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Ask me anything!

Filed Under : Blog,Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jul.28,2010

Hello, you out there!

It have been a while since I wrote a blog post last time, but -tadaaa- here I am again!

I just wanted to inform, that I subscribed to a new service called “FormSpring“. Everybody can ask me questions and I am going to respond to it. (Make sure first, your question is not stupid).

If you have any question to me, visit http://tux.ly/ask and ask me a question  (The link is also on my homepage tux.ly). You can do that anonymously, or by signing into the service and ask with your logged-in account.

So, have fun asking and eventually, your question is going to get picked and answered ;)

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VuvuTube

Filed Under : Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jun.25,2010

So, what do you guys think about the Vuvuzelas? Yes, exactly… they are ANNOYING. You find instructions everywhere how to filter the Vuvuzela sounds from live streams or from the TV.

BUT… YouTube does just the opposite… They offer during the FIFA worldcup a functionality to put extra Vuvuzlea sound to the videos… I don’t know what I should think about that, but I find it definitely a funny move from YouTube ;)

Even though you probably hate the Vuvuzelas, here is a little video “The Fellowship of the Vuvuzela” which makes you lough:http://www.break.com/index/fellowship-of-the-vuvuzela.html

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My notebook is again ready to go!

Filed Under : Internet & Technology,My Life by Marc Backes
Jun.21,2010

I think I have to apologize about my rant against DELL in one of my previous posts.

They have an excellent service! Remember when I told you, that they were going to pick it up? Well, they didn’t pick it up… they fixed it HERE and NOW. I now have a brand new notebook screen! It even smells like new. Geez, how much I love the smell of new notebooks!

I am so happy that they fixed this so promptly. I wasn’t even here when they came. The receptionist gave them my notebook and they replaced the screen without any complications or big formalities.

Seriously… DELL has a very good on-place service. So always extend your DELL guarantee, because it’s really worth it!

DELL++;

Over and out… with my new, shiny screen!

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Remember when… we fixed my power supply?

Filed Under : Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jun.19,2010

I posted yesterday, that my DELL notebook is going to be repaired. Fortunately, I have a second notebook (my old one) for these days, so I can keep working on our semester project. The bad thing is, that there are some reasons why I bought a new notebook (back in March 2009). One of these reasons was a failure in the power supply. The notebook didn’t get power all the time, even though it was connected. I always assumed that it was a problem on the notebook. But the problem was the power connector.

And as I need my notebook again, I am again confronted with the problem. This time I wanted to do something against it… And after some measurements I found out that the source of failure is the power supply itself. It gave out very variable voltages. I suppose, there are some melted capacitors inside ;)

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My DELL notebook is sick (monitor defect)

Filed Under : Internet & Technology,My Life by Marc Backes
Jun.18,2010

It started a couple of days ago… without any good reason, the screen of my notebook started not reacting anymore. The pixels filled with white… I could only resolve that problem by pushing at the back of the screen. After a couple of times trying, it worked again.

But yesterday, it didn’t work anymore at all. I decided calling the Dell service hotline. After a short diagnostic, they also finally realized that it must be a hardware defect. But that they pick up my notebook, I need the Dell guarantee. So I first needed to extend mine… I extended it for 2 years, which costs me quite a bunch :(

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“The other side of the world”…

Filed Under : Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jun.9,2010

… is a thing we often say. But do we mean the correct thing with it? Where exactly is the other side of the world?
You can find it out by the web application I discovered lately: http://www.antipodr.com/

Just enter your country, town and/or complete address and the application will show you, where exactly the “other side of the world is”. An application which is as cool as simple. Try it out! Where is YOUR other side of the world?

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First Wii Evening

Filed Under : Fun,Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jun.8,2010

On Sunday evening, René and me were wondering what we should do in the evening… Going in a bar, going to the movies, … or … PLAYING NINTENDO WII ON THE BEAMER IN THE UNIVERSITY!

Well, we chose the last option, and I gotta tell you: Playing Wii on a beamer is a frickin’ nice experience!! :D Totally different than in front of a TV. Additionally, we also connected it to the speakers in the room. It was just awesome! If you ever have the chance to play Wii in an environment like that: DO IT!

We were playing Wii Sports Resort (Archery, Golf, Sword fight) and Force Unleashed (very awesome Star Wars game!).

Below, some pictures of the legendary “First Wii Evening“… Might a lot of them follow!

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HowTo: NOT mess up your Ubuntu setup

Filed Under : Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jun.7,2010

This weekend, something happened to me, what I want to share with all of you, because it is one of the stupidest things I have done lately.

I was peacefully setting up Python for development in my Ubuntu (installing the Python packages, Eclipse plugins, …). Everything was running good, until I just wanted to change a little thing… I wanted to have Python 3.0 as default python command instead of Python 2.6. With update-alternatives, I didn’t went far (that’s weird indeed). So I thought “Let’s just uninstall Python 2.6, so that the system is forced to use my 3.0 installation”. That was a really really bad idea!

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The changes… FINALLY!!

Filed Under : Blog,Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
Jun.6,2010

Hello cats and kittens, ladies and gentlemen… you wondered for weeks know “What the heck is going on there? What is the big change now??”. I know that some of you assumed that I will get married, that my girlfriend is pregnant and diverse other things (greets at this point to the gossiping office of Chauffage & Sanitaire Nico Backes ;) ).

If you would have read my announcements correctly, you would have noticed that I wrote that only my Internet life will change. So… what is it now??

Well, some weeks ago, I registered a new domain (that is more or less the address you type in the address bar of your Internet browser). The domain is (how you probably noticed already):

tux.ly

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HowTo: Fix the “Slow Internet” problem in Ubuntu 10.04

Filed Under : Internet & Technology by Marc Backes
May.15,2010

Some people have a problem with Ubuntu 10.04, that the “Internet is too slow“. Well, I had the same problem and I kinda figured it our what it the problem, but I didn’t have a solution for it (because I didn’t search for it).

Sometimes, there are troubles with resolving addresses because IPv6 is turned on. I noticed it on the endless taking “Resolving host…” in Google Chrome.
A friend switched this week to Ubuntu, and he claimed about that problem, so I took some time to look it up. As annoying as the problem is, as quick is the solution to it: Disabling IPv6!

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