Archive

• 2010

• Eclipse code formatting [78]
  After reinstalling Eclipse lately I was having trouble setting up a proper code formatting for tabs. Despite setting 'Preferences |… ››

• 2009

• Twitterverse [583]
  It's a long time since I posted something here, but I just came across the Twitterverse illustration from Brian Solis… ››
• Installing Tokyo Tyrant in custom directory [1413]
  In the process of testing Tokyo Cabinet and Tokyo Tyrant I just came across some small difficulties setting both up.… ››
• Key/value database storage engines [1757]
  I recently dived into the world of distributed Key/Value database stores. Although key/value storage engines are nothing particular new, distributed… ››
• Shark Angels conservation video [962]
  Eric Cheng just posted a new video from the Shark Angels, a shark protection activist group. The video shows with… ››
• Perfect Dev Environment now with VirtualBox 2.2.0 [1304]
  VirtualBox 2.2.0 was released a week ago with a neat feature, that I really missed although I really like woking… ››

• 2008

• Integration of Simile Timeplot into ScientificCommons [2313]
  Simile Timeplot and Simile Timeline from MIT SIMILE project Semantic Interoperability of Metadata and Information in unLike Environments are handy… ››
• James Nachtwey on XDRTB: [929]
  Reknowed photojournalist James Nachtwey did a journey to document a rather unknown disease and returned with a documentary that is… ››
• Foresighting Color Photography [1032]
  In an remarkable effort the russian photographer Prokudin-Gorskii build a camera that was able to capture three black and white… ››
• BMW kinetic structure from ARTCOM [2045]
  After the beautiful GINA study from BMW I found another interesting project from BMW. The Kinetic Sculpture made up of… ››
• Happy Flu [920]
  Happy Flu is an interesting experiment to track information diffusion within the web. Below you see a flash application that… ››
• Visionary Car Design [902]
  BMW introduced a new concept car, that major aim is to be as flexible as possible. The engineers completely rethought… ››
• Zanox Campus [953]
  My former colleague here at the University St. Gallen - Thomas Nicolai - is now working for the Zanox AG… ››
• Photography Addiction [987]
  very funny, but true.. ››
• Moodstream [631]
  Gettyimages has just lauched a new novel tool to access their image, audio and video collection based “brainstorming tool” called… ››
• 20 Magazines for free [784]
  Apple's iPhone user's have access to more content due to a partnership of Apple and Zinio. The trick is that… ››
• The europeans and the ball [648]
  It's all about balls these days. A friend of mine is creating a casual game for the open handheld game… ››
• Some pitfalls while switching from PHP to D [1269]
  Generally writing D code is straight forward, but at certain points I found myself banging my head on the table.… ››
• D resources [824]
  While reading through the web for some helpful comments and howto I came across some very useful resources for D… ››
• D MySQL performance [679]
  After setting up the D develop environment and compiling the first small programs, I got interested in the mysql performance… ››
• A kickstart with D [961]
  For a long time I used PHP for most of my projects and programming needs. This included web based application… ››
• Steve Jobs as product portfolio [915]
  This is a very nice idea. Using the products to generate a portait.. ››
• Adobe Photoshop Express released [1231]
  Adobe announced a new version of Photoshop, but this time as a web application. Photoshop Express is a Flash -… ››
• Visualisation of Information Quantity [993]
  The current issue of Wired features a portfolio of different artistic visualizations of quantitative information of a text. The thirteen… ››
• Autodesk TED BigViz [1600]
  I'm a big fan of TED conference talks. In most cases the presenter are very smart people, which know how… ››
• Skews and Blews [1123]
  Microsoft Research will present another interesting research project at the International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media 2008 (ICWSM). Blews… ››
• How to grow your own company [818]
  The presentation got my attention on two different levels. First I always liked the presentation style of Nancy Duarte and… ››
• Microsoft Research Report on IM usage [812]
  Microsoft Research just released a very interesting research report "Planetary-Scale Views on an Instant-Messaging Network" on the usage of Instant… ››
• How about voiceless communication? [752]
  This is mind freaking cool! At the moment only 150 different words and phrases are recognized. But what I found… ››
• What to choose for developing a Rich Internet Application? [858]
  Lately I became very interested in the different choices for developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA). Although I followed the different… ››
• The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet [768]
  Just another book that I would like to recommend to read is now available under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial… ››
• New York City Talk Exchange [709]
  This project from the MIT senseable city lab visualizes in real time the flow of IP (Internet Protocol) data within… ››
• New Book from Rainer Kuhlen [1053]
  Rainer Kuhlen has just published a new book (german) "Erfolgreiches Scheitern - eine Götterdämmerung des Urheberrechts" about the the changing… ››
• Five-Minute Time Freeze at Grand Central Station [2328]
  On January, 31 about 247 people agreed to go to NYC's Grand Central Station and just stand still for five… ››
• Adobe Acrobat Organizer & Firefox SessionSaver [1134]
  I'm not sure how you use Adobe Acrobat in your daily work, but usually I have several pdf documents opened… ››
• MapReduce Stats and Cloud Computing [1583]
  Google just published an updated version of their MapReduce paper, that can be found at ACM. It gives some new… ››
• DRM is dead - but spyware is on the way [637]
  All major newspapers and of course all tech news reported this week about the death of DRM. Free DRM music… ››

