Hi there, because there is not much to tell about my workouts at the moment, I’ll write a post about another subject that I mainly spend my days at work with, namely software engineering. My work career has consisted of many jobs where I have had the delight to work…
Greetings from the sick bay
Hi there, a couple of weeks ago I was confident that my training program and health were proceeding to a desirable direction. How wrong could I be! The previous five weeks have been a horrendous experience as I have been suffering from a severe bronchitis. I still do not feel…
3. Bremer Brückenlauf
Greetings, My journey as hobby runner took a further step on last Saturday, when the 3. Bremer Brückenlauf (the third bridge run in Bremen) took place. I had participated at the event last year as well and was full of expectations because the event is really well organized, follows a…
15. Vahrer Seen Lauf
Hi there, one more race accomplished – today it was once again the time for the race that nowadays seems to be the most important to me due to the vicinity and the fact I can run in the familiar outskirts, the Vahrer Seen Lauf. I want once again also…
13. Cuxhavener Stadtsparkassen Marathon
Hello again! I have had a very busy week due to lots of work and gardening. Fortunately I had some days off work due to the eastern holidays. Sorry that the post about the latest marathon accomplishment was delayed due to all other activities! But let’s get back to the…
Heading towards the next marathon
Hi there, The past two – three weeks have been great when it comes to the training. I have finally been able to maintain a bit of a continuity in my training – interval trainings, tempo runs and long runs regularly. Now I just need to maintain this good tendency…
Taming Alexa – part 1
Hello there, It’s time for a short Alexa session. As I stated in my previous post, I would like to provide an overview of the basics for developing a Skill for Alexa and simultaneously also learn more for the future. In general it usually works in the life the when…
Getting a grip of Alexa
Hello, this time the content will be concentrated on something related to my second passion – computers and software that after years of tinkering took me to another path in my life – to a software engineering profession. In order to be able to keep up with the quickly changing…
Open ID Connect and a sample app for SSO
Hi there, The last few weeks have once again brought changes to my life. First I started at a new job which obviously almost certainly means a lot of pressure due to the probation time etc. Secondly, I lost my beloved grandfather which hit me pretty hard. However, the life…
Renewal of SSL certificate
Hi there, due to some selfish reasons I’m writing this post about how to renew the RapidSSL certificate. Obviously the process is a recurring one, but it does not happen that often that one could remember every step. So if there’s someone interested in how to renew an SSL certificate…
About Cryptocurrencies and economic independence
Hi there, there’s a topic that has attracted me a while – how to become less dependent on the companies, authorities, institutes and the government e.g. in the everyday life. As the world largely works on the financial basis, the first step would be to become less dependent on banks and…
Coming back…
Hi, Now I finally feel like I could start writing again – as soon as I find a suitable topic. 🙂 About my running activities there are no big news to be told about, as I have been struggling the whole year long. On the other hand I finally think…
Harsh realities
Hi there, my silence lately has been caused by a tragic loss: my father passed away about two weeks ago, and this has been a devastating experience for me. At the moment it is hard to think about the future, on which projects to start next and generally I just…
Air quality monitoring revisited
Hey, in the previous post I discussed the basic implementation of an air quality monitoring system based on Raspberry Pi Zero W and a couple of sensors plus suitable software for storing and providing the data. In this post I will briefly discuss the web application created for visualizing the…
Air quality monitoring with RaspBi and visualizing with AngularJS + Express
Hi, my recent project has been an air quality measurement system at home based on Raspberry Pi Zero W with a set of suitable sensors and software accessing the sensor data. The results are planned to be stored on a NoSQL database on a server and visualized in a Web app…
From zero to hero
After weeks of desperation and bad health the spirits are finally getting to a better direction. Maybe I will defeat this disease after all. Tomorrow I plan to take the first steps towards training. I really want to be careful this time as I don’t want to lose the whole…
Setbacks, setbacks, setbacks
Hello from the sickbay once again. Since yesterday I’m once again suffering from a sticky flu. The throat is sore, the whole machine is coughing. I still hope to get well soon, but maybe I really have to visit a doctor before continuing with the workouts. What is even worse is…
Workouting
Hi, it seems I’m finally getting back to the right track and it gives a tremendous pleasure to be able to do tougher and tougher workouts. Now I only have to keep up with the good phase and go on until the Hannover marathon. I have also been thinking about,…
New SSL certificate
Hi there, I finally had some time to get an SSL certificate from an official provider. This time I trusted TheSSLMart and bought a RapidSSL certificate. It is affordable, supports most browsers and was relatively easy to install. Now I hope there won’t be any longer issues with accessing the site…
SSL Certificate
Hi, last night I noticed something I should have been aware of before this: at some point I had applied an SSL certificate at StartSSL where it was possible to get one for free; a fact that a personal web site maintainer evaluates high. Google, Mozilla, and probably other major browser vendors…