My flight instructor showed me a cool flight-planning tool named SkyDemon. Unfortunately it is not available for Linux, but with wine it can be installed on my machine. Here is how to do it ...

This article shows how I modified my Baofeng UV5R+ to disable unintentional TX operation and how to lock it down that it becomes "family-safe" ...

Bad or broken connectors within the Baofeng UV5R+ can cause the internal microphone to stop working. Fortunately there is a simple workaround to thisI ...

Google calendar is a wonderful tool. This article shows how to fetch events from a given set of calendars with python. ...

Recently i had to install new plugins for my IDE: Eclipse luna ... At the first try it did not work - and here is why ...

This article shows how to install JohnTheRipper on a Ubuntu machine and how to crack (by bruteforce) a zip file ...

The HM-TRP 3DR Radio is often used for telemetry purposes in DIY drone projects. Depending where you are from you will get it in different flavours (433 MHz, 470 MHz, 868MHz and 915 MHz).  This article shows how to change the main frequency of this TRX to make it work on 433 MHz (70cm HAM / ISM band). ...

Have you ever wondered why the Windows explorer does not find your files ? ... Propably because Windows doesnt search the way you would think. ...

What if i tell you that it is possible to set up a self healing WLAN with nearly zero configuration - Impossible ? ... Nope: Try a meshed WLAN. ...

Are you running out of disksapce again because MSSQL Server is eating all your diskspace? ... Well then its propably time to truncate the logfile -> Here is a simple solution to this problem. ...