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If you're looking for something in particular, use the search box. <p> <ul> <li><a href="view?SoftwareProjects">SoftwareProjects</a> collects some of the software I've made public over the years, some of it active (like the Android app <a href="view?PingNetFaq">Ping & Net</a>, <a href="https://jforum.net/" target="_blank">JForum</a> for web forums), and some dormant</li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li><a href="view?RecentMovies">RecentMovies</a> has notes about movies I've seen, going all the way back to 2004.</li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li><a href="view?BrewpubsBerlin">BrewpubsBerlin</a> keeps track of which brewpubs I've visited in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany. It includes my impressions, web links, addresses and a Google map showing them all. <a href="view?PubsBerlin">PubsBerlin</a> lists most of the English, Scottish and Irish pubs in the city, although I haven't visited all of them.</li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li>In 2002 I travelled across the USA for 3 months. These are the collected emails I sent from the road capturing my impressions.</li> <ul> <li><a href="view?TripPrologue">TripPrologue</a>, <a href="view?TripPart1">TripPart1</a>, <a href="view?TripPart2">TripPart2</a>, <a href="view?TripPart3">TripPart3</a>, <a href="view?TripPart4">TripPart4</a>, <a href="view?TripPart5">TripPart5</a>, <a href="view?TripPart6">TripPart6</a>, <a href="view?TripEpilogue">TripEpilogue</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ulfdittmer.com/Pictures?a=s&s=trip2002" target="_blank">Photos</a></li> </ul> </ul> <p> <ul> <li>In 2018 we gathered impressions during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtigruten" target="_blank">WikiPedia:Hurtigruten</a> trip along the Norwegian coast. (The picture on the right shows me with a friendly Norwegian troll.)</li> <ul> <li><a href="view?HurtigrutenTrip">HurtigrutenTrip</a> in German and <a href="view?HurtigrutenTripEnglish">HurtigrutenTripEnglish</a> in English</li> <li><a href="https://www.ulfdittmer.com/Pictures?a=s&s=hurtigruten" target="_blank">Photos</a></li> </ul> </ul> <p> <ul> <li>A blog about <a href="https://ramona.ulfdittmer.com/" target="_blank">English and German language idioms and their translations</a> as well as <a href="https://ramona.ulfdittmer.com/?page_id=102" target="_blank">nickel allergy and intolerance</a> by Ramona</li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li>Ich ver枚ffentliche einen Kalender mit aktuellen Veranstaltungen in Karlshorst, der dank des ICS Formats in jede Kalender App eingebunden werden kann; die Details finden sich unter <a href="view?VeranstaltungenKarlshorst">VeranstaltungenKarlshorst</a>.</li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li>Ich betreibe die Webseite der <a href="https://geschichtsfreunde-karlshorst.de/" target="_blank">Geschichtsfreunde Karlshorst</a> und <a href="https://karlshorst.top/" target="_blank">Karlshorst.top</a>, ein Portal f眉r Berlin-Karlshorst</li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li>You can get in touch via <a href="https://www.ulfdittmer.com/images/email.jpg" target="_blank">Email</a>, <a href="https://troet.cafe/@udittmer" rel="me">Mastodon</a> or <a href="https://de.linkedin.com/in/ulfdittmer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</li> </ul> <p> <b>What's new?</b> <ul> <li><i>March 23:</i> Saw the movie <a href="view?RecentMovies">Bridget Jones - Mad About the Boy</a></li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li><i>February 19:</i> Saw the movie <a href="view?RecentMovies">Kundschafter des Friedens 2</a></li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li><i>November 29:</i> Released a new version of the <a href="view?PingNetFaq">Ping & Net</a> Android app which has fixes and improvements for the <i>Ping Widget</i>, <i>Path MTU</i>, <i>Geo Lookup</i> and <i>Secure DNS</i> features. </li> </ul> <p> <ul> <li><i>October 15:</i> Released <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/jforum2/wiki2/NewFeatures283/" target="_blank">JForum 2.8.3</a>, the best open source Java discussion forum software out there, which fixes a few bugs and vulnerabilities</li> </ul> <p> <table BORDER="1" CELLSPACING='0' CELLPADDING='3'> <tr><td>If any of my software has been helpful to you or your company, and you feel like expressing your gratitude beyond saying <i>Thank you</i> (which is also appreciated), please note that I have an <a href="https://www.amazon.de/hz/wishlist/ls/2XQOXAFOX03TI" target="_blank">Amazon Wish List</a> containing several inexpensive items, or you can contribute directly via <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ulfdi" target="_blank">PayPal</a>. </td></tr> </table> </div> </td></tr> </table> </DIV> <DIV id="mainpagefooter"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr class="tableBG"> <td> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width=10><img class="bg" width="10" height="10" alt="" src="images/corner-outside-top-left.gif"></td> <td width="100%"></td> <td width=10><img class="bg" width="10" height="10" alt="" src="images/corner-outside-top-right.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr class="tableBG"> <td align="left" valign="middle" width="15%"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td align="center"> <font size="-1"><span id="slip"> </span></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr class="tableBG"> <td> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10px"><img class="bg" width="10" height="10" alt="" src="images/corner-outside-bottom-left.gif"></td> <td width="100%"></td> <td width="10px"><img class="bg" width="10" height="10" alt="" src="images/corner-outside-bottom-right.gif"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </DIV> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-S3WPJXP67Z"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('set', { 'anonymize_ip': true, 'force_ssl': true }); page = location.pathname + location.search; idx = page.indexOf("&"); if (idx != -1) { page = page.substring(0, idx); } gtag('config', 'G-S3WPJXP67Z', { 'page_path': page }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $(".rrssb-buttons").rrssb({ title: 'HomePage', url: 'http://www.ulfdittmer.com/view?HomePage' }); $.ajax({ url: "https://api.adviceslip.com/advice", type: 'GET', dataType: 'json', success: function (data) { $("#slip").text(data.slip.advice); } }); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('div.wrapper[lang="de"]').show(); $('div.wrapper[lang="en"]').show(); }); </script> </body></html>