Tag: Internet

  • Firefox doesn’t warn when closing multiple tabs

    Firefox doesn’t warn when closing multiple tabs

    A few weeks ago, my mouse started to slowly conk out: It kept double-clicking unintentionally, so it frequently happened that, when I closed a program by clicking on the “X”, it would also close the window behind it. That was very annoying – especially because it very often hit my Firefox with 20 pages open,…

  • History in chat window in Miranda

    Today, I have a tip for all users of the wonderfully simple and lightweight instant messenger “Mirandaā€¯. 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…

  • 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…

  • Where has March gone?

    There haven’t been any news here for one whole month now – but I can explain everything! First the internet broke down a for couple of days. Well, actually it would have surprised me if we had really been able to surf untroubledly for more than a few months at the Telekom. No, it really…