Archive for May, 2009

Skype voice quality

On the release time of the free application Skype for iPhone, I could not let it be to install it. Because I am lazy at typing I initially tested it with just a small chat, only. But, today I had a situation that I needed to do a Skype call to ask something. The voice [...]

Manage tons of mails on iPhone

Day by day I receive tons of emails. They are are collected in the end in only just one account. To get them all easily on the iPhone I forward them additionally to a free GoogleMail account (just contact me if you need an invitation) which is quick set up on the iPhone. The iPhone checks [...]

Uncrashing a PC by diagnostics

Unfortunately I could not say NO when a friend asked me to take a look why his PC crashes with a hung and sometimes a blank screen. When something like this happens, for sure it is a hardware problem. To reach the ground of the problem I can advise you to follow my steps to [...]

Digg badger removed

I really like digg. It is a nice way to get and to promote interesting user content of current news in many categories. Due to that I had implemented a plugin called DiggBadger which really fits nice into my wordpress template. But it uses CrossScripting to get the DiggContent and functionality and this takes too [...]

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Windows 7 RC available?

Today the Windows 7 RC is available for download. It is there in several languages and as 32 bit as well as 64 bit edition. But it is not that free I have expected to get it. You need to enter your Live ID to receive the serial keys and to get the end link [...]

Perl 5.8+ on Windows with mySQL

On the last weekend I was helping a friend getting perl on his computer running. He also needed a mySQL Server. He is using Windows, so we hoped it should become easy, because precompiled versions are almost always available for the Win32 platform. With the help of my favourite remote application LogMeIn.com I connected to [...]