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This is for everyone
Tim Berners-Lee: “This is for everyone” I recently read “This is for everyone” by Tim Berners-Lee. This book is a very good reminder about how we got to ’the internet’. Why did Tim Berners-Lee develop the World Wide Web. And which decision did lead to this beatiful thing that we take for granted today? I especially enjoyed it to read about this topic in the light of all the recent AI developments.
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Hugo Relaunch
Setting up Hugo with Ananke Theme as Module The intention of this post is to walk through the steps I performed set up a static website with Hugo, add the Ananke theme as module, and deploy the website via AWS Amplify.
The reason for me to write this blog post is that I was hoping to find exactly this documentation somewhere online. But as I could not find it and worked my way through different blogs and videos, I thought, maybe other people might benefit from such a summary.
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Holznudel - DIY Letter Press
Holznudel - DIY Letter Press In this post I want to describe and highlight a funny DIY project named “Holznudel”. It is an open source letterpress which allows you to make prints with lego tiles. It was a lot of fun to build and it is a great activity for the kids - but also for grown-ups. This post is divided into five sections: 1/ discovery 2/ construction 3/ pieces 4/ cleaning 5/ next steps.
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Mastodon Verification
Verify Mastodon Profile With this post, I am trying to verify my Mastodon profile.
Here is the link to my Mastodon presence: @davidbeck auf hachyderm.io
You can find the official documentation on this topic here: Verification on Joinmastodon.
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pegel-konstanz.de
New Website: pegel-konstanz.de As a tangible outcome of my data analytics mentorship, I created website pegel-konstanz.de. The focus on this website will be on individual analyses of the water level of Lake Constance (Bodensee). But first, I had to get the table stakes functionality right. You cannot discuss the level of the lake without also providing the current level. And that was a lot more work than I expected it to be.
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3D print to epoxy tool mat
How to turn Epoxy remains into tools This post describes my journey from 3D printing to a silicone mat for epoxy upcycling.
For a short description of the project together with the 3D printing files, I recommend to check my GitHub repository on this subject: https://github.com/davidbeckonline/epoxy_tool_mat
What to do with epoxy remains Over the last couple of month, I tinkered quite a lot with epoxy. It started with some Kintsugi experiments.
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