- Do you know what is also exactly 20 years old ? The Bits und so website, a WordPress installation that has been held together with hopes and dreams and duct tape for far too long. The first rumors about the PHP2Shell…
- On this day 20 years ago, I released the very first episode of Bits und so. Infinite gratitude to the best crew in the world and the best listeners anyone could wish for.
- Over the past few months, I've rewritten, thrown away, half-finished, and completed enormous amounts of software. And it's a genuine joy to be able to simply try things out that I would never have had the patience or…
- App Store Link What’s new in version 2.1.0 Redesigned episode screens with Liquid Glass, native navigation, and updated playback controls. Improved iPad layouts and usability. More reliable audio playback recovery and…
- Recovery The old posts certainly weren’t earth-shattering, but they do contain some nice old screenshots from the early days of iOS and Web 2.0. Old podcast workflows, fun with Telekom, and things like that. Recovering…
- It’s just other people’s computers going up in flames. This blog went up in flames at OVH in 2021. The automatic backup automatically failed to work, and a large chunk of the data was missing. With Codex, I’ve now…
- A friend asked about making a web server reachable from the outside. It is behind some unspecified very paranoid as well as incompetently managed corporate firewall. I asked for help on Twitter and received the…
- At IAA, VW announced a new wallbox in three versions. They sound quite interesting: ID Charger for €399, 11 kW ID Charger Connect from €599, with Wi-Fi/LAN and optional LTE ID Charger Pro for €849, with business…
- This article is an incomplete overview of recommended, affordable wallboxes and offers. It will be updated from time to time. (As of April 2019.) Update, September 2019: VW is about to release an interesting charging…
- For about another month, the “Audi Meteorite” has landed at Munich Airport. It’s a small off-road course meant to demonstrate some Audi e-tron features. After a short wait and without an appointment, a staff member…
- “Trade-in bonuses” for old diesels are coming. For the lottery players among us: maybe another €12k discount on electric cars? Buy a €100 diesel wreck and register it now? https://t.co/Ts155g0rTZ — Timo Hetzel,…
- If you weren’t quick enough to grab a ticket for Sunday, October 21, you’ll have to watch it on the tube—the internet-connected television kind. At bitsundso.live , a very tasteful microsite, you can buy an online…
- Cowardly disclaimer: Tesla says the UMC should not be used with vehicles from other manufacturers. Do this at your own risk; Tesla presumably won’t honour a warranty or guarantee if you do. Ask your electrician whether…
- As with home charging options , what follows depends on your car, region and available charging cards. Still, this should give you an idea of which cards to get in mid-2018 and when to use them. Cars vary considerably…
- If you ask a car dealer or electrician to install a charging point, you may get a very expensive quote that puts you off. I want to describe the inexpensive installation I chose, which also takes the conditions at this…
- Tickets for the live show on October 21 go on sale Tuesday, May 1 at noon! More information in this video and on the event page: bitsundso.de/500600
- Heise reports that Telekom is cancelling tens of thousands of connections in Lower Saxony ( and elsewhere ), after which customers can order new service at 1990s DSL speeds. A drama in four tweets: Yes, digitalization…
- Just the key links and a few tweets for now; more when I get a chance. Federal Network Agency: Protecting net neutrality—certain aspects of StreamOn prohibited Telekom: StreamOn: We’re fighting for our customers Heise:…
- A few days ago, I had the chance to watch the first three episodes of “Dark”. The director and co-writer Baran bo Odar attended the event and answered every question about the series during the Q&A after the screening.…
- During the attack at the Olympia shopping centre, I wrote about how poorly Katwarn performed its basic function . There was another real emergency today: a knife attacker downtown. At 9:47 a.m., police warned the public…