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#Cheat Sheets

strftime Cheat Sheet

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Cheat Sheet on formatted date and time strings used, e.g., in Python, C/C++ or even on Jekyll websites by using Liquid tags.

Liquid Cheat Sheet

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This Cheat Sheet gives an overview of Liquid syntax commands one might encounter while developing a Jekyll website.

New Teaching Material: LaTeX Guide

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I’ve added a LaTeX guide to the General Teaching Materials in the teaching section. It serves as a Getting started with LaTeX guide and as a LaTeX glossary.

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#Data Analysis

Bioimage analysis with Napari

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I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

Information entropy

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A fundamental concept that plays a pivotal role in quantifying the uncertainty or randomness of a set of data is the information entropy. Information entropy...

Understanding entropy

13 minute read comments

In physics, entropy is a fundamental concept that plays a crucial role in understanding the behavior of physical systems. It provides a measure of the disord...

Bio-image registration with Python

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Which method works best for which registration problem? In this tutorial we compare different methods for the registration of bio-images using Python.

Virtual environments with venv

1 minute read comments

In addition to conda’s create command, Python’s built-in venv command offers another way for creating virtual environments.

A minimal Python installation with miniconda

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Learn how to install miniconda to have a quick and minimal Python installation on any operating system. Also learn how to use conda to create and manage virt...

Variable Explorer in Jupyter Notebooks

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Extend your Jupyter environment with Notebook Extensions and enable, e.g., the option to explore your currently defined variables in a running Jupyter session.

The two-body problem

10 minute read comments

The two-body system is a classical problem in physics. It describes the motion of two massive objects that are influenced by their mutual gravitational attra...

Runge-Kutta methods for solving ODEs

15 minute read comments

In physics and computational mathematics, numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are of central importance. Among these, the fa...

Earth's dipolar magnetic field

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In physics and computational mathematics, numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are of central importance. Among these, the fa...

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#Data Science

Conditional GANs

10 minute read comments

I was wondering whether it would be possible to let GANs generate samples conditioned on a specific input type. I wanted the GAN to generate samples of a spe...

Wasserstein GANs

21 minute read comments

We apply the Wasserstein distance to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to train them more effectively. We compare a default GAN with a Wasserstein GAN (...

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#Downloads

Building New Universes

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Lost&found: In the wake of the redesign of my website, I’ve rediscovered an old project from 2016, where I created imaginative sceneries by using water, ...

Material Design

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In 2014, Google introduced its new design language Material Design ꜛ. I was fascinated by its design concept:

Study with Colored Pencils

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Searching for a new desktop wallpaper, I took some photographs with colored pencils. For the first time, I worked with my little improvised studio. You can d...

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#Graphic Design

Building New Universes

2 minute read comments

Lost&found: In the wake of the redesign of my website, I’ve rediscovered an old project from 2016, where I created imaginative sceneries by using water, ...

Material Design

1 minute read comments

In 2014, Google introduced its new design language Material Design ꜛ. I was fascinated by its design concept:

Study with Colored Pencils

less than 1 minute read comments

Searching for a new desktop wallpaper, I took some photographs with colored pencils. For the first time, I worked with my little improvised studio. You can d...

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#Image Processing

Bioimage analysis with Napari

2 minute read comments

I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

Bio-image registration with Python

31 minute read comments

Which method works best for which registration problem? In this tutorial we compare different methods for the registration of bio-images using Python.

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#Independent Web

I'm on Mastodon

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Mastodon is not just a Twitter alternative. It’s a free and open-source social media platform of its own kind. Here is my story how I got there.

I switched to Jekyll websites

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I have redesigned my website and moved it to a new host as well: I’m running it as Jekyll website hosted on GitHub now.

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#Jekyll

strftime Cheat Sheet

4 minute read comments

Cheat Sheet on formatted date and time strings used, e.g., in Python, C/C++ or even on Jekyll websites by using Liquid tags.

Liquid Cheat Sheet

26 minute read comments

This Cheat Sheet gives an overview of Liquid syntax commands one might encounter while developing a Jekyll website.

New Teaching Material: LaTeX Guide

less than 1 minute read comments

I’ve added a LaTeX guide to the General Teaching Materials in the teaching section. It serves as a Getting started with LaTeX guide and as a LaTeX glossary.

I switched to Jekyll websites

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I have redesigned my website and moved it to a new host as well: I’m running it as Jekyll website hosted on GitHub now.

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#LGBT

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#Machine Learning/AI

Conditional GANs

10 minute read comments

I was wondering whether it would be possible to let GANs generate samples conditioned on a specific input type. I wanted the GAN to generate samples of a spe...

Wasserstein GANs

21 minute read comments

We apply the Wasserstein distance to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to train them more effectively. We compare a default GAN with a Wasserstein GAN (...

Bioimage analysis with Napari

2 minute read comments

I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

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#Markdown/LaTeX

DEVONthink and privacy

1 minute read comments

One thing I really love about DEVONthink, is its high security and privacy measures regarding the synchronization of my notes across different devices. No ot...

