Author Archives: Oliver

Klaus Schleimer?

Was Herr Kleber im heute-Journal vom 5.6. zum besten gab gehört wohl zu den schleimigsten Untertänigkeitsbekundungen welche ich je gehört habe – ein Satz, zweimal geschleimt. Respekt! Wirklich kein Wort gegen unsern Joachim Gauck, aber es ist schon schön, daß … Continue reading

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The puns in the “war on terror” are getting more ridiculous

… they killed “al Libi” … really? … 😆 // Oliver

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Re: This is worse than I thought

So can we get rid of the “lock screen” (the one before we see the login prompt)? Turns out we can: Run gpedit.msc as administrative user, then go to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization in … Continue reading

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This is worse than I thought

Testing the Windows 8 RC now in order to find out whether it is usable with some programs I maintain. So far the impression I got months ago hasn’t really changed. With the only difference that this time I didn’t … Continue reading

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Symbolic links to remote locations …

Recently after migrating to Windows 7 on my work machine, I ran into a little issue. I created symbolic links pointing to a network share. Now this is all fine and dandy, but symbolic links can only be created by … Continue reading

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Nice recovery drink

My favorite after 1-2 hours of swimming. 500g Skyr (or Quark), unflavored 500ml multi-fruit juice (here in Iceland I use Floridana Heilsusafi) 2 bananas Throw in blender, blend and then enjoy the goodness *yummy* I also like this one a … Continue reading

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Looks like I may depart from Windows (after all)

Microsoft is planning to make the Windows 8 look overall flat just like the ugly Metro stuff. Bye bye Aero. Nothing learned from the feedback about Visual Studio 11 Beta, it seems. This means one probably will need special glasses … Continue reading

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The General

Admiral General Aladeen on The Daily Show – want to watch the movie now. Nice PR … 😆

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Another interesting site for me

unlicense.org with advice how to dedicate one’s own code to the public domain …

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Got pointed to this today

… nice: ask.libreoffice.org/question/

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Niedlich

Daß und ungefähr wie viel Geld die Bundesregierung in New York verwahrt hat, ist ein offenes Geheimnis. Daß die Bundesbank sich allerdings weigert eine Inventur davon zu machen, ist reichlich bizarr: […] Die Tatsache aber, dass sie offenbar noch nie … Continue reading

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Antidemokrat der Woche: Roman Herzog

Siehe hier – berichtet wurde schon am Samstag in den Abendnachrichten. Bundespräsident a.D. Herzog meint also allen Ernstes, daß die Tatsache, daß noch mehr Meinungen aus der Volksvertretung herausfallen eine stärkere Vertretung bedeutet … 🙄 Mir scheint Wiglaf Droste hat … Continue reading

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Cool

COPSSH, another SSH implementation on Windows. And it even seems to be convenient to use.

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ZDF heute journal vom 10. Mai 2012

Die Sendung ist heute ungewöhnlich wortkarg und kurz 😆 Diese Sendung können wir aus rechtlichen Gründen leider nur unseren Zuschauern innerhalb Deutschlands anbieten. Wir bitten um Ihr Verständnis. Was hat Frau Slomka denn diesmal angestellt? Oder war’s Herr Kleber? Zuschauerredaktion … Continue reading

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I didn’t do it for science: bloody gravel (literally)

… but I think my findings could benefit others 😉 Gravel on cobblestone doesn’t provide the same grip as normal asphalt does when you try to take a sharp turn at high velocity with your bike. This somewhat surprising fact … Continue reading

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Passend zur Parteimitgliedschaft …

Dann gibt es nur eins! – Sagt NEIN! // Oliver

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С днём Победы 2012 (Victory Day)

Classic! Today is Victory Day in many parts of the former Soviet Union. I’ve had some special Easter Eggs hidden on my website in past years, but never on my blog. Time to change this. Listen to the song “День … Continue reading

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Not a convert

It’s a trap! I’m more and more convinced that the GPL is just that – a trap. Richard Stallman, aka RMS, was visiting Iceland one year ago and I had the “pleasure” of listening to his talk at Fjölbrautaskólinn. While … Continue reading

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NEIN!-Idee (die echte Wahlalternative heißt “Nein”)

Michael König stellt die NEIN!-Idee vor Ich bette es sogar mal ein, aber falls mal wieder der Link ungültig werden sollte, hat’s dann wenigstens auch noch Suchbegriffe: Das Video ist jetzt noch nicht so hundertprozentig professionell, aber macht schon was … Continue reading

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Merkozy is dead …

… long live Merkollande? We shall see. All in all it appears that one old saying becomes true: if elections would change anything they’d be banned. 😕 // Oliver

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