From 22947e30eb1a825e4409dd9501fdd879128e50c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Runge Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 01:46:56 +0200 Subject: Renaming posts with year/month as prefix. --- content/blog/201507-mikromusik2015.rst | 127 +++++++ content/blog/201508-cccamp2015.rst | 55 +++ content/blog/201508-hardware-section.rst | 28 ++ ...-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst | 401 +++++++++++++++++++++ content/blog/chaos-communication-camp-2015.rst | 55 --- content/blog/hardware-section.rst | 28 -- .../longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst | 401 --------------------- content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst | 127 ------- 8 files changed, 611 insertions(+), 611 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/blog/201507-mikromusik2015.rst create mode 100644 content/blog/201508-cccamp2015.rst create mode 100644 content/blog/201508-hardware-section.rst create mode 100644 content/blog/201604-extended-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst delete mode 100644 content/blog/chaos-communication-camp-2015.rst delete mode 100644 content/blog/hardware-section.rst delete mode 100644 content/blog/longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst delete mode 100644 content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/blog/201507-mikromusik2015.rst b/content/blog/201507-mikromusik2015.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..22250bf --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/201507-mikromusik2015.rst @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +Mikromusik 2015 +######################### + +:date: 2015-10-20 16:00 +:modified: 2015-10-20 16:00 +:tags: daad, gustavo alfaix, micromusik, berlin, dreaming smetak, berliner künstlerprogramm, villa elisabeth, elisabethkirche, sophienkirche, walter smetak, electronic studio, tu-berlin, daad, a-trio, aamm +:category: events +:slug: mikromusik-2015 +:summary: Information regarding "How to build large audio installations in just a short amount of time." and "How did we manage to run this festival with so few people?" +:authors: David Runge + +| The |daad| sponsors a yearly |neue_musik| and |experimental_music| festival in Berlin, called |mikromusik|. It's usually spread over several locations in Berlin. +| This year those included |villa_elisabeth|, |elisabeth_kirche|, |sophien_kirche| [#]_ and |kapelle_der_versoehnung|, with |mikromusik_flyer|. +| +| The |electronic_studio| at |tu-berlin|, where I'm currently working/ tutoring is the partner for all things technical for these venues during this event and puts my collegue and I in the position of helping to realize different artistic setups. +| While some of the installations and concerts are based on multi-channel/ spatialized audio (and thus sometimes have a complex speaker setup), others require many more tweaks and additional work, before they are ready to go. +| One of those was |dreaming_smetak| by Gustavo Alfaix. +| +| His installation was supposed to use 36 acoustic guitars in a aeolian setup, meaning they are to be played by the wind! +| This is the kind of thing your momma warns you about! +| No seriously, if you ever find yourself working on a large-scale technical setup, involving many acoustic guitars, that have to be amplified, plan ahead accordingly. +| Gustavo's installation space was the attic and spire of |sophien_kirche|, which further complicated the whole story due to long cable lines (we ended up making a couple of hundred meters of custom cables). +| We got ready just in time for the opening. +| The resulting |dreaming_smetak_audio| however was very mystic and dreamy sound wise (just as the name suggests). +| You can find a |dreaming_smetak_pictures| (some by me) and a |dreaming_smetak_video|, that further explain the whole thing. +| File under: Worth it! +| +| This was not my only involvement with the festival, though. +| During setting up |dreaming_smetak|, Gustavo and I could listen already to the rehearsals of the in-house choir (not too bad actually!) and of |quatuor_diotima| (an excellent string quartett) below us in the nave, which I would record later on. +| The |electronic_studio| also dealt with the setup of Karen Powers' installation/ performance piece |once_below| at |kapelle_der_versoehnung|, which proved to be demanding from a gear point of view. +| The chapel is semi-open to the outside, consisting of wooden bars, marking an oval space (much like a wooden prison... weird concept for a chapel, right?), enclosing a concrete building (also ovally shaped). +| This plus rain is pretty much speaker apocalypse and makes you get all paranoid about those Meyer UPL-1. +| Although I didn't hear much of Karen's piece, I dealt with the technical setup of another installation/ performance of hers earlier this year. +| She is a nice person to work with, collecting sound scapes from all over the world, that she turns into pieces. +| Another interesting place of involvement for us was the |elisabeth_kirche|, a bombed out church in Berlin-Mitte, that has seen only mild renovations to now house concerts, perfomances and installations. +| There, we dealt with the gentlemen John Tilbury and Eddie Prévost of AMM and Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui and Raed Yassin of A-Trio (both alone and in combination: |amm_a_trio_aamm|), alongside Boris Filanovsky and Arno Fabre showcasing |componiums_la_machine_fleuve|. +| The first two needed a classical concert setup, in which we took care of the sometimes very dynamic output and a recording for |deutschlandradio_kultur|, the latter, as a performance piece, based upon a cyclist-driven multitude of music boxes, needed some fine tuning for the piezos in use. +| +| Closing, there was the pretty exhaustive tear-down and another concert (we nearly could ''just be part of''): |audiovisual_concert| by Kerbaj and others, showing steep similarities to seeing some first generation Postrock, like GY!BE live. +| In respective, I'm still astounded by how much has been accomplished by so few people. +| Although obviously planning of such events can always be better, much can still be pushed towards a good direction by applying some hard work! + +.. |dreaming_smetak_video| raw:: html + + video documentation + +.. |dreaming_smetak_pictures| raw:: html + + series of pictures + +.. |dreaming_smetak_audio| raw:: html + + audio + +.. [#] The church interior would actually prove as great fun to every Illuminati fan. + +.. |daad| raw:: html + + Berliner Künstlerprogramm (DAAD) + +.. |neue_musik| raw:: html + + "Neue Musik" + +.. |experimental_music| raw:: html + + experimental music + +.. |mikromusik_flyer| raw:: html + + many different installations and concerts + +.. |dreaming_smetak| raw:: html + + "Dreaming Smetak" + +.. |once_below| raw:: html + + "Once Below" + +.. |quatuor_diotima| raw:: html + + Quatuor Diotima + +.. |amm_a_trio_aamm| raw:: html + + "AMM, A-Trio, AAMM" + +.. |audiovisual_concert| raw:: html + + "Audiovisual concert" + +.. |componiums_la_machine_fleuve| raw:: html + + "Componiums. La Machine Fleuve" + +.. |mikromusik| raw:: html + + Mikromusik + +.. |deutschlandradio_kultur| raw:: html + + Deutschlandradio Kultur + +.. |villa_elisabeth| raw:: html + + Villa Elisabeth + +.. |elisabeth_kirche| raw:: html + + St. Elisabeth Kirche + +.. |sophien_kirche| raw:: html + + Sophienkirche + +.. |kapelle_der_versoehnung| raw:: html + + Kapelle der Versöhnung + +.. |electronic_studio| raw:: html + + Electronic Studio + +.. |tu-berlin| raw:: html + + TU Berlin diff --git a/content/blog/201508-cccamp2015.rst b/content/blog/201508-cccamp2015.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..67e9de5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/201508-cccamp2015.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Chaos Communication Camp 2015 +############################# + +:date: 2015-08-08 16:00 +:modified: 2015-08-08 16:00 +:tags: ccc, camping, world domination, c-base, berlin, zehdenick, nwsec, peter ohm, mitch altman, papervco, wolfgang spahn, antti pussinen, arduino +:category: events +:slug: chaos-communication-camp-2015 +:summary: This year's Chaos Communication Camp in Zehdenick +:authors: David Runge + +| Only a few more days and the |chaos_communication_camp_2015| opens its gates. +| The |c-base| crew is diligently working on bringing equipment as an extension to the |space_station_below_berlin| to Zehdenick. +| C-base turns 20 during Camp! Expect awesome celebrations! +| +| I'm looking forward to a week with ~4500 hackers/ nerds/ musicians/ |friends| and |old_acquaintances|. +| There will be plenty of talks, workshops, hacking and hopefully time for some music making, swimming and all those other free time luxuries. +| I'll bring my `modular suitcase `_ for some jams in the audio village and possibly even finish up on my |paper_vco| (by |wolfgang_spahn| and |antti_pussinen|) or turn my |arduino_esplora| into a low-fi waveshaper. +| Who knows... I'm going camping. + +.. |chaos_communication_camp_2015| raw:: html + + Chaos Communication Camp 2015 + +.. |c-base| raw:: html + + c-base + +.. |space_station_below_berlin| raw:: html + + space station below Berlin + +.. |friends| raw:: html + + friends + +.. |old_acquaintances| raw:: html + + old acquaintances + +.. |paper_vco| raw:: html + + Paper VCO + +.. |wolfgang_spahn| raw:: html + + Wolfgang Spahn + +.. |antti_pussinen| raw:: html + + Antti Pussinen + +.. |arduino_esplora| raw:: html + + Arduino Esplora diff --git a/content/blog/201508-hardware-section.rst b/content/blog/201508-hardware-section.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..438b04b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/201508-hardware-section.rst @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Hardware section +################ + +:date: 2015-08-08 15:00 +:modified: 2015-08-08 17:30 +:tags: diy, modular, suitcase, eurorack, hardware +:category: hardware +:summary: The website has seen a major visual overhaul and the adding of a new section: hardware +:slug: hardware-section +:authors: David Runge + +| Again, it took me some time to write something of value here. But hey, it's quality over quantity, right? +| I've just expanded the spectrum of this website (after doing some major |visual_overhauls| and simultaneously dropping |markdown| in favor of |restructured_text|) by a `hardware section `_. +| The first page I've added is something I have been working on over the past two months: My `modular suitcase `_ (a suitcase