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Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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I wanted to find an app for reading NOTAMs, and somehow I wound up installing Windy.app. After goofing around with it for a while, I can confidently say that it's as good as they come.
I can't think of a better way to spend the Christmas Eve than trying to make readsb to run in a container. There are already Docker container images on Docker Hub, but I wanted to figure out on my own how to containerize readsb using...
Icons are better than text — at least when it comes to describing weather conditions. So now ADS-B station features excellent Meteocons instead of short texts.
Finally! It took my a while to figure out the best way to style <hr> tag. CSS-TRicks to the rescue.
Having a wiki for the ADS-B station project is nice, but having all the docs in the project's repository is even better. Thus, I've moved the contents on the wiki into the dedicated docs directory inside the repository.
I recently replaced my trusty Nikon D800 with Nikon Z 5 as my primary camera. Here is a collection of random observations on it.
On this lazy Monday, I implemented light and dark mode in ADS-B station. I've tried several approaches, and I ended up borrowing most of the code from https://www.mediaevent.de/css/darkmode.html.
Best book: Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe
I tweaked the ADS-B station logo a tiny bit.
I guess changing AF-C Priority Selection in my Nikon Z 5 to Release wasn't such a good idea after all. All I got was a much higher number of out-of-focus photos.
ADS-B station now has a super simple logbook. It can be used to keep records of aircraft you spotted. All data stored in a comma-separated plain text file, and you edit it using the editing page.
We went to Frankfurt am Main to visit the local Christmas market. I stayed there overnight, so I could spend a few hours on the next day at my favorite spot in Zeppelinheim doing you-know-what.
My humble jumble of PHP code that I call ADS-B station now has a new home on Codeberg.
Today, I learned about these nifty constructs: