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Gmail Automatic BCC Option Petition

August 6th, 2008 | View Comments

As I posted some time ago, I would really like Gmail to have an automatic BBC option, so that a copy of each eMail I write will be sent as BCC to an eMail-address I specify. All the attempts to tweak Gmail via a Greasemonkey script failed, so I would like Google to implement this feature directly into the interface. If you would like this, too, then please consider signing my online petition: www.petitiononline.com/gmailbcc/petition.html You would do me a great favour by spreading the word about this petition. … Read entire article »

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Using Knockout 2 With Paint Shop Pro X

July 25th, 2008 | View Comments

I just purchased the German version of Knockout 2 which works as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel Painter as well as Corel Paint Shop Pro X. So, what does it do? It makes masking nice and easy! Quote from the website: (…) it lets you retain the finest image details, including hair, smoke, liquid, fire, glass and shadows. (end of quote) And that, it does very well! I have tried several times to separate a certain object from the background, but with the built-in functions of Paint Shop Pro, it just didn’t work without a lot of effort. With Knockout 2, it is easy as can be! The only problem was that Paint Shop Pro X failed to import the mask after I was done with … Read entire article »

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Off To Berlin To See R.E.M.!

July 16th, 2008 | View Comments

Suzan and I are now officially leaving Hannover to see R.E.M. live tonight in Berlin (Waldbühne)! Tomorrow, we’re heading towards Dresden where we stay until Saturday. We might even stop by in Leipzig on our way back. … Read entire article »

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XAMPP And The “500 Internal Server Error”

July 15th, 2008 | View Comments

I just tried to update XAMPP for Windows to version 1.6.7, using the installer version. Somehow, it did not work without removing the old version first: Apache changed status to “Running”, then suddenly stopped again. There was no way I could access the admin panel. Same happened with MySQL. After removing the old version, Apache started (as did MySQL), but clicking on “Admin…” resulted in a “500 Internal Server Error”. Here is the (pretty simple) solution: An old .htaccess still remained in “…/XAMPP/htdocs/xampp/” which delivered the error. Deleting it did the trick. And here is a reminder for me: Permalinks don’t work by default in XAMPP because ModRewrite is not loaded… open “…/XAMPP/apache/conf/httpd.conf” and remove the “#” before LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so… stupid! … Read entire article »

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How To Correctly Spell “WordPress”

July 15th, 2008 | View Comments

Right from the beginning, I spelled this nice blogging software I use “Wordpress” with a small “p”. The more I searched the internet for blogging-related stuff, I came across the correct spelling “WordPress” with a capital “P”. That was already a long time ago. But as I had also already written a few posts that I didn’t want to change (which I wouldn’t have known how to do at that point, anyway – even if I had wanted to), I continued spelling it in the wrong way – at least, I am pretty persistent when it comes to continuity. … Read entire article »

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WordPress 2.6 Released!

July 15th, 2008 | View Comments

As of today, WordPress 2.6 “Tyner” is available for download on wordpress.org. It comes with wiki-like tracking of edits, a powerful “Press This!” bookmark, support for Google Gears, theme previews, word count, image captions, etc. pp. … Read entire article »

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Eventim Email Shock (German)

July 11th, 2008 | View Comments

Puh, nochmal Glück gehabt! … Read entire article »

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ZoneAlarm Blocks Internet Access After Windows XP Update

July 10th, 2008 | View Comments

I just recently rebooted my Windows XP after downloading the latest patches via the built-in automatic Windows Update Service when I suddenly noticed that I could not get any internet connection via Firefox any longer. Ping and tracert worked, though. … Read entire article »

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Area 34 And A Dental Implant

July 8th, 2008 | View Comments

On Saturday, 5th of July, 2008, I had my scheduled dental implant for my missing tooth “34″ that was extracted last year. Normally, I have no fear of the dentist, but this was something totally new to me, so I was quite excited when I got there. But what can I say? I feel awesome! After the dentist anesthetized “Area 34″ in my mouth, I had to wait a little longer, because another operation took place at the same time that seemed to last longer than expected. … Read entire article »

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Saying “Bye-Bye” To Some Plugins

July 7th, 2008 | View Comments

As I am still trying to make my website load faster, I thought about getting rid of some plugins – mostly those who hook into the header action to write some statistics-related stuff into the database. Popularity Contest is really a nice plugin – but I must admit that I never really looked at the results so intensely. I also got rid of WP-PostViews, as most stats plugins have a hitlist, anyway… … and speaking of stats plugins: FireStats also had to go and has been replaced by CyStats. This really had a nice impact on my database as well as on the file count. … Read entire article »

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