for :abbr:`Eurorack (A racking system for modular synthesizers, being 3U tall and a multiple of 2HP wide)` modules). Go check it out, copy/ modify the source files and build one yourself (if you dare!). +| More devices will follow as soon as I have the time to write about them (or the desire to document them). + +.. |visual_overhauls| raw:: html + + visual overhauls + +.. |markdown| raw:: html + + Markdown + +.. |restructured_text| raw:: html + + reStructuredText + diff --git a/content/blog/201604-extended-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst b/content/blog/201604-extended-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5780856 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/201604-extended-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst @@ -0,0 +1,401 @@ +Extended Longevity of a HTC One S using Cyanogenmod +################################################### + +:date: 2016-04-02 20:00 +:modified: 2016-04-03 20:00 +:tags: cyanogenmod, android, apps, f-droid, guardian project, tor, htc one s +:category: mobile +:slug: extended-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod +:authors: David Runge +:summary: Or howto setup Cyanogenmod on a HTC One S and live with F-Droid happily ever after + +The mobile +__________ +| I own a quite old - at least by today's standards of planned obsolescence for every consumer device - |htc_one_s| (2012), that won't be receiving any more Android upgrades (|htc_one_s_last_update|: version 4.0.4) or support by its manufacturer directly or any distributor for that matter. +| It's quite a nice, small and lightweight phone, that by now has seen the world and besides a self-administered chassis change hasn't yielded any serious problems. +| The phone doesn't have much RAM or much space. Neither does it have a microSD card slot, :abbr:`NFC (Near field communication)` or other fancy new stuff that people seem to need. +| + +CyanogenMod +___________ +| The alternative firmware for some mobile devices |cyanogenmod| is available for free and offers a community driven development branch of the Android kernel, without the Google and mobile vendor bloat. +| Have a look: Maybe your phone is amongst the |cyanogenmod_supported_devices|? +| Not all vendors allow flashing other firmwares though. Some prevent this completely (watch |28c3_doctorow| for an in-depth comment on this), others let you do it by voiding your warranty, yet others just let you do it, because they are awesome. +| All |cyanogenmod| capable devices have development codenames. For the |htc_one_s| this is "|cyanogenmod_ville|". +| Each device offers a |cyanogenmod_ville_release_channel| (with stable releases) and a |cyanogenmod_ville_development_channel| (with nightly builds for the adventurous and daring). +| An |cyanogenmod_ville_install| explains how to get |cyanogenmod| on your device. +| + +F-Droid +_______ +| |f-droid| is an alternative app store to |google_play|. It only offers |free_software|. This is pretty awesome. +| Some useful apps I like, use or have used: + + * |f-droid_afwall| - Control network traffic + * |f-droid_antennapod| - Advanced podcast manager and player + * |f-droid_ardroid| - Remote control for |ardour| + * |f-droid_cadroid| - Certificate importer + * |f-droid_connectbot| - :abbr:`SSH (Secure Shell)` and local shell client + * |f-droid_conversations| - :abbr:`XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)` client + * |f-droid_davdroid| - Contacts and Calendar sync + * |f-droid_droidshows| - TV series browser and tracker + * |f-droid_f-droid| - Application manager + * |f-droid_firefox| - Web browser + * |f-droid_irssi_connectbot| - Specialised :abbr:`SSH (Secure Shell)` Client + * |f-droid_k-9_mail| - Full-featured email client + * |f-droid_kontalk| - Community-driven messaging + * |f-droid_kore| - Remote control for |kodi| (XBMC) + * |f-droid_logical_defence| - Encyclopedia of logical fallacies + * |f-droid_mpdroid| - |mpd| (Music Player Daemon) client + * |f-droid_mupdf| - Lightweight document viewer + * |f-droid_owncloud| - Synchronization client + * |f-droid_owncloud_news| - News/feed reader + * |f-droid_owncloud_notes| - Client for ownCloud Notes App + * |f-droid_oandbackup| - Backup manager + * |f-droid_open_camera| - Camera App + * |f-droid_openkeychain| - Encrypt files and communications with OpenPGP + * |f-droid_opentasks| - Keep track of your list of goals + * |f-droid_openvpn_for_android| - |openvpn| without root + * |f-droid_openvpn_settings| - :abbr:`VPN (Virtual Private Network)` settings + * |f-droid_osmand| - Offline/online maps and navigation + * |f-droid_orbot| - |tor_project| (anonymity) client + * |f-droid_orwall| - Force apps to use |tor_project| + * |f-droid_orweb| - Privacy-enhanced browser + * |f-droid_password_store| - Manage your passwords + * |f-droid_plumble| - Voice chat for |mumble| servers + * |f-droid_practice_hub| - Tools for musicians + * |f-droid_port_authority| - Port scanner + * |f-droid_quickdic| - Offline translation dictionary + * |f-droid_sms_backup| - Backup :abbr:`SMS (Short Message Service)` and call logs to :abbr:`IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)` + * |f-droid_smssecure| - Send encrypted text messages (SMS) + * |f-droid_satstat| - Signal Generator for tablets + * |f-droid_signal_generator| - Signal Generator for tablets + * |f-droid_snoopsnitch| - Check mobile network security + * |f-droid_syncthing| - File synchronization + * |f-droid_termux| - Terminal emulator with packages + * |f-droid_transportr| - Public Transport Companion + * |f-droid_tryton| - Enterprise resource management + * |f-droid_twidere| - Microblogging client + * |f-droid_vlc| - Media player + * |f-droid_weechat| - Internet relay chat + * |f-droid_world_weather| - View weather forecast + +Guardian Project +________________ +| The |guardian_project| offers a |guardian_project_repository| for |f-droid| with free/ libre Android applications that are being developed by a team of volunteers and are all evolving around the matter of strong encryption for communication. +| One of the more notable projects was to bring |tor_project| to Android. +| The |guardian_project| has more buns in the oven though. Some are directly available through |f-droid|, others only through their own |guardian_project_repository|. This is a collection of the currently available projects: + + * |guardian_project_chatsecure| - A free and open source messaging app that features |otr| encryption over :abbr:`XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)` + * |guardian_project_orbot| - A free :abbr:`proxy (a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services)` app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely + * |guardian_project_camerav| - The easiest way to capture and share verifiable photos and video proof on a smartphone or tablet, all the while keeping it entirely secure and private + * |guardian_project_obscuracam| - A photo and video app for Android that keeps certain information private. + * |guardian_project_pixelknot| - An Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels. + +Conclusion +__________ +Yay! + + * I don't need to buy a new phone each year, because my battery got eaten by malicious apps that I can't disable. + * I can use an Android device without Google + * I can use an Android device without vendor bloat + * I can use an Android device as root and modify it the way I want it + * I can choose to only install free apps + +.. |otr| raw:: html + + OTR + +.. |kodi| raw:: html + + Kodi + +.. |mpd| raw:: html + + MPD + +.. |openvpn| raw:: html + + OpenVPN + +.. |mumble| raw:: html + + mumble + +.. |free_software| raw:: html + + free/libre software + +.. |tor_project| raw:: html + + Tor + +.. |guardian_project_pixelknot| raw:: html + + Pixelknot + +.. |guardian_project_obscuracam| raw:: html + + ObscuraCam + +.. |guardian_project_camerav| raw:: html + + CameraV + +.. |guardian_project_orbot| raw:: html + + Orbot + +.. |guardian_project_chatsecure| raw:: html + + ChatSecure + +.. |f-droid_conversations| raw:: html + + Conversations + +.. |f-droid_droidshows| raw:: html + + DroidShows + +.. |f-droid_kontalk| raw:: html + + Kontalk + +.. |f-droid_logical_defence| raw:: html + + Logical Defence + +.. |f-droid_mpdroid| raw:: html + + MPDroid + +.. |f-droid_mupdf| raw:: html + + MuPDF + +.. |f-droid_open_camera| raw:: html + + Open Camera + +.. |f-droid_port_authority| raw:: html + + Practice Hub + +.. |f-droid_practice_hub| raw:: html + + Practice Hub + +.. |f-droid_quickdic| raw:: html + + QuickDic + +.. |f-droid_satstat| raw:: html + + SatStat + +.. |f-droid_signal_generator| raw:: html + + Signal Generator + +.. |f-droid_smssecure| raw:: html + + SMSSecure + +.. |f-droid_world_weather| raw:: html + + World Weather + +.. |f-droid_snoopsnitch| raw:: html + + SnoopSnitch + +.. |f-droid_weechat| raw:: html + + Weechat + +.. |f-droid_vlc| raw:: html + + VLC + +.. |f-droid_transportr| raw:: html + + Transportr + +.. |f-droid_syncthing| raw:: html + + Syncthing + +.. |f-droid_twidere| raw:: html + + Twidere + +.. |f-droid_tryton| raw:: html + + Tryton + +.. |f-droid_sms_backup| raw:: html + + SMS Backup+ + +.. |f-droid_password_store| raw:: html + + Password Store + +.. |f-droid_orweb| raw:: html + + Orweb + +.. |f-droid_orwall| raw:: html + + orWall + +.. |f-droid_orbot| raw:: html + + Orbot + +.. |f-droid_osmand| raw:: html + + OsmAnd~ + +.. |f-droid_openvpn_for_android| raw:: html + + OpenVPN for Android + +.. |f-droid_openvpn_settings| raw:: html + + OpenVPN Settings + +.. |f-droid_oandbackup| raw:: html + + oandbackup + +.. |f-droid_owncloud_notes| raw:: html + + ownCloud Notes + +.. |f-droid_owncloud_news| raw:: html + + ownCloud News + +.. |f-droid_owncloud| raw:: html + + ownCloud + +.. |f-droid_openkeychain| raw:: html + + OpenKeychain + +.. |f-droid_k-9_mail| raw:: html + + K-9 Mail + +.. |guardian_project_repository| raw:: html + + repository + +.. |guardian_project| raw:: html + + Guardian Project + +.. |f-droid_irssi_connectbot| raw:: html + + Irssi ConnectBot + +.. |f-droid_connectbot| raw:: html + + ConnectBot + +.. |f-droid_firefox| raw:: html + + Firefox + +.. |f-droid_kore| raw:: html + + Kore + +.. |f-droid_f-droid| raw:: html + + F-Droid + +.. |f-droid_plumble| raw:: html + + Plumble + +.. |f-droid_termux| raw:: html + + Termux + +.. |ardour| raw:: html + + Ardour + +.. |f-droid_opentasks| raw:: html + + OpenTasks + +.. |f-droid_davdroid| raw:: html + + DAVdroid + +.. |f-droid_cadroid| raw:: html + + CAdroid + +.. |f-droid_ardroid| raw:: html + + Ardroid + +.. |f-droid_antennapod| raw:: html + + AntennaPod + +.. |f-droid_afwall| raw:: html + + AFWall+ + + +.. |cyanogenmod_ville_install| raw:: html + + install section + +.. |cyanogenmod_ville_development_channel| raw:: html + + development channel + +.. |cyanogenmod_ville_release_channel| raw:: html + + release channel + +.. |htc_one_s_last_update| raw:: html + + last update + +.. |htc_one_s| raw:: html + + HTC One S + +.. |cyanogenmod_ville| raw:: html + + ville + +.. |f-droid| raw:: html + + F-Droid + +.. |google_play| raw:: html + + Google Play + +.. |28c3_doctorow| raw:: html + + Cory Doctorow at 28C3 + +.. |cyanogenmod| raw:: html + + CyanogenMod + +.. |cyanogenmod_supported_devices| raw:: html + + supported devices + diff --git a/content/blog/chaos-communication-camp-2015.rst b/content/blog/chaos-communication-camp-2015.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 67e9de5..0000000 --- a/content/blog/chaos-communication-camp-2015.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -Chaos Communication Camp 2015 -############################# - -:date: 2015-08-08 16:00 -:modified: 2015-08-08 16:00 -:tags: ccc, camping, world domination, c-base, berlin, zehdenick, nwsec, peter ohm, mitch altman, papervco, wolfgang spahn, antti pussinen, arduino -:category: events -:slug: chaos-communication-camp-2015 -:summary: This year's Chaos Communication Camp in Zehdenick -:authors: David Runge - -| Only a few more days and the |chaos_communication_camp_2015| opens its gates. -| The |c-base| crew is diligently working on bringing equipment as an extension to the |space_station_below_berlin| to Zehdenick. -| C-base turns 20 during Camp! Expect awesome celebrations! -| -| I'm looking forward to a week with ~4500 hackers/ nerds/ musicians/ |friends| and |old_acquaintances|. -| There will be plenty of talks, workshops, hacking and hopefully time for some music making, swimming and all those other free time luxuries. -| I'll bring my `modular suitcase `_ for some jams in the audio village and possibly even finish up on my |paper_vco| (by |wolfgang_spahn| and |antti_pussinen|) or turn my |arduino_esplora| into a low-fi waveshaper. -| Who knows... I'm going camping. - -.. |chaos_communication_camp_2015| raw:: html - - Chaos Communication Camp 2015 - -.. |c-base| raw:: html - - c-base - -.. |space_station_below_berlin| raw:: html - - space station below Berlin - -.. |friends| raw:: html - - friends - -.. |old_acquaintances| raw:: html - - old acquaintances - -.. |paper_vco| raw:: html - - Paper VCO - -.. |wolfgang_spahn| raw:: html - - Wolfgang Spahn - -.. |antti_pussinen| raw:: html - - Antti Pussinen - -.. |arduino_esplora| raw:: html - - Arduino Esplora diff --git a/content/blog/hardware-section.rst b/content/blog/hardware-section.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 438b04b..0000000 --- a/content/blog/hardware-section.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -Hardware section -################ - -:date: 2015-08-08 15:00 -:modified: 2015-08-08 17:30 -:tags: diy, modular, suitcase, eurorack, hardware -:category: hardware -:summary: The website has seen a major visual overhaul and the adding of a new section: hardware -:slug: hardware-section -:authors: David Runge - -| Again, it took me some time to write something of value here. But hey, it's quality over quantity, right? -| I've just expanded the spectrum of this website (after doing some major |visual_overhauls| and simultaneously dropping |markdown| in favor of |restructured_text|) by a `hardware section `_. -| The first page I've added is something I have been working on over the past two months: My `modular suitcase `_ (a suitcase for :abbr:`Eurorack (A racking system for modular synthesizers, being 3U tall and a multiple of 2HP wide)` modules). Go check it out, copy/ modify the source files and build one yourself (if you dare!). -| More devices will follow as soon as I have the time to write about them (or the desire to document them). - -.. |visual_overhauls| raw:: html - - visual overhauls - -.. |markdown| raw:: html - - Markdown - -.. |restructured_text| raw:: html - - reStructuredText - diff --git a/content/blog/longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst b/content/blog/longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 5780856..0000000 --- a/content/blog/longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,401 +0,0 @@ -Extended Longevity of a HTC One S using Cyanogenmod -################################################### - -:date: 2016-04-02 20:00 -:modified: 2016-04-03 20:00 -:tags: cyanogenmod, android, apps, f-droid, guardian project, tor, htc one s -:category: mobile -:slug: extended-longevity-of-a-htc-one-s-using-cyanogenmod -:authors: David Runge -:summary: Or howto setup Cyanogenmod on a HTC One S and live with F-Droid happily ever after - -The mobile -__________ -| I own a quite old - at least by today's standards of planned obsolescence for every consumer device - |htc_one_s| (2012), that won't be receiving any more Android upgrades (|htc_one_s_last_update|: version 4.0.4) or support by its manufacturer directly or any distributor for that matter. -| It's quite a nice, small and lightweight phone, that by now has seen the world and besides a self-administered chassis change hasn't yielded any