We are experiencing increasingly extreme weather ranging from no rain at all for weeks to pouring rains with more than 50 liters per square meter per hour. At the same time prices for potable water are rising. As my astronomy hobby has a lot to do with appreciating the beauty of nature, I am also …
Author Archives: Herwig
Travel plans complete (mostly)
As of today, I think the plans for our trip are complete. New York We will start off in New York City, as Olivia always wanted to visit the city that never sleeps. We will visit all the “must sees” and also see a musical and have some fine dining experience. East coast to west …
New Photo Gear
I did it – again!Because this year’s trip to the U.S. will be very special for us, I decided to upgrade my Photo gear. And I did this LAST NIGHT (2 and a half days before departure)! So this morning, I ordered the “holy trinity” of Nikon Z Nikkor Lenses: Nikon Nikkor Z 14-24mm 1:2.8 …
Travel equipment
Travelling always meant to me, I need technical stuff, as my camera was and will be always with me. And as I am an enthusiast for high quality products, this meant quite some heavy gear based on my Nikon camera equipment. Currently, I am using a Nikon D850 and in the transition process towards the …
NASA Hackathon 2019, Berlin
In 2019, I attended the NASA Hackathon in Berlin, which was hosted by @ansi in the MotionLab Berlin. As motivational part for the attendees, I gave a short presentation to inspire participants and get the ideas flowing for projects during the hack. Perhaps you might be interested to see the slides on Google Docs.
Smarthome 2023
For several years now, I constantly worked on improving my home automation. It started all quite simple with some disconnected devices but over the years it grew to quite some complex system. I good friend of mine always refers to as “coming back to the future” when visting me in my house. In 2019, I …
Rooftop Observatory
In 2014, I built an astronomical observatory on the top of my house. In a previous blog, I wrote a lot about the development and creation of the obsevatory but due to unfortunate events and despite all backups, these posts were unrecoverably lost. Perhaps I will be able to retrieve them in the future, or …
4th of July 2023!
It’s the 4th of July 2023 – time to start preparing for our once-in-a-lifetime father and daughter trip through the U.S.!This year, we are planning to travel the U.S. from east to west and then a major roadtrip to major national parks and other great sights. Perhaps we will find some time to write about …