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<title>LaserJet druckt langsam unter Mac OS X</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2012/02/07/laserjet-druckt-langsam-unter-mac-os-x/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Mein Laserdrucker daheim ist ein richtiges Arbeitstier… ein HP LaserJet 2100TN. Au&#223;er Papier und Toner frisst der nichts und das, obwohl er schon deutlich Jahre auf dem Kerbholz hat (bei mir begann sein zweiter Lebensabschnitt; seinen ersten fristete er in einem Gro&#223;raumb&#252;ro und wurde dort altersbedingt ausgemustert). Mir fiel letzt auf, dass der Druck an [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>Mein Laserdrucker daheim ist ein richtiges Arbeitstier… ein <a href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/de/de/sm/WF10a/18972-18972-3328059-3328066-3328066-25469.html">HP LaserJet 2100TN</a>. Au&#223;er Papier und Toner frisst der nichts und das, obwohl er schon deutlich Jahre auf dem Kerbholz hat (bei mir begann sein zweiter Lebensabschnitt; seinen ersten fristete er in einem Gro&#223;raumb&#252;ro und wurde dort altersbedingt ausgemustert).</p>
<p>Mir fiel letzt auf, dass der Druck an meinem Mac eine gef&#252;hlte halbe Ewigkeit dauert (minutenlang!), wenn ich eingescannte Seiten oder PDFs ausdrucken wollte. Am Windows-Laptop meiner Frau ging das ratz-fatz. Wo lag das Problem?</p>
<p>OS X nutzt als Standard-Treiber f&#252;r den LaserJet den <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript">PostScript</a>-Treiber. Der erzeugt ein absolut fantastisches Druckbild, braucht aber m&#228;chtig Speicher im Drucker – und davon hat mein Laser-Lastesel leider nur 32 MB.</p>
<p>Deutlich schneller wird das Drucken, wenn man in den Systemeinstellungen bei dem Drucker (unter Optionen) den <strong>Generischen PCL-Treiber</strong> ausw&#228;hlt:<br />
<a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jollyjake/12165529"><img class="aligncenter" title="HP Printer Driver OS X" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/21/55/29/12165529.85b24922.500.jpg" alt="HP Printer Driver OS X" width="500" height="411" /></a>Das geht zwar geringf&#252;gig auf Kosten der Druckqualit&#228;t und der Treiber kennt nicht alle Details des HP-Treibers (z. B. das optionale Papierfach Nummer 3), aber da ich ohnehin meist nur Briefe auf DIN A4 raushaue und die noch ordentlich aussehen, hat sich die Umstellung hier f&#252;r mich gelohnt.</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2012/02/07/laserjet-druckt-langsam-unter-mac-os-x/">LaserJet druckt langsam unter Mac OS X</a>' was posted on 2012/02/07 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2012 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<title>Die Steve-Jobs-Biografie — my two cents</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/12/28/die-steve-jobs-biografie-my-two-cents/</link>
<comments>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/12/28/die-steve-jobs-biografie-my-two-cents/#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Eines meiner Weihnachtsgeschenke war dieses Jahr die Steve-Jobs-Biografie von Walter Isaacson. Ich wei&#223;, einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht… ich habe mich auch wirklich sehr &#252;ber das Geschenk gefreut (und das nicht, weil ich als Apple-Fanboy Steve Jobs ja per Dekret unbedingt verg&#246;ttern muss). Nach den ersten 100 Seiten f&#228;llt mir aber an mehreren Stellen [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/1451648537/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=1451648537"><img class="alignright" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.de/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ASIN=1451648537&amp;MarketPlace=DE&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822" alt="" border="0" /></a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=1451648537" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /><br />
Eines meiner Weihnachtsgeschenke war dieses Jahr die <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/357010124X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=357010124X">Steve-Jobs-Biografie von Walter Isaacson</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=357010124X" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />.</p>
<p>Ich wei&#223;, einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht… ich habe mich auch wirklich sehr &#252;ber das Geschenk gefreut (und das nicht, weil ich als <em>Apple-Fanboy</em> Steve Jobs ja per Dekret unbedingt verg&#246;ttern <em>muss</em>).</p>
<p>Nach den ersten 100 Seiten f&#228;llt mir aber an mehreren Stellen auf, dass die deutsche &#220;bersetzung einfach nur <strong>grausam</strong> ist.</p>
