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I learned about sshfs when using Daphile, the music server and player package for Intel PC’s. Daphile should connect to my Mac to access my iTunes library. I tried this before using SMB file sharing, but this failed due to sleep-wake cycles of the Mac. This made the SMB connection unreliable. Recent versions of Daphile support sshfs, and I hoped to avoid the issues I had with SMB. sshfs requires only a ssh account on the server and uses the sftp protocol to transfer data. Unfortunately, my Mac went to sleep even during a sftp file transfer. With ssh, you can block sleep with settingRead More →

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The Canon EOS RP is Canon’s entry level mirrorless camera. It’s a complex and feature rich camera that uses Canon’s new RF lens mount. Will it take better pictures when set to all automatic, compared to a modern phone? No, definitely not. Will it take better pictures when properly configured and set up? Yes definitely, especially when used outside your phone’s comfort zone. So with less light, telephoto lenses, fast moving objects, etc. etc. One thing that the RP struggles with is autofocus. Yes, it works fine, I know… until you get well outside your phone’s comfort zone. Just the situations that you expect yourRead More →

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I have a MacBook Pro from 2012, now running Catalina. I bought it second hand with international keyboard, 8 GB and 512 SSD. Indestructible (I tried). The display hinges are a bit loose, a known problem and easy to fix. After playing with multi-boot, EFI, Linux and bootcamp, things got messed up and I needed to recover from time machine. Not a big deal, it’s all spelled out over the internet: restart with CMD-R, select your time machine backup and wait… But wait, there are two extra variants to this, SHIFT-CMD-R and ALT-CMD-R. Reading the “Guides” and Apples own info, the differences have to doRead More →

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The Icom IC-9700 frequency stability can be improved by synchronising the internal master crystal oscillator with an external GPS disciplined one using the Leo Bodnar injection board. The 9700 internal oscillator is sort of pulled to the external frequency by placing a small coil close to the crystal. On the Leo Bodnar site the setup procedure is described. This procedure creates so many misunderstanding and questions that I decided to spend some words on it. First of all, the external GPS based oscillator (GPSDO) cannot be calibrated. You can set the right output frequency and level and that’s it. Now when you switch on theRead More →