Welcome to my personal homepage, as the header suggests, this is really just a culmination of various aspects of my life, some things I am proud of, others not as much. It’s a blog, WIP, and an uncultivated digital garden of snippets, interesting links, pictures, things that have inspired me, hobbies, projects, key moments in my life, travel, work, and nostalgic lists of material, and immaterial things that have made me who I am.
2023 SAP Mobile Summit
After giving my presentation on how we implemented and used LLM (Large Language Models) in our internal mobile apps at SAP, the team sent a small token of their appreciation. Sometimes thoughtful gifts, handwritten letters or just calls to say thanks go further than a financial gesture.

DIY: Lego Pen/Pencil Holder
Not quite sure why I am so infatuated with wood and lego, but another small project, similar to the Lego Shelf.
Best part of this project was teaching CLT how to use all the woodworking power tools!






Timeline of Pandemics

2023 Year in Sport #Strava
I did a lot of running, riding and swimming 🙂



Raspberry Pi 3
One of the main reasons I got purchased a Raspberry Pi (3B) a while back was for running RetroPie. It’s awesome to play nostalgic NES, Gameboy Titles on the TV.
Some of my favorite include Tetris on NES, Super Mario 3 on Gameboy and Tetris on Gameboy.

Candle Holders
Printed a few candle holders for Christmas decoration.


Implementing LLMs in our internal mobile apps: Design, Demos, and Deployment
This is a summary/blog of my presentation which I recently gave internally at SAP during the One SAP Mobile Summit. The event brings some of the best and likeminded SAP mobility related groups and teams together during a week long, in-person, and virtual summit.
One-SAP-Mobile-Summit-LLMsDownloadThis is another blog post of a series around the enterprise mobility IT team at SAP. We are an internal team focused on managing mobile devices, mobile applications, and developing custom apps for SAP’s 110,000 employees. I believe we have some unique stories, software, tools, and insights to help others in the community considering, or currently undertaking, some of the challenges which surround mobility and its adoption in the enterprise. As an SAP champion, I enjoy sharing and promoting my experiences and knowledge with others through the SAP Community, if you enjoy this post, check out some of my past content.
2023 Ironman All World Athlete
Basically a loyalty program from Ironman … but proud that I received the Gold (Top 2%) AWA Status for 2023.

hDrop – Wearable Hydration Monitor
I *just* received my order of the hDrop gen 2 wearable hydration monitor, and used it for a short 45 min easy Zone 2 run. Based on my interest of sweat analysis, I was curious to compare my results to other tests I have done in the past. I plan to continue to use it for more sessions, and it will be interesting to see how the results fluctuate with the seasons.
| Metric | Previous Value | Per hDrop | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg Sweat Rate | 37Oz/h | 16.4Oz/h | My previous values were cycling, temps were relatively cool |
| Avg Sodium Concentration | 716mg/L – 1023mg/L | 901.1mg/L | Range of 5 tests, last 3 were all at 1000mg/L +- 50. |
After my first quick and dirty test, the unit is probably quite accurate on the sodium concentration, but I am unsure about the sweat rate. My past sweat tests were done based on weight loss during the exercise, cycling (not running) and majority were indoors. Based on the effort and ambient temp, I think around a 500ml sweat loss seems correct.
Export Apple Photos to the Filesystem – Apple Script
I have never really used Apple Script, but recently had the desire to backup all my Apple Photos to my local NAS. I currently have all my photos organized in a Folder -> Album structure so pulled this Apple Script together together to get this done. Create a new Apple Script (*.scpt) and select the source Photos Folder and a location to save the files on your filesystem. Note: Slashes in the name case folders to be created 🙁


https://gist.github.com/paschmann/536def178ea9dd96c22c2143cc2b212c