<p>Beispiel gef&#228;llig?</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;When you open the box of an iPhone or or iPad […]&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>wird zu</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Wenn man das Geh&#228;use eines iPhone oder iPad &#246;ffnet […]&#8221;.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ich dachte zun&#228;chst, hier w&#228;re im Original tats&#228;chlich von <em>case</em> die Rede, aber <em>box</em> mit <em>Geh&#228;use</em> zu &#252;bersetzen, ist schon wirklich grob fahrl&#228;ssig. Gibt es nirgendwo bei Bertelsmann einen Lektor, der ein gewisses technisches Grundverst&#228;ndnis mitbringt? Das muss doch jemandem auffallen! Wer von den iPhone-Usern bei Bertelsmann hat schon mal sein Telefon ge&#246;ffnet &#8212; ohne Spezialschraubenzieher?</p>
<p>Wie auch bei der &#220;bersetzung englischsprachiger Serien ins Deutsche geht nat&#252;rlich auch bei diesem Buch einiges an Wortwitz verloren. Eines der Kapitel hei&#223;t zum Beispiel &#8220;Garage Band&#8221;, ein Seitenhieb auf <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00485CI1C/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=B00485CI1C">ein nicht ganz unbekanntes St&#252;ck Software aus dem Hause Apple</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=B00485CI1C" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" />. Im Deutschen ist der Begriff schn&#246;de mit &#8220;Garagenteam&#8221; &#252;bersetzt worden.</p>
<p>Ansonsten liest sich der deutsche Text meinem Empfinden nach in weiten Teilen sehr holprig und nicht wirklich fl&#252;ssig.</p>
<p>Wer das Buch noch nicht hat, sich aber daf&#252;r interessiert und der englischen Sprache halbwegs m&#228;chtig ist, dem empfehle ich daher lieber den Griff zum englischen Original: <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/1451648537/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=1451648537">Steve Jobs: A Biography</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=1451648537" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" /> &#8212; das ist &#252;brigens f&#252;r die Preisf&#252;chse unter uns sogar noch 8 Euro billiger als die &#220;bersetzung.</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/12/28/die-steve-jobs-biografie-my-two-cents/">Die Steve-Jobs-Biografie — my two cents</a>' was posted on 2011/12/28 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2011 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<title>How to open a Finder window from the Mac OS X Terminal</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/06/05/how-to-open-a-finder-window-from-the-mac-os-x-terminal/</link>
<comments>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/06/05/how-to-open-a-finder-window-from-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Today I was wondering how/if I could open a Finder window from my current location in Terminal.app. Turns out, it is pretty easy and straight-forward. From wherever you are in a Terminal window, simply enter open . to create a Finder window for your current location, as you see in the following screenshot: The Mac [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>Today I was wondering how/if I could open a Finder window from my current location in <code>Terminal.app</code>.</p>
<p>Turns out, it is pretty easy and straight-forward. From wherever you are in a Terminal window, simply enter</p>
<blockquote><p><code>open .</code></p></blockquote>
<p>to create a Finder window for your current location, as you see in the following screenshot:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jollyjake/10758161"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/19/81/61/10758161.29a1c5c3.500.jpg" border="0" alt="How to open a Finder window from the OS X Terminal app" width="500" height="319" /></a></p>
<p>The <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/open.1.html">Mac OS X <code>open</code> command</a> also works using files as a parameter:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>open mymovie.avi</code></p></blockquote>
<p>will open your favorite OS X movie-playing application (in my case: <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">VLC</a>) to play <code>mymovie.avi</code>.</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/06/05/how-to-open-a-finder-window-from-the-mac-os-x-terminal/">How to open a Finder window from the Mac OS X Terminal</a>' was posted on 2011/06/05 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2011 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<title>Firefox on OS X: Java not working?</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/01/25/firefox-on-os-x-java-not-working/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[With recent Firefox versions (3.6, 4.0 beta), I was unable to view any kind of website that uses Java on my Mac. Browsing through the about:plugins page I found out that I had three different versions of the Java Embedding Plugin (MRJPlugin.plugin) loaded in Firefox — two of them in addition to the one that [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn5.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/firefox-logo-wordmark.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1752" style="margin: 5px;" title="Mozilla Firefox" src="http://cdn5.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/firefox-logo-wordmark.png" alt="Mozilla Firefox" width="200" height="76" /></a>With recent <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a> versions (3.6, 4.0 beta), I was unable to view any kind of website that uses Java on my Mac.</p>
