Category Archives: Diary

General comments of a diary, day-to-day nature

Adventures with the My Book World Edition (Whitelight) NAS harddrive

Recently, I’ve been obsessing about the network here at home, now we have our own connection to the Internet and router (in the last flat, we shared this via an Ethernet cable that came from our neighbour’s flat). I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Equinoctial Exploration in Tiergarten with Martin

Having met at the Humboldt University Library Mensa (about the best place to eat in that part of town I think), Martin and I set out down the banks of the Spree for a jolly equinoctial exploration of likely sites … Continue reading

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Pen Plotter Replacement Pen DIY

After totalling three pens of the precious supply I got with our HP DraftPro EXL (7576A) pen plotter (see earlier post), I realised that this was unsustainable and promised myself to find a solution for the future. So here’s the … Continue reading

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Why I don’t use GPS logging on my smartphone

This post is an adaptation of an email I was sending to someone who wrote to me to ask about doing what I do. I directed him to this previous post (What GPS to use) and started off clarifying a … Continue reading

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HP DraftPro EXL (7576A) Pen Plotter working

It’s been a long time waiting for me down the studio, but the other day, I managed to crack getting the plotter we bought on eBay for 40 Euros working. At the moment, it’s under WindowsXP and through AutoCAD, which … Continue reading

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