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Posted on 31.7.2008, 19:59 by alcaeus
Posted in Cell phone, Personal, Toys
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I finally got my HTC Touch Diamond, so I just wanted to let you know that I'm too busy playing around to write anything useful at the moment. Just kidding, I'll write about it in a little while.
Greetz
alcaeus
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Posted on 13.7.2008, 12:38 by alcaeus
Posted in Browsers, Rants, Work
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Yes, I just felt the need to talk about this a bit. Today's internet world is messed up, not only because of spammers, phishing mails and corporate overlords trying to grab as much data from us as possible. No, it's also messed up because of the browsers we use. Yes, I say browsers because I don't mean one in particular. It's a shame that people are coding web pages to fit one browser instead of sticking to a set of standards which work in most browsers. Why is that?
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Posted on 4.7.2008, 12:48 by alcaeus
Posted in Cell phone, Personal, Toys, Work
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So, technically my contract with O2, my current cell phone provider isn't up until April 2008, but since I'm generally happy there with the conditions I decided to extend the contract already. Well, there was a second motivation to go: The HTC Touch Diamond. As a tech-savvy person who just needs to have every new toy in town I just couldn't resist. My current cell phone lacks many skills modern XDAs have, especially when it comes to appointments. It's just too hard to keep track of all appointments on a screen of 176 by 220 pixels, especially when the application isn't all that great. It just was time for something new, something better.
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Posted on 22.6.2008, 12:42 by alcaeus
Posted in C2, Soccer, Work
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There's a reason why I haven't written in quite some time: I'm dead. Not literally, but so to speak. After taking a 5-day-vacation we had to deal with the European Soccer Championship at the bar. It started out fun, with good attendance, but then there was the first Germany game we showed (we're closed on weekends): Germany-Croatia. The game was at 6pm, which is a good time for us without soccer games, but the game just made it....worse in some ways.
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Posted on 22.5.2008, 23:16 by alcaeus
Posted in Laptop, Toys, Wiimote, Work
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A few weeks ago I stumbled over a project using the Wii Remote for things it wasn't originally intended for. Among those are interactive whiteboards, finger-tracking and even head-tracking. Being a guy that just likes a lot of tech-toys around, I couldn't help myself. I just had to get one of those thingies. So, today I got myself my own Wii Remote, after making sure it would work with my bluetooth stack (apparently there are some problems depending on the stack being used; the one in my Latitude D620 works fine 
). What's next? Tomorrow I'm gonna get everything I need to make an IR pen (the first version at least), since my girlfriends brother (Electronics Engineering student) is coming by on Saturday. I have a few ideas on how to improve the original design of the pen (which uses a push-button), and I'll post those once I've gotten some results.
We'll see if I'll be able to modify the software (the entire project is Open-Source) to make it work with two displays; I'd love to have two 22" monitors functioning as tablet devices 
Greetz
alcaeus
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Posted on 11.5.2008, 15:06 by alcaeus
Posted in Vacation, Weekend
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Finally, a weekend my girlfriend and I can spend together, with neither one of us working. Thanks to University it happens to be a 3-day-weekend (Sunday-Tuesday) as well, with only minor errands to run on Tuesday. That said, I'll write down a few things on Wednesday, I'm off to the lake, the weather is just too good.
Greetz
alcaeus
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Posted on 7.5.2008, 11:32 by alcaeus
Posted in Laptop, Tech support, Work
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It was 9am when my cell phone rang me out of my sleep, somehow I once again managed to turn off my alarm clock without noticing it. It was the support technician, who said that he'd show up in the next hour or so. A little more than an hour later, he stopped by, also bringing the new display. Getting the old display out was easy, so was putting the new one in. But when he turned the machine on, it didn't seem so easy after all.
Continue reading 'Gotta love good support, Part 2'
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Posted on 6.5.2008, 23:45 by alcaeus
Posted in Laptop, Tech support, Work
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Good support when having technical problems is hard to find. I've heard many stories of people having to send in their computers to have them fixed, especially their laptops. After a few weeks, they'd get them back, just to have the same problem a few months later. I always hated that kind of support model, especially since I like having one designated machine for all my work. I've been using a docking station for years now, meaning that if I'm without my laptop, I'm screwed. I thought I actually was screwed when I found out my laptop display wasn't working anymore last Saturday.
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Posted on 21.4.2008, 00:36 by alcaeus
Posted in Ayumi, C2, Laptop, phpBB, Studies, University, Work
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Yes, once again it's been a long time since I've had something to say here. Unfortunately, I either didn't get around to writing something or I simply didn't have the nerve to pick something to write about. However, as there are many things to talk about, I'll just write them down.
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Posted on 17.2.2008, 11:39 by alcaeus
Posted in Personal
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Well, I've noticed it's been almost two months since my last post, but this one won't be long either. I've had too much stuff to do in the past few weeks, which kept me from doing much online on either of my websites. After all, it is exam time. I have one news though: yesterday we finally were able to move my girlfriends stuff into the apartment. My brother is moving to Innsbruck, Austria, so my girlfriend is moving in. We're not quite done yet setting up everything, but I'm loving it already.
Greetz
alcaeus
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