Using VS Code as LaTeX editor

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It doesn’t take much to convert Visual Studio Code into a powerful LaTeX editor. Here are the necessary steps that enable full LaTeX support.

Using Markdown for note-taking

9 minute read comments

It might be a bit difficult to learn at the beginning, but there are several benefits of taking personal notes in Markdown. Here is why I switched.

Free LaTeX editors

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A list of currently freely available LaTeX editors (constantly updated).

Free Markdown editors

2 minute read comments

A list of currently freely available Markdown editors (constantly updated).

strftime Cheat Sheet

4 minute read comments

Cheat Sheet on formatted date and time strings used, e.g., in Python, C/C++ or even on Jekyll websites by using Liquid tags.

Liquid Cheat Sheet

26 minute read comments

This Cheat Sheet gives an overview of Liquid syntax commands one might encounter while developing a Jekyll website.

New Teaching Material: LaTeX Guide

less than 1 minute read comments

I’ve added a LaTeX guide to the General Teaching Materials in the teaching section. It serves as a Getting started with LaTeX guide and as a LaTeX glossary.

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#Neuroscience

Bioimage analysis with Napari

2 minute read comments

I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

Information entropy

6 minute read comments

A fundamental concept that plays a pivotal role in quantifying the uncertainty or randomness of a set of data is the information entropy. Information entropy...

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#Open Source

Bioimage analysis with Napari

2 minute read comments

I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

Bio-image registration with Python

31 minute read comments

Which method works best for which registration problem? In this tutorial we compare different methods for the registration of bio-images using Python.

I'm on Mastodon

5 minute read comments

Mastodon is not just a Twitter alternative. It’s a free and open-source social media platform of its own kind. Here is my story how I got there.

Virtual environments with venv

1 minute read comments

In addition to conda’s create command, Python’s built-in venv command offers another way for creating virtual environments.

A minimal Python installation with miniconda

10 minute read comments

Learn how to install miniconda to have a quick and minimal Python installation on any operating system. Also learn how to use conda to create and manage virt...

Variable Explorer in Jupyter Notebooks

1 minute read comments

Extend your Jupyter environment with Notebook Extensions and enable, e.g., the option to explore your currently defined variables in a running Jupyter session.

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#Personal Knowledge Management

DEVONthink and privacy

1 minute read comments

One thing I really love about DEVONthink, is its high security and privacy measures regarding the synchronization of my notes across different devices. No ot...

Using Markdown for note-taking

9 minute read comments

It might be a bit difficult to learn at the beginning, but there are several benefits of taking personal notes in Markdown. Here is why I switched.

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#Personal Opinion

Zen and natural sciences

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In this post, I broaden the scope and explore the intersections of Zen and natural sciences more generally.

The Zen of Python

14 minute read comments

The connection between Zen and programming is not a subjective one at all. For instance, Python has built it directly into its core programming, known as The...

DEVONthink and privacy

1 minute read comments

One thing I really love about DEVONthink, is its high security and privacy measures regarding the synchronization of my notes across different devices. No ot...

I'm on Mastodon

5 minute read comments

Mastodon is not just a Twitter alternative. It’s a free and open-source social media platform of its own kind. Here is my story how I got there.

On teaching

2 minute read comments

I strongly believe that teaching is not a unidirectional thing, but both sides, the participants and the teacher benefit from it. This is a personal comment ...

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#Photography

Building New Universes

2 minute read comments

Lost&found: In the wake of the redesign of my website, I’ve rediscovered an old project from 2016, where I created imaginative sceneries by using water, ...

About Weekend Stories

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Weekend Stories is my on-going photographic diary project, where I collect everyday stories (mostly) occurring on the weekends.

German Angst

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Co-effects of the Corona lockdown: people buy like crazy toilet paper, until nothing is left anymore. This is a copycat work, the original work from David Hu...

ok cool

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wuhaa! Thanks a lot to ok cool ꜛ for featuring my work! Please check out their websiteꜛ (or flickr or instagram) to see many more cool 😎 photographers 📸

Material Design

1 minute read comments

In 2014, Google introduced its new design language Material Design ꜛ. I was fascinated by its design concept:

Study with Colored Pencils

less than 1 minute read comments

Searching for a new desktop wallpaper, I took some photographs with colored pencils. For the first time, I worked with my little improvised studio. You can d...

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#Privacy

DEVONthink and privacy

1 minute read comments

One thing I really love about DEVONthink, is its high security and privacy measures regarding the synchronization of my notes across different devices. No ot...

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#Python

Conditional GANs

10 minute read comments

I was wondering whether it would be possible to let GANs generate samples conditioned on a specific input type. I wanted the GAN to generate samples of a spe...

Wasserstein GANs

21 minute read comments

We apply the Wasserstein distance to Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) to train them more effectively. We compare a default GAN with a Wasserstein GAN (...

Zen and natural sciences

5 minute read comments

In this post, I broaden the scope and explore the intersections of Zen and natural sciences more generally.

The Zen of Python

14 minute read comments

The connection between Zen and programming is not a subjective one at all. For instance, Python has built it directly into its core programming, known as The...

