Category Archives: personal

Traveling with Deutsche Bahn ….

Diesen Post schreibe ich dann doch mal wieder in Deutsch, weil es das ganze einfacher macht und auch eher an deutsche Leser als an internationale gerichtet ist …. Ich bin seit einigen Jahren wieder vermehrt mit der Bahn unterwegs und … Continue reading

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I have to make a confession …. ;-)

After this topic came up twice this week and people were majorly surprised by this, let me make this more public – I am a part time Vegetarian 🙂 And I enjoy it So, let me put some more meat … Continue reading

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IBM sells Collaboration Business fully to HCL – few thoughts

Those of you who know me for a longer time know that I have been part of IBM’s Collaboration business for a very long time and have recently left IBM. With the announcement last week, I must admit I do … Continue reading

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Gedanken zur eigenen Motivation

Nachdem ich gestern mal wieder motiviert wurde, doch meine Gedanken etwas breiter verfügbar zu machen, nehme ich das tatsächlich einfach mal zum Anlass, zumindest mal das erste der beiden Themen, die mich im Moment sehr umtreiben, aufzuschreiben, wobei, ich kann hier sicherlich nur einen Teil der Gedanken zu dem Thema aufschreiben, es bedarf noch einer Menge weiterer Posts, aber schauen wir mal…..
Die beiden Themen, die mich im Moment beschäftigen sind:
- IT Security (im Zeichen all der Bugs, die wir in den letzten paar Wochen immer wieder sehen)
- Gedanken dazu, wie ich mein Leben besser sortiere
Letzteres ist dann auch das Thema, über das ich heute schreiben möchte. Continue reading

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Was ist ein guter Vater?

Meine Frau hatte mich vor einigen Wochen darauf angesprochen, bzw vorgeschlagen, bei einem Interview zum Thema “moderne Väter” fĂĽr eine lokale Zeitschrift mitzumachen. Zunächst fand ich den Vorschlag reizvoll und interessant, aber kurz vor dem ersten Termin gab es einige … Continue reading

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Kodi reinstallation

Today I did setup a Raspberry Pi 3 to replace my very old- single core Raspberry that was running XBMC first, later Kodi, a freeware Media center player. So if people are looking to get a simple, just working media center … Continue reading

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back in motor cycles

There was one thing I moved away from some time ago – and back into earlier this year – which was riding a motorcycle. Those who know me for a longer time know that I always owned a motorcycle and … Continue reading

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when the postman ….. makes a mistake

This is one of the typical things – that happen and should not. I treated myself to a new Raspberry PI earlier this week and ordered from Amazon. As pretty much standard today, I could track the shipment on DHL’s … Continue reading

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Backups are your friend – the story of another IT problem at home

Yesterday turned out to be one of those days – around lunch time my wife ran into some problems with her Notes client that she could not get solved herself. After we decided to work on this later yesterday – … Continue reading

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Back into Blogging

After a while trying to play with other channels, I think it is time to get back into blogging. There is just a bit of stuff I do want to be able to lay out broader – and that I … Continue reading

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