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Geeky at the Lake of Zurich

Nikon D5000 Video Mode

This is a High Definition Video I shot at the Rhine Falls in Neuhausen. The video was shoot in High Definition mode with my new Nikon D5000 and a 18-105mm VR lens. Some photos can be found on my Flickr account or here below.

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Dell Latitude D600/505 Startup Problem

If you have a Dell Latitude D600 laptop that has problems starting up and only blinks some LEDs (power LED, caps lock LED) press down the F7 and F8 key and press the power button at the same time. The reason this might work is because a soldering point to the BIOS lies below the […]

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Are You Qualified for a Job at Google?

Question A Which of these places is NOT a Swiss Canton? 1) Graubuenden 2) Zuerich 3) Arrau 4) Basel-Stadt Question B Which one of these cities does not exist? 1) Schaffhausen 2) Arrau 3) Ilanz 4) Sion The correct answers are: A3 & B2 Well, Google Employees do not need to know that. They say […]

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Bing Blog: How to save traffic costs

Looks like Microsoft does not have the money to host their images on their own servers. Instead they use PhotoBucket. And to bad they moved or removed their header image. Source: Live Search Webmaster Center Blog (shouldn’t that be the “Bing Webmaster Center Blog“?)

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Arimaz & MyDeskFriend

Arimaz is a Swiss startup of which I have never heard. Sure, there must be hundreds or even thousands of startups in Switzerland I haven’t discovered yet. But surprisingly, Arimaz gets quiet some attention these days. And all because of a mini-robot the company is putting out in September. The robot is called MyDeskFriend and […]

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