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Dmitri Popov
Personal blog of an amateur airplane photographer, Linux user, and clues coder.
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I often jokingly refer to my aircraft photography activities as Flug und Fraß ("Airplanes and chow"), because that's exactly what it is: I capture airplanes and enjoy whatever food I either bring with me or find nearby. And now that I...
I've deployed Note Mark for all my note-taking needs. It's a decent tool, but its documentation is rather lacking. So here's what I did.
I love food. What I don't love is 1) paying through the nose for hotel breakfasts, and 2) wasting time deciding where to eat plus the commute. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy exploring dining options while traveling. But there are times when...
I strategically filed for two vacation days, extending my break to six days. What can I say? I'm clever like that. Needless to say, I spent the break chasing airplanes, and the gorgeous weather made the pursuit even more enjoyable. I...
The last few ADS-B Station updates were minor — a tweak here, a fix there. The latest release, however, introduces several major improvements that make a real difference.
And so it's happening: Lufthansa has started phasing out their Airbus A340-600. This particular model is by far my favorite one, and I'm sad to see them going.
Easter break didn't go as planned. I wanted to spend time capturing airplanes and generally being outside. Instead, I hurt my back on Good Friday, which effectively put the kibosh on my plans. Despite the pain, I did my best to make the...
Last Saturday, I spent a few hours migrating from Shiori to Readeck. The former served me well over the years, but I always felt constrained by its limitations. So when I stumbled upon Readeck, I knew I'd found a perfect replacement. The...
It's Easter break in our neck of the woods. The weather forecast looked promising, so I'd planned to spend as much time outside (meaning in NUE, of course) as possible. Alas, I had to move a few boxes, and I hurt my back. Now, with my...
This Rocket Yard article led me to the LeaderKey app for macOS. And that's exactly the launcher I have been looking for since I switched to macOS.
Pushing data to and from your Android device requires a dedicated app like FolderSync. It is a solid tool that supports many popular cloud services and protocols, but it's a closed source paid app. So if you are running an alternative...
I didn't plan to go to NUE on Wednesday. But a couple of potentially interesting airplanes showed up in the airport schedule, and the weather was simply too good to stay indoors. So my wife and I decided to swing by NUE, do a short...
Last Saturday, my wife joined me on my weekly pilgrimage to NUE. The weather couldn't be better: +21ºC, clear skies, no wind. In other words, a rather unusual weather for mid-April in Germany. I was lucky to capture a 48-year-old Learjet...
OK, not quite, but close enough: it has a horn after all. Last night, I noticed that a Falcon 20E-5 operated by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) was scheduled to depart next day. Based on the wind direction, I...
We spent a week in Denmark, taking care of, um, things. Even though we were quite busy, I managed to find time to visit XFW in Hamburg on our way Northern Jutland, AAL while staying with my in-laws in Sæby, and AMS on the return trip.