30Dec
Through the Orient on the AIDA Stella – my first cruise
Admittedly, I have prejudices against cruises. These are the same prejudices I have against package holidays in fenced-in hotel resorts: Predetermined program, little flexibility, hardly any contact with locals, too many people. I hate people. Not because of the sheer number of people, but because of the number of idiots. Bumping into people, squeezing through, being loud. Just not my thing. So now, of all things, we’re going on a cruise ship and, to make matters worse, to a region where mistakes in public life can quickly end up in jail. We visit the Orient – friends and colleagues have persuaded me.
11Nov
macOS Update fails and system stuck and rebooting after login attempt / Unable to get phases
If you can’t log in to your Mac after an update, instead the screen flickers and the computer restarts into a bug report, then this blog entry might help you. I have no idea what exactly is happening here and the solution seems anything but professional, but it works. But one thing is for sure: The way Apple’s quality assurance staff work, I would like to take a vacation.
28Oct
Affordable name badges as gallery badges for paintings and collections
A few years ago I had the idea to put a kind of gallery sign on my pictures hanging in my flat. So visitors can recognize immediately what kind of pictures they are. Now it was not so easy to find a suitable supplier with the Google search “signs for pictures”. I went on the search for an appropriate solution and found a producer of name badges.
26Oct
LED lighting in furniture made smart with Osram Lightify or Philips Hue
For a long time, I was looking for a way to integrate my LED strips into my Smarthome, which are permanently installed in the living room cupboards. Now I have not only found a solution that works, but also a solution that really excites me and that I am thrilled about for a long time to come: I control my LED cabinet lighting with a Zigbee LED controller via the Philips Hue system. Not so easy to connect a normal LED strip to the proprietary Philips Hue system, but possible.
14Oct
Camping-Hacks: The ultimate shopping list for campers and newcomers
When friends and newcomers to camping ask me for tips for their first camping holiday, I often give the same advice over and over again. So here you will find my ultimate camping shopping list with practical and space-saving gadgets for your trip in a motorhome, van or caravan.
08Sep
SAP: Determining the Host Name and IP Address of an SAP Server Using a Transaction
How can we quickly and reliably find out the host name and IP address of an SAP server via the SAPGUI?
25Aug
iPhone: Force VPN connection when connected to foreign WiFi
By using profile files for device configuration, iPhone can be set up to automatically establish a secure VPN connection when connecting public unsafe wireless networks. This article contains an explanation and an easily customizable template.
25Aug
SAP HCM: Error accessing holiday calendar P2518
Solving “Error accessing holiday calendar on 20180901Message number P2518The function module HOLIDAY_CHECK_AND_GET_INFO returned an error”
17Jun
7 days in Porto – Travel tips and photoblog
For my father’s 60th birthday, we gave him a city break. He could choose the destination himself and to my surprise he chose the northern Portuguese city of Porto. Port wine, ham, seafood – we are coming.
16Feb
Where to find the Tax Jurisdiction Code in SAP ERP BDoc in Structure Editor
If you want to check if SAP ERP is sending correct information about a customers tax jurisdiction, you can do so by looking at the single BDoc in TX SMW01.
13Feb
Restore SD card images reliably with graphical user interface
If you want to restore a previously saved image of an SD card, you can often use various command line tools such as the terminal. Restoration can easily become a pain: The progress of the recovery is not displayed or the recovery is simply unreliable – the SD card in Raspberry Pi still doesn’t want to boot at the end. A new tool for Mac, Windows and Linux with graphical user interface solves the problem: Etcher.
04Feb
Most common SAP HCM transactions
The following table contains the most used and most important transactions for SAP HCM.
