dmpop
dmpop
Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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There haven't many Sky scraper-related updates for a while, mainly because it's summer, and I prefer to spend most of my spare time chasing airplanes. But the weather during last two weeks of July wasn't exactly conducive to any sort of...
I went for an overnight trip to FRA. And it goes without saying that I spent Sunday afternoon and Monday morning at Zeppelinheim capturing airplanes. The light was meh, but I did manage to catch a handful of interesting machines,...
Last weekend, planted firmly on my regular spot in NUE, waiting for something to capture, I was wondering about a sudden, and seemingly inexplicable, increase in number of blurry frames. To paraphrase: We have met the culprit, and he is...
Last night, when I learned that Ozzy had passed away, I listened to Black Sabbath. It felt like I was back in my uni days, smoking, drinking, and discussing whatever deep shit we thought we were discussing with my mates. Thank you,...
I've recently started using Kleinanzeigen, and I was pleased to discover that there are plenty of enticing stuff at prices that are often lower than those on eBay. Long story short, I've down-upgraded my photography setup: I splurged on...
With a heatwave making an appearance in our part of the world last week, we decided to escape to Frankfurt am Main and work from a pleasantly cool room in the Staycity aparthotel — with a bonus of capturing airplanes in my spare time.
Here's the latest addition to my modest library of aviation books: Airbus - von der A300 bis zur A380 und A350 By Norbert Andrup. I managed to snatch it from a third-party Amazon seller for a paltry sum of €20.54 + shipping.
My plan to spend the entire Monday in NUE capturing airplanes was in motion way earlier and in a more hectic fashion than I expected. I checked Flightradar24 the moment I woke up (as I usually do), and I could see that a German...
There is a pond not far from my favorite spot in NUE. The pond is part of a nature reserve around the airport, and it has been taken over by frogs. I can't tell you how much I enjoy listening to them croaking all day long. It's a...
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This summer, we decided to do a week-long vacation in Frankfurt am Main. It is after all our favorite city in Germany for obvious and not so obvious reasons. We booked a room at Staycity close to the airport, and my vacation plan was...
The missus had to work this weekend, and there was nothing exciting going on in NUE, so I decided to go for an overnight trip to MUC. Besides capturing airplanes, my plan was to field test my "meal kit" consisting of a Trek'n Eat main...
I'm done with cloud storage, NAS appliances, RAID arrays, and whatnot. I want a solution that's simple, inexpensive, local-only, and easy to maintain. Allow me to introduce you to my new data storage setup that I jokingly refer to as...
Once again, thanks to strategically placed days off, I managed to have a 5-day weekend. Here's a brief list of my accomplishments: