Total Costs of Ownership

If someone can’t let things go because they did cost much money at some point in time, consider the following: What was the value of this item once you purchased it? What would it costs if you had to buy

Total Costs of Ownership

If someone can’t let things go because they did cost much money at some point in time, consider the following: What was the value of this item once you purchased it? What would it costs if you had to buy

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2011 Spam Statistics

As I recently moved my mail server to a new cloud provider, I used this opportunity to check the mail statistics for 2011. All together I had 64.097 mails processed from which 42.469 where spam mails and 375 included viruses.

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2011 Spam Statistics

As I recently moved my mail server to a new cloud provider, I used this opportunity to check the mail statistics for 2011. All together I had 64.097 mails processed from which 42.469 where spam mails and 375 included viruses.

Why I dumped Hundreds of Friends

Inspired by Meike who recently announced to clean up her friends list, today I deleted several hundred contacts in Facebook. My goal was to keep less than 100 persons, I am in some kind of frequent contact with. After the

Why I dumped Hundreds of Friends

Inspired by Meike who recently announced to clean up her friends list, today I deleted several hundred contacts in Facebook. My goal was to keep less than 100 persons, I am in some kind of frequent contact with. After the

Bye Bye Bye

In May 2011 I started to consolidate my possession, all the things that belong to me, trying to simplify my life. I started with the “major” things like my DVD collection. As already several DVDs stayed with various peoples, I

Bye Bye Bye

In May 2011 I started to consolidate my possession, all the things that belong to me, trying to simplify my life. I started with the “major” things like my DVD collection. As already several DVDs stayed with various peoples, I

The Fear Of Not Owning

During my twenties I worked hard on my what I called adult life. I bought furniture, filled up shelves with souvenirs, owned a lot of books (which I actually did read), a huge DVD collection, car, career and all the

The Fear Of Not Owning

During my twenties I worked hard on my what I called adult life. I bought furniture, filled up shelves with souvenirs, owned a lot of books (which I actually did read), a huge DVD collection, car, career and all the

The Simplify Challenge

Several months ago, I started to simplify my life in a very consequent way. What started as an experiment eventually turned out the be a life style – minimalism. I made the decision to change various aspects of my life

The Simplify Challenge

Several months ago, I started to simplify my life in a very consequent way. What started as an experiment eventually turned out the be a life style – minimalism. I made the decision to change various aspects of my life

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Cross-domain Mash-up using Google Feed API

If you want to retrieve cross-domain content via AJAX/JavaScript to build a mash-up client, browsers might restrict these calls upon security reasons. Digging through the resources on the Web, you might figure out that there are various approaches. I decided

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Cross-domain Mash-up using Google Feed API

If you want to retrieve cross-domain content via AJAX/JavaScript to build a mash-up client, browsers might restrict these calls upon security reasons. Digging through the resources on the Web, you might figure out that there are various approaches. I decided

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Google Plus Operator

Google has replaced the + (plus) operator for their search. While looking for a certain expression (using the plus operator) Google tells that from now an double quotation marks are necessary to find an exact expression. Not sure if I

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Google Plus Operator

Google has replaced the + (plus) operator for their search. While looking for a certain expression (using the plus operator) Google tells that from now an double quotation marks are necessary to find an exact expression. Not sure if I

Restoring NT Backups using Windows 7

After a recent data loss, I had to restore several backups from various sources. Unfortunately, some of these backups were made on a Windows Server 2003 machine. However, it seems that Windows 7 does not come with any possibility to

Restoring NT Backups using Windows 7

After a recent data loss, I had to restore several backups from various sources. Unfortunately, some of these backups were made on a Windows Server 2003 machine. However, it seems that Windows 7 does not come with any possibility to

The Cleaner Coder

I recently finished the latest book from Robert C. Martin aka Uncle Bob, called The Clean Coder. Once finished there are many pro and cons about this book. At the beginning I was quite sceptic about the book but at

The Cleaner Coder

I recently finished the latest book from Robert C. Martin aka Uncle Bob, called The Clean Coder. Once finished there are many pro and cons about this book. At the beginning I was quite sceptic about the book but at