Marcel Kapfer

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There are always some ideas floating around in my head of things that I want to write. Some fade away, and others I capture in my GTD system. And on some rare occasions, I invest the time to move my thoughts from my brain into a nice blog post.

If you’re asking about what I write: I really can’t tell. Most things you can find here at the moment are about Linux, coding, and similar stuff. But I won’t promise that this won’t change. We’ll see.

Rangitaki Version 0.7 - The alpha release

2015-07-05

Today is the day! I release the alpha release for version 1.0 with the version number 0.7. This means that the development phase for 1.0 is closed and that there will only small improvements and bugfixes. It also means that you can start migrating your blog from 0.2.x to this release, since there …

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A new design for marcel-kapfer.de

2015-06-23

Today I roll out a first version of the new marcel-kapfer.de. With this upload not everything is fully designed, but these missing pages will follow later this week or next week. I decided to go in another direction using more subpages and the same design on every page, if it's just a subpage or …

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Rangitak version schedule until 1.0

2015-06-12

The development on the new Rangitaki blogging engine started a few days ago and the version 0.3 ( not ready for productive use) is out. But what are the features of the versions 0.3 until 0.9? First of all there all not ready for productive use. They are just there for testing and bug-fixing. You …

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Rangitaki Version 0.5 and Material Design

2015-06-06

With the development Version 0.5 Rangitaki has a complete new look, which is based on Material Design. Why Material Design? Material Design is influenced by paper and this element was for a long time the main material for the written word. Books, newspaper, letters and also diaries and logbooks …

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Morse Converter Android App Version 2.2.7

2015-06-01

Version 2.2.7 of the Morse Converter for Android is out and comes with the following changes: Design Added shadow to the actionbar (exept for tablets) New layout for about Other small design fixes Functions Added option to donate Added writtenMorse code list Closes keyboard when opening the drawer …

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Morse Converter Android App Beta testing

2015-05-22

This week I decided to enable beta testing for new version of the morse converter android app to provide better and less buggier builds for all users. I would really appreachiate it, if you would help me by testing beta builds. Just join the Google+ community.

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Rangitaki Version 0.2.2

2015-05-13

Today I release a small new version to the new 0.2 series, which includes following changes: Links are now underlined, when you hover over them Simplified it to add the disqus comments Added and configuration option for setting a favicon Added the option to use Google Analytics The following files …

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From pBlog to Rangitaki

2015-05-12

EDIT: 13 August 2015 I decidet to scale down the social appearance of Rangitaki, and so I removed the Google+ Page and the Twitter account. Follow +MarcelKapfer for further updates about Rangitaki. Some huge changes happend to this blogging engine in the last few days: The name was changed from …

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Abitur und Weisheitszaehne

2015-05-05

Da ich gerade mitten im Abitur bin und an dieses logischerweise einige Gedanken verschwende, erkannte ich heute morgen eine Verbindung zwischen den Prüfungen und der Entfernung meiner Weisheitszähne. Was sich im ersten Moment komisch anhört, hat bei genauerer Betrachtung viele Ähnlichkeiten. Das …

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Web App Alpha Release

2015-04-17

Today I release a first alpha version of the Morse Converter Web App. This version is not ready for professional use. It's just there for testing and bug finding and fixing. Have fun with it! :) Morse Converter Alpha (Update 2024-03-17: No longer available)

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pBlog Version 2.1

2015-03-29

This version includes fixes for the article links. You only have to replace the hrefgenerator.php file in the res folder.

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About the Future of pBlog

2015-03-29

I figured out that there will be many changes in the engine which will require many changes in the files (especially the posts file) and in the filestructure. I can't say right now which things will change and what you have to change. Out of this reason. I change the Version numbers and add an zero …

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pBlog Version 2.0

2015-03-27

This version introduces some very imporant features: Own page for every article Social sharing buttons (at the moment: google+, twitter, facebook but more will follow) Disqus integration Local config file -> no more editing the index file pBlog 2.0 is only partially compatible with prior …

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Morse Converter Android Version 2.1

2015-03-10

This release includes the following features: Tablet layout Display fix in the About section The update will be available on Google Play in a few hours.

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pBlog Version 1.2

2015-03-08

In this Version code is better designed so you can read and recognise it better. This is a code example: scp -r * marcel-kapfer.de:

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Morse Converter Debian Package

2015-03-08

For all my users of Debian-based systems: I made a .deb package, so installing will be much easier. Just download the .deb package and execute the following command as root: dpkg -i morse-converter.deb If you're using an Ubuntu-based distro: I created a ppa for easy installing and updating. Just …

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pBlog Version 1.1

2015-02-24

After I published the Version 1.0 last sunday I realized some problems with german umlauts. Now I added a function that converts every umlaut (ü, Ü, ä, Ä, ö, Ö and ß) into the html code.

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Week in Review

2015-02-22

Last week a few big changes happend in my projects. Nearly every project had an bigger release. Morse Converter Desktop Edition Version 1.1 (Sourcecode: http://marcel-kapfer.de/writtenmorse) The Desktop version of the Morse Converter has now the ability to show different languages. German is the …

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pBlog Version 1.0

2015-02-22

Today I'm proud to announce the Version 1.0 of the pBlog - a simple PHP, XML and Markdown based blogging engine which is completly independent from any databases. Even if this is the version 1.0 it is still in a early state of development. Version 1.0 has the following features: Blog writing in XML …

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Material Bildschirmhintergründe 1 und 2

2015-02-22

Um meinen Desktop / Homescreen besser aussehen zu lassen habe ich kürzlich zwei einfache "Material" Hintergründe gestaltet. Diese sind kostenlos zu downloaden und zu verteilen (CC-BY-SA 4.0). Ich habe diese mit einer hohen 16:9 Auflösung gestaltet, sodass sie auch auf 2k Dislays (und auch auf …

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