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It was a lazy Sunday afternoon…

Based on the title, this already is a bad beginning, isn’t it? In the end the issue turned out to be less of a problem than it seems. It all started, as stated, on a Sunday afternoon, casually receiving an email that one node of our NetApp metrocluster had finished an unplanned takeover. Looking over that information, I noticed a rather cryptic message from “the healthy one”, as I will address it later on, saying: “METROCLUSTER AUTOMATIC UNPLANNED SWITCHOVER COMPLETE”.

Power. Solar. Power. Bank.

Electronics, en

ventilOctober 18, 2019October 21, 2019

Xiaomi Mi Power Bank 2S 10000mAh Quick Charge 3.0 vs. Viking Vixen QC 3.0 20000mAh

A problem and a solution

Recently, on a short multi-day trip in the camps and mountains, we had a serious issue while sitting on a toilet. No battery left on the phone! Solution: Powerbanks.

Not so bad temperature meter. Using ESP8266 and a DHT11

en, it, uControl

ventilFebruary 18, 2019February 21, 2019

In case you are a nut case and want everything monitored and under control, as I do, you NEED a temperature and humidity monitoring device that is at least semi-reliable, throwable, checkable, cheap and ugly as fuck.

Also, the results can be seen here: https://bastart.spoton.cz/temphumi/ and especially, the graphing for battery state (3rd graph from top): https://bastart.spoton.cz/status/

Search no more, as you have found it, read on and relive the ecstatic feelings of designing an ass-ripping ultra portable ESP8266 powered temperhumi meter for a couple [f|b]ucks.

Installing Manjaro Linux on ASUS Zenbook 14 (UX433FN-A5104T)

en, it, Unix / Linux

ventilJanuary 28, 2019October 31, 20199 Comments

As I have been labeled as an impulsive, irrational individual, here comes another irrational and impulsive thing I have managed over the course of the last days. I came to a conclusion, that I need a new computer (understand laptop) that should be capable of some pretty advanced stuff, be portable and MUST be good looking – we all know that is the most important one. Also, it cannot be an apple…

Terrapin Kaiju pinhole

Analog, en, Photography

ventilSeptember 2, 2018

A 3D printed, simply stolen pinhole camera design. 6x18cm wide angle stuff. Needs some tweaking, but will work out wonderfully.

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Gitea, what’s up?

en, it, Unix / Linux

ventilJune 18, 2018

GitHub has been recently (as of writing this article) acquired by Micro$oft. Some might like it, some might not. If you, as I do, belong to the GTFO camp, let’s face it: There is a quadrillion of possibilities, some are plain stupid, others perfectly perfect. I choose GiTea – and self-hosted on top of that!

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Resize LVM and ext4 online

en, it, storage, Unix / Linux

ventilJune 5, 2018

If you ever need to resize a device on a Unix like system and are using LVM as the underlying mediator and ext2/3/4 as the file system, it can be done without a reboot. This is quite handy for ESX and other virtual machines.

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37 Decembers

Analog, en, Photography

ventilFebruary 23, 2018February 21, 2019

One roll of film, one month, 37 exposures and 31 days. Continue reading “37 Decembers”

DJI’s Mavic BW images for a lazy Monday

Digital, en, Photography

ventilFebruary 19, 2018

Now some time ago, I’ve treated myself with a – what I thought back then – videographic tool. It came to my attention that it is quite a capable device for photography as well, albeit quite “retro” spected and flawed… nevertheless, it can be used – and – it flies as well. Continue reading “DJI’s Mavic BW images for a lazy Monday”