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Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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We flew back to Germany from Aalborg. To put it mildly, there was not much going on airplane-wise in AAL. But while we were having a quick bite before boarding, I spotted this Beechcraft King Air.
On our way to Denmark, we made a short stop in Amsterdam. My plan was to spend some time on Saturday and Sunday capturing airplanes, but the Dutch weather decided otherwise.
A quick ADS-B station update. A simple Python script is now responsible for collecting system vitals (RAM, storage, and CPU temperature). Speaking of CPU temperature, it's now possible to specify the correct temperature sensor in the...
Yesterday, my ADS-B station broke a new record by tracking no fewer than 120 (yes, that's one hundred twenty) aircraft.
So last weekend I went to Frankfurt. I booked a single night at Staycity, and my plan was to just grab a light dinner and watch TV in the evening.
We plan to spend the Christmas break with my in-laws in Denmark, which means interacting with people — a lot. The introvert that I am, I need some time alone to gather mental strength to get through Christmas unscathed.
You may or may not have noticed, that this very blog has been down for a while. Apparently, something went terribly wrong at Contabo, and it took my VPS down with it. After ~24 hours and counting of downtime, and frustratingly pointless...
ADS-B station prominently shows the number of aircraft in its range. To spruce up this tiny feature, I've tweaked it so that the background color of the counter badge changes depending on the current number.
Up until now, I've been using my ADS-B station with a generic 1090 antenna. It did the job: my station routinely tracked around 40-50 aircraft on a normal day, with the current record of 67 machines on July 28. I did entertain the idea...
Geeqie (pronounced geeky) doesn't come up often in conversations about useful Linux photography tools, and that's a crying shame. Because despite its simple looks, Geeqie is a truly versatile and genuinely useful tool for managing RAW...
Good weather, a thermos with hot coffee, a home-made sandwich, and, of course, a camera is all I need to have an enjoyable time at NUE (or any airport for that matter). There weren't any exciting airplanes on the menu this Saturday, but...
Using something like YAD, you can add GUI elements (dialogs, input forms, drag-and-drop panels, etc.) to shell scripts on Linux. On macOS, you can do the same and more with Platypus. This venerable open-source tool makes it possible to...
Global warming and the unfolding climate collapse is a tragedy, so I kind of feel bad enjoying the absolutely gorgeous and unusually warm and sunny for late November Monday. But not too bad? That's what I was contemplating while idling...
We didn't plan to travel this weekend. But then we discovered that our favorite hotel in Frankfurt had pretty sweet room rates. And we thought why not? We spent Saturday enjoying everything the city had to offer. And on Sunday morning, I...