Yesterday I got another shipment with electronics parts, which is almost better than Xmas. Among other things it contained a remarkably cheap energy meter. They’ve also got a link to a c’t-article about energy meters there. For readers of adafruit blog, it is similar to a “Kill-a-watt”, but for 220V 50Hz. This one only costs [...]
robert The Dump. electricity, energy, rant, standby, waste
I’m just keeping my mind busy, ordering some thoughts and testing my memory.
Almost 20 years ago I was lucky to have a math teacher willing to teach our class ‘all about’ complex numbers. At that time there were some changes to the curriculum and he could have skipped that or chosen something else. I don’t [...]
robert The Dump. complex numbers, imaginary unit, mandelbrot, math
New Year is over, time to post something new to get the fireworks images out of the way ;-) Here’s a slogan that’s a perfect match to my current state of mind:
“Until you decide that NOTHING will stop you from success, EVERYTHING will.”
That one contains a lot of wisdom.
And now some images of snow (lots [...]
robert The Dump. DPSS, laser, LIDAR, POV, snow, winter
2009 has been a pretty tough year for everybody it seems. I’ve had a big share of nasty setbacks myself. Let’s hope the next decade of the second millennium has more pleasant things in store for us. Let’s make 2010 the perfect year. Concentrate on what really matters to you and quit being somebody else’s [...]
robert The Dump. fireworks, happy new year
“FrOSCon is a two day conference on Free Software and Open Source, taking place for the third time on August, 23rd/24th 2008 at the Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin near the cities of Bonn and Cologne.
“We are looking for contributions about current developments from the whole field of Free Software and Open Source., e.g.:”
Operating [...]
robert The Dump. hardware, open source
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