Links

Here I will collect links, always with a short description.

Hier werde ich Links mit einer kurzen Beschreibung sammeln.

Bahn / Train

Mostly websites focusing on the Germany train services.

Bahn.guru, die bessere Sparpreissuche für die Deusche Bahn.

Bahn.expert, zeigt alle aktuellen Meldungen zu einem bestimmten Bahnhof.

night-trains.com a page that lists world wide night train connections, but also trains with restaurants or trains where you can take your car with you on the train.

nachtzugkarte.de eine Karte auf der Nachtzuglinien zu sehen sind.

chronotrains-eu.vercel.app how far can you go by train within 5 hours. Really cool informational web site.

mobility.portal.geops.io live position trains, tram and other.

Deutschlandticket

wasbringt49.de eine gute Übersicht zum Deutschlandticket mit Zusatztickets, Vergleichspreisen, Abomöglichkeiten und mehr.

deutschlandticket.de hier kann man das #Deutschlandticket kaufen, die FAQ hier verspricht das es auch mit Schufaeintrag geht und man kein Smartphone braucht.

mopla.solutions hier giibt es das Deutschlandticket mit Pausefunktion, es kann monatlich bis zu 24 Stunden vor Monatsende (so verspricht es die Webseite) belieblig lange pausiert werden.

Tech / IT

ipv6excuses.com, just as the name suggests.

explainshell.com, here you can paste a shell command and get a nice explanation. Try it! Great tool!

bgp.tools BGP, DNS, WhoIs information for domains and IPs

bgp.he.net BGP, DNS, WhoIs information for domains and IPs

mxtoolbox.com tool to check email server setup, especially DKIM, DMARC and DNS.

compliance.conversations.im XMPP compliance test

ip.anoxinon.de get your own IP, no adds, no tracking, run by a German non profit. For IPv4 or IPv6 only.

ip.clerie.de get your own IPv(4|6), even can be self hosted, it is just a nginx config.

Some nice info about USB-C (and others) and the USB version numbers, like 3.2 and more.

messenger-matrix.de very extensive table that compares different messengers like #Matrix, #Signal, #Threema and others. (English/Deutsch)

Fediverse / The Federation

fedifinder.glitch.me a page to search for your followers from Twitter on Mastodon.

movetodon.org a tool to find your contact from Twitter on Mastodon, but all runs in your browser.

the-federation.info The Federation, or as often called the “Fediverse”, refers to a global social network composed of nodes that talk to each other. Each of them is an installation of software which supports one of the federated social web protocols.

fediverse.party information about some of the systems, like active users, number of servers.

fediverse.observer more statistics and information about the Fediverse.

fedidb.org and more information and statistics about the Fediverse.

joinfediverse.wiki information about the Fediverse in a Wiki.

fediverse.info another information/directory website.

Relays

Just various lists of relays and information about such.
joinfediverse.wiki/Fediverse_relays
the-federation.info/platform/101
the-federation.info/platform/116
the-federation.info/platform/44

Matrix

matrixrooms.info search for rooms accross many Matrix servers

OSM (OpenStreetMap)

wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android Android related information/apps for OSM, same page for iOS.

Infrastructure

Electrical grid and network

entsoe.eu information about the European electrical grid. Especial interesting is the map of the European grid.

gridradar.net European grid frequency.

swissgrid.ch European grid frequency and grid time (deviation of time accumulated).

app.electricitymaps.com/map climate impact of electricity produced.

gridstats.russss.dev current and historic data of network information (frequency, power, pumped storage stored power) for Britain again.

grid.iamkate.com lots of information about the electrical grid in Great Britain (Scotland, Wales and England) made by Kate.

Some of the sources of Kate are also very interesting.

bmreports.com Great Britain grid information, basically what Kate is using on the page linked above.

openinframap.org an open infrastructure map for the world, including gas, electrical, water and telcom.

openenergytracker.org information collection about France and Germany related to the production of electrical power.

netzampel.energy a map showing which German renewable power production is currently not allowed to be connected to the grid, so shut of renewable production capacity available for production.

netzfrequenz.info current network frequency in the European grid, also power used for regulation of the frequency.

Gas grid and storage

alsi.gie.eu LNG storage inventory

agsi.gie.eu gas storage inventory

EV / Elektroauto

ev-database.org/de Webseite mit allen Elektroautos auf dem europäischen Markt, gezielte Suche nach Effizienz, Ladegeschwindigkeit, Reichweite und anderen Parametern. Gibt auch reale Reichweiten an.

ev-map.app Karte mit allen Ladesäulen

maingau-energie lade App

(E-)Bike – Fahrrad – Pedelec

vello.bike Klapp- und Falträder / Pedelec

Webcams

Namib Dessert Live Stream from a water hole. 24/7

A fjord in Iceland Jökulsárlón

Kaanapali Beach, Maui

Space

spaceweather.com infos about Sun-Earth space weather, like aurora

noaa.gov aurora 30 min forecast aurora forecast for next 30 minutes