• 2007

• External hard disk treemap [1096]
  I want this external hard disk. Unfortunately it is only a design study so far. It shows the content of… ››
• Xobni - Email Inbox Management [1787]
  One or two months ago I registered for a beta of Xobni. Xobni is a tooI for email organization, navigation… ››
• Google Charts API [809]
  Google has released a new API for generating charts in a dynamic way. The usage is quite straightforward: you link… ››
• Fascinating images from Gregory Colbert [860]
  Last week a friend showed me some photographes of Gregory Colbert. Since then I'm absorbing every single bit of information… ››
• Call-In shows getting more and more ridiculous [925]
  A friend send me the shot above that he took of his television last night while zapping through the TV… ››
• First snow action this year [801]
  Last year was a bit disappointing in terms of snow and snowboarding here in Switzerland. We had only a few… ››
• Cool summary of character attributes for being good in a job [859]
  Just found on Seth Godin's page and found it a very summary of character attributes for being good at a… ››
• CaptureOne 4 Beta - First Impressions [2138]
  With CaptureOne 4 Beta 1 PhaseOne announced the successor for the current light version of CaptureOne, which was available as… ››
• Animoto!! Very cool video presentations [4617]
  If you are looking for stunning web presentations, that can be done in five minutes, just take a look at… ››
• Digideep Red Sea DigiJam [2919]
  From July 19th till August 2nd I spent two great weeks at the Red Sea (Sharm el Sheikh, Sinai, Egypt).… ››
• Sony Ericsson W950i alarm is driving me crazy [4363]
  Half a year ago I purchased the Sony Ericsson W950i. I was waiting for it a long time, because I… ››
• First paragliding attempts [1169]
  Last Weekend I had my first flight with a paraglider and it was great. I definitely will do that more… ››
• music recommendation: Rodrigo y Gabriela [1249]
  I already bothered my colleagues the last days with the songs of Rogrigo y Gabriela. I just can't stop listening… ››
• Adobe Reader 8 eating CPU usage [3351]
  I've just installed the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and was shocked by the CPU usage of the updater… ››
• Essential cheatsheets for web development [1169]
  I just found that pretty cool summary of links for cheatsheets (mostly one pager with a summary of the most… ››
• Please remove the ticker Technorati! [789]
  I really much appreciate the work of the technorati people and their great service. Recently they just updated their design… ››
• “Sharkwater” - A must see movie! [1075]
  At the evening of our first day at the Curacao Dive Festival there was a screening of a documentary movie,… ››
• First Curacao Impressions [1291]
  I'm here in Curacao for the first time in my life and I have to say I really enjoy it.… ››
• Leaving to Curacao [1154]
  I was in Berlin for two days as I'm now leaving to Curacao with Andi and Sylvie to attend the… ››
• Lars @ Bern Grand-Prix 2007 [1186]
  As Torsten asked three months ago I just accidentally said yes to join in and attend the Bern Grand Prix… ››
• Digg User Rebellion [921]
  For those who have missed it. Here is a youtube video visualizing of the massive user rebellion on digg, which… ››
• Microsoft Silverlight bubbles [1121]
  It's interesting to follow the discussion about Microsoft's Silverlight announcement. On the one hand you see the hype about a… ››
• PHP Unconference in Hamburg [1986]
  Markus Wolff organizes the PHP Unconference in Hamburg together with the PHP usergroup Hamburg, the department of computer science from… ››
• WWW Conference interesting reads! [978]
  All accepted papers from the 16th International World Wide Web Conference are now available from the conference homepage. Here is… ››
• Liquid Browsing [890]
  I found that link last year, but just forgot about it and now found it again. This interface is light… ››
• Presentation with great visualization and emotion [795]
  Hans Rosling gave a very good presentation on third-world myths at the TED conference last year. The presentation was titled… ››
• Sushi Dinner [3276]
  On wednesday I invited some colleagues and my neighbours to have a sushi dinner at my place. As nobody had… ››
• Spring in St. Gallen [971]
  Spring has arrived in St. Gallen. Everything is blooming and the streets are filled with people enjoying the sun and… ››
• Speeding up Firefox [811]
  I've just read the Yahoo! User Interface Blog about maximizing parallel downloads to decrease the response times and therefore improve… ››
• Prince of Persia Nostalgia [773]
  I loved to play Prince of Persia on my fathers intel x386 pc. I spent hours playing it; fighting against… ››
• How many Germans can Switzerland bear [1396]
  So look swiss people. This are three German dwarves, who just immigrated into your country ;-). Can you bear this?… ››
• Videohybrid [994]
  Videohybrid claims to be a legal flash video hosting service for movies and shows. We do not host any videos… ››
• Share This! plugin update [1794]
  I've just updated the Share This! plugin. It has now StumbleUpon included. As the number of option is increasing and… ››
• ScientificCommons starts citation analysis [2709]
  As we have now gathered more than 500.000 full text documents, we started to extract the citations from the full… ››
• Zotero and ScientificCommons.org [1050]
  The zotero Firefox extension is an easy-to-use reference manager built into your browser to help you collect, manage, and cite… ››
• Netvibes (and web usage behaviour) [1111]
  Until recently I used google homepage for my daily RSS feed consume. As I use google very frequently it made… ››
• What leads to success? [4389]
  I just had several discussions about success over the last weeks with different people. Tough the discussion topics on success… ››
• Web 2.0 explained - optimistic and with style [1245]
  This incredible video is done by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Kansas State University. It explains… ››
• Update Video Extension [2576]
  I just updated the Expression Engine Video Extension. 1. It is now possible to use either a complete url or… ››
• Really Bad Powerpoint [1553]
  I wrote about presentation style and a presentation zen as a very good resource for presentation ideas a while ago.… ››
• Microsoft Photo Info Tool [914]
  Microsoft has just released a new tool for easy EXIF/IPTC metadata handling. It integrates nicely in the Windows Explorer with… ››
• Videoplug Extension for Forum [63367]
  This extension allows you to add youtube and googlevideo to Expression Engine forum posts. To use it in the forum… ››
• Exifier Extension [2264]
  This Expression Engine Extension adds some template variables to display exif information of images attached to a post in the… ››

