http://www.woodly.de/blog by andy woodly Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:07:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... incl. Austria, Switzerland and Mallorca, then the UK, afterwards the world! Putting together some stats about Wikihood I rediscovered GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) I used to plot vector fields with once upon a time I was doing my thesis. Its a great tool set with everything you would ever wish to ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=52 In June 2009 Wikihood went online (see previous post in this blog). Since then we were able to built up a growing userbase and stabilize our position in the upper ranks of the lifestyle category (most visited) in the German Appstore. Last Wednesday something changed. Surprisingly we entered the top 100 of the ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=50 There is a time in live where the quality of music is judged by its content of low frequencies. Recently my son turned that age ... To enjoy such type of music you certainly need proper hifi equipement especially good low-fi speakers, which my son does not possess yet. To use his fascination ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=47 It's been more than 20 years ago since my first ski tour. Shortly afterward I started snowboarding. And shortly after that I combined both. How? Back in the days ski touring was well established but snowboarding a new trend. So obviously for ski touring with a snowboard there was no buyable out-of-the-box ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=41 Yesterday evening, around 11pm the english version of Wikihood went live, accessible to anyone in the world. 3 month after the initial german release we are happy to release the full wealth of the Wikipedia. The english data (3 times larger than the german data) demanded significant architectural changes and a server ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=38 The first step has been taken. The german version of Wikihood is out in the Appstore since two weeks. Mainly done in part-time development, early on the train or late in the evenings/nights, often resulting in 16h+ workdays. Though the result is pleasing. It's really fun to explore your proximity and see ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=37 ... I read a political book about the situation in Tibet. That was the year my son was born. I felt very moved by the suffering the Tibetan people had to go through as a result of the Chinese suppression. I felt very miserable reading testimonials about the Genocide with all ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=32 Playing around with my sons Lego NXT kit I built a basic version of a segway (where the hell does this name come from?): well, balancing isn't as robust as expected, but at least it is working somehow. Don't have no time for further improvements... Have a look at the related youtube ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=31 Our living room led display is happily serving us time and news. In autumn time it often happens to me when I leave home early in the morning to ride my bike to work that the moment I step out of the door I am suddenly surprised by the weather conditions. ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=30 Last weekend I was visiting a good old friend of mine. As a welcome present I brought "The best of MAKE" with me, since we both sometimes feel the need to do some craftsmanship. Our original idea was to do a jar jet engine, but my friend came up with the idea ... http://www.woodly.de/blog/?p=29