This is my first post about my new hobby, smart homes in general and specifically HomeMatic, and it’s already quite a technical one: solving the AES authentication problem with the new HM-SEC-SD-2 smoke detectors. The detectors use cryptographic authentication between them so that not every grumpy neighbour can activate the alarm. This is good, but also… Read More »
A little over two years ago QPC2 v4 was made available for free to celebrate the birth of my little girl Marla. I wanted to release 4.03 for her first birthday but missed the date and then forgot about it (the changes weren’t that important anyway). So I planned to release what I have for… Read More »
… to this very website. According to a copy I obtained from Archive.org my website had its 18th birthday yesterday (back then it was under a different URL which I won’t disclose here because of embarrassment and stuff). I wanted to celebrate this by releasing a new version of QPC, but unfortunately one last minute… Read More »
In 1991 Albin Hessler released the EasyPtr package to the world. It was quite revolutionary for its time, combining a powerful SuperBasic extension with a true WYSIWYG dialog editor. I was a young lad back then, about 12 years of age, and luck would have it that Albin was friends with Jochen Hassler, who happened… Read More »
I promised last time that I will only write a new post if I have something interesting to say. Today’s topic is interesting to maybe three people in the world, but I’m sure they will be thrilled. Today I was asked a question about the SMSQ/E boot sequence and it’s been so long that even… Read More »
When I built my last site Netscape Navigator was still the rage and CSS very much in its infancy, so I thought it’s time for a slight update… To this end I had a look at some content management systems and what people thought about them. WordPress doesn’t have a good reputation in my circles,… Read More »