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Today I installed Update 1 for my Windows Server 2012 R2. This update adds numerous features, most notably better mouse and keyboard support. You can read all about the changes here and here. Unfortunately, after rebooting my server, both of my LSI Raid controllers were unavailable due to an ominous

With Smart TVs on the rise in the last couple of years (and the shortened lifespan of consumer electronics in general) a large number of people actually have one in their home. With the average viewing time per person being almost three hours of TV per day, these devices have

Recently I came across a programming challenge which required me to write a mastermind solver. Basically there would be a server which hosts the game and replies to the user's guesses. Of course I wanted to automate the whole guessing process and solve Mastermind algorithmically. Problem Description Mastermind

During an advanced algorithmics class at university we had to complete one practical programming assignment. In the introductory class this was the implementation of an AVL-Tree (which is kinda boring), but in the advanced course we had to implement a k-Minimal-Spanning-Tree using Branch and Bound. I found the second assignment

Looking for a cheap USB wifi dongle which supported monitor mode I came across this one from TP-Link. I wanted a small dongle that I could always carry with me and that enabled the use of monitor mode inside a virtual machine. It was priced at ~10€ and used the

Ruby Setup As I already had git installed the only thing left to do was to install a Ruby version manager. The octopress setup guide suggests either rbenv or rvm. As my attempts with rbenv or homebrew didn't bear fruit I moved on to a "manual"