Archive for May, 2009

I've been asked a few times already whether I could "make" some little lights for the LEGO houses built around here, so I gave it a try.

After clamping a 1×2 LEGO brick into a vise, I drilled two little holes on either side, just large enough to push in the pins of a 5mm LED.

This [...]

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 at 15:57 | 0 comments
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LMGTFY stands for Let Me Google That For You, and it is nice when you want to show someone how daft stupid to Google.

Try it here: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jan-piet+mens

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at 17:36 | 0 comments
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at 09:36 | 0 comments
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Auf Seite 70 der aktuellen Ausgabe 06/2009 der Zeitschrift iX ist ein Bericht über die neue Version 3.0 der Bacula Backup-Suite.
Bitte kaufen und lesen.

Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 21:23 | 1 comment
Categories: Backup, Books
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Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 23:21 | 0 comments
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What's going on today?

I strongly doubt all these messages are attempts at congratulating me…

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 11:54 | 0 comments
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Photo: Norm Murray

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 at 04:09 | 0 comments
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Quicksilver is a Mac OS X utility which allows me to use the keyboard to perform quick tasks, such as launching applications or opening files. Among many other things, Quicksilver indexes my address book, so I can quickly find a telephone number or compose an e-mail.
When I select a phone number entry and hit [...]

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at 13:15 | 1 comment
Categories: MacOSX
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