I recently discovered an all-in-one magic goodie for PCs from the eighties from the USA: The PicoMem board by FreddyV. This ISA bus plug-in card provides RAM, hard disc, floppy disc, sound card, USB, Bluetooth and even a network for old PCs. Just the idea that I would be able to connect my Schneider Euro-PC to the Internet or its predecessor left me excited. Read more

Why is the ransomware business model so successful? How do criminals manage to steal data, encrypt it and often also destroy data backups? According to a representative survey conducted by BITKOM over the past months, % of companies in Germany have been affected. A brief excursion into this topic, my work and how I was able to help a company save EUR ,. Read more

Crashed services of a business software are inconvenient. If they occur more than once, it becomes annoying. If there is also a software supplier who is unwilling or unable to solve the problem, it gets complicated. A quick and pragmatic solution was needed shortly before the Easter holidays. Read more

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr said it in her TED Talk, and she meant Facebook. It has been proven since the Cambridge Analytica scandal that so-called “social” media are anything but social. They are a catalyst for hate and racism, give more reach to radical and extremist positions, do not comply with laws, and prevent public discourse. Read more