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Did it
I took it easy and slow, but I officially started my C25K tonight, despite the crappy weather, I should add. Let’s hope the amazing and inspiring transformation of Ben Davis will guide me through this long-term effort. // Oliver (not … Continue reading
Posted in C25K, EN, Fitness
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Beware of the XING premium membership
When I originally signed up at openBC I thought of it as supplement to my LinkedIn profile. Naow zey call zemselves XING and behave very correctly as a proper German company should. At some point in 2009 I thought I … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Opinion, Thoughts
Tagged auto-renewal, renewal, subscription, XING, XING Premium, XING premium membership
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beroot
… don’t confuse with reboot 😉 alias beroot=”sudo su -l root -c \”$(which bash) –rcfile $HOME/.bashrc\”” I like to feel home in my environment, even when I assume root rights. Since not everyone likes my .bashrc file in scenarios where … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Linux, Unix and unixoid
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Dear Robert Gates (US Defense Secretary),
… as I understand your words, you wish that the burden of defense costs of the NATO is to be shared in a fairer mode? In my – not so humble – opinion you have been blinded by the euphemism … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm, Thoughts
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Installing php5 on Ubuntu requires apache2?
When I wanted to install lighttpd today I added php5 to the apt-get install. But then it would tell me that apache2 and numerous other packages would also get installed. Turns out that instead of php5 I actually wanted php5-cgi. … Continue reading
LMAO
Check out the website www.familyradio.com now. Not a single line mentions that reality defied the prediction of rapture for 2011-05-11. Nice job. Well done. Probably ruined some gullible people in the process, but what the heck …
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Nice clip with pictures of the eruption
http://vimeo.com/24076723 photos
Posted in EN, Island/Iceland/Ísland
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Grímsvötn
Finally an Icelandic volcano with a name news presenters can pronounce. Klaus Kleber, presenter of the heute-Journal in German ZDF, was visibly relieved about the fact that this time the name of the volcano is easier to pronounce // Oliver
Posted in /dev/null, EN
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Judgment day over …
… in Iceland, some more countries to go worldwide. // Oliver
Posted in /dev/null, EN
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Slight miscalculation?
Did you know, today is judgment day: “What?”, you say, “… it’s 20th of May, not 21st yet.” Well, you have a point there. But I got a better point: time zones. The 21st of May has started in Australia … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Two years later (update)
A new version of TortoiseCVS is available. Since I have largely parted with CVS, I just noticed now. Well, the issue reported in 2008 and closed as fixed is still not fixed. The respective piece of code looks exactly the … Continue reading
Should Germany receive a permanent seat in the UN Security Council?
I don’t think so. Why not? Well, you may be surprised, because the reason is not mistrust in the German government – which I indeed have. The reason why I think that Germany shouldn’t get a seat is because I … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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Little annoyance
Lately in Ubuntu 10.04 I got upon login two times the output about the number of packages available to be updated. One of them always outdated. I have long tried to find the reason and finally managed to. The problem … Continue reading
Is there a pro to the Skype deal?
I was thinking whether there is a positive side to the Microsoft buyout of Skype. Everyone seems to be worried because of bad bad Microsoft. Personally I’m a bit more worried about some other giant companies. That’s not to say … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Software, Thoughts
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StartSSL code signing certificate
Today I want to explain how to get the StartSSL code-signing certificates into a state that is usable for signtool. It is an affordable solution for individuals that would rather sign the code they publish. I bought one this week … Continue reading
Posted in EN, IT Security, Programming, Software
Tagged AuthentiCode, Code Signing, openssl, pfx, pvk, pvktool, signtool, spc, Windows SDK
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Bye bye …
The final phase of migrating this and several other sites and services I host to a new server concludes thus. Zeroing out the volumes on the disks should finish in about an hour from now. // Oliver
Posted in /dev/null, EN
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So much for a smart cache …
There are always reasons not to cache certain data. An antispam measure I have implemented in several forums over the years is one of them. However, now trying to migrate to phpBB3 it appears there is no clever way to … Continue reading
Жил-был пёс
A Ukrainian folk tale told in a cartoon (in Russian). Here with English subtitles. Just lovely.
Posted in /dev/null, EN, RU
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Carefully hidden criticism
Honest Achmed wants to be included as trusted CA 😉
Posted in EN, IT Security
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