Tag Archives: the ugly truth

Dringend benötigte Management-Seminare

Posted on 2010-07-23 by Stefan Rubner

Eine sicherlich unvollständige Liste der Seminare, die jeder “Manager” doch bitte danke einmal besucht haben sollte: Die Kunst, E-Mails bis zum Ende zu lesen E-Mails verstehen: Einfacher als man denkt! Umgekehrte Proportionalität: Textmenge und Qualität des Inhalts von E-Mails Richtig … Continue reading →

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All You Need Is 4 Chords

Posted on 2010-07-17 by Stefan Rubner
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What I Really Hate About Windows

Posted on 2010-07-13 by Stefan Rubner

I don’t run Windows regularly. I use Mac OS X. I use Ubuntu. I use Solaris. But when I need to run Windows it will never, ever fail to remind me why I don’t run Windows. It’s as simple as … Continue reading →

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As If You Were In China

Posted on 2010-07-10 by Stefan Rubner

The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet user outside China to surf the web as if they were in China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported … Continue reading →

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Gerade eingetroffen

Posted on 2010-07-08 by Stefan Rubner
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In Heavy Demand Right Now

Posted on 2010-07-08 by Stefan Rubner
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Workaround

Posted on 2010-07-07 by Stefan Rubner
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Steuer-Mann

Posted on 2010-06-30 by Stefan Rubner

Quelle: BZ 28.6.2010

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Code of the day

Posted on 2009-11-18 by Stefan Rubner

#if __APPLE__ && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_5 int inxorcise(int nochdir __attribute__((unused)),               int noclose __attribute__((unused))) {     fprintf(stderr, "Apple does not want programs to use         daemon(3) and suggests using launchd(1).  We don’t … Continue reading →

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Nice Try

Posted on 2009-10-14 by Stefan Rubner

Unfortunately for the sender, though, I happen to know the tech support guy of said domain in person.

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Move it, move it (a.k.a. “Screw it up the IBM way”)

Posted on 2009-10-06 by Stefan Rubner

I work with web sites for a living. I give them a place to live, I trash them when they’re no longer needed and I also move them. And believe me, moving a site is the trickiest of the jobs. … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day (German DB-Edition)

Posted on 2009-09-30 by Stefan Rubner

Im Osten kriegt die Bahn EU-Fördermittel zur Modernisierung im Rahmen des “Aufbau Ost”. Deswegen sind die da mit dem Stellenabbau schon weiter. Bahnmitarbeiter aus dem Osten auf die Frage, warum er und viele seiner Kollegen vermehrt in den Südwesten kommen.

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Interesting searches: readynas uninstall togglessh

Posted on 2009-09-28 by Stefan Rubner

For reasons unknown to me, I get a lot of hits from searches for “readynas uninstall togglessh”. Obviously a lot of people who tried the ToggleSSH addon for their ReadyNAS found that it didn’t suit their needs and now want … Continue reading →

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MySQL Tuning: The PHP Auto-Reconnect Patch

Posted on 2009-09-17 by Stefan Rubner

Now this would be really funny if it weren’t so sad in so many aspects: I know of more than one company running MySQL. Ok, no news there. But the MySQL servers of said companies are dropping connections. Not twice … Continue reading →

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Remove outdated languages from Ubuntu’s Firefox

Posted on 2009-09-16 by Stefan Rubner

Always on the bleeding edge I like to use beta versions of upcoming Ubuntu releases. This sometimes poses a little problem: More often than not, there come outdated language definitions with Firefox, causing some minor annoyances. The biggest annoyance of … Continue reading →

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Tech Support Cheat Sheet

Posted on 2009-09-01 by Stefan Rubner
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Real Internet Gaming

Posted on 2009-09-01 by Stefan Rubner

An attack by a Chinese online game provider meant to cripple the servers of its rivals ballooned to cause an Internet outage in much of the country in May. [ More » ]

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Nistkasten Wolfgang S.

Posted on 2009-08-31 by Stefan Rubner

[ Thanks, jpmens ]

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H1N1 FluTracker

Posted on 2009-07-21 by Stefan Rubner

If you’re interested in the progress of the H1N1 swine flu, you might want to check out the Rhizalabs site. They even offer some code to integrate the tracker into other sites. However, said code is utterly broken for they … Continue reading →

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Du rettest den Freund nicht mehr

Posted on 2009-07-16 by Stefan Rubner

Sehr schöner Sprengsatz: Thomas Steg, der sich heute als stellvertretender Regierunssprecher verabschiedet, ist um seinen neuen Job nicht zu beneiden: Kommunikationschef des SPD-Kanzlerkandidaten Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (…) Kommunikationsexperten können nicht erfolgreicher sein als das Produkt, das sie verkaufen. Und Stegs Produkt … Continue reading →

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