serious problems. -| The phone doesn't have much RAM or much space. Neither does it have a microSD card slot, :abbr:`NFC (Near field communication)` or other fancy new stuff that people seem to need. -| - -CyanogenMod -___________ -| The alternative firmware for some mobile devices |cyanogenmod| is available for free and offers a community driven development branch of the Android kernel, without the Google and mobile vendor bloat. -| Have a look: Maybe your phone is amongst the |cyanogenmod_supported_devices|? -| Not all vendors allow flashing other firmwares though. Some prevent this completely (watch |28c3_doctorow| for an in-depth comment on this), others let you do it by voiding your warranty, yet others just let you do it, because they are awesome. -| All |cyanogenmod| capable devices have development codenames. For the |htc_one_s| this is "|cyanogenmod_ville|". -| Each device offers a |cyanogenmod_ville_release_channel| (with stable releases) and a |cyanogenmod_ville_development_channel| (with nightly builds for the adventurous and daring). -| An |cyanogenmod_ville_install| explains how to get |cyanogenmod| on your device. -| - -F-Droid -_______ -| |f-droid| is an alternative app store to |google_play|. It only offers |free_software|. This is pretty awesome. -| Some useful apps I like, use or have used: - - * |f-droid_afwall| - Control network traffic - * |f-droid_antennapod| - Advanced podcast manager and player - * |f-droid_ardroid| - Remote control for |ardour| - * |f-droid_cadroid| - Certificate importer - * |f-droid_connectbot| - :abbr:`SSH (Secure Shell)` and local shell client - * |f-droid_conversations| - :abbr:`XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)` client - * |f-droid_davdroid| - Contacts and Calendar sync - * |f-droid_droidshows| - TV series browser and tracker - * |f-droid_f-droid| - Application manager - * |f-droid_firefox| - Web browser - * |f-droid_irssi_connectbot| - Specialised :abbr:`SSH (Secure Shell)` Client - * |f-droid_k-9_mail| - Full-featured email client - * |f-droid_kontalk| - Community-driven messaging - * |f-droid_kore| - Remote control for |kodi| (XBMC) - * |f-droid_logical_defence| - Encyclopedia of logical fallacies - * |f-droid_mpdroid| - |mpd| (Music Player Daemon) client - * |f-droid_mupdf| - Lightweight document viewer - * |f-droid_owncloud| - Synchronization client - * |f-droid_owncloud_news| - News/feed reader - * |f-droid_owncloud_notes| - Client for ownCloud Notes App - * |f-droid_oandbackup| - Backup manager - * |f-droid_open_camera| - Camera App - * |f-droid_openkeychain| - Encrypt files and communications with OpenPGP - * |f-droid_opentasks| - Keep track of your list of goals - * |f-droid_openvpn_for_android| - |openvpn| without root - * |f-droid_openvpn_settings| - :abbr:`VPN (Virtual Private Network)` settings - * |f-droid_osmand| - Offline/online maps and navigation - * |f-droid_orbot| - |tor_project| (anonymity) client - * |f-droid_orwall| - Force apps to use |tor_project| - * |f-droid_orweb| - Privacy-enhanced browser - * |f-droid_password_store| - Manage your passwords - * |f-droid_plumble| - Voice chat for |mumble| servers - * |f-droid_practice_hub| - Tools for musicians - * |f-droid_port_authority| - Port scanner - * |f-droid_quickdic| - Offline translation dictionary - * |f-droid_sms_backup| - Backup :abbr:`SMS (Short Message Service)` and call logs to :abbr:`IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)` - * |f-droid_smssecure| - Send encrypted text messages (SMS) - * |f-droid_satstat| - Signal Generator for tablets - * |f-droid_signal_generator| - Signal Generator for tablets - * |f-droid_snoopsnitch| - Check mobile network security - * |f-droid_syncthing| - File synchronization - * |f-droid_termux| - Terminal emulator with packages - * |f-droid_transportr| - Public Transport Companion - * |f-droid_tryton| - Enterprise resource management - * |f-droid_twidere| - Microblogging client - * |f-droid_vlc| - Media player - * |f-droid_weechat| - Internet relay chat - * |f-droid_world_weather| - View weather forecast - -Guardian Project -________________ -| The |guardian_project| offers a |guardian_project_repository| for |f-droid| with free/ libre Android applications that are being developed by a team of volunteers and are all evolving around the matter of strong encryption for communication. -| One of the more notable projects was to bring |tor_project| to Android. -| The |guardian_project| has more buns in the oven though. Some are directly available through |f-droid|, others only through their own |guardian_project_repository|. This is a collection of the currently available projects: - - * |guardian_project_chatsecure| - A free and open source messaging app that features |otr| encryption over :abbr:`XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)` - * |guardian_project_orbot| - A free :abbr:`proxy (a computer network service that allows clients to make indirect network connections to other network services)` app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely - * |guardian_project_camerav| - The easiest way to capture and share verifiable photos and video proof on a smartphone or tablet, all the while keeping it entirely secure and private - * |guardian_project_obscuracam| - A photo and video app