Hokke ten Hokke

5 minute read comments

Hokke ten Hokke is a chapter from the book Shōbōgenzō by Dōgen Zenji, the founder of Soto-Zen in Japan (13th century). Motivated by the text, I tried to crea...

Bioimage analysis with Napari

2 minute read comments

I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

Information entropy

6 minute read comments

A fundamental concept that plays a pivotal role in quantifying the uncertainty or randomness of a set of data is the information entropy. Information entropy...

Understanding entropy

13 minute read comments

In physics, entropy is a fundamental concept that plays a crucial role in understanding the behavior of physical systems. It provides a measure of the disord...

Bio-image registration with Python

31 minute read comments

Which method works best for which registration problem? In this tutorial we compare different methods for the registration of bio-images using Python.

Virtual environments with venv

1 minute read comments

In addition to conda’s create command, Python’s built-in venv command offers another way for creating virtual environments.

A minimal Python installation with miniconda

10 minute read comments

Learn how to install miniconda to have a quick and minimal Python installation on any operating system. Also learn how to use conda to create and manage virt...

Variable Explorer in Jupyter Notebooks

1 minute read comments

Extend your Jupyter environment with Notebook Extensions and enable, e.g., the option to explore your currently defined variables in a running Jupyter session.

strftime Cheat Sheet

4 minute read comments

Cheat Sheet on formatted date and time strings used, e.g., in Python, C/C++ or even on Jekyll websites by using Liquid tags.

The two-body problem

10 minute read comments

The two-body system is a classical problem in physics. It describes the motion of two massive objects that are influenced by their mutual gravitational attra...

Runge-Kutta methods for solving ODEs

15 minute read comments

In physics and computational mathematics, numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are of central importance. Among these, the fa...

Earth's dipolar magnetic field

6 minute read comments

In physics and computational mathematics, numerical methods for solving ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are of central importance. Among these, the fa...

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#Scientific Writing

DEVONthink and privacy

1 minute read comments

One thing I really love about DEVONthink, is its high security and privacy measures regarding the synchronization of my notes across different devices. No ot...

Using VS Code as LaTeX editor

8 minute read comments

It doesn’t take much to convert Visual Studio Code into a powerful LaTeX editor. Here are the necessary steps that enable full LaTeX support.

Free LaTeX editors

1 minute read comments

A list of currently freely available LaTeX editors (constantly updated).

Free Markdown editors

2 minute read comments

A list of currently freely available Markdown editors (constantly updated).

New Teaching Material: LaTeX Guide

less than 1 minute read comments

I’ve added a LaTeX guide to the General Teaching Materials in the teaching section. It serves as a Getting started with LaTeX guide and as a LaTeX glossary.

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#Teaching

Bioimage analysis with Napari

2 minute read comments

I’ve added new teaching material on using the free and open-source software (FOSS) Napari for bioimage analysis. Feel free to use and share it.

On teaching

2 minute read comments

I strongly believe that teaching is not a unidirectional thing, but both sides, the participants and the teacher benefit from it. This is a personal comment ...

Free LaTeX editors

1 minute read comments

A list of currently freely available LaTeX editors (constantly updated).

Free Markdown editors

2 minute read comments

A list of currently freely available Markdown editors (constantly updated).

New Teaching Material: LaTeX Guide

less than 1 minute read comments

I’ve added a LaTeX guide to the General Teaching Materials in the teaching section. It serves as a Getting started with LaTeX guide and as a LaTeX glossary.

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#Wallpaper

Building New Universes

2 minute read comments

Lost&found: In the wake of the redesign of my website, I’ve rediscovered an old project from 2016, where I created imaginative sceneries by using water, ...

Material Design

1 minute read comments

In 2014, Google introduced its new design language Material Design ꜛ. I was fascinated by its design concept:

Study with Colored Pencils

less than 1 minute read comments

Searching for a new desktop wallpaper, I took some photographs with colored pencils. For the first time, I worked with my little improvised studio. You can d...

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#Web Design

strftime Cheat Sheet

4 minute read comments

Cheat Sheet on formatted date and time strings used, e.g., in Python, C/C++ or even on Jekyll websites by using Liquid tags.

Liquid Cheat Sheet

26 minute read comments

This Cheat Sheet gives an overview of Liquid syntax commands one might encounter while developing a Jekyll website.

I switched to Jekyll websites

5 minute read comments

I have redesigned my website and moved it to a new host as well: I’m running it as Jekyll website hosted on GitHub now.

Restarting my website

less than 1 minute read comments

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have made the decision to relaunch my website. While I have previously utilized my website for smaller personal proje...

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#Zen

Zen and natural sciences

5 minute read comments

In this post, I broaden the scope and explore the intersections of Zen and natural sciences more generally.

The Zen of Python

14 minute read comments

The connection between Zen and programming is not a subjective one at all. For instance, Python has built it directly into its core programming, known as The...

Hokke ten Hokke

5 minute read comments

Hokke ten Hokke is a chapter from the book Shōbōgenzō by Dōgen Zenji, the founder of Soto-Zen in Japan (13th century). Motivated by the text, I tried to crea...

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