<p>Browsing through the <a href="about:plugins">about:plugins</a> page I found out that I had three different versions of the <a href="http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/">Java Embedding <em>Plugin</em></a> (<code>MRJPlugin.plugin</code>) loaded in Firefox — two of them in addition to the one that already ships with Firefox!</p>
<p>The additional add-ons were found in</p>
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<li><code>/Library/Internet Plug-Ins</code></li>
<li><code>&lt;user&gt;/Library/Internet Plugins/</code></li>
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<p>After deleting those and restarting Firefox, I was able to enjoy the beauty of Java applets again!</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/01/25/firefox-on-os-x-java-not-working/">Firefox on OS X: Java not working?</a>' was posted on 2011/01/25 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2011 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<title>Cluster SSH</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/01/16/cluster-ssh/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Have a handful of servers you need to perform the same commands on, e.g., keeping their software packages up to date using aptitude: aptitude update &#38;&#38; aptitude safe-upgrade &#38;&#38; aptitude clean So, you&#8217;re performing the same procedure on each host: logging in, executing aptitude, logging out… But WAIT! There&#8217;s Cluster SSH for you. The idea [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>Have a handful of servers you need to perform the same commands on, e.g., keeping their software packages up to date using <em>aptitude</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>aptitude update &amp;&amp; aptitude safe-upgrade &amp;&amp; aptitude clean</code></p></blockquote>
<p>So, you&#8217;re performing the same procedure on each host: logging in, executing <em>aptitude</em>, logging out… But WAIT! There&#8217;s <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/clusterssh/">Cluster SSH</a> for you. <img src='http://cdn6.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The idea is simple: type in a command into one console and multiplex that input to several remote, i.e., SSH sessions.</p>
<p>For Mac OS X, <a href="https://code.google.com/p/csshx/">csshX</a> (also available as <em><a href="https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew">homebrew</a> formula</em>) comes in handy as it provides that multiplexing support for Terminal.app.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jollyjake/9846102"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/17/61/02/9846102.72b13c92.500.jpg" alt="ClusterSSH" width="500" height="295" border="0" /></a></p>
<p>Open a console in Terminal.app and type in</p>
<blockquote><p><code>csshX user1@host1 user2@host2 user3@host3 …</code></p></blockquote>
<p>(providing appropriate <em>user@host</em> combinations for your needs, of course).</p>
<p>Then, you enter your commands, e.g., <code>aptitude update</code> into the red control console. As you can see in the screenshot, the keystrokes are the sent to all open shells. Updating a bunch of servers became… a piece of cake. Hooray for the lazy admin!</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2011/01/16/cluster-ssh/">Cluster SSH</a>' was posted on 2011/01/16 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2011 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<title>Driver Update for Apple Magic Trackpad and MacBook (Pro)</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2010/08/01/driver-update-for-apple-magic-trackpad-and-macbook-pro/</link>
<comments>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2010/08/01/driver-update-for-apple-magic-trackpad-and-macbook-pro/#comments</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[If you own a recent MacBook (Pro) or just returned from the Apple store where you bought an Apple Magic Trackpad, make sure you fire up your web browser, go to the Apple support website and download the Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update. This update will enable &#8220;inertia scrolling&#8221; (a.k.a &#8220;momentum scrolling&#8221;) on your [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>If you own a <em>recent</em> MacBook (Pro) or just returned from the Apple store where you bought an <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003XLYAWC?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=B003XLYAWC">Apple Magic Trackpad</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=B003XLYAWC" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />, make sure you fire up your web browser, go to the Apple support website and download the <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1066">Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update</a>.</p>