for Android that keeps certain information private. - * |guardian_project_pixelknot| - An Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels. - -Conclusion -__________ -Yay! - - * I don't need to buy a new phone each year, because my battery got eaten by malicious apps that I can't disable. - * I can use an Android device without Google - * I can use an Android device without vendor bloat - * I can use an Android device as root and modify it the way I want it - * I can choose to only install free apps - -.. |otr| raw:: html - - OTR - -.. |kodi| raw:: html - - Kodi - -.. |mpd| raw:: html - - MPD - -.. |openvpn| raw:: html - - OpenVPN - -.. |mumble| raw:: html - - mumble - -.. |free_software| raw:: html - - free/libre software - -.. |tor_project| raw:: html - - Tor - -.. |guardian_project_pixelknot| raw:: html - - Pixelknot - -.. |guardian_project_obscuracam| raw:: html - - ObscuraCam - -.. |guardian_project_camerav| raw:: html - - CameraV - -.. |guardian_project_orbot| raw:: html - - Orbot - -.. |guardian_project_chatsecure| raw:: html - - ChatSecure - -.. |f-droid_conversations| raw:: html - - Conversations - -.. |f-droid_droidshows| raw:: html - - DroidShows - -.. |f-droid_kontalk| raw:: html - - Kontalk - -.. |f-droid_logical_defence| raw:: html - - Logical Defence - -.. |f-droid_mpdroid| raw:: html - - MPDroid - -.. |f-droid_mupdf| raw:: html - - MuPDF - -.. |f-droid_open_camera| raw:: html - - Open Camera - -.. |f-droid_port_authority| raw:: html - - Practice Hub - -.. |f-droid_practice_hub| raw:: html - - Practice Hub - -.. |f-droid_quickdic| raw:: html - - QuickDic - -.. |f-droid_satstat| raw:: html - - SatStat - -.. |f-droid_signal_generator| raw:: html - - Signal Generator - -.. |f-droid_smssecure| raw:: html - - SMSSecure - -.. |f-droid_world_weather| raw:: html - - World Weather - -.. |f-droid_snoopsnitch| raw:: html - - SnoopSnitch - -.. |f-droid_weechat| raw:: html - - Weechat - -.. |f-droid_vlc| raw:: html - - VLC - -.. |f-droid_transportr| raw:: html - - Transportr - -.. |f-droid_syncthing| raw:: html - - Syncthing - -.. |f-droid_twidere| raw:: html - - Twidere - -.. |f-droid_tryton| raw:: html - - Tryton - -.. |f-droid_sms_backup| raw:: html - - SMS Backup+ - -.. |f-droid_password_store| raw:: html - - Password Store - -.. |f-droid_orweb| raw:: html - - Orweb - -.. |f-droid_orwall| raw:: html - - orWall - -.. |f-droid_orbot| raw:: html - - Orbot - -.. |f-droid_osmand| raw:: html - - OsmAnd~ - -.. |f-droid_openvpn_for_android| raw:: html - - OpenVPN for Android - -.. |f-droid_openvpn_settings| raw:: html - - OpenVPN Settings - -.. |f-droid_oandbackup| raw:: html - - oandbackup - -.. |f-droid_owncloud_notes| raw:: html - - ownCloud Notes - -.. |f-droid_owncloud_news| raw:: html - - ownCloud News - -.. |f-droid_owncloud| raw:: html - - ownCloud - -.. |f-droid_openkeychain| raw:: html - - OpenKeychain - -.. |f-droid_k-9_mail| raw:: html - - K-9 Mail - -.. |guardian_project_repository| raw:: html - - repository - -.. |guardian_project| raw:: html - - Guardian Project - -.. |f-droid_irssi_connectbot| raw:: html - - Irssi ConnectBot - -.. |f-droid_connectbot| raw:: html - - ConnectBot - -.. |f-droid_firefox| raw:: html - - Firefox - -.. |f-droid_kore| raw:: html - - Kore - -.. |f-droid_f-droid| raw:: html - - F-Droid - -.. |f-droid_plumble| raw:: html - - Plumble - -.. |f-droid_termux| raw:: html - - Termux - -.. |ardour| raw:: html - - Ardour - -.. |f-droid_opentasks| raw:: html - - OpenTasks - -.. |f-droid_davdroid| raw:: html - - DAVdroid - -.. |f-droid_cadroid| raw:: html - - CAdroid - -.. |f-droid_ardroid| raw:: html - - Ardroid - -.. |f-droid_antennapod| raw:: html - - AntennaPod - -.. |f-droid_afwall| raw:: html - - AFWall+ - - -.. |cyanogenmod_ville_install| raw:: html - - install section - -.. |cyanogenmod_ville_development_channel| raw:: html - - development channel - -.. |cyanogenmod_ville_release_channel| raw:: html - - release channel - -.. |htc_one_s_last_update| raw:: html - - last update - -.. |htc_one_s| raw:: html - - HTC One S - -.. |cyanogenmod_ville| raw:: html - - ville - -.. |f-droid| raw:: html - - F-Droid - -.. |google_play| raw:: html - - Google Play - -.. |28c3_doctorow| raw:: html - - Cory Doctorow at 28C3 - -.. |cyanogenmod| raw:: html - - CyanogenMod - -.. |cyanogenmod_supported_devices| raw:: html - - supported devices - diff --git a/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst b/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 22250bf..0000000 --- a/content/blog/mikromusik2015.