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• Aug 22, 2007

  Now also for Internet Explorer!

  I never thought I’d manage it to get the site display roughly (in the sense that it looks like it should look that way) the same on every single browser but tadaaa, here it is. Look!

  Okay, so clearly now it’s time to start thinking about a new design again :D

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• Aug 16, 2007

  iSync Plugin for SonyEricsson S500i

  Alright, got my new phone today, a shiny black Sony Ericsson S500i which I chose for the looks, the fact that it’s a Sony Ericsson, that it has Bluetooth and as such could sync with my laptop using iSync.

  

  iSync however didn’t recognize it, because there’s no “plugin” for it yet. Luckily there’s a few companies who sell iSync “plugins” to anyone who needs them at rediculous prices.

  Because, if you delve a bit through the iSync package (the /Applications/iSync.app/ directory), you’ll find plugins for quite some other phones that have been on the market earlier. Since basically the protocols to exchange items don’t change (it’s been standardized by SyncML), the only thing that sets a plugin for one phone apart from that for another phone is the name and a pretty picture.

  So here you have it, an iSync plugin for the SonyEricsson S500i. Create a directory in Library called PhonePlugins if it doesn’t already exist and move the contents of the ZIP file there. Relaunch iSync and you should be able to add the device.

  Please leave a message if you found this page useful! Thank you!

  

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• Aug 7, 2007

  Back from Dresden

  I’m back from my little Germany Interrail trip to Dresden, stopped over at Düsseldorf to visit family for a few days.

  Dresden turns out to be a great city with lots of stuff to see and to do! Certainly worth another visit, I think. Thank you, Admar for some nice days.

  
  Semperoper

  
  Panorama of the Zwinger palace

  
  The beautifully restored (picture of 1991) Frauenkirche

  
  Statue for the Trümmerfrauen in Dresden

  
  Altstadt panorama from the Carolabrücke

  
  Altstadt panorama from the Marienbrücke

  
  View over the Elbtal (on the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger)

  
  Blaues Wunder panorama to the north

  
  Blaues Wunder panorama to the south

  
  Ampelmädchen

  More photos at P.hot.os!

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• Aug 6, 2007

  Last year today...

  … I was here.

  

  Has it been one year already.

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• Aug 4, 2007

  Mah Jongg Considered Harmful

  From BBC News Web Site:

  A study by doctors in Hong Kong has concluded that epilepsy can be induced
  by the Chinese tile game of mahjong.

  Nota that this is not about the solitaire game, but the one you play with
  four players.

  Demanding

  The game, which is intensely social and sometimes played in crowded mahjong
  parlours, involves the rapid movement of tiles in marathon sessions.

  The doctors conclude that the syndrome affects far more men than women;
  that their average age is 54; and that it can hit sufferers anywhere
  between one to 11 hours into a mahjong game.

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