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All those posts about the web, apps and whatever else you'd want to call tech-stuff.

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Google Base

Google apparently launched a quick test of a new service called Google Base (which at the time of writing is down). From what I gathered, it’s supposed to be some kind of

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Google Reader

Knowing that Google usually is really interested in what I have to say about their products, I’ve decided to chime in on the bashing of Google’s newest product, Google Reader. It

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Tech-Stuff

Spell your guts

The mysteries of MS Word’s spell-check:

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Internet

Google Talk

Ooooweee, a Google IM client. Who needs yet another one? The blurb doesn’t offer anything new or exciting, except for GMail contacts integration. And as always, Windows only. I’ll still check

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Linknotes for Wordpress

I was made aware of a new WordPress plugin called Linknotes, over at fernando_graphicos’ site today. It’s an interesting concept of links as footnotes, and although I’m not sure how

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Software patents - No!

I just remembered that yesterday the European parliament had to decide on the fate of a directive regarding the patentability of software, and by checking the appropriate website, I read that once again

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Google Earth launched

Google Earth, basically a mapping program with lots of cool features, has been launched. It’s free, and you can download it here. But beware, it’s Windows only. So that’s where

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GMail and Mail

Today when checking my mails on my GMail account, I noticed that the font was different, various things (like the star next to the “starred” folder) were out of place, and most importantly,

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New Archives Implemented

After fiddling around for ages (due to my complete and utter lack of knowledge of how stuff works), I’ve managed to implement the Super-Archive by Jonas Robbe. It’s a beautiful and

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Upgrade fest

Since it’s Saturday, traditionally the day for idleness and general hilarity, I decided to upgrade my WordPress installation to 1.5.1. I don’t think it’s really necessary, but as

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Inconsistencies

Since I bought my Medion Jukebox, I haven’t had any problems with it really. Sure, navigation doesn’t work as smooth as it does on an iPod, but there are various factors

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Google Web Accelerator and Backpack

Surfing the Google labs, I noticed a new app called “Google Web Accelerator. It’s supposed to speed up the loading of websites, even providing a little counter, showing you how much time

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Kubuntu time

Well, I finally took the plunge and installed Kubuntu Linux. Right now it’s looking great, and I guess it’ll stay that way. The path to Kubuntu wasn’t that easy though.

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Pay for two, get one

I shouldn’t be updating my site right now, since I’ve got a shitload of words to put together for my paper due tomorrow, but this article in The Register just kills

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Ripping CDs with Konqueror

Quote of the day: In order to rip to MP3s, you need software that was born into proprietory slavery. Read the whole – excellent – article on how to rip CDs directly via KDE’s

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Overwhelmed by RSS

Christoph from engadgeted.net has written a post about being overwhelmed by his feed reader. I can absolutely relate to what he writes because I often feel exactly the same. Whenever I do

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Poker and hormones

Last night, the built in spam protection in WordPress fended off about 200 attempts to spam my comments. They all safely landed in my moderation queue, the only downside was that I had

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Two cool things

Two cool things happened today: First, during a literature seminar, the person who did a presentation did this using a SimpleMepis Live CD and OpenOffice.org…how cool is that? When I asked

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GMail new features

GMail announced new features today, one of which is photo-upload via Picasa, Google’s very own photo editing software. Sounds good, too bad it’s a windows app only. Second new feature, and

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Savoir_Vivre

Upgrading done...lazy Saturday

Alright, the upgrading process went pretty smoothly, and I think I like the new version of WordPress very much. There’s a bit of a problem with my admin area, since it doesn’

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Upgrading in process

I’m now attempting to upgrade this website’s blogging script! Whacky visual effects guaranteed. Stand by until it’s all over. Update: Doesn’t look too bad, now let’s work on

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Wordpress 1.5 out now!

Well, finally the new WordPress version is out, and after reading about what it has to offer, I’m seriously considering an upgrade. I’m almost sure that everything on my site will

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Weekend round-up

I spent the last days doing nothing really; reading books, playing the odd computer game or enjoying a nice can of coffee while scanning the newspaper. On Thursday, my girlfriend and I will

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Internet

Spam again and again

It seems like the comment-spammers got a few new computers for christmas. Horst mentioned today that they’ve started spamming his main blog, including nasty trackback spam. In contrast to his spam-plugin fighting

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Paper revisited

I forgot to mention that the paper I referred to two days ago was actually written in its entirety in OpenOffice.org. Which I’m a bit proud of even. I don’t

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