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +0,0 @@ -Mikromusik 2015 -######################### - -:date: 2015-10-20 16:00 -:modified: 2015-10-20 16:00 -:tags: daad, gustavo alfaix, micromusik, berlin, dreaming smetak, berliner künstlerprogramm, villa elisabeth, elisabethkirche, sophienkirche, walter smetak, electronic studio, tu-berlin, daad, a-trio, aamm -:category: events -:slug: mikromusik-2015 -:summary: Information regarding "How to build large audio installations in just a short amount of time." and "How did we manage to run this festival with so few people?" -:authors: David Runge - -| The |daad| sponsors a yearly |neue_musik| and |experimental_music| festival in Berlin, called |mikromusik|. It's usually spread over several locations in Berlin. -| This year those included |villa_elisabeth|, |elisabeth_kirche|, |sophien_kirche| [#]_ and |kapelle_der_versoehnung|, with |mikromusik_flyer|. -| -| The |electronic_studio| at |tu-berlin|, where I'm currently working/ tutoring is the partner for all things technical for these venues during this event and puts my collegue and I in the position of helping to realize different artistic setups. -| While some of the installations and concerts are based on multi-channel/ spatialized audio (and thus sometimes have a complex speaker setup), others require many more tweaks and additional work, before they are ready to go. -| One of those was |dreaming_smetak| by Gustavo Alfaix. -| -| His installation was supposed to use 36 acoustic guitars in a aeolian setup, meaning they are to be played by the wind! -| This is the kind of thing your momma warns you about! -| No seriously, if you ever find yourself working on a large-scale technical setup, involving many acoustic guitars, that have to be amplified, plan ahead accordingly. -| Gustavo's installation space was the attic and spire of |sophien_kirche|, which further complicated the whole story due to long cable lines (we ended up making a couple of hundred meters of custom cables). -| We got ready just in time for the opening. -| The resulting |dreaming_smetak_audio| however was very mystic and dreamy sound wise (just as the name suggests). -| You can find a |dreaming_smetak_pictures| (some by me) and a |dreaming_smetak_video|, that further explain the whole thing. -| File under: Worth it! -| -| This was not my only involvement with the festival, though. -| During setting up |dreaming_smetak|, Gustavo and I could listen already to the rehearsals of the in-house choir (not too bad actually!) and of |quatuor_diotima| (an excellent string quartett) below us in the nave, which I would record later on. -| The |electronic_studio| also dealt with the setup of Karen Powers' installation/ performance piece |once_below| at |kapelle_der_versoehnung|, which proved to be demanding from a gear point of view. -| The chapel is semi-open to the outside, consisting of wooden bars, marking an oval space (much like a wooden prison... weird concept for a chapel, right?), enclosing a concrete building (also ovally shaped). -| This plus rain is pretty much speaker apocalypse and makes you get all paranoid about those Meyer UPL-1. -| Although I didn't hear much of Karen's piece, I dealt with the technical setup of another installation/ performance of hers earlier this year. -| She is a nice person to work with, collecting sound scapes from all over the world, that she turns into pieces. -| Another interesting place of involvement for us was the |elisabeth_kirche|, a bombed out church in Berlin-Mitte, that has seen only mild renovations to now house concerts, perfomances and installations. -| There, we dealt with the gentlemen John Tilbury and Eddie Prévost of AMM and Mazen Kerbaj, Sharif Sehnaoui and Raed Yassin of A-Trio (both alone and in combination: |amm_a_trio_aamm|), alongside Boris Filanovsky and Arno Fabre showcasing |componiums_la_machine_fleuve|. -| The first two needed a classical concert setup, in which we took care of the sometimes very dynamic output and a recording for |deutschlandradio_kultur|, the latter, as a performance piece, based upon a cyclist-driven multitude of music boxes, needed some fine tuning for the piezos in use. -| -| Closing, there was the pretty exhaustive tear-down and another concert (we nearly could ''just be part of''): |audiovisual_concert| by Kerbaj and others, showing steep similarities to seeing some first generation Postrock, like GY!BE live. -| In respective, I'm still astounded by how much has been accomplished by so few people. -| Although obviously planning of such events can always be better, much can still be pushed towards a good direction by applying some hard work! - -.. |dreaming_smetak_video| raw:: html - - video documentation - -.. |dreaming_smetak_pictures| raw:: html - - series of pictures - -.. |dreaming_smetak_audio| raw:: html - - audio - -.. [#] The church interior would actually prove as great fun to every Illuminati fan. - -.. |daad| raw:: html - - Berliner Künstlerprogramm (DAAD) - -.. |neue_musik| raw:: html - - "Neue Musik" - -.. |experimental_music| raw:: html - - experimental music - -.. |mikromusik_flyer| raw:: html - - many different installations and concerts - -.. |dreaming_smetak| raw:: html - - "Dreaming Smetak" - -.. |once_below| raw:: html - - "Once Below" - -.. |quatuor_diotima| raw:: html - - Quatuor Diotima - -.. |amm_a_trio_aamm| raw:: html - - "AMM, A-Trio, AAMM" - -.. |audiovisual_concert| raw:: html - - "Audiovisual concert" - -.. |componiums_la_machine_fleuve| raw:: html - - "Componiums. La Machine Fleuve" - -.. |mikromusik| raw:: html - - Mikromusik - -.. |deutschlandradio_kultur| raw:: html - - Deutschlandradio Kultur - -.. |villa_elisabeth| raw:: html - - Villa Elisabeth - -.. |elisabeth_kirche| raw:: html - - St. Elisabeth Kirche - -.. |sophien_kirche| raw:: html - - Sophienkirche - -.. |kapelle_der_versoehnung| raw:: html - - Kapelle der Versöhnung - -.. |electronic_studio| raw:: html - - Electronic Studio - -.. |tu-berlin| raw:: html - - TU Berlin -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2