Update November 5th: Adium 1.3.8 fixes the problem. As of today, November 4rd the beloved multi-messenger client Adium for Mac OS X seems to have troubles logging in to Facebook. It is no longer possible to login to the crappy and buggy Facebook chat with Adium. All you see is this window: Even after entering […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingPsychoAuction.com – Nobody is giving away “Money for Free”
There are quiet a few reports about a new online auction site called PsychoAuction.com. The basic idea behind the site is that users bid on an item (like an iPhone, USB Stick, …). Each item has a starting bid of 0.01 CHF. Now each time a user bids on something, the price rises for 0.01 […]
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Sorry, but there is NO WAY I understand this mask Or can you explain to me, how I can search for something in this mask with several options to a field? How to fix this: mysql> SELECT domain, date FROM domains WHERE domain REGEXP ‘^[a-z]{4,12}?$’ AND date = ‘4/27/2009’ ORDER BY domain ASC;
Continue ReadingGoogle Translate: When Will It Get Better?
This is just for fun. I had to quickly translate one of Shneiderman‘s Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design. The input was this: 6 Permit easy reversal of actions. This feature relieves anxiety, since the user knows that errors can be undone; it thus encourages exploration of unfamiliar options. The units of reversibility may be […]
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