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(Deutsch) Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt …
Sorry, this entry is only available in German.
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Miranda IM: no connection to ICQ
Since one or two days, my Miranda has no longer been able to connect to ICQ. At first I thought it was only some server being temporarily inaccessible, but after two days I got suspicious. However, I quickly found the reason for the problem: AOL, the former owner of ICQ, have deactivated the old SSL…
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Firefox 3.6: graphic bug finally fixed!
Can you believe it? The graphic bug in Firefox that I once told about was finally fixed in version 3.6! The bug was first reported in May 2009 – so it just took them almost a year … ;) But well, it was only a rarely occurring bug and therefore probably didn’t have the highest priority.…
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Search google.com (in English)
Recently I wanted to google something, but all the German search results were of no use. So I wanted to try in English – but how? Usually I simply enter my search term in English and thus get English results, too. But this time I was looking for a quite “international” term such as “instant…
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History in chat window in Miranda
Today, I have a tip for all users of the wonderfully simple and lightweight instant messenger “Miranda”. Sometimes the problem occurs that, when starting a conversation, the complete history of that contact will load and appear in the chat window. One may not even realize it at the beginning – I myself didn’t notice it…
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Love in the internet age
In these days you get more and more overwhelmed with commercials for online dating on German television, from “neu.de” to “parship.de” to “elitepartner.de”. And although I would never try and find a partner through such a service, three quarters of my own relationships developed – at least partially – via the Internet. But by what…