It’s been a few weeks since I got the laser engraver, and everything I ordered has arrived. Some things turned out differently than expected, as is often the […]
This blog is now bilingual!
As things stand, I have redesigned everything related to the blog, the template, and the plugins to enable multilingualism. The switch is currently located (in a less than […]
Nice Thing: OpenRCT2 and OpenTTD
These are two really good games from legendary assembler programmer Chris Sawyer, which were huge hits when they came out and have only gotten better over time. I […]
Alternative networking options for Synology NAS
We have been operating several Synology NAS devices for many years, which have been discussed previously. One of them in particular – the DS1819+ – has an interesting […]
Fröling PE1 Pellet – Recurring error “Oxygen content too high for too long”
Since it got cold again, we have been getting the error message “Safety time expired, oxygen content too high for too long” repeatedly, usually on a daily basis, […]
Fröling PE1 Pellet – Codes for the operating levels
Our PE1 pellet central heating system with a heating capacity of 20 kW, which replaced an oil-based system from the 1980s in 2023 has a number of settings […]
Gigaset DL500A ISDN desk phone: Search for newer firmware fails
I recently came across this bulky ISDN desk phone. Unfortunately, it can only be used in certain situations, but it has some nice features such as an integrated […]
Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 – Failed BIOS update, Board Rescue
This ATX motherboard with TR4 socket forms the basis for our “TR server”, a high-performance Proxmox server for virtualizing Windows 10 and 11 VMs. For a long time, […]
Setup:
Gast-PC (Rev. 1.1)
Revision 1.1 (01/2026) | Revision 1 (11/2025) Compared to the original setup, the data storage devices have been replaced: now only SSDs from Samsung and hard drives from WD. The […]