The vertical bar screen of death ... the story of an unexpected win-win
2018-09-21 Software-Engineering Nerdy Tips & Tricks
Last year I spend some time and money to “renovate” my old 17-inch Macbook Pro (remember the good old times … when Apple was ... Read More
Make Google Chrome show the Wifi login screen (best trick ever :))
2018-09-20 Personal Tips & Tricks
Not sure if this has ever happen to you, … … but once a month I am sitting in a hotel lobby or a coffee shop and I cannot (for the life ... Read More
Ooohhh boy ... twitterfeed is no more
2016-10-31 Personal Tips & Tricks
The other day I got and email that twitterfeed is no more (they recommend to use buffer or dlvr.it instead). My social media setup was to post to ... Read More
X-Mas Project 3: Install Source Code Pro (again) - And make Emacs use it (again)
2014-12-29 Software-Engineering Nerdy Tips & Tricks
It is not a secret ... I like Source Code Pro! A couple of weeks ago I got myself a new MacBook Air (and resisted the temptation to get the 13-inch ... Read More
Getting GTD done - Thoughts and Tools
2013-08-19 Personal Management Tips & Tricks Thoughts
We all have a lot to do. Effective time/task management is essential. I’ve been using GTD (Getting Things Done) for a while now (a long while :)) and ... Read More
AquaEmacs and JDEE and Method Completion - Cannot find JDK's tools jar file (or equivalent)
2010-11-24 Software-Engineering Nerdy Tips & Tricks
Hhhmmm ... nerd alert: If you do not like AquaEmacs, JDEE and Method Completion ... don't read this :). Otherwise ... good news: Not sure, if you have ... Read More
Social Networking - Updating your status: all or nothing?
2009-09-17 Personal Culture Tips & Tricks
Yesterday I was stumbling over a Facebook status update from Oisin Hurley ... Oisin Hurley is starting to get a bit irritated with people that ... Read More
Effective Mac - Using TimeMachine Part II or Why Restore was greyed out?
2009-09-12 Personal Mac Tips & Tricks
It happened again!!! Another HD crash. A year ago I lost my original 160GB drive and replaced it with a 250GB drive. Now this one failed only 12 month ... Read More
Effective Mac - Make the Mac listen ...
2009-05-18 Personal Mac Tips & Tricks
This morning I was using my new JawBone Bluetooth headset to make a Skype call. The quality was bad and therefore I decided to switch to my headset. ... Read More
Need a new phone - iPhone vs. Blackberry vs. Android
2009-05-18 Personal Mobile Tips & Tricks
Last year I went hill-walking with Andrew and Adrian in Kerry. By now everybody knows the story: I drowned my iPhone in Adrian's backpack. The ... Read More