Last year, I wrote an article about a DIY Network cabinet for my flat. This should be a central hub for all network connections and a nice clean space for all network devices such as routers, switches and NAS. This perfectly worked out while living in our flat but needed some adjustments when we moved…
As mentioned in my previous post, I am working on home automation (mainly) with HomeMatic IP (HMIP). Well, and one gap I could find in their quite extensive range of different sensors was, that they did not have a glass breakage sensor – only window/door opening sensors. But because I wanted to secure all windows…
Last year, we bought our own house. It is 15 years old and had a, for that time, quite modern equipment (electric window blinds, underfloor heating, electrical garage door etc.). But, of course, non of it was really ‘smart’. A fact that needed to be changed. Three major areas I wanted to tackle are: Window…
In an initiative to create short, catchy videos with some small facts around Identity and Access Management and Enterprise Password Management, we started creating a list of short videos. I had. the pleasure to speak in some of them! A whole new experience and it was a lot of fun figuring out a place and…
This week I was a guest at Theiners SecurityTalk of the German Mittelstand. Though we used the wrong web conferencing tool 😉 , if you ask me, it was a very fun talk about how LastPass addresses identity and access and how it can help organizations, even in these challenging times, to stay secure and…
It seems that, no matter what you write on the internet, what opinion you have, you always end up in a discussion. Which is not necessarily a bad thing – I like good discussions and they can help you to better understand a certain topic or the others’ point of view. Many topics though are…
IT and the Internet become increasingly important in our homes – not only after the COVID-19 crisis, in which many of us have to work from home. Also because of streaming services, tons, and tons of digital pictures, wireless devices, smart homes, and many more. During the pandemic, home-IT might be even more important as…
Web-based video conferences have become the new normal for those of us lucky enough to be able to work from home during this pandemic. And although they have been around for nearly 15 years not everyone had embraced the simple and easy way to communicate and collaborate! I have prayed this mobile and place independent…
I feel compelled to write a longer article on this subject, as I keep encountering the same misconceptions about electric vehicles (EVs) — both in my social media timeline and in conversations with friends and colleagues. Instead of responding to each comment individually, I want to consolidate and address the most widespread EV myths in…
As the discussion is currently ongoing in Germany, and I am a petrol head, I have decided to put down a list of all arguments against a general speed limit on German Autobahn. The official number of speed limited Autobahn is about 33% – realistically this is about 45% if you include temporary limits because…