$ cat /dev/brain > /dev/blog

Life is written in chapters but the table of contents is missing.


29 Jul

Google: Did you forget something?


GMail: SSL certificate warning

Where do I get an updated certificate to connect to smtp.gmail.com?


16 Jul

Google Street View in Eschborn


Mal schauen, wie lange Google braucht, bis sie die aufgezeichneten Daten in Google Maps Street View integriert haben…

Ich habe allerdings nicht mal besonders freundlich geschaut, als der Datenkraken-Astra heute früh in Eschborn an mir vorbei gefahren ist…


19 Jun

No more GMail.com in Germany


No GMail in Germany

Due to legal skirmish, Google’s mail service (called “GMail”in the U.S. and “Google Mail”, e.g., in Germany and the U.K.) cannot be accessed [from German ISPs] by gmail.com anymore. Instead of the GMail UI, you see that error screen shown above. Pointing your browser to mail.google.com works fine, though.

Unfortunately I’m so used to type “gmail.com” — luckily, in Firefox 3 you just need to type “gmail” into the URL input field and then choose the correct entry from the drop-down menu (if you ever have visited mail.google.com before).


06 Jul

iPhone city Mountain View, CA


You just got yourself a nice iPhone and are upset because of the lame speed of your AT&T EDGE connection? Move to Mountain View, CA where Google provides its free WiFi network almost everywhere in the city!

No, I’m just kidding. You don’t have to move unless you really want to, I’m sure you’ll find a lot of open WiFi hotspots in your neighborhood, too — but consider living in Mountain View if you get a job offer from Google, Mozilla, Sun, Yahoo, … etc. ;-)

This city is just a great place to live. And surfing the web over Google’s WiFi (the unencrypted SSID is broadcasted, but I also managed to use their WPA2 encrypted network) on your brand-new iPhone is a lot of fun! (No, this still is not my own iPhone. Chain-yourself-to-AT&T issue. Will consider getting one when they introduce a 3G/UMTS version in Europe)


22 Oct

Google-Bombing einfach erklärt


Bei der Schweizer Nachrichtensendung “10 vor 10″ gab es einen Beitrag, der das “Google Bombing” auch für Nicht-Informatiker verständlich erklärt (hier als Real-Video zum Anschauen [teilweise auf schwyzerdütsch]).

(gefunden bei: Persönlich publizieren.)


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