<p>This update will enable &#8220;inertia scrolling&#8221; (a.k.a &#8220;momentum scrolling&#8221;) on your MacBook&#8217;s trackpad:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jollyjake/8653400"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/15/34/00/8653400.f40cf198.500.jpg" border="0" alt="OS X: Trackpad scrolling with inertia" width="500" height="431" /></a></p>
<p>That is so awesome. My <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000GUA7L6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=B000GUA7L6">Logitech MX Revolution mouse</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=B000GUA7L6" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> already has a similar feature (&#8220;hyper-scrolling&#8221;), otherwise there would be no excuse not to buy a Magic Trackpad… <img src='http://cdn6.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title>The first time I acutally downgraded software</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2010/05/20/the-first-time-i-acutally-downgraded-software/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[You know how it is with geeks. Give them something shiny, new with buttons and fancy sound effects (&#8220;swooooosh&#8221;) and they&#8217;ll love it. Same goes for software: give them a piece of code glued together that perfectly serves its purpose &#8212; awesome. One of the applications I really love and use all the time is [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>You know how it is with geeks. Give them something shiny, new with buttons and fancy sound effects (&#8220;swooooosh&#8221;) and they&#8217;ll love it. Same goes for software: give them a piece of code glued together that perfectly serves its purpose &#8212; awesome.</p>
<p>One of the applications I really <strong>love</strong> and use all the time is the <a href="http://getfirefox.com">Firefox web browser</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://cdn5.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/firefox-installation-osx.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1427" style="border: 0pt none;" title="Firefox installation on OS X" src="http://cdn5.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/firefox-installation-osx.png" alt="" width="200" height="178" /></a>Unfortunately, things turned out to be a little nasty on OS X since Firefox reached version 3.6. When I first upgraded, I noticed a <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=531552">bug that caused Firefox to open two windows when a link was clicked in another application</a>. Not nice, but I could have lived with that until it&#8217;s fixed.</p>
<p>Next, Firefox stopped working at all after I updated some add-ons. I tried to reproduce the problem and wanted to boil it down to a particular defective add-on. To be honest, I suspected <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10868/">Weave Browser Sync</a> to be the culprit. I even tried starting Firefox with a fresh, empty profile and installed 2 or 3 other add-ons, several times in various order. Kaboom. No need to mention that even the <a href="http://nightly.mozilla.org/">Firefox nightly build</a> was crashing on me. The solutions described in <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=533535">a related bug report</a> unfortunately didn&#8217;t help either.</p>
<p>The sad solution to my problem: I was downgrading to the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html">latest version of the &#8220;old&#8221; Firefox 3.5 branch</a>, namely Firefox 3.5.9. It does not have all the fancy new features of 3.6 and support ends in August 2010 but at least it&#8217;s working. I&#8217;ll try <del datetime="2010-07-18T18:15:00+00:00">3.7</del> 4.0 when it&#8217;s stable and hope the problem has been fixed then as <a href="https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/562036">others describe the same issue</a> in various posts in the Mozilla forums.</p>
