PERSONAL NODE // ONLINE
Hi, I’m Alex.
This is my personal corner of the internet.
I have a shitload of hobbies, and the ones I find interesting enough to share end up here.
Music, woodworking, photography, electronics, cycling, sailing, plants, aquarium keeping…
it’s a bit of everything. It’s crazy! :-)
| Date | Update | Latest news |
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| YOUTUBE |
New video: Dramalhama
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| NEWS |
Cooling Tower operational!
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| NEWS | News page added |
MUSIC OUTPUT // LATEST TRACKS
I started making electronic music in early 2024, inspired by the sounds I grew up with—mostly Acid, Techno, Trance, and anything involving a 303. On the right are some of my latest tracks. You’ll find the rest on YouTube.
| Operator | Alex Frankes |
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| Mission | Building electronic tracks as a hobby — learning by trial/error and lots of hands-on experimentation. |
| Boot time | 55 years, 3 months, 22 days ago. Started producing in early 2024. |
| Genres | Acid · Techno · Trance |
| Rig | Ableton + hardware (buttons, cables, smiles) + studio fiddling. |
| Link | YouTube // @alidigitaly |
VISUAL INTELLIGENCE NODE · GRONINGEN
WELCOME ABOARD SKYCAM GRONINGEN
A permanent 4K window onto the Groningen sky, surrounded by a custom-built data cockpit.
The camera began with one practical purpose: checking the weather above the lake where I enjoy sailing. Before leaving home, I could see whether there was useful wind, threatening cloud cover or simply a beautiful sky.
Then the weather camera got slightly out of hand. Today, the live view combines local weather sensors, rain radar, astronomy, orbital tracking, aircraft received by my own ADS-B station, seismic information and public safety messages.
Everything is presented through SkyHUD: a transparent, cyberpunk-inspired interface that adds information without hiding the sky.
The result can be used as a living window onto Groningen—or as the forward viewport of a suspiciously over-engineered house-sized spacecraft.
LOCAL RF SUBSYSTEM
LIVE AIR TRAFFIC
Aircraft are received directly by my local ADS-B receiver and projected into their calculated positions in the camera image.
01 ATMOSPHERE
| LOCAL | Temperature · real-feel · humidity · pressure · dew point |
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| WIND | Speed · direction · gusts · historical graphs |
| RADAR | Live precipitation radar |
| ALERTS | KNMI warnings · Groningen-relevant NL-Alerts |
02 ENVIRONMENT
| SOLAR | Sunrise · sunset |
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| LUNAR | Moon phase · moonrise · moonset |
| SEISMIC | Regional magnitude · depth · distance · age |
| SAFETY | KNMI warnings · Groningen-relevant NL-Alerts |
03 ORBITAL
| ISS | Predicted and optically visible passes |
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| OBJECTS | Starlink · bright satellites · visible planets |
| MODEL | Calculated positions projected into camera space |
| EVENTS | Solar and lunar eclipses announced in advance |
| STATUS | Camera · sensors · tracking systems |
FOR THE NERDS
THE CHAIN BEHIND THE VIEW
Behind the peaceful view is a substantial technical chain. Current sensor, orbital, astronomical and locally received radio data are converted into calibrated screen positions and operational cockpit messages.