Welcome to my website!https://blog.chschmid.com/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/2013-blog-stats/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/2013-blog-stats/Thank you all for dropping by in 2013! For those who care, here are the blog stats that wordpress sent me for 2013:…Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/2014-blog-stats/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/2014-blog-stats/Thank you all for dropping by in 2014! For those who care, here are the blog stats that wordpress sent me for 2014:…Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/48/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/48/The very first 48 hours of this week. Congratulations to all of us who've made it that far. Just a quick update from my side (all times are CET military time)…Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/48-hours/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/48-hours/Microblog of the 48 h hours around my to my PhD defense. 15.12.2016 09:00 - Working on the PhD presentation 13:00 - Short walk to Bella Casa to order 18 Pizzas…Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-different-approach-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-different-approach-for-30-days/You know how they say that if you do something for too long, you will get yourself gridlocked? The way you should re-orientate your professional career at…Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-magical-time/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-magical-time/Every year on Advent Sunday, one of the most magical times in the year gets kick off. And it gets kicked off properly. We have this wonderful market where all…Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-perfect-day-in-venice/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-perfect-day-in-venice/The night train was not as comfortable as my own bed and I woke up every other hour, still it was way better than those 8 hour transatlantic flights that…Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-personal-www-story/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-personal-www-story/From time to time I just can't resist: My website / blog (whatever it is) has to change. The time has come again and the result is what you are looking at…Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-sad-certainty/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-sad-certainty/So I had this setup where I would get these occasional top-news messages from CNN. Like ten years ago, on the first day of my last year of high school, the…Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-screenshot/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/a-screenshot/Designing and building stuff that exploits physics to serve a specific function, that's what I think it comes down when you ask me about what engineering is.…Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/acta/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/acta/Everybody is talking about it right now, and I'd like to share a personal story about something that has happened to me recently. But first of all the video:…Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/active-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/active-for-30-days/Another 30 day-project: I bought a new gadget while I was in the US 4 weeks ago, a Misfit Flash activity tracker. The idea: It costs only 30 USD and if it…Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/adeste-fideles-o-come-all-ye-faithful/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/adeste-fideles-o-come-all-ye-faithful/Download brass quartet sheet music: Adeste Fideles - O Come, All Ye Faithful. Please note that "Adeste Fideles - O Come, All Ye Faithful" is also part of the…Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/alle-jahre-wieder-merry-christmas/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/alle-jahre-wieder-merry-christmas/Download brass quartet sheet music: Alle Jahre Wieder. Please note that "Alle Jahre Wieder" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1 &…Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/alles-leuchtet-everythings-shining/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/alles-leuchtet-everythings-shining/For as long as I can think I've had one or more songs every year that were like my own personal summer soundtrack. When I hear one these songs they put me…Sun, 07 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/andachtsjodler-2020-merry-christmas-from-austria/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/andachtsjodler-2020-merry-christmas-from-austria/Download brass quartet sheet music: Andachtsjodler. Please note that "Andachtsjodler" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1 & 2.…Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/andachtsjodler-merry-christmas-from-austria/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/andachtsjodler-merry-christmas-from-austria/Download brass quartet sheet music: Andachtsjodler. Please note that "Andachtsjodler" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1. Here's…Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/another-round-of-pro-scientia/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/another-round-of-pro-scientia/I guess I keep repeating myself. But the truth is if you blog every day for 30 days and if you do not start repeating yourself, something's probably wrong.…Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/another-round-of-try-something-new-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/another-round-of-try-something-new-for-30-days/When looking at the last couple of my blog posts, you could think that I spend most of my time around computers. I guess that's mostly because I rarely blog…Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/arcs-a-pebble-hello-world/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/arcs-a-pebble-hello-world/I own a Pebble Steel for quite some time now, and I still love it. Good battery life and not too many, but useful features. It was a no-brainer that I joined…Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/arts-and-jazz/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/arts-and-jazz/Another night out playing some jazz music. This time for the visitors of the vernissage of Austrian artist Jörg Wascher. The gig was ok although for me…Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/autumn-leaves/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/autumn-leaves/The fall/winter term already started at universty and a lot of new things are on the roadmap or have already started. Monday's dancing night now, Andrea and I…Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/baba-und-foi-ned/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/baba-und-foi-ned/New piano composition / Jazz tune out now! "Baba und Foi Ned", Bavarian for "Farewell and don't trip". Will bring it to one of the next jam sessions this fall.…Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/back-to-school/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/back-to-school/Hordes of students swamping the campus. Loooong lines in the cafeteria. The anxiety and excitement of freshmen. People asking me where they would find the…Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/baltimore-washington-dc/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/baltimore-washington-dc/Actually I've been back for over a week now, but there was so much to do - I just couldn't find the time to blog about what turned out to be a really great…Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/beertasting/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/beertasting/It all started with a simple question "Is des Zipfa wirklich so a Foazgeschwoabat?" - "Is Zipfer beer really so bad after all". Having a scientific background…Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/blog-post-30/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/blog-post-30/The goal was to come up with a blog post every day for 30 days. Well, I didn't blog every day, but in the end I wrote 30 posts, which concludes my experiment.…Sun, 23 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/bowling/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/bowling/It's has become a nice tradition: Once a year in February the IEEE SB JKU Linz invites all its members go bowling! A relaxed evening with good friends, nice…Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/campus-life/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/campus-life/I do like traveling and working in research (given that you have appropriate funding) + being on an international IEEE committee requires just that. There have…Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/campus-radio/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/campus-radio/Today I was part of another example of how much you can do with so little. I was live and online on JKU campus radio (http://radio.oeh.jku.at). Gerhard, the…Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/carol-of-the-bells/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/carol-of-the-bells/Download brass quartet sheet music: Carol of the Bells. Please note that "Carol of The Bells" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1…Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/cern-here-we-come/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/cern-here-we-come/We're on our way! As I am writing this we are on the bus already! The IEEE student branch JKU Linz is going to CERN. There are 14 more hours of bus driving…Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/christmas-reharmonized-volume-1/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/christmas-reharmonized-volume-1/Click here to download Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1. I started doing reharmonizations of Christmas tunes for brass quartet (2 trumpets, trombone or…Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/christmas-reharmonized-volume-1-2/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/christmas-reharmonized-volume-1-2/Click here (FIXME: FILE TOO BIG) to download Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1 & 2 (FIXME: FILE TOO BIG). I started doing reharmonizations of Christmas tunes…Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/clutter/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/clutter/In radar systems the term clutter refers to unwanted components in a radar signal that usually come from unwanted reflections. Say, if you want to track a ship…Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/commencement/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/commencement/Today my sister had her commencement! What a cheerful day! Here's a photo of my sister giving the commencement speech: Congrats, she did a really good job. All…Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/connection-keep-alive/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/connection-keep-alive/I am still there, just saying. Did some hiking today. Hope to become more active again in the future.Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/corona-and-daily-life/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/corona-and-daily-life/The Corona Situation is omnipresent. What are the changes in my daily life? Actually, I should say our daily lifes. Being at Home Almost 24/7 Both, Andrea and…Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/corona-that-little-grunge/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/corona-that-little-grunge/Coronavirus that bitch. I guess it will hang around a little longer. At least until there is a vaccine available, which should be some time in 2021. Until then…Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/coronavirus/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/coronavirus/Coronavirus? No need to panic or overreact. Just listen to recommendations derived from numbers and facts: Wash Your Hands and Practice Social Distancing.…Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/cotton/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/cotton/I just felt like posting another youtube video of a song I've been digging lately. Enjoy! Watch on YouTubeTue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dancing-wine-beer-life-is-good/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dancing-wine-beer-life-is-good/While a lot is happening at work - for those you who do care: the 77-GHz VCO and the PLL seem to lock! - spare time is fun too! Here's a photo of the party…Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/decluttering-2014-p30-2/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/decluttering-2014-p30-2/TED talk This time the next 30 days will be about subtracting rather than adding. My life has become pretty cluttered again. Too much stuff around. Too many…Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dilemma/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dilemma/When I look outside the window, I see the sun setting. It is setting faster than usual. That's because it's the window of an airplane and we are flying east.…Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dont-forget-your/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dont-forget-your/A very practical thing: A "Don't forge your ..." list before going on a journey! I prepared one for my Hawaii-LA-NYC trip. And as I did actually not miss a…Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dont-forget-your-v2-0/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dont-forget-your-v2-0/Some years ago I posted a list of things you and I should not forget to bring when traveling. Turns out it's pretty outdated by now, who needs an mp3 player…Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dont-mess-with-me-ive-got-a-good-lawyer-now/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/dont-mess-with-me-ive-got-a-good-lawyer-now/I proudly announce: my little sister finally graduated from law school on Friday! And I am sooo proud of her! She did not allow me to take photos before the…Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/es-wird-scho-glei-dumpa-merry-christmas-from-austria/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/es-wird-scho-glei-dumpa-merry-christmas-from-austria/Download brass quartet sheet music: Es wird scho glei dumpa. Please note that "Es Wird Scho Glei Dumpa" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized,…Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/es-wird-scho-glei-dumpa-tune/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/es-wird-scho-glei-dumpa-tune/This Thursday there was a Jazz Jam Session very close to where I live. I got home from work at around 7:30 pm. I had a choice of stressing myself, showering…Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/facebook/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/facebook/Actually only a small part of today was related to facebook. I used two facebook features I have never used before today. First I created a page for the IEEE…Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/fall-is-creeping-through-the-streets/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/fall-is-creeping-through-the-streets/The sky is grey … I feel right at home in this stunning monochrome.Sun, 20 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/fastenzeit/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/fastenzeit/No alcohol (= no beer) for 40 days. Usually, I just do 30 days projects, but I think I am going wild on this on. In parallel I have started taking one photo…Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/feedback-to-polar-if-you-are-listening/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/feedback-to-polar-if-you-are-listening/There are many great things I could say about my Polar Vantage M watch. I like it's clean, rounded physical design (as its an early model it does not ever have…Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/food-porn-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/food-porn-for-30-days/Today's my birthday. Your birthday is kind of like your personal new years eve. A moment when you review the bigger picture, reflect on the past and the future…Tue, 22 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/friends-and-sausages/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/friends-and-sausages/Four years ago, when our research group moved to the new Science Park building we used to go out or grab an after-work beer regularly. We let go of this…Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/gadgets-of-2014/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/gadgets-of-2014/Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/geeking-out-again/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/geeking-out-again/I just can't help myself: I have to geek out from time to time. And no, by geeking out I don't mean reading comics or watching Star Wars. I mean BUILDING…Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/general-assembly/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/general-assembly/Some suggestions what you can do to live up to the stereotypes about Upper Austria/Bavaria: Play a brass instrument Be a member of a local wind band Go to…Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/getting-ready-for-christmas/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/getting-ready-for-christmas/Advent season has picked up full momentum already. The advent wreath and my new melodica + some christmas tunes did get me into the right mood. And here's one…Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/git-cheat-sheet/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/git-cheat-sheet/Git is a free, open-source distributed version control system designed to track changes in source code during software development. Setup Initial Creation…Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/giving-away-a-wristwatch-for-free/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/giving-away-a-wristwatch-for-free/In my quest to declutter, I have identified a pile of stuff that I want to sell or give away. One of the items is a wristwatch in mint condition. It was part…Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/giving-kudos-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/giving-kudos-for-30-days/Just yesterday I (re-)discovered the Kudos function on LinkedIn. As I am one of those people who give positive feedback way too seldom, here's my new 30 days…Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/going-home/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/going-home/The last days in New York were just great. Pictures say more than thousand words The last one was from the great off-broadway show that we saw: Fuerzabruta Now…Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/good-bye-los-angeles/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/good-bye-los-angeles/My four days visit to Los Angeles comes to an end. It was really a great idea to come here.Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hallstatt-6th-january-2020/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hallstatt-6th-january-2020/My winter kayaking tour on the river Danube was just the start. With the knowledge gained from this trial, Andrea and I went to the next level and did Lake…Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/happy-new-year-travellers-blessing/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/happy-new-year-travellers-blessing/A New Year! Humbly reflecting about the past year and looking forward with high hopes. I wish all of you the best for 2016, let's continue the journey -…Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/harald-baumgarter-herz-von-osterreich/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/harald-baumgarter-herz-von-osterreich/About two years ago I blogged about setting up the website of Austrian singer Harald Baumgartner. In an attempt to make his work more well known to the public…Sun, 02 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-from-cern/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-from-cern/We've made it and it is actually our second day at CERN. I am sitting at a table in the CERN cafeteria, a sunny spot right next to one of their magnets they…Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-new-york/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-new-york/On Saturday evening I arrived in New York. The flight from LA was even an hour early, so I had plenty of time to get to the terminal where Andrea arrived.Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-vienna/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-vienna/Yesterday we had the IEEE Austrian Section general assembly. I managed to be in Vienna two hours before the meeting(s) got started. So I had like 1 1/2 hours…Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-world/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hello-world/A new digital thing gets started off: welcome to my new roller coaster ride fun park!Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/herbstkonzert-2010/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/herbstkonzert-2010/It's a beloved tradition. Once every year we have our fall concert with the Trachtenkappelle Thalheim - a wind band consisting of a bunch of frenetic amateur…Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/holiday-project-philips-hue-goes-system-tray/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/holiday-project-philips-hue-goes-system-tray/Every year around Christmas I start a little DIY project, that most of the time involves some programming and some real hardware (e.g., TI chronos: My watch…Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/home-improvement-or-welcome/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/home-improvement-or-welcome/Long time no see! Sorry, I was pretty busy. I still am, but hey once in a while you gotta take a break! This week was home improvement week, some repairs here…Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hr/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hr/All names in this post have been changed. Recently I blogged about jobs at Infineon. I was eventually pushed to submit a job application by an engineering…Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hr-follow-up/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/hr-follow-up/I've started writing about it so I should finish it. Where we left off: I had a job interview last week and I was expecting an offer in the next couple of…Sat, 22 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/huemorse/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/huemorse/Send your personal message out into world via Morse code transmitted by my Philips Hue light bulbs. If you want to see what people send, you might want to…Sun, 28 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-from-europe/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-from-europe/"I am from Europe" is a phrase that I've found myself using quite frequently lately. I don't just use it because Europe is much easier to explain than…Tue, 20 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-ieee/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-ieee/Finally I have found some time to finish the video editing. So I proudly present: "I am IEEE ..." A big thank you goes to Karl Zeilhofer who did a tremendous job shooting the videos and doing some preliminary editing!Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-ieee-region-8-student-representative/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-ieee-region-8-student-representative/You know how so many of us are asking who or what they are? Answering this question isn't really easy, but if there's one aspect about myself that I am…Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-the-maser-of-my-own/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/i-am-the-maser-of-my-own/bladder - that's what Sheldon want's to be PC - me. That's why I started playing again with Linux. I have to admit, the whole Linux thing is with me for more…Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-4-months-later/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-4-months-later/I have been volunteering as IEEE Region 8 Student Representative for almost 4 months (or 118 days to be exact) now. While there are even more than 4 months to…Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-ceusbc-2011-in-linz/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-ceusbc-2011-in-linz/Long time no hear. I was quite busy lately, but it was worth it. We, the IEEE Student Branch, JKU Linz, hosted the very first edition of the IEEE Central…Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-chat-session/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-chat-session/We had the very first IEEE Region 8 SAC online chat session this year. About 40-50 participants from all over Region 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East, Russia)…Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-jku-linz-stammtisch/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-jku-linz-stammtisch/While my job as IEEE Region 8 Student Representative") involves working two and sometimes three levels higher up in the IEEE geographic hierarchy, I always…Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-region-8-secretary/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-region-8-secretary/It's with a smile on my face and a tear in my eye that I conclude my 2-years term as the IEEE Region 8 Secretary. The Region 8 Committee Meeting last weekend…Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-sbc-2012-madrid/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ieee-sbc-2012-madrid/Looking at the amazing amount of blog posts that I've written so far (can you hear the sarcasm?), I guess I'll just have to admit it: I'm not much of a blog…Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/in-the-wee-small-hours/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/in-the-wee-small-hours/... of the Corona Situation, my new Jazz trio project "Christian Schmid's Kaleidoscope" gets delayed, but at least there is some time for practicing. Here's…Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/inbox-zero/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/inbox-zero/This is an apology to all the people who have sent me an e-mail over the course of the past 5 months and have not received the response they expected in time.