Category Archives: Computer

Mass storage custom case

Just for me not to forget. This is just a great piece of custom build hardware. http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/

After three weeks without Internet I finally got the line set up on the 4 Juli. Due to deregulation of the telecommunication market similar to Germany, the technician did not connect the line all the way through to our apartment. After a long conversation on the 5. July with my provider they told me that… Read More »

Like or hate?

If someone signs up for Facebook in your behalf, is it because of hate or love?

Blog moved

Today I used some of my time to fix a bug in my blog application. It turned out that the geolocation plugin is not compatible with the new version of wordpress. Because I did not know this at first and by trying to fix the problem, I messed up the wordpress installation. So, I installed… Read More »

Windows 7 as access point

I had the problem that in some hotels there is no wifi but only a cable internet connection. Because I wanted to access internet with my iPhone, I needed a solution. First I tried to use an Ad-hock wifi connection to my iPhone parallel to the cable connection but this did not really work. I… Read More »

AVM Fritz!Box in Australia

For all of you, who want to use the wonderful and best DSL-Router “Fritz!Box” in Australia or any other country, which uses ANNEX A instead of the supported ANNEX B, here is how you can do it. Just follow the few directions below: activate Telnet telnet <IP address of FB> echo “kernel_args annex=A” > /proc/sys/urlader/environment… Read More »

JAVA vs. dotNET Trailer

For the programmers of us a little something. Oh.. just to be clear, I am neither a JAVA nor a .NET fan.

Wie werden Onlinebanking Kunden ausgetrickst?

This post will be in German because the Video is only available in German. Sorry… Das ZDF hatte einen guten Beitrag darüber wie Onlinebanking Kunden sehr leicht ausgetrickst werden können. Natürlich geht das auch bei allen anderen Tätigkeiten, die man sich vorstellen kann. Für alle Informatiker unter uns ist das Video etwas langahtmig, aber dennoch… Read More »

notepad++ and TEX compiling

For windows I love the diverse text editor notepad++. These days I was confronted with the task, that I needed to compile a TEX document. The problem is that notepad++ does no have an integration for TEX compiling. So, how to do it than? After searching a little for answers I found an easy approach,… Read More »

Fiber channel – or Oprah in Sydney

On the 12. December I went for a little walk to get thing off my mind. I ended up at the Opera House and Botanic garden. The front part of the Opera House was completely prohibited for access, because of Oprah Winfrey came to Sydney on the 14th. Passing through the the Opera, I went… Read More »