Microsoft 365: Fix Office license error 29
Because of a bad update some user experience an license error message ("Couldn't update license") within their Office applications (like Word or Excel), although owning an active Microsoft 365 sub...
Microsoft 365: Office Lizenz Fehler 29 beheben
Aufgrund eines fehlerhaften Updates erhalten einige Benutzer eine Lizenzfehlermeldung ("Lizenz konnte nicht aktualisiert werden") in den Office-Anwendungen (wie Word oder Excel), obwohl ein aktive...
Raspberry Pi: Disable swapfile
The default Raspberry Pi OS / Raspbian distribution for the Raspberry Pi ships with a default 100 MB swapfile which is stored on the SD card. If the swap space is not needed this file can be remov...
Steam Deck: Fix issue that multiple controllers are not working
Yesterday, I wanted to play with some friends local party games with the Steam Deck connected to my TV. We had very different controllers consisting of a PS4 and PS5 controller connected via Bluetoo...
Fallout 3 GOTY (Game of the Year) does not start on Steam Deck
As part of the Fallout Amazon series, I wanted to play a bit of Fallout 3 (in my case the GOTY version) on my Steam Deck. Unfortunately, the game crashes as soon as I clicked on "Play" in the launch...
Fallout 3 GOTY (Game of the Year) startet nicht auf dem Steam Deck
Im Zuge der Fallout Amazon Serie wollte ich mal eine Runde Fallout 3 (in meinem Fall die deutsche GOTY Version) auf meinem Steam Deck spielen. Leider stürzt das Spiel ab, sobald man im Launcher auf...
How to track your website GDPR compliant with a privacy focused website analytics solution
With the current changes in European regulation like the GDPR and ePrivacy regulation, it is more and more clear that Non-EU services like Google Analytics or Adobe Analytics are risky to use. Also...
How to upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10
The Windows 8.1 support period will end on January 10, 2023 which means it is time to upgrade to Windows 10 as soon as possible. The upgrade from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 is quite simple, free and...
Use Docker with full IPv6 support
This guide shows how to use enable full IPv6 support in Docker, which provides as benefit, that the original IPv6 address of the incoming request will reach the container. This is essential when for...
Turn off LED status lights on a Raspberry Pi
Here is a way to disable the power, activity and ethernet LEDs on a Raspberry Pi with just a few additional lines in the /boot/config.txt file. The config.txt file can be ether edited via another c...
Use and embed Google Fonts GDPR and DSGVO compliant
Currently, many websites are being warned which have directly integrated Google Fonts on their websites. In the official way, the fonts are integrated directly from the Google server, which represe...
Google Fonts DSGVO-konform einbinden
Aktuell werden viele Webseiten abgemahnt, welche direkt Google Fonts auf ihren Webseiten eingebunden haben. Beim offiziellen Weg werden die Schriftarten direkt vom Google-Server eingebunden, was ei...
Create a bootable Windows installation USB drive on a Mac
This is a guide to create bootable Windows 10 or Windows 11 installation USB drive on a Mac. Normally I would use the Microsoft Media Creation Tool on a Windows PC, but at that time I only had acces...
Use default system fonts for web pages
Some time ago I used the font Roboto for this blog (first loaded from Google Fonts, later directly hosted). I only used this font to ensure that the posts are displayed with a nicer font than the d...
Install driver for RTL8812BU wifi dongle on a Raspberry Pi
Recently I bought a wifi dongle (with the generic name AC1200) for my Raspberry Pi 3 (Model B) to extend its wifi range and quality (and adding support for 5GHz connections). First of all I connect...
Change image creation date to last modified date
During image organisation I stumbled upon some images which had some invalid file system dates. These had a creation date which was younger than the last modified date. Maybe some backup process ha...
Fix Google Chrome prioritizing search words over visited sites in address bar
Since the last update of Google Chrome (Version 74) the browser started to prioritizing previous Google searches over already visited websites. This is especially irritating if someone - like mysel...
macOS Mojave: Reactivate font smoothing
With the update to macOS Mojave, Apple disabled the default subpixel rendering, which smoothed fonts on not so high resolution displays. Even on my 27" monitor at work with a resolution of 2560x1...
Visual Studio Code: Improve editor performance on Macbooks with dedicated Nvidia graphics
It seems that Visual Studio Code (and maybe other Electron based applications) have problems with the dedicated Nvidia graphics. Tab switching and general editing performance is very laggy (especi...
Docker: Remove stopped containers and unused images
Docker version 1.25 introduced a new command to clean up stopped containers, unused images and more. With one command it is possible to reclaimed unnecessary space occupied by docker. docker syste...
macOS: Boot failed after update installation
My Mac refused today to boot because of this message: macOS could not be installed on your computer The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged. Quit the...
Cleanup disk space used by Xcode
Some commands to clean up space occupied by Xcode. In my case I cleaned up approx. 50 GB of space. Remove old simulator images xcrun simctl delete unavailable Delete old iOS versions inside this ...
Time for a new blog
It's time to try something new. I replaced my old "just contact page" with a blog (and a about page). Maybe i post more stuff then 🤔 Let's see what happen :) It could easily happen that this bl...
Game Camp 2015 in München #gcmuc
Am 06. und 07 Juni 2015 war es wieder Zeit, die Pforten der Mediadesign Hochschule (kurz MD.H) öffneten sich für das diesjährige GameCamp Munich. Samstag Nachdem das Frühstück (danke an das We...
