I think it would be nice if we’d celebrate that old tradition here in the blogsphere: Putting out a light for inviting the good (readers) and a scary figure to keep the bad (spammer, bots and malware) away… Update: As quite some people like the idea of ‘celebrating’ this event online, some folks joined:
Month: October 2008
Blitzmeldung
Heute gibt’s was gratis: Codeweavers bietet deren CrossOver Office für 24h gratis an, da Bush mal wieder was geschafft hat, wo er wieder mal absolut nichts dafür kann… Gefunden bei Toei Rei
Speeding up
“Don’t settle for ‘make boot faster.’ It’s the wrong question. The question is ‘make boot fast’.” – those are the words of two Intel developers rumbling the Linux scene: Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok. Their idea is a quite uncommon attempt, disregarding the fact that Linus Torvalds dislikes it: They want to boot a whole system […]
frühling, herbst und winter… und dann noch neudeutsch…
…der sommer kommt heuer nimmer! oder so… jedenfalls, wie heißt es so schön in einer alten, steirischen heimatweise? es wird scho glei dumpa, es wird scho glei nocht… morgens ist es ebenfalls noch etwas “dumpa”, wenn ich mich auf’s stahlroß setz… und abends wird es schon wieder “dumpa”, wenn ich wieder in heimatliche gefilde reite… ja, die klimaveränderung, […]
eBay blues
I guess you know the typical eBay ads on TV, showing happy people cheering about their purchase. But what about reality? Who talks about the people who missed an item or were overbid by some software tool, which is against the TOS of ebay. But I don’t want to destroy any illusions, do I?
Skype on the mobile phone
As my nokia phone is able to log into a wlan, I was thinking of some practical use of it. Sure, reading mails and backing up contacts is a practical application – but this is not the kick ass feature I’d use it for. A phone is for making phone calls. So why not using it as a […]