Archive for the 'tech' Category

Wie wähle ich ein sicheres Password?

Posted by Michael on May 16th, 2008

Ein Thema, das uns alle mehr oder weniger häufig beschäftigt. Beim einen verlangt Windows alle 14 Tage ein neues Password, beim anderen (bei mir) sind es die vielen virtual machines, die er installiert, und irgendwie voneinander separieren will.
Bruce Schneier, unter den Kryptographie-Experten zweifelsohne der mit dem höhsten Rockstar-Faktor, hat dazu in 2007 ein interessantes Essay [...]

it’s about time…

Posted by Michael on April 17th, 2008

Okay, I know I am probably a little bit late in admitting this, but recently, I have discovered how cool podcasts actually are. For a long time, I thought they were nothing but a fad, something that a fat kid with a microphone would produce in his college dorm. Not true. It may [...]

At work, we’re using Oracle collaboration suite as a groupware tool. There are three ways to work with this tool, a web client, a fat client/standalone client from Oracle that is available for Windows and Linux, and by using the Oracle Connector for Outlook.
So far so good, but how do I sync contacts and appointments [...]

Things destructive, things constructive

Posted by Michael on May 24th, 2007

Today is my first day back from the Scrum Master Certification course I took in Milan. Coming back to work was quite a shock – the landscape around my office was radically transformed:

A tale of woe: Switching from Linux to Windows

Posted by Michael on April 2nd, 2007

Don’t get me wrong … I haven’t turned my back on the Penguin. Far from it.
All I wanted to do was to re-install one of my machines at home, and as much as I have been toying with the idea of trying to go completely Windows-free on the next re-install, I decided against it. I [...]

Running on new software

Posted by Michael on May 29th, 2006

Welcome. Grab a beer, and sit down … I have an announcement to make!
As you most likely immediately noticed, the random noise generator has changed a bit. Not the content, but the layout. What you probably didn’t notice (if you did notice, in an obvious way, let me know, because that’s most likely a bug) [...]

No Comment!

Posted by Michael on January 21st, 2005

As you may have noticed, most entries are now closed, and can’t be commented on. Here’s why.

Update of the RNG

Posted by Michael on April 19th, 2004

I changed a few little things in the layout of the pages. After the first, quick and (somewhat) dirty set-up, where I coded all the templates in a few days, I discovered some things that should be changed, and changed them.

the rng is running!

Posted by Michael on February 5th, 2004

OK, first off I have to admit it: I am not completely happy with the layout. And then, my friend Joseph Pelrine (who blogs over there) pointed me to a piece of wisdom so trivial that it takes some time to come around to it: You get better with practice. Put differently, quantity [...]