• 2006

• Open Access-Repositories Worldwide [1173]
  After we have finnished our first round of investigation for open access repositories and after adding them to scientificcommons.org I… ››
• Share This EE Plugin! [16997]
  Three weeks ago I just stumbled over the Share This Wordpress plugin from Alex King, which I found very helpful… ››
• Zamzar Online File Conversion [991]
  Have you ever been in the need to convert a file into another format and not having the right program… ››
• CrazyEgg vs. Google Website Optimizer [970]
  By accident I just stumbled over crazyegg.com, which is a online service to visualize the clicks on a selected web… ››
• ScientificCommons online [910]
  We finnally got ScientificCommons online and welcome the first visitors. There is still a huge amount of work to do,… ››
• PHP simple_xml import dom memory problem [4948]
  I was/am in the need to parse a big (6GB) xml file and thought I am going to use XMLReader… ››
• We All Need Hugs [799]
  Hey that's my first youtube post. But anyway I really like the idea of the movie. It's very close to… ››
• Sofia trip and a orthodoxe wedding [1142]
  I've never really thought about traveling to Sofia (Bulgaria), but as I was invited from Galina & Christoph to their… ››
• I’m really going to love adobe lightroom [1202]
  I have been looking for a good, comprehensive, cool looking ;-) and easy to use image management tool for ages.… ››
• Short Prague Visit [1031]
  Here is a short photo catch up. On my way to Sofia two weeks ago I travelled over Prague and… ››
• MCM Forum 2006 [1594]
  Every year the institute for media and communication is organizing a forum on a current topic of interest in media… ››
• Dropping Knowledge [1005]
  Ok, it's a bit late that I write about it, but anyway. Tomorrow on the 9th Sept. an unuasal event… ››
• Pageview Issues [1104]
  Evan Williams has written up a nice article about the relevance of pageviews in current and future statistics. Not only… ››
• Ticino Travel [1331]
  Since I haven't posted anything the last months I need to catch up a bit. For the beginning just some… ››
• “An Inconvenient Truth” and strange Ads [2096]
  In Cannes Al Gore presented the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", which is based on his political environmental campaigning against global… ››
• Bad Customer Support [826]
  Today we had fun programming a newsletter, which should be displayed properly in the Lotus Notes Email Clients (standard for… ››
• Silence [843]
  Can you remember a moment in your life in which you didn't hear anything; in which you just experienced the… ››
• Pool Sessions [793]
  Shooting in the pool is cool and makes a lot of fun ;)... In the beginning it was just a… ››
• Eilat/Israel [848]
  Yesterday we arrived in Eilat/Israel. We took a flight to Sharm/Egypt and from there a shuttle bus to Taba/Egypt. After… ››
• Microsoft Live and OAI [664]
  Microsoft is catching up with google. Live.com announced it's new academic service. Live.com is very easy to use and offers… ››

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