– Hi, my name is Manfred. I’m a father, husband, software developer and photographer.

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16. Aug 2017 | 1-minute read

Back From Vacation

I’ve just returned from my 3-weeks vacation to the Azores – so there hasn’t been much going on here in the meantime 🙂

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29. Apr 2017 | 1-minute read

Grazer Linuxtage 2017

Just like almost every year, my friend Martin and I attended the “Grazer Linuxtage”, a free conference that annually takes place at FH Joanneum Graz.

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29. Apr 2017 | 1-minute read

I’m building a PhotoBox

Finally I put up some time and started building a “PhotoBox” / “PhotoBooth”.

1. Apr 2017 | 1-minute read

Why Working On Windows Is Fun Again

Hint: it’s because of PowerShell and Chocolatey! 🙂 I’ve just needed to setup IntelliJ with Scala-Plugin and JDK on a new machine:

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31. Mar 2017 | 2-minute read

Merging XML with XSLT and PowerShell? – OK!

Combining XMl files from PowerShell – well, that’s pretty easy once you figured out how to work with

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5. Mar 2017 | 1-minute read

Longterm Internet Connection Speedtest In Linux … With PowerShell ??

Something weird just happened: I’ve actually created the first PowerShell script that now regularly runs on my main Linux machine … the start of something new?

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1. Mar 2017 | 1-minute read

Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless

So that happened … Can’t say that I was looking forward to a replacement of the “old” Rapsberry Pi Zero, as it really was a neat device for what it cost, but hey, WiFi + Bluetooth will make it even a better IoT device!

25. Feb 2017 | 1-minute read

Today At The Dam

yay! – winter spring is coming! We went for a walk at the dam today and met some wildlife – luckily I had my camera and a couple of lenses packed 🙂

25. Feb 2017 | 1-minute read

my pre-holiday Schdraggel #1

I’ve just been looking on what to do and where to go this summer on the Azores … and it seems that 18 days on the islands won’t be enough to visit all the awesome places on this atlantic archipel!

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22. Feb 2017 | 1-minute read

Software-Tipp: Darktable

great RAW photo editor for Linux! darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer.