digital_camera On digital cameras Well, here’s some sound advice, worthy of at least a mention in Lifehacker, maybe even a whole series featuring me elaborating on my advice: If you ever own a digital camera, make
hype Microsoft's live.com Sometime last week, Microsoft presented live.com. It’s basically their try to latch onto what they perceive as the whole Web 2.0 movement. Until a few days ago, there was no
Internet What's in a name? When I checked my website stats yesterday, I stumbled upon this gem of network nomenclature: I had to resize the image, otherwise it wouldn’t have fit on this very page. Click to
creativity The printer predicament If I had had to visualize my mood during most of the day today, it would have looked like that: Why would my mood have looked like a makeshift ashtray? Because I was
network What's in a day? Here’s a little quiz for you: If you are supposed to work on a presentation due on Friday, is it a good idea to go out on a Wednesday morning and buy
database_service 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
google 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
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
tech-stuff 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
tech-stuff 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
Internet 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
Internet 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,
Internet 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
Impressions 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
tech-stuff 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
Internet 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
tech-stuff 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.
tech-stuff 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
tech-stuff 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
Internet 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
Internet 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
tech-stuff 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
Internet 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
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’