Monthly Archives: August 2006

morituri te salutant…

Posted on August 4, 2006 by jke

Within a time span of about 1-2 days, these little creatures managed to eat the best part of the flowers on my balcony. I am not amused. To emphasize the democratic character of the Internet, please feel free to drop … Continue reading →

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he said, she said journalism…

Posted on August 4, 2006 by jke

“He was dressed in a grey suit, yellow tie and white shirt, and talked to the Press from inside the car. ” Oh, really? “He was dressed in a grey suit, yellow tie and white shirt, and talked to the … Continue reading →

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jua kalicious displaymoja

Posted on August 4, 2006 by jke

Well, talking about display protection foils in my previous post, I thought about trying some non-destructive methods on my own book – also with the intention to create something dead simple, low cost and easy-to-rebuild for anyone interested. After all, … Continue reading →

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Displaylicious

Posted on August 3, 2006 by jke

What’s the difference between hardware manufacturers and hardware buyers? The latter ones aren’t getting paid for having good ideas and will be shocked by the amount of time and energy it takes to get things into production. So what else … Continue reading →

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the notebook story, part 3

Posted on August 2, 2006 by jke

a.k.a. Installing WinXP according to HP’s logic… HP shipped the notebook with the usual recovery DVD which contains a pre-installed WinXP environment. Upon insertion into the dvd drive, it tries to overwrite the whole harddisk with a single partition. Why? … Continue reading →

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