Tag Archives: netz

Firmenverzeichnisse

Es spielt sich ein interessanter Trend ab. Jedenfalls für alle Unternehmen, die sich irgendwann – irgendwie – aus irgendeinem Grund einmal ins WIR-Verzeichnis eingetragen haben. Seit ca. 2-3 Wochen häufen sich die Mitteilungen über neu gegründete Firmenverzeichnisse für das lokale Gewerbe in der Region/Nation (come on, die Schweiz ist so klein, das geht doch alles [...]
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wer mich alles klaut

Interessant, was es alles für genoxiges Zeug gibt. Ein Avatar benennt nach mir, die “Pioniere in Sachen oxiditavem Stress”, wahlweise gibt es mich in 10mg und 20mg Dosen, eine mittlerweile Konkurse Compi-Bude aus Zürich (hehehe ..) .. spannend.
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how to waste time using the internet

probably one of the more interesting things is to check for your realname or nickname on google and google image search. depending on your past internet activities, the results may frighten you. but it’s a good way to waste time. 8/10 points for this one. reading all kinds of news is the second most valuable [...]
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another one on ie and png files

okay .. forget about PNG’s and IE. honestly, just don’t do it. it’s the easiest way. try to avoid it whenever you possibly can. if you really need transparent PNG for your website layout, make a workaround css file, check for the browser with php and load the file with url()-links to PNG8 (only 1bit [...]
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the (in)famous IE PNG bug

i spent some time researching this topic with my old friend google. here’s what i found: this is an original post at msdn about the function which is used in the following css class. #myDivClass { float:left; width:100px; height:100px; // good browsers (everything except ie) ignore this line: filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(enabled=true, sizingMethod=scale src=’images/file.png’); background-image:url(images/file.png)!important; // underscore makes [...]
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lovely downtime

i’m bored. completely. i wasn’t able to write one single line of code today because our hosting company has a major breakdown. since today, 9am, we’re unable to connect to all our customers www servers. i guess i won’t be able to sleep because i actually don’t have a single database backup. so if they’re [...]
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open source groupware: round three

i now tested the following tools, some of them together with my boss and my coworker: PHProjekt, eGroupWare, Group-Office, dotProject, openPSA, webCollab, netOffice, phpGroupware and Achievo. there is no really feature balanced solution around which has good project management approaches and a working implementation of a stable reporting module (except for openPSA, this one is [...]
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tagged entries

to be part of the hype, i added tagged entries to my blog. it’s actually a quite cool feature. tagging entries allows the visitor to see what you care most about and – at the same time – following crossreferences from one tag to the other and so on. it could have also an effect [...]
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groupware, second round

i now spent 2 full days trying out phprojekt and dotproject. eGroupWare is not in the race anymore, since i can’t manage to install the new RC5 of version 1.2. unfortunately, the 1.x.x versions aren’t available to download anymore. i will let the users decide – they will test the two suites next week, click [...]
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web based groupware solutions

theoretically, we planned to switch to a new gw solution by the end of this year. this would be in 2 days if i do that math correctly. well, i guess i wont make it until february, despite the fact that all users need to get the handling straight before we start to professionalize on [...]
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netzklang promoted to zombie existence

netzklang, the project i worked on with several people is now officially dead because of various reasons. since we already have a homepage for it, we think about using it to promote our own netlabel stuff and maybe add some small broadcast of creative commons music. some small number of channels. nothing fixed yet.
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successful: genox manages to update blog software

it’s incredible but it’s true: i managed to upgrade to the latest beta of serendipity *without loosing all entries and your comments*. this is somehow a milestone. you don’t notice a lot on the frontend beside the new template which i had to do because the new versions don’t support my template anymore. so i [...]
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realaudio.ch leechdown

BY THE WAY …. if you’re into electronic music: go to this ftp and leech this directory, you wont regret it. ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/realaudio/. i just got all the 1.7gigs of material and it’s playing now in loopmode on my office machine. fly with me .. ps. check the directory of thinnerism.com too.
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the skype hype

since there’s finally a binary for osx and some people i already know use it too, i installed skype today. w00t! – internet telephony is cool – beside the ugly feedbacks and delays you get without using a headset. but i don’t feel like playing customer center agent at home for the moment. skype me. [...]
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flying high

a short review of the past days: what a week. feels like i’m driving on high octane fuel. i finished 2 pages: pgm.ch – my company’s new website and netzklang.ch – a website for a project i’m working on with a bunch of nice swiss netlabel people. there’s not a lot of content on the [...]
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