Yamaha N470d receiver I recognized that the usage of banana plugs are documented for the speakers but they are not for the receiver unit of the stereo device: The speaker input…
Read articleAfter configuring the airplay feature of my Yamaha CRX-N470d I encountered issues with my wifi router. For the wifi I am using an Zyxel NBG-419N v2. The Zyxel router by default has the UPnP feature deactivated. To get…
Read articleSince about one year I am unsing Illdy theme for my wordpress blog. Upgrading my blog from illdy theme from v1 to v2 broke severall things on my blog: custom CSS Blog Archive settings page featured image settings
Read articleI have reactivated my photostream on my weblog. The origninals are hosted on flickr. All photos are shot with an Fujifilm X-E2. My aim is to do not do any image postprocessing and show the possibilities of the…
Read articleWhen I first read the firmware update (4.0) rumors for my Fujifilm x-e2, big expectations were raised. Now after applying the update my expectations were mainly satisfied. As promised the autofocus got much quicker - which is in my opinion…
Read articlePowerShell ISE is not enabled by default in Windows Server 2008 R2. PowerShell ISE is an additional Windows Feature which can be easily installed via PowerShell.
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