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"Best things in life aren’t things."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:37:16 +0100

“Best things in life aren’t things.”

- Ales Farcnik (alesf) on Twitter

Quick SnowLeopard Tipp - Text Services

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0100

WordService by DEVONtechnologies is a great service-plugin which provides 37 functions to convert, format or speak selected text, to insert data and much more.

Since 10.6 (Snowleopard) services improved a lot (watch this to learn more). One improvment is that you can now select just the services you like.

So you can install “WordService” and than go to Preferences/Keyboard/Services and select the services you would like to use (e.g. Statistics).

You are now able to use them via the contextual menu in almost every application. (If you prefer you can also apply custom shortcuts to each service).

P.S.: If you are using LaunchBar you can also use all the services within the application even if they are unchecked in the System Preferences.

If you want to exclude services in LaunchBar go to the Index (⌥⌘I).

okarina: via Kenz (all above)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:33:57 +0100

okarina:

via Kenz (all above)

Its just so hilarious! - How to Worship (via @hufeisen)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:05:50 +0100

Its just so hilarious! - How to Worship (via @hufeisen)

Gute Idee! Power Socket SWITCH does away with need to unplug

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:07:21 +0100

Gute Idee! Power Socket SWITCH does away with need to unplug

??? (via haha.nu - the lifestyle blogzine)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:06:25 +0100

??? (via haha.nu - the lifestyle blogzine)

okarina: Google had a lot of good headers in the past. But this...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:21:49 +0100

okarina:

Google had a lot of good headers in the past. But this one is by far my favorite.

DVS Skate & Create 2009 Feature on Vimeo (via Storm)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:29:01 +0100

DVS Skate & Create 2009 Feature on Vimeo (via Storm)

stephen wiltshire draws manhattan skyline from memory (via...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:02:39 +0100

stephen wiltshire draws manhattan skyline from memory (via Storm)

More English For Runaways

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:52:17 +0100

I understand just train-station = ich versteh nur bahnhof

sorry, my englisch is under all pig = entschuldige, mein englisch ist unter aller sau

I think I spider = ich glaub ich spinne

the devil will i do = den teufel werd ich tun

my lovely mister singing club = mein lieber herr gesangsverein

come on…jump over your shadow = komm schon…spring über deinen schatten

you walk me animally on the cookie = du gehts mir tierisch auf den keks

there my hairs stand up to the mountain = da stehen mir die haare zu berge

tell me nothing from the horse = erzähl mir keinen vom pferd

dont ask after sunshine = frag nicht nach sonnenschein

its not good cherry-eating wiht you = es ist nicht gut kirschen essen mit dir

now it goes around the sausage = jetzt gehts um die wurst

there you are on the woodway = da bist du auf dem holzweg

holla the woodfairy = holla die waldfee

I hold it in head not out = ich halts im kopf nicht aus

now butter by the fishes = jetzt mal butter bei die fische

I see black for you = ich seh schwarz für dich

your are so a fear-rabbit = du bist so ein angsthase

known home luck alone = trautes heim, glück allein are you save? = bist du sicher?

give not so on = gib nicht so an

heaven, ass and thread! = Himmel, Arsch und Zwirn!

Human Meier = Mensch Meier

you have not more all cups in the board = du hast nicht mehr alle tassen im schrank

she had a circleroundbreakdown = sie hatte einen kreislaufzusammenbruch

I know me here out = ich kenn mich hier aus

I fall from all clouds = ich fiel aus allen Wolken

no one can reach me the water = niemand kann mir das wasser reichen

not the yellow of the egg = nicht das gelbe vom ei

evererything in the green area = alles im grünen bereich

I die for Blackforrestcherrycake = Ich sterbe für Schwarzwälderkirschtorte

it walks me icecold the back down = es läuft mir eiskalt den rücken runter

Im foxdevilswild = ich bin fuchsteufelswild

(via Alcessa)

Sešn Varaždin (II)

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:56:12 +0200

Sešn Varaždin (II)

Collaboration is not Communication

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:43:49 +0200

emonk:

We interrupt the regular transmission of LOLCATs to bring you this discussion about collaborative text editing:

There’s an interesting (to me) discussion going on, about live typing in Google Wave. Jens Alfke (of ex-iChat fame) wrote a insightful article about its history in iChat to which John Gruber replied:

I never mind instant updating when I use SubEthaEdit to collaboratively edit a text file, but I can’t think of a good reason Google Wave uses it other than the demo factor.

I think there are two and a half reasons for this:

First, live typing in Wave “feels kinda bad” due to an implementation issue imo. The nature of the transformations involved, and the fact that they have to work on a XML based format that Wave uses to represent rich text, makes it “feel” kind of chunky. At least chunkier that it has to. Most people won’t notice this however, I guess.

The second and more important reason is psychological. Simply put it boils down to: “COLLABORATION IS NOT COMMUNICATION”.

If I’m writing someone with the intent to communicate an idea, it’s of little use to have him look at me constructing my message. It makes people self-conscious and leads to the textual equivalent of stuttering at worst. At best it amounts to other people cutting me off because they already know what I want, which is efficient but unpleasant.

Nobody wants to write a love-letter ex tempore while the recipient watches you making typos.

Collaboration on the other hand is a process of working on something together, so it’s actually useful to have people chime in, correcting typos, changing sentences or pointing out directions to go. In real-time.

You are chipping away on the same block of marble to make a statue.

Efficient collaboration however depends on a communication backchannel. (So you can yell: “NO! DON’T DO THAT. THAT’S WAY WORSE” e.g. ;) )

It is and was a very conscious decision to not integrate chat into SubEthaEdit to keep the backchannel as separate as possible, by delegating it to iChat, Skype or plain old shouting.

Google Wave is - in its current form - “next generation wiki”, not “next generation email”. That’s way unsexy as a marketing slogan, but would emphasize collaboration instead of communication.

There is a long-term future for Wave nobody (including Google) has yet grasped, but until then I’m worried that the whole thing might fail due to Google’s inability to communicate what’s cool about it.

In my experience, collaborative editing solves a problem you usually don’t know you are having. You need to see to understand. I of all people understand that this is a tough issue, but calling that thing “next generation email” actually makes that problem worse.

FREE BEATS on Vimeo (via @storm)

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:49:42 +0200

FREE BEATS on Vimeo (via @storm)

Noah again?

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:09:21 +0200

Noah again?

Cpt. Cracker “Generation Crap” (via cracklens)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:14:22 +0200

Cpt. Cracker “Generation Crap” (via cracklens)

Varaždin Trip → Go to Facebook for HD Quality or click here to...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:47:00 +0200

Varaždin Trip

→ Go to Facebook for HD Quality or click here to download (MP4)

Sandhy Sondoro - That’s the way (via Bruder)

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:54:59 +0200

Sandhy Sondoro - That’s the way (via Bruder)

“To ni hec” (zu Deutsch: Das ist kein Witz/Spaß) -...

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:38:00 +0200

“To ni hec” (zu Deutsch: Das ist kein Witz/Spaß)
- Wahrscheinlich das kreativste slowenische Skatevideo

Emergent: Neues keimt auf. « Read.Think.Pray.Live.

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:26:20 +0200

Emergent: Neues keimt auf. « Read.Think.Pray.Live.

Beds Are Burning - tck, tck, tck campaign (via kopflos.eu)

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:11:02 +0200

Beds Are Burning - tck, tck, tck campaign (via kopflos.eu)