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  • 13 january 2020

    Lets revive this :)

    Hello! Another old car. And a random video.

  • 18 april 2016

    Lancia Fulvia Sport (Zagato) 1600

    For about a year I was searching for a Lancia Fulvia Zagato 1.6 that I could afford and is a condition worth owning. I finally found it.

  • 12 december 2014

    Full Disk Encryption with GRUB 2 + LUKS + LVM + SWRAID on Debian Jessie

    I'm switching my NAS from FreeBSD 10 to Linux. This post documents the setup of the base system, especially getting the disk layout, encryption and booting right.

  • 10 october 2014

    Book List September 2014

    The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

  • 27 september 2014

    Notes on: Sam Altman's How to Start a Startup - Lecture 2

    Sam Altman: Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II

  • 25 september 2014

    Notes on: Sam Altman's How to Start a Startup - Lecture 1

    Sam Altman: Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I; Dustin Moskovitz: Why to Start a Startup

  • 10 september 2014

    Book List August 2014

    Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices); How to organize offshore and nearshore collaboration; How To Get Prepared For Managing A Remote Team

  • 20 january 2014

    IPSec between FreeBSD and Mac OS X in Transport Mode

    Because I do not trust WPA2 Wifi encryption for sensitive data, I implemented IPSec in transport mode between my NAS and my Mac.

  • 12 january 2014

    Setup Google Authenticator on FreeBSD

  • 11 january 2014

    Securing FreeBSD. A living Post.

  • 07 january 2014

    ZFS Full Disk Encryption with FreeBSD 10 - Part 2

    The actual instructions for a ZFS full disk encryption setup. The bootloader, kernel and keyfiles are stored on an external USB stick that can be removed after the system has finished booting. Additionally, a passphrase is needed to decrypt the keys.

  • 07 january 2014

    SSH exchange identification: Connection closed by remote host

    One reason might be a brute force attack against your SSHD, which leads to no available forks being able to respond to your legitimate requests.

  • 06 january 2014

    ZFS Full Disk Encryption with FreeBSD 10 - Part 1

    Introduction on how to set up a secure Home NAS with FreeBSD, ZFS and encrypted hard disks on a cheap HP ProLiant MicroServer. This part also includes a description of the FreeBSD boot process.

  • 05 january 2014

    How FreeBSD Boots on ZFS

    I'm working on a secure ZFS setup and dived into the FreeBSD boot process to understand how it all works. Read on if you're interested in the different boot loader stages on GPT/ZFS systems.

  • 05 january 2014

    FreeBSD 10: does SWAP work on a ZVOL?

    Is it feasible to store swap space in a ZVOL instead of a swap partition? TL;DR: No, keep them on separate swap partitions.

  • 04 january 2014

    Getting the FreeBSD 10 installer onto a USB stick under Mac OS X

  • 03 january 2014

    Securing my WordPress Installation

  • 01 august 2011

    Hide PostgreSQL User in OS X Lion 10.7

  • 07 june 2011

    Mac OS X 10.7 Lion TrueCrypt Howto

    Can't access your Truecrypt volumes on Mac OSX Lion? Read on to find out how to fix it yourself.

  • 27 june 2010

    Will iPhone 4 Blend?

  • 25 june 2010

    Nonissue. Just don't hold it that way.

  • 29 april 2010

    Hilarious: Jon Stewart Appholes

  • 16 april 2010

    Apotheken app launched today!

  • 20 february 2010

    Zimt - OpenResearch iPhone Library

  • 04 february 2010

    Fuel Cell RC Car - fast and long-lasting

  • 11 january 2010

    How to get the current iPhone language code

  • 09 january 2010

    The Antikythera Mechanism

  • 07 january 2010

    Invoice App

    Invoice App is a very simple and free online invoicing solution. We use it in-house at OpenResearch but it's free for all.