…Mon, 03 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/its-getting-warmer-getting-netatmo-data-into-matlab/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/its-getting-warmer-getting-netatmo-data-into-matlab/Global warming is a thing. There's no denying that temperatures are rising. In my quest to learn to live with it, I got a Netatmo weather station that measures…Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/its-getting-warmer-morning-data-points/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/its-getting-warmer-morning-data-points/In my previous post I described how I got data from my weather station into MATLAB to help me answer my primary questions: When to open the windows in the…Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/jdotxt/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/jdotxt/jdotxt is an open source, cross-platform Desktop tool for managing your todo list. It's geared towards Gina Trapani's todo.txt file format and stores all of…Sun, 27 Dec 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/kayaking/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/kayaking/We just traveled Canada for three weeks and there's one thing that became clear to me: I need a Kayak! The whole concept of hiking on water resonates with me…Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/keep-on-running/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/keep-on-running/Jetlag and the cold I caught on the airplane from New York delayed it a little bit, but finally I got there: Yesterday I went out for a run, the first time…Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/keeping-on-top-of-mail/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/keeping-on-top-of-mail/I did some statistics a while ago. Today I can give you an updated version. My term as IEEE Region 8 Student Representative lasts for 388 days now and on…Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/last-call-to-passanger-sinnesrausch/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/last-call-to-passanger-sinnesrausch/The last three days were marked by the visit of my good friend Christoph Bauer. I know him trough "Pro Scientia" (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro\Scientia)…Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/last-day-in-venice/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/last-day-in-venice/The last day in Venice is over and I am on the train again on the way back home. I had a great time and lots of great memories to take home with me! A visit to…Sat, 08 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/leave-me-alone-earth-hour-2011/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/leave-me-alone-earth-hour-2011/Having a day off, just for myself has become a luxary these days. Today was a day where I really wanted it badly - once again impossible. Maybe I should build…Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/left4dead2/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/left4dead2/Some time during the last year I got myself a steam account. Originally, I just wanted to see where Linux gaming was. My verdict: The choices are limited and…Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/leise-rieselt-der-schnee-merry-christmas-2/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/leise-rieselt-der-schnee-merry-christmas-2/Download brass quartet sheet music: Leise Rieselt der Schnee. Please note that "Leise Rieselt der Schnee" is also part of the compilation Christmas…Sun, 03 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/lenovo-thinkpad-x121e-ubuntu-12-04-x64/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/lenovo-thinkpad-x121e-ubuntu-12-04-x64/I have already blogged about how cool my new Thinkpad X121e setup running on Ubuntu 12.04 x64 is. I'd like to get a little bit more technical in this post.…Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/listen-to-fred-hersch/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/listen-to-fred-hersch/You have to watch this youtube video: To me Fred Hersch's version of "Both Sides Now" is profoundly beautiful and touching. It clearly stands out compared to…Sat, 13 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/logitech-k810-ubuntu/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/logitech-k810-ubuntu/The Logitech K810 is a nice keyboard, but it does not work with Ubuntu out of the box. Still contrary to what some websites might lead you to believe, it does…Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/looking-for-a-job/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/looking-for-a-job/Ok, I'll finally talk about my job. I am a PhD student and I am employed by the Johannes Kepler University Linz. However I am not involved in the teaching side…Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/maintenance-and-repair/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/maintenance-and-repair/Today was all about maintenance and repair. It started with me mounting the winter tires. Austrian laws require your car to be equipped with winter tires from…Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year/Log time no see. First of all I'd like to wish you all the best for the new year. Here's a photo that I made to share my Christmas wishes! Christmas, as always…Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/microblogging-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/microblogging-for-30-days/Since blogging apparently doesn't work for me lately I'll try microblogging for 30 days. Here's my twitter feed. Tweets by @chmschmidSat, 29 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/minidisc-torn-between-decluttering-and-nostalgia/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/minidisc-torn-between-decluttering-and-nostalgia/From time to time I need to do some decluttering. I guess everybody does. Usually, it's easy for me to decide between the things that I won't need anymore and…Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/mlconnect/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/mlconnect/MLConnect lets you connect your Android device to Matlab running on a PC. The following two videos will give you an overview of how to use MLConnect. Scroll to…Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/music-and-nostalgia/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/music-and-nostalgia/Not of the stuff in this post happened today, but I just realized that I've never really shared any of the music stuff going on in my life on my blog so far.…Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-funny-trainride/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-funny-trainride/Work at Infineon requires me to go places. As a product architect I need to interact both with customers all around the globe and development teams at five…Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-job-2/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-job-2/In my last post I claimed that part of my research is paid for by Infineon, the rest of the money is actually coming from public funding. That is why we have…Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-phd-thesis/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-phd-thesis/My PhD Thesis entitled "Mutual Coupling Compensation & Realization Aspects of Array Design for FMCW MIMO Radars" is available for check out from the JKU…Fri, 06 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-problem-with-tablets/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/my-problem-with-tablets/I've really been struggling with the question of whether I should get myself a tablet or not. Everybody is talking about them and many people want one. iPads,…Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-typography/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-typography/Yay! New fonts for my blog. Here's