<p>Update: The problem seems to be fixed in <a href="https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/">Firefox 4.0 beta 1</a>.</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2010/05/20/the-first-time-i-acutally-downgraded-software/">The first time I acutally downgraded software</a>' was posted on 2010/05/20 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2010 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2010/02/07/ssd-in-einem-macbook-pro/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Ein Freund und ich haben k&#252;rzlich unsere MacBooks getauscht. Er bekam mein 2006er 15&#8243; MacBook Pro und ich im Austausch daf&#252;r die kleinere, aktuelle 13&#8243;-Version des MBP. Bis dahin ist das Ganze ja noch nicht wirklich spannend… Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn: ich habe in der Vergangenheit schon ein paar Mal Solid State Disks (SSD) im [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p>Ein Freund und ich haben k&#252;rzlich unsere MacBooks getauscht. Er bekam mein <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/stats/macbook_pro_2.0.html">2006er 15&#8243; MacBook Pro</a> und ich im Austausch daf&#252;r die kleinere, <a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/stats/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.53-aluminum-13-mid-2009-sd-firewire-800-unibody-specs.html">aktuelle 13&#8243;-Version des MBP</a>. Bis dahin ist das Ganze ja noch nicht wirklich spannend… <img src='http://cdn7.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smedenborn/3958026891/"><img class="alignright" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border: 0pt  none;" title="MacBook Pro 13&quot;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3958026891_76d51cf911_m.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="240" /></a>Lange Rede, kurzer Sinn: ich habe in der Vergangenheit schon ein paar Mal <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_State_Drive">Solid State Disks (SSD)</a> im Einsatz gesehen und war vollkommen platt, wieviel mehr Geschwindigkeit die bei der allt&#228;glichen Arbeit rausholen k&#246;nnen. Beim Tausch der MBPs haben wir auch die Festplatten umgebaut. Ich habe meine <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0011U65F2?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=B0011U65F2">320 GB-Western-Digital-Festplatte (5400 rpm)</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=B0011U65F2" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> mit ins neue Ger&#228;t migriert, er hat seine 64 GB-SSD in das &#8220;alte&#8221; Ger&#228;t eingebaut.</p>
<p>Was soll ich sagen? Das alte MBP rennt damit wie ein Gaul auf Steroiden. Wir haben keine &#8220;echten&#8221; Benchmarks gefahren, aber: sein OS X war deutlich schneller hochgefahren als das mit dem aktuellen MacBook Pro der Fall war. Firefox ben&#246;tigte auf dem 2.0-GHz-MBP mit SSD gerade mal 3 &#8220;Animiertes-Dock-Icon-Zeiteinheiten&#8221;, w&#228;hrend das h&#252;bsche Icon beim 2.53-GHz-Modell immerhin 9 Mal durch die Gegend h&#252;pfte, bis ich mal ein Firefox-Fenster zu sehen bekam.</p>
<p>Nat&#252;rlich sind das keine wissenschaftlich fundierten Messungen, aber es beeindruckt ungemein. Jetzt wei&#223; ich zumindest schon mal, worauf ich mal ein wenig spare — und hoffe auf fallende Preise im SSD-Markt. Die <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002IGT7IU?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jeanpierrede-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=19454&amp;creativeASIN=B002IGT7IU">Intel X-25M mit 160 GB</a><img style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/ir?t=jeanpierrede-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=3&amp;a=B002IGT7IU" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> sieht ganz brauchbar aus und ist mir schon von mehreren Seiten empfohlen worden.</p>
<p><em>Image: &#8220;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smedenborn/3958026891/">My new buddie</a>&#8221; by <a title="Link to  Fredrik Smedenborn's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smedenborn/">Fredrik Smedenborn</a>. CC-licensed.</em></p>
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<title>Still looking for Adobe Flash Player 9? It&#8217;s hard to find.</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2008/11/08/still-looking-for-adobe-flash-player-9-its-hard-to-find/</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Adobe makes a good job of promoting its new version of their Flash Player 10. They seem to have removed almost every single link to the previous version on their website and all old links redirect to the download of version 10. This might be great if you want to run their latest software, but [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-918 alignright" style="margin: 5px 10px;" src="http://cdn8.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/file_fla.png" alt="Adobe Flash" width="128" height="128" />Adobe makes a good job of promoting its new version of their <a href="http://www.adobe.com/de/products/flashplayer/">Flash Player 10</a>. They seem to have removed almost every single link to the previous version on their website and all old links redirect to the download of version 10.</p>
<p>This might be great if you want to run their latest software, but if <em>for some reason</em> you need a specific older version, you&#8217;re gonna be quite upset, e.g., you want Flash on a legacy operating system such as Windows 98/ME, Mac OS X &lt; 10.4, or older Linux/UNIX  OSes.</p>
<p>In my case, there is a web site that has been programmed in such a bad way that it is simply broken and unusuable with the latest version of Flash Player 10. I don&#8217;t use the service of that website on a daily basis, but I wanted to install Flash Player 9 on top of a Windows installation in a VM.</p>
<p>You can find the installation files for the <a href="http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb406791&amp;sliceId=2">legacy Flash Player 9 download</a> on Adobe&#8217;s TechNote site. Please keep in mind that Adobe may (and surely will) stop releasing any [security] updates for those old versions of Flash.</p>
<p>Of course&#8211;after I eventually found the download link and installed the old Flash version&#8211;I remembered having a moldy Ubuntu Live DVD somewhere in my drawer&#8230; And I bet it has Flash Player 8 or 9 installed&#8230;</p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2008/11/08/still-looking-for-adobe-flash-player-9-its-hard-to-find/">Still looking for Adobe Flash Player 9? It&#8217;s hard to find.</a>' was posted on 2008/11/08 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2008 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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<title>Another MacBook Pro battery is dying&#8230;</title>
<link>http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2008/10/19/another-macbook-pro-battery-is-dying/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jean Pierre</dc:creator>
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<![CDATA[Well, my MacBook Pro is about 2 years old now and I&#8217;ve had&#8230; a total of 5 batteries exchanged so far. Of course, Apple has the famous Battery Exchange program that was&#8230; recently closed. Grrr. I hope Apple was only screwing up with their batteries in the past and hopefully does a better job with [...]]]>
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<![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jollyjake/3239117"><img class="alignright" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0px 10px;" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/9/91/17/3239117.fe57980f.png" border="0" alt="Another MacBook Pro battery is dying" width="356" height="506" /></a></p>
<p>Well, my MacBook Pro is about 2 years old now and I&#8217;ve had&#8230; a total of 5 <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2006/12/20/der-akku-von-meinem-macbook-pro-ist-uber-den-jordan-gegangen/">batteries</a> <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2007/05/20/another-macbook-pro-battery-to-be-replaced/">exchanged</a> <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2007/12/29/what-is-it-with-apple-macbooks-and-their-batteries/">so far</a>. Of course, Apple has the famous <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/batteryexchange/">Battery Exchange program</a> that was&#8230; recently closed. Grrr.</p>
<p>I hope Apple was only screwing up with their batteries in the past and hopefully does a better job with the recently introduced new <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html">MacBook</a> and <a href="http://fredericiana.com/2008/10/16/new-macbook-pro/">MacBook Pro</a> notebooks.</p>
<p>And if it&#8217;s not the battery or some fancy charging-related logic board problem, it must be me who is using the MBP so excessively that all batteries are dying nearly at light velocity.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="http://creativebits.org/toolbox/how_protect_your_battery">creativebits</a> and <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2006/06/06/how-to-calibrate-your-macbook-battery/">TUAW</a> have both mentioned articles on how to treat your laptop&#8217;s battery best. Unfortunately, that&#8217;s exactly what I did with this battery (fully charge it, drain it, keep it at 50% charge when stored for a longer period of time, etc.). Didn&#8217;t help <img src='http://cdn9.blog.jeanpierre.de/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>The article '<a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de/2008/10/19/another-macbook-pro-battery-is-dying/">Another MacBook Pro battery is dying&#8230;</a>' was posted on 2008/10/19 to the <a href="http://blog.jeanpierre.de"><strong>$ cat /dev/brain &gt; /dev/blog</strong></a> weblog. <br/><small>© 2008 by <a href="http://jeanpierre.de">Jean Pierre Wenzel</a>. All rights reserved.</small></p>]]>
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