28Feb
Test: Do thermo-electric fireplace fans really work?
Discover the effectiveness of thermo-electrical ventilators for fireplaces and ovens. Our tests show they improve heat distribution and speed up room warming.
05Feb
Mobile Internet abroad – tiny router accepts any SIM card
In European countries, mobile Internet is now hardly a problem. However, on our trips to Albania, Montenegro or Serbia, we need SIM cards from local network operators. At the same time, we want to remain reachable under our mobile numbers and therefore don’t want to constantly swap the SIM cards of our iPhones. That’s why we use a small router that fits in any pocket and supplies our iPhones with non-EU Internet via WiFi.
26Jan
Temperature controller on Viessmann Trimatic jumps between values
When turning the controls for day and night temperature of our Viessmann Trimatik heating control, the values on the display jump back and forth uncontrollably. This is a sign of ageing of the potentiometers of the rotary controls. With a little skill, you can fix this yourself.
06Jan
Mount Fritzbox in rack with Fritzbox Rackmount bracket
The Fritzbox should no longer stand around in an untidy way? Here are mounting brackets for the server cabinet and patch cabinet?
01Jan
ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS on WordPress after Go Live + Domain change
You just released your new wordpress site from development into productive state and changed the domain. But now, some links don’t work and redirect in infinity. We can fix it in the databases backend.
07Dec
Fit Quickpitch or Alu-Cab roof tent: Better to use roof rack platform
When we got our Quickpitch roof tent, we mounted it on two crossbars from Frontrunner. After one crossbar broke, we then switched to a roof rack platform from Rival.
07Oct
Stauning Whisky Distillery Tour
In the fall of 2022 we visited the Danish distillery “Stauning Whisky”. During a private tour, we gained insights into the entire production, from floor malting, drying and smoking to bottling and tasting.
28Sep
Equip Cloud Key Gen 2 Plus with SSD and save energy
Is it possible to upgrade the Ubiquity Cloud Key Gen 2 Plus to SSD and make it more energy efficient and faster? Yes!
11Sep
Mounting Maxtrax MK II theft-proof on Quickpitch / Alu-Cab roof tent rails
In this post I show you how I attached my Maxtrax MK2 recovery boards to the roof tent in a theft-proof way.
11Sep
How to use Quickpitch / Alu-Cab Rooftent mounting rails
With these nuts and bolts you attach cargo to the mounting rails on the top of the roof tent.
02Sep
Hornets gnawing in the lilac
If you suddenly discover hornets in the lilac bush, you might think that the large insects are building a nest there. But they only feed there.
25Jul
How to develop HDR photos in 2022: Luminar Neo with HDR Merge
In this tutorial I explain step by step how to create an HDR composition from the images of an exposure series. I use Luminar Neo HDR Merge as the programme for HDR development.
