Note: This article started completely different than it is now. I have just written down what just came out of my head! Remember the time when everybody was working hard to get a higher and higher Google Pagerank? Hours spent by marketers to get sites to link to your site. Paying good money to have […]
Continue ReadingRivella Summer Dreams
Rivella, the super awesome drink from Switzerland (no you can not buy it in the US) is having a collect-and-win competition this summer (Summer-Dreams). Some friends and I are collecting letters for weeks, even months. We got a nice Rivella Retro Bag. But for some time we are out of luck and some letters are […]
Continue ReadingGoogle StreetView now in Switzerland
Google will announce today that StreetView will be available for some parts of Switzerland. Check the overview below for a short overview: To use Streetview simply drag the yellow man-icon on the zoom levels to any blue street on the map. I have to admit, it is actually pretty funny to “drive” around in Google […]
Continue ReadingBreaking the Network: SSH Server as Proxy for Secure Browsing
Our university LAN is pretty restricted. You can only access the most basic ports like http (80), ftp (21), ssh (22), pop3, imap and so on. But what if you need another port like a port to manage a webserver? After some tuning and searching we came up with the almost perfect solution. And it […]
Continue ReadingThis time Facebook screwed up the Chat
Update 9:50 am CEST: The chat works again in Firefox 3.5.2. Quick fix? Facebook updates their chat quiet often. The last big update allowed to show your online/offline status to different groups you have set up. But tonight Facebook screwed big times. The newest release opens in a new window and displays this error message […]
Continue ReadingFacebook REALLY likes FriendFeed
As reported by TechCrunch and confirmed by Facebook’s press release, FriendFeed has been acquired by Facebook. So what will happen now? FriendFeed is such a small player compared to Facebook that this acquisition is not about users. It is all about the team behind FriendFeed. So within a short time FriendFeed will die. There is […]
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