Hardware Low budget car key replication and transponder workaround I lost my backup key for my Mitsubishi car and wanted to replace it. To get a cheap solution I had to remove the transponder from the key and go for a walk…
Hardware Fixing my 30 y old Miele – broken pump + always pumping after short circuit Meteor 2100 (W 715) – A washing machine as old as I am, but serving way more consistently. That’s my parents old Miele washing machine. Now, after 30 years, it refused to pump…
Hardware 1,2,3: How to craft a Huge Heavy-Duty Table from standard materials in <30 min All you need is 1x EUR-palett, 2x OSB and 3x roof battens for this 2.5 m wide heavily loadable table. Material 1x EUR-pallet 2x OSB of 15 mm thickness (or 1x 30 mm)…
Travel Hitch-Hikers Packing List Packing lists come in handy when preparing a travel, especially if the trip is planed spontaneously and you wanna get going asap! Here comes the list, I’ve put together over the past years…
Hardware Low-tech “mild coffee” with Aeropress In this post, I present an Aeropress recipe that uses a “mild coffee” arabica roast (readily ground, no espresso) without the need of a scale or thermometer. Motivation Like many, often times I…
Hardware Sodastream für 2 € selber befüllen Das Sparpotential Ein voller Co2-Zylinder für den Sodastream oder Mitbewerber kostet 5 – 8 €. Da macht sich ein Investment in eine eigene Befüllstation, in meinem Fall 105 € (2017), schnell bezahlt. Die…
Software Phone addiction: Toggle grayscale mode on your iPhone – but fast! Many struggle with phone addiction these days. I’m not falling short on that either. One hack to solve this, is to put your screen in grayscale mode. The black and white graphics are…
Software Tuxtimer – Integratable terminal stopwatch In the last few days, schitzu and I wrote a new stopwatch script in Bash. It simply prints ongoing time in hours, minutes and seconds format. Running the same script again in a…