a photo of the before and after effect (click to enlarge) Do you notice the fonts that are used now? For quite some time…Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-year/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-year/Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-year-new-piano/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-year-new-piano/I am starting the year with a new piano - a Yamaha P-515 - and with some new compositions. For now just a photo of my new setup and a recording of some old…Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-york-new-york/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/new-york-new-york/A lot has happend since my last post! New York is an exciting experience. It impossible to compress all the impressions into one blog entry. Central Park and…Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/no-beer-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/no-beer-for-30-days/Another 30 day-project: I don't drink any alcohol for 30 days. For me alcohol = beer. I don't usually drink anything other than beer. But beer, I drink a lot.…Thu, 12 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/not-much-to-post-today/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/not-much-to-post-today/Not much to post today. New SSD for server, laundry, some cleaning, trying out the new window cleaner. The cleaner was an x-mas present from my mom. Is that…Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/Download brass quartet sheet music: O Tannenbaum. Here’s what it sounds like when played on a piano: The Story Behind A last-minute arrangement. No big words…Sun, 22 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/o-tannenbaum-2/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/o-tannenbaum-2/Download brass quartet sheet music: O Tannenbaum. Please note that "O Tannenbaum" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1 & 2. Here’s…Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/on-the-night-train-to-venice/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/on-the-night-train-to-venice/I've never been in a sleeping car before. We boarded the train in Linz at about 11 pm and are expected to arrive in Venice at 8:30 am tomorrow morning. The…Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ottstorfer-buam-march-for-concert-band/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ottstorfer-buam-march-for-concert-band/This weekend we played my first piece for concert band during the annual "Trachtenkapelle Thalheim Herbstkonzert". I started composing it last winter between…Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/parents/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/parents/Sunday's are for sleeping, laundry and for connecting with people you haven't seen in a while. I realized I hadn't seen my parents since the first week of the…Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/pdftk-cheat-sheet/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/pdftk-cheat-sheet/PDFtk is an open-source command-line tool for manipulating PDF documents, allowing users to merge, split, rotate, and encrypt PDFs, among other functions.…Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/perfectionism-andor-photoshopping/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/perfectionism-andor-photoshopping/Today I stumbled across yet another video Many people on youtube gave it a like. I disliked it and some people asked why. To begin with, I'd like to make one…Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-chapter-1-informal-submission/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-chapter-1-informal-submission/The road to my PhD is a bumpy one. But finally I think I am at the point where it becomes realistic for me to close this nasty open loop within the next 3…Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-2-collecting-ects/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-2-collecting-ects/Finally I figured out which curriculum applies - they have changed it 5 times since I've started my PhD. Lucky as I am, the classes and ECTS that I have…Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-3-a-date/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-3-a-date/Ladies and gents, we have a date for my final exam. This means I'll have to prepare a nice presentation about my thesis and start learning Pozar's Microwave…Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-4-thesis-submission/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-4-thesis-submission/Written over the course of the past 4 years, my thesis is finally ready for submission. I am really thankful to my main reviews and friends Herbert, Reinhard…Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-5-all-set-for-the-final-date/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-5-all-set-for-the-final-date/If there's one thing that I have learned about my PhD advisor over the past years, it's that he's a last minute kind-of-person. Now that all reports are in (on…Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-7-the-official-decree/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/phd-thesis-step-7-the-official-decree/With the official letter in my hands, this concludes the long journey that started years ago. Thanks to all who supported me! PS Well, there may be one more…Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/pilight/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/pilight/My Raspberry Pi lets me and everybody else control my bedroom light from virtually anywhere in the world. But lets start with a video on what everybody can do…Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/planned-obsolescence/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/planned-obsolescence/A while ago I learned about something called planned obsolescence. Today I found another example of it. I can't fight my genetics: my dad is bald, my dad's dad…Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/pro-scientia/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/pro-scientia/I am part of a network and scholarship program called "Pro Scientia". One of the aspects of "Pro Scienta" is that the scholarship students meet once or twice a…Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/raspberry-pi-raspbian-squeezeslave-my-new-squeezebox/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/raspberry-pi-raspbian-squeezeslave-my-new-squeezebox/I am not going to waste too many words this time, instead I am just posting the commands required to get squeezeslave run as deamon on a Raspbian Raspberry Pi.…Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/running/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/running/Usually I swim during the winter months and run during the summer months. I've truly neglected this habit since December, but I've picked it up again a week…Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/sarajevo/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/sarajevo/about 1400 km of travel, 3 days, more than 100 IEEE people from over 60 countries, but less than 15 hours of sleep. I won't tell you about that short city…Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/socializing/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/socializing/This week was big socializing week. Monday night I attended a panel discussion with Landeshauptmann Pühringer at the KHG Heim Linz, which was pretty…Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/sonata-pathetique-ii-adagio-cantabile/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/sonata-pathetique-ii-adagio-cantabile/Still playing around with my new piano and some old Beethoven.Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/sound-bites-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/sound-bites-for-30-days/Another 30 Days Challenge! I'll record small snippets of music / sound every day for 30 days and will upload them to soundcloud. Listen on SoundCloud: 30 Sound…Wed, 10 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotify-how-could-this-happen/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotify-how-could-this-happen/I am really not exactly sure how it could happen, that I haven't signed up to Spotify earlier. For 10 € per month they let me stream almost 90% of all the…Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-keepass/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-keepass/F\\\ you IEEE admins! http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/09/25/1356211/data-breach-reveals-100k-ieeeorg-members-plaintext-passwords I really don't get it how…Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-panzerballett/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-panzerballett/"Wellness-Death-Jazz" is printed in large letters across the T-shirts of some loyal fans who are head-banging right next to me. It is also what the guys on…Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-public-key-cryptography/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-public-key-cryptography/Public-Key Cryptography is a truly magical thing and I often wonder why we don't use it more often. We go on and complain about how it is too easy for…Fri, 30 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-yamaha-ysl-548-vs-rath-r400/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/spotlight-yamaha-ysl-548-vs-rath-r400/I do not usually do product reviews, but as I invested significant time and effort, I thought you might find this write-up useful. My starting point: After…Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/still-still-still/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/still-still-still/Download brass quartet sheet music: Still, Still Still. Please note that "Still, Still, Still" is also part of the compilation Christmas Reharmonized, Volume 1…Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/summer-rain/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/summer-rain/I thought about going to a Jazz Jam Session tonight, but then I ended up just jamming with myself and Ableton Live. Tonight's tune is called "Summer Rain - Our…Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-life-of-my-new-pi/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-life-of-my-new-pi/Sorry to disappoint some of you: This is not about the great movie that I watched on an airplane on my way to Seattle just recently. This post is about my…Sun, 07 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-haraldbaumgartner-com/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-haraldbaumgartner-com/Being creative is about building stuff and it's even more challenging and fun when it involves building something for an artist like Harald Baumgartner.…Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-2-the-hardware/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-2-the-hardware/I recently blogged about why it makes sense to run your own server. Although I have a machine running at me.chschmid.com already, I decided to do a serious…Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-3-mechanical-assembly/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-3-mechanical-assembly/The hardware arrived! Two hours of applied screwdriver science led to this before and after photo. What was new to me, because I had never done it before, was…Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-4-the-operating-system/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-4-the-operating-system/With all components where they should be and the machine booting, installing an operating system (OS) was the next step. GNU/Linux was the obvious choice and…Sun, 17 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-5-server-configuration/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-5-server-configuration/With the base OS up and running it's time to install and configure all the services. By the way it is important that the server is not connected to the…Sat, 23 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-6-connection-to-the-world/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-6-connection-to-the-world/So far the server was in a protected environment, but it's time to let it see the world! This involves three things: Setting up the server firewall Configuring…Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-7-some-more-client-software/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-7-some-more-client-software/Ubuntu comes with almost everything that you can think of out of the box. And almost all of those little exceptions can be found elsewhere. So here's how to…Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-8-backup-strategy/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-8-backup-strategy/Apart from some minor owncloud glitches me.chschmid.com is running pretty smoothly right now. It's doing a great job, both as my server and my Desktop…Sun, 15 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-open-music-model/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-open-music-model/Recently I blogged about my Spotify experience and that I am premium user now. I was amazed by how many people contacted me online as well as in real life,…Mon, 30 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-other-way-round/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-other-way-round/Today I ran the same track that I've been running on for years - the other way round. I have no idea why it has never occurred to me that I could do the…Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-pi/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-pi/I've composed some background music for a youtube video on my pimorse / pilight project. At some points I've tried to let the music reinforce the video and