Installation: USAP-Programmer with ubuntu
Two weeks ago, I purchased a ISP-Programmer and ATmega328p from Guloshop. The programmer is based on the USBasp designed by Fischl. Since then, I had some trouble getting the programmer recognized with...
View ArticleCuda by example: An Introduction to General -Purpose GPU Programming
After several attempts to learn development of applications using NVIDIAs CUDA architecture I’ve bought a really cool book covering all the basics and stuff beyond. After 2 chapters all fears and...
View ArticleQt-Cuda: My new playground for computer-vision
Two weeks ago I started a new project, it’s called Qt-Cuda. As the name suggests it combines the Qt-Framework with Cuda-enabled algorithms. Algorithms for computer-vision to be precise. Qt will only be...
View ArticleLena and computer vision
The picture of Lena Söderberg (left) is one of the most used test images for computer vision scientists. This Wikipedia article covers some trivia behind this picture. I asked myself if the time has...
View ArticleHow to scale NewsBlur
After Google’s announcement of shutting down it’s famous Google Reader service, a lot of people start asking what they use now for aggregating their RSS-Feeds. Also an petition has been set up to...
View ArticleBuilding a social network from scratch
How the journey began Last year I’ve met Rene Pickhardt, a PhD student at West Institute at University of Koblenz. He mentioned early that he was one of the founders of the social network for metal...
View ArticleService-oriented Data Denormalization for scalable Web Applications
This article describes how to use data denormalization in a service-oriented context and it’s possible usage within the metalcon redesign. Knock, knock! Who’s there? Metalcon! Later this week I’ve had...
View ArticleWhy pr0n is good for scalability
Currently I’m doing research on scalability and distributed architectures, I asked myself where this trend might has begun. Long story short: The porn industry is the root of all “evil”. To be more...
View ArticleHBase won’t start: java.io.EOFException
During my setup of my development machine I encountered some tough moments getting Hadoop and HBase up and running. After the installation of Hadoop and firing it up I wanted to start HBase and feed it...
View ArticleChrome extension Hola overwrites omnibox search behaviour
I was a big fan of the Hola unblocker browser extension for Google Chrome. Hola uses some VPN unblocking technology, so you can access websites/webservices which are restricted by your provider,...
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