Sammelsurium

dies, das, Ananas

30. August 2026

Wieder da!

Unverhofft kommt oft.

Nach fast einem Jahr Pause geht es wieder weiter - hoffentlich.

 

Leider war die Pause unverhofft, und in der Zukunft wird es vorerst auch weiterhin weniger häufig neue Beiträge geben.

06. Mai 2023

Von allem ein wenig "mehr"

Hier ein bisschen gewerkelt, da ein bisschen gebastelt, überall ein bisschen was verbessert.

 

Gefällt es euch? Dan hinterlasst doch einen Kommentar - extra neu eingebaut!

18. März 2023

How bad is lactose intolerance really?

You probably already have heard of lactose intolerance and know a bit about it. But did you know, that lactose is added to powdered condiment and spice mixtures? That "lactose-free" on a product does not mean zero lactose, but that it contains less than a certain threshold someone defined?

27. August 2022

Share MySQL via Dropbox

a sort of tutorial

I’m working on a application called "photo enhancer". Because I have two computers, I shared the SQLite database through Dropbox. As number of pictures stored in the DB grew, I needed a better database and switched to MySQL. In this post, I want to share my solution of how to setup your MySQL to be shared through Dropbox.

16. Juli 2022

What I do with my photos

I’m often asked "what I do with all the photos I take", "where do I store them" and "how do I organize them"

In the past, it was more a topic between (hobby-)photographers, to find out the best way to handle our photos. Today, with smartphones, everyone will ask this questions at some point.

10. April 2022

Thank you!

To all the amazing people who supported me.

The last few months were exhausting. After years I was finally diagnosed with adenomyosis. Today, I want to say “Thank you!” to all the amazing people around me who supported me and lent me their strength. In this blog post, I wrote a little bit more about the different ways how they supported me.

01. April 2022

Am I fluent in English?

Fun with Language

Ever wondered how you would know when you are fluent in a foreign language? 

 

Since a few days, I know I’m fluent in English.

31. Oktober 2021

Versions of German

Fun with Language

Ever wondered why German speaking people do not understand each other?

You can compare this issue to the difference between British English and American English - just worse, because usually neither part of the conversation knows about the issue and both think they are speaking «proper» German.

30. Juni 2021

Paprika vs Peperoni

Fun with Language

Today, I want to tell you how difficult it can be to order food. "Paprika" and "Peperoni" have reversed meanings if you cross the border between Switzerland and Germany.

I didn’t know about the difference until I was in my twenties and had always awk-ward conversations while ordering food.

01. Juni 2021

Urinsekten

Fun with Language

«Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache» 

German language is a difficult language.

 

Yes, German is difficult and a lot of fun! 

Today, I want to share how "Urinsekten" can refer either to two or six leg creatures and/or something normal or gross, depending on how you read it.

21. Mai 2021

Fast Python by Chris Conlan

Book Review

I wrote a small review of this great and well written Python book "Fast Python - master the basics to write faster code" by Chris Conlan.

I really enjoyed reading it and learned a few thinks while during it. Therefore, I recommend it to anyone who is interested in this topic.

18. Januar 2021

Bastelecke

Noch mehr Inhalt!

Während den Wintermonaten ist mir vermehrt aufgefallen: Ich fotografiere wenn das Wetter schön und warm ist.

Bin ich im Winter untätig? Nein, überhaupt nicht. Ich lebe meine Kreativität anders aus! Häkeln, malen, oder was mir sonst so zwischen die Finger kommt - und ab heute zeige ich euch was das alles sein kann.

11. August 2020

dict() versus {}

Python provides two different ways to create a dictionary: dict() and {}.

I prefer dict() when creating empty dictionaries to improve readability.

 

In this post, I want to check the performance across different usages and not only initialization.

27. Juli 2020

Performance of

all() and any()

The built-in functions all() and any()are nice and if the comparison is small, they are easy understandable. But how do they perform? Should we use them at all if our code needs to be fast?

 

Let me share my findings when I did some performance tests.

23. Juli 2020

Neues Layout, Mehr Inhalt

In den letzten beiden Jahren habe ich wenig neues auf meiner Webpage veröffentlicht - Tschuldigung!

Bisanhin bestand der Inhalt aus Bildern, und nur Bildern. Dies wollte ich schon seit längerer Zeit ändern, aber hatte nie Zeit.

Sehen wir etwas Positives an Corona: wenigstens hatte ich jetzt genug Zeit!