Newer is not always better
There is an update If I see an update of an application, I want to have the latest and hottest stuff, of course. But first of all I read the changelog to know what is new or changed, and then I do run the update. Unwanted changes Sometimes, the developers change the behavior of a [...]
Closed lid with open eyes
A MacBook can close it’s lid and then it is going to sleep. On some situations it could be useful your Mac would stay awake instead of using it magic power LED hypnotizing you. One of those moments could be A party and your MacBook is serving some music, but you don’t want anybody to [...]
Social Whale
The Social Whale is a great replacement for the twitter.com website or a local installed application. It does look almost like the original website, but has some nice features the original should ever have: multiple accounts auto refresh with countdown and caching API limit counter view followers by reciprocals, new followers and quitters integration of [...]
Youtube Video link power
When embedding or linking to a Youtube video, you have lots of parameters you can put in the URL. Those are influencing the player’s behavior and view. This is very useful, especially on embedding directly into your website or blog. Playback with a seek One of the most unknown and rarely used parameters is the [...]
Welcome to the Google Wave
So many people are talking about the Google Wave. It is still beta and Google limited the amount of users who may have access. You can either fill out a form and wait for an approval or get invited by someone else who still has invites left. Since I got an invite (special thanks to [...]
Tweeting dupes
Twitter had the problem, that when you tweeted a post accidentally twice, it showed also up in the timeline twice. That was a little bit nerving, but you always have the possibility to delete your published tweets. This will disappear in the timeline. Another side effect of deletion is, that this single tweet is no more [...]
Will WordPress 2.9 become a media edition?
WordPress blog systems gained very popular and can be seen all over the web. Since I began blogging I like it. It is a quick and innovative development. The most important thing for me is not only the quick and easy installation. Also frequently updating all those nice plugins is just a child’s play. The [...]
iPhone headset troubleshooting
I had the problem that my iPhone headset was not working properly anymore. The music playback went fine, but when answering a call the caller could not hear me. Also I noticed then, that I could not use the headset’s button to control call answering or iPod playback. First of all I thought it was [...]
Chrome settles down on Internet Explorer
Google made with the help of Webkit technology a nice browser called Chrome which brings the power of Apple’s Safari. I really do like it and prefer using it instead of Firefox – especially when I am forced to use the Windows operating system. Big G brought many good ideas and concepts into that application. [...]
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