the…Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-problem-the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-1/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-problem-the-making-of-me-chschmid-com-part-1/Privacy is a hot topic these days and part of virtually every coffee break discussion I know of. How much do they know? The Googles, Facebooks, Dropboxes,…Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-repairing-of-haraldbaumgartner-com/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-repairing-of-haraldbaumgartner-com/A couple of years back I did a website for a friend of mine, which I blogged about in The Making of Haraldbaumgartner.com. We did a couple of updates since…Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-sausage-cooker/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-sausage-cooker/Tomorrow we will have a special event for all engineering freshman known for many years now as "Beer & Prezels" (actually it should be called beer, sausages &…Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-second-day-wasnt-bad-either/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/the-second-day-wasnt-bad-either/... the weather was not as good as on the first day, but good enough to allow for a visit to the Doge's Palace and the island of Murano, Murano is known for…Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/there-is-was-a-time-when/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/there-is-was-a-time-when/... I was a musician. The time when I practice the piano for hours every day and the time I played at least a gig every week. Today I am an engineer with a…Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ti-chronos/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ti-chronos/I use my TI chronos watch to control my bedroom light. This post contains information on how the whole thing evolved and how it works. To get a rough idea…Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/to-kill-a-mockingbird/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/to-kill-a-mockingbird/I don't usually do book reviews, but this one got me thinking: To Kill a Mockingbird. I really enjoyed reading the book. On the emotional side I guess it's the…Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/try-something-new-for-30-days/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/try-something-new-for-30-days/A while ago I stumbled across a TED talk in which Matt Cutts presents the idea of trying something new for 30 days. TED talk If you are as bad at sticking to…Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/twentysomething-in-an-alternate-universe/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/twentysomething-in-an-alternate-universe/I stumbled across this video last weekend and it made my jaws drop in a way I did not anticipate. Seriously, I have not seen a single video on youtube, that…Tue, 29 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/uni-brennt/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/uni-brennt/Have you ever designed a microstrip filter and measured it? No? Today I had the pleasure to take some measurements for my advisor. Nothing fancy, just some…Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/update-on-the-30-escapes-project/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/update-on-the-30-escapes-project/I recently blogged about me wanting to escape the office for one hour every day. So here's an update of my progress. Tuesday, 10/9/2012: That's when I wrote…Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/urfahraner-jahrmarkt-with-friends/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/urfahraner-jahrmarkt-with-friends/Way to much to do and too little time for blogging during the last week. So here's just a quick update on Thursday night, which I spent at the Urfahraner…Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/use-keepass-or-get-screwed/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/use-keepass-or-get-screwed/Today I received an e-mail from a website admin, informing me that two of their admins had misconducted. They had stolen the database + all user e-mails and…Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/use-keepass-or-get-screwed-again/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/use-keepass-or-get-screwed-again/I did blog about some website's admins using their privileges to steal login data two days ago. But I guess that is not enough for a week. Today I was informed…Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/walks-and-teleconference/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/walks-and-teleconference/Today was an idle day. Some playing portal, some cleaning, relaxing and going for walks. It's way to warm around here, so it feel a little like walking in…Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/we-send-you-pickles/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/we-send-you-pickles/Johanna and Monika, two sisters of Andrea are in Mexiko right now. They really seem to enjoy it. However despite all the fun, new experiences, beaches, sun ...…Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/weeks-worth-of-events/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/weeks-worth-of-events/A lot has happened this week, and while crap keeps piling up on one end it is worth while to become aware of the good things that just don't stop happening on…Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/welcome-2020/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/welcome-2020/Still Kayaking. What a better day to start kayaking in 2020 than January 2nd. When everybody has sobered up. Actually, it was just a trial run for more winter…Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/welcome-to-2013/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/welcome-to-2013/Looks like the world has not come to an end on December 21st 2012. With all of the end-of-the-world attitude gone we can not totally focus on 2013! So welcome…Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/what-a-wonderful-world/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/what-a-wonderful-world/During the COVID-19 pandemic our local church started doing youtube services. A small group of people would prepare texts and music so that it could be…Fri, 28 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/wind-power-and-mailufterl/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/wind-power-and-mailufterl/Another visit to Vienna. Apart from the IEEE Officiers meeting, which was quite interesting, I have two other interesting findings to share! It was a really…Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ziehgauner/https://blog.chschmid.com/blog/ziehgauner/Meet the Ziehgäuner Andrea and me were at great concert at Kulturzentrum Hof (http://www.kulturzentrum-hof.at/) tonight! Great music and a fun show! In case…Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT