Category Archives: EN

Anything that does not fit into other categories …

“… but this is Iceland here”

… to say it with “my”, i.e. the German, secretary of foreign affairs. Last Friday I was trying to (SWIFT-)transfer money out of the country in order to pay some goods I had ordered. It took nearly half an hour … Continue reading

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-1.3 (= 37.9)

In preparation of the upcoming holiday season … I don’t know.

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-0.5 (= 36.6)

Wild week 😆

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Afghanistan

… the way we don’t usually get to see it: http://vimeo.com/31426899 Deutsch: Bilder aus Afghanistan wie wir sie normalerweise nicht zu sehen bekommen.

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-1.0 (= 36.1)

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Re: Oracle bought ksplice … and apparently the source was pulled

I contacted one of the good people from ksplice (I’ve got an active subscription) and got pointed to oss.oracle.com/ksplice/software/ Unfortunately the access to a distributed version control is gone for good, it seems.

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Whitehat, Greyhat, Blackhat

Sorry, it’s blatantly off-topic by all standards, but it’s an association I’ve always had. Presumably you’ve heard those terms in connection with IT security. Now, often people have problems as to what those terms actually mean. Having an RPG background, … Continue reading

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Android, what is it all about?

So I did it. I actually bought a cheapo Android phone (Simvalley SP-60) with dual-SIM feature, because that’s the single most important feature of a phone for me. Of course I went immediately to the privacy settings to turn off … Continue reading

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240 x 25 m in 173 min

Set this record one week (minus some hours) ago, but forgot to mention it. Yes, it was beaststroke as usual. // Oliver

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-3.3 (= 35.1)

More than I bargained for. I’m puzzled. 😯 Also most hilarious situation two days ago. When I was paying the sweets I am going to take along to Iceland on my flight tomorrow, one of the guards from the public … Continue reading

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-0.9 (= -31.8)

Whatever 🙄

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FLOSS not sustainable for companies?

A few weeks ago I reported about ksplice whose Git repository had disappeared. Now the same happened for Likewise Open which was bought by BeyondTrust. After renaming the repository and moving its location from git://git.likewiseopen.org/likewise-open.git to git://git.likewiseopen.org/bt-identity-open.git it now also … Continue reading

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“10 Things You need To Know About Losing Weight”

The documentary of that name from the BBC – by Michael Mosley – was now being broadcast on German channel ZDF. Unfortunately only dubbed. However, just like for the guy in the documentary who loves dairy products, the best news … Continue reading

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“Signs that you are a bad programmer”

This list is interesting and certainly contains some valid points, but I’d argue that some of the symptoms may also be a sign that you are simply maintaining legacy code that has outlived its life-expectancy for too long and perhaps … Continue reading

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-1.2 (= -30.9)

Don’t know whether I will have a scale available the next few days, so one day early. Now don’t call me a cheater! At least not with this one – for computer games okay, but not here 😉 PS: Monday … Continue reading

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Chew 25 times, lose weight? …

It could be part of the recipe at least. Subway has a detailed tutorial 😉

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-1.7 (= -29.7)

So much for slowing it down 🙄

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A promising project

… for malware analysis in a sandbox. Check it out over at www.cuckoobox.org.

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160x25m in 110min

Five lanes all for me the whole time

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Informal first 5K (with intervals)

Today I ran an informal 5K, just to see whether I can cope. I could. Of course this was with intervals, so it was 4 minutes run, then 1 minute walk, but nevertheless. Took me 43:56.51 for 5.07 km at … Continue reading

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