Category Archives: Geek

Why there is no Exoplanet App for Android yet

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Hanno Rein

Warning: This is a biased view. Don’t take it too serious. It’s just a phone… I bought an iPhone 3GS in 2009 and started programming apps for it soon afterwards. Initially, the learning curve was rather steep. There was Objective … Continue reading →

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Exoplanet HR Diagram

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Hanno Rein

Inspired by Stuart, I created this HR Diagram for exoplanet researchers. The position on the x-axis is determined by the number of peer reviewed paper, as given by ADS. The position on the y-axis is given by the number of … Continue reading →

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Zattoo in fullscreen

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Hanno Rein

If you ever used the web interface of zattoo.com you probably noticed the annoying left and top bars with advertisement and the lack of a fullscreen mode. Here is a small bookmarklet that gets rid of all the mess: javascript:(function(){ … Continue reading →

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DPMHD3d and GravTree

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Hanno Rein

I’ve added two paged describing the main codes that I am using for research, a hydrodynamics code and and N-body code: DPMHD3D GravTree (movie!)

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LaTeX Coffee Stains

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Hanno Rein

This package provides an essential feature to LaTeX that has been missing for too long. It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can be saved by printing stains directly on the page rather than adding … Continue reading →

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