Updates on MDISC reliability, TLDR: I was wrong, MDISCs are pretty reliable, and way more reliable than standard BD-R’s. So I was not really satisfied with the last experiment. There were several issues that I was not really content with. First, I initially wanted to check regularly on the disc status. This was in order […]
We have a lot of photos and videos – especially with the kids, you just want to document memories as much as possible. However, better smartphone cameras come with larger file sizes. Where to backup all this? When smartphones still had SD card slots, we would usually just swap the card for a new one, […]
So I’ve got a brand-new notebook, however I could not choose the device on my own – it was bought by my company. It’s a Fujitsu E5410. A decent machine, even though I expected more w.t.t battery time. Also the case feels not that sturdy, too much plastic. Personally I still prefer the Thinkpad T […]
Update 2023: Ich hatte ja unten geschrieben, ich setze das mal auf Wiedervorlage nach zwei Jahren. Wir haben unseren gebrauchten Flügel damals bei Pianovum gekauft, waren damals und sind auch heute noch rundum zufrieden damit. Klare Empfehlung. Ich poste mal was zu Flügeln aber nicht Red Bull. Weil als wir einen Flügel kaufen wollten habe ich natürlich im Netz gesucht, so nach Infos. Zum Beispiel…
For almost 20 years, I usually have two operating systems running. Linux for development stuff, and a Windows installation for everything else. A long time ago it was a dual boot system, but nowadays I usually have a separate notebook with Linux for development. Every once in a while I consider switching to Linux as my main desktop operating system. And every time there are some significant…
If you’d ask me what the best multiplayer computer game is, then without doubt both StarCraft:Broodwar and M.U.L.E. come to my mind. M.U.L.E. is an incredible entertaining turn-based strategy game, originally devloped for the Atari 800, and then ported to various home computer systems. The C64 port is by far the most popular version of […]
ein paar kurze Gedanken zum Coronavirus. Manchmal verstehe ich meine Mitmenschen nicht so ganz. Zum Beispiel äußersten mehrere Kollegen – intelligente Menschen – sich in der letzten Woche im Stile von „Ich verstehe gar nicht, warum man da so eine Aufregung um das Coronavirus macht. Das ist doch nicht viel schlimmer als eine Grippe. An […]
Nichts regt mich derzeit mehr auf, als die Diskussionen in Zeitungen und sozialen Netzwerken. Einee der letzten bescheuertesten Headlines war „Boxen gegen die Bonpflicht„. Zusammen kommt in solchen Diskussionen immer eine unglaublich große Menge Ignoranz und Dummheit, ein diffuses „Der Staat ist so blöd“, „Man will uns gängeln“ und seltsame Umweltgedanken (Teile von Fridays for […]
The whole Microsoft Office Suite has some „Latex-like“ capabilities for some time now. There was some interesting blog by Microsoft’s Murray Sargent — now archieved, available here — on how this was implemented and what considerations lead to the design choices. It’s always very interesting to read and see such documents of Microsoft insiders, as […]
Another issue I have is, that I simply can’t let things go. So this is how to remove the copy protection from Jurassic Park (DOS) from Ocean Software. I’ve already written in a previous blog post on how I unsuccessfully attempted to crack the copy protection mechanism, namely Rob Northen’s ProPack (sometimes abbreviated RNC). I’ve […]