Archive for June, 2009

Wishlist: A new save icon

On June 26th, 2009 17:10 • In Tech • By Oliver
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I figured, that I’ve got more ideas and wishes that I’ve got time and skills to make them real. So, I’ll be posting something like a wishlist every now and then. Let’s start with a simple request.
You prolly know these little fellas and hopefully use them often.

These are the icons that represent the function of [...]

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Lost music

On June 15th, 2009 17:54 • In Entertainment Media • By Oliver
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Yesterday I’ve been watching No Retreat, No Surrender (aka. Karate Tiger in Germany/Europe) while working on some maps. Basking there in nostalgia, I noticed a song that I haven’t heard in years. I haven’t heard it since the last time I watched this movie, to be precise.
Ten minutes and a bit of searching later I [...]

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Firefox Add-Ons

On June 15th, 2009 13:39 • In Tech • By Oliver
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Notepad entry (will be updated every once in a while).
Some Add-Ons for Firefox that I use:

Abduction – Helpful tool to create screen- or webshots.
BetterPrivacy – Since the methods of datamining get better, one needs better defense.
ColorZilla – A colorpicker, ’nuff said.
DNS Prefetch – While Firefox 3.5 will do DNS prefetching to speed up the browsing, [...]

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Bookmarklets

On June 9th, 2009 1:58 • In Tech • By Oliver
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So, to comply with a request, here’s a bit more about Bookmarklets (or Favelets, as they are called with an inferior browser). Bookmarklets allow you to execute small commands that interact with the current website (or a part of it). To be precise, they are just short (since bookmarks have a certain max size, depending [...]

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