  • 09 december 2009

    Good Apple push notification tutorial

  • 07 december 2009

    Do whatever you want

  • 05 december 2009

    iPhone Links

  • 30 november 2009

    Billig Tanken is App Store #1 Free (in Austria)

  • 18 november 2009

    "Billig Tanken" AKA "Benzin 2.0" has been released

  • 10 november 2009

    Benzin (Billig Tanken) 2.0 is in review

  • 08 october 2009

    MeetMe for iPhone released as free application

  • 19 september 2009

    Benzin is the best-selling app in Austria!

  • 17 september 2009

    Benzin

  • 10 september 2009

    Create a .us iTunes account without living in the US

  • 09 september 2009

    The iPhone WordPress app is pretty cool

  • 08 september 2009

    At least 140,000 iPhones have been sold in Austria

  • 07 september 2009

    David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08

  • 04 september 2009

    Interesting Blog Stats

  • 04 september 2009

    iPhone App Screencasts

  • 03 september 2009

    LEAKED: New iPhone commercial

  • 02 september 2009

    Snow Leopard Kernel reaches Version 10.0.0

  • 01 september 2009

    Just submitted our first iPhone apps

  • 06 august 2009

    What's wrong with Apple?

  • 30 july 2009

    Viral Wedding

  • 21 july 2009

    Pragmatic Programmers

  • 21 july 2009

    Ted Talk - Exploring the Mind of a Killer

  • 21 july 2009

    The Twitter Hack Timeline

  • 24 june 2009

    Building the postgres gem for a 64-bit PostgreSQL on Snow Leopard (10.6)

  • 23 june 2009

    SMS Gateway

  • 23 june 2009

    Enable SSH Agent (Key) Forwarding on Snow Leopard

  • 22 june 2009

    iPhone Development Links

  • 20 june 2009

    PwnageTool 3.0 works with Snow Leopard

  • 14 june 2009

    Ruby/Rails and MySQL on Snow Leopard (10A380)

  • 13 june 2009

    Hiding a Directory from Finder (Mac OS X)

    sudo chflags hidden /path/to/directory

  • 06 june 2009

    Hello Android

  • 01 may 2009

    SuperNews! - Gates vs. Jobs

  • 19 april 2009

    What Mankind Can Achieve in 40 Years

  • 15 april 2009

    Tweenbots

  • 14 april 2009

    IE6

  • 14 april 2009

    Esad Tulbingerkogel

  • 14 april 2009

    RFC 1925

  • 29 march 2009

    How a programmer reads your resume

  • 18 march 2009

    It is not true ...

  • 17 march 2009

    Rails Version

  • 13 march 2009

    Updating RubyGems on OS X Leopard

  • 04 march 2009

    Three key goals to keep employees motivated

  • 03 march 2009

    Until one is committed, there is hesitancy

  • 03 march 2009

    Downloading a file over an unstable connection with wget

  • 02 march 2009

    Mailserver How-to (Postfix, Dovecot, Amavis, MySQL)

  • 26 february 2009

    Dual-Boot Mac OS X and Ubuntu Intrepid on Macbook Pro

  • 15 february 2009

    Spy Shots with Lena

  • 29 march 2008

    SuperEnvelope

  • 28 march 2008

    Wollmilchsau

  • 27 march 2008

    iPhone Bug

  • 20 march 2008

    Big Dog

  • 28 january 2008

    Disk Space and Installer.app Problems after JB 1.1.3

  • 28 november 2007

    Display all Rails ActiveRecord Attributes

  • 29 september 2007

    Rails MySQL and Leopard

    $ sudo su -
    $ ARCHFLAGS='-arch i386' gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config

  • 31 may 2007

    Google Gears

  • 31 may 2007

    Steve and Bill at All Things Digital

  • 25 may 2007

    I'd like one for my girlfriend

  • 20 may 2007

    J2ME and RESTful Web Service

  • 20 april 2007

    Rails find :conditions

  • 19 april 2007

    Missed it

  • 18 april 2007

    NIN's *Year Zero* Album

  • 13 april 2007

    Payment/Credit Card Processing

  • 13 april 2007

    Can Google Hear Me?

  • 19 march 2007

    Missing Design

  • 07 march 2007

    Good Morning Earth