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Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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On Sunday, I went to NUE to capture a Lockheed Martin KC-130J Hercules, and all I got was this below-average photo.
For some reason, I'm obsessed with camera battery chargers. Maybe it's because I can't find a perfect one. The Nitecore UNK2 battery charger came very close to my ideal charger, but the poorly designed USB cable ruined it. Plus, it could...
With all the packing and other back-to-Denmark-related tasks, spare time has become a precious commodity. So I try to spend it on soothing activities like tweaking TERMINAL-1090. But instead of piling up new features, I'm simplifying the...
We went to FRA for what is likely to be our last visit in the foreseeable future. The plan was to do some airplane photography on Saturday, and visit our favorite eateries afterwards.
My first visit of 2026 to NUE was a solid "meh" photography-wise. But the second visit last Friday didn't disappoint. My goal was to catch a rare visitor in our neck of the woods: an Airbus A320-200 operated by FLYONE Armenia (reg. no....
It's an adorable collectible trinket in its own right, but camera it ain't.
This most likely the last Aviationtag I bought while in Germany. It's also the nicest one in my collection. It's a GLARE edition, so it's a thick little sandwich. The color is more like mustard rather than gold, which I actually prefer.
I'm heavily relying on Breezy Weather for all my weather and forecasts needs. It's hands down the best weather app I've ever used. And I'd like to keep using, but Google's dumbfuckery makes it uncertain. You see, in its relentless...
check METAR and TAF instead of weather forecast
Promising not to do something ever again is a tall order, but at least I'm going to give it a try. So here's what I'll avoid buying in the future:
This is my 2025 report.
Guten Rutsch, NUE! Thank you for all good moments, nice surprises, iced coffee, and delicious Brezen!
Enabling an external USB Wi-Fi dongle on a Linux machine is a skill that is hardly in high demand these days -- until you have a Wi-Fi-deficient machine, and you want to add it to your wireless network. That was the exact problem I faced...
I don't know if bit rot can be a real problem, but I have zero desire to find out when it's too late. So I've tweaked and extended the Bash shell scripts I use to back up data to my data fridge. Now, instead of a single script, I have...
I woke up on Monday, and while still not completely awake, reached for my smartphone to check Flightradar24 to see if there is anything interesting happening at NUE. And, boy, I was in for a nice surprise! A Boeing 777-200 operated by...