Hardware – verenapraher

Unleashing the beast

As you might have seen in my blog post Unboxing my new PC from a couple of weeks ago, I bought a quite nice computer for doing some basic machine learning / deep learning. In this post I’d like to elaborate on the individual parts I chose for my data science and machine learning computer. … Continue reading Unleashing the beast

Unboxing my new PC

Here you can find photos of me unboxing my new PC parts! Details on why I chose them will follow soon. Although it might look like a gaming PC (for which works perfectly fine), I use my new PC for data science. Opening all the parcels felt like christmas! And look at all those beautiful … Continue reading Unboxing my new PC

Neuerungen beim Fitbit Charge HR 2

Wer mich in den verschiedenen sozialen Medien ein bisschen verfolgt, hat vielleicht mitbekommen, dass ich letztes Jahr begonnen habe, meine “Fitness” aufzuzeichnen. Begonnen hat das Ganze mit einem Jawbone UP 3, den ich nach wenigen Wochen wieder zurück gesendet habe. Anschließend habe ich ein paar Monate den Fitbit Charge HR (heart rate) verwendet, bis sich … Continue reading Neuerungen beim Fitbit Charge HR 2

Netflix Socks Part 1: Set up the Arduino

Some weeks ago Netflix posted a cool project on their website, Netflix socks that will pause your show when you fall asleep. Since I fall asleep a lot during watching TV, I thought this was a cool idea for a small project. In this post I’ll show you how to set up the Arduino for … Continue reading Netflix Socks Part 1: Set up the Arduino

Microsoft Product Launch @ K.47 in Wien

Vor wenigen Wochen haben Patrick und ich eine Einladung zum Microsoft Product Launch in Wien bekommen (danke Ambassador Base!). Deshalb haben wir uns am Dienstag, den 17.11. früh morgens Richtung Wien aufgemacht. Dort haben wir uns mit einer Freundin und Patrick’s Cousine getroffen und das Katzencafé Neko besucht (das hat sich allerdings einen eigenen Post … Continue reading Microsoft Product Launch @ K.47 in Wien

How the Surface 3 replaced my MacBook Pro as my main device

As some of you might already know some weeks ago I won the Surface 3 and already wrote that I loved it. Since then the Surface 3 has more and more replaced my MacBook Pro and in this post I’ll tell you the reasons why. Status Quo To give you a short insight in my … Continue reading How the Surface 3 replaced my MacBook Pro as my main device

[Review] One week with the Surface 3 … I love it!

Almost exactly one month ago on the 26th of August I became aware of an online tombola to win a Surface 3 by the weblog AmbassadorBase. Here you can find the original post of the tombola (German). In a second post they showed the creative posts of the contestants so far. The idea was to … Continue reading [Review] One week with the Surface 3 … I love it!

[Planung #2] BroPas / ØresundBizz

Vor kurzem haben wir ja noch überlegt, wie wir am besten nach Schweden kommen. Nach längerem Überlegen haben wir dann beschlossen, dass uns die Option eine Fähre zu nehmen zu unflexibel ist und eigentlich mehr Zeit kostet als die längere Route über Dänemark zu nehmen. Wenn wir diese Route nehmen, müssen wir zwei Brücken queren: … Continue reading [Planung #2] BroPas / ØresundBizz

Tractive GPS Pet Tracking

Last christmas I received the most amazing gift ever: A GPS Pet Tracking device developed by the company Tractive. This company is located in Pasching (Upper Austria), which I found out when I first opened my present. The GPS Pet Tracking device is an item that allows you to live track your pets. The tracker … Continue reading Tractive GPS Pet Tracking