Using Windows I often need to get the Add or Remove Programs screen. Navigating through Start » Settings » Control Panel » Add or Remove Programs is unhandy. Just get the Run dialog by pressing [Win] + [R] and enter appwiz.cpl. Cheers

Hello, there are several older add-ons hanging around there which don’t support Firefox 3.0 officially. Therefore Firefox quits the installation on 2 reasons: … could not be installed because it is not compatible with Firefox … … will not be installed because it does not provide secure updates. To fix these problems add a new [...]

The Bash-shell stores a history of your last commands. Entering history will display all recently used commands identifying them by an id which lets you access them by entering ![id]. This is a nice feature, but unhandy: you can’t easily edit the command before being executed and furthermore to find the appropriate id you have [...]

Today I faced the challenge to move my phone book contacts from a Sony Ericsson K608i to my new Nokia 3110 classic.I didn’t want to install the entire Nokia PC Suite on my PC since I use Kubuntu virtually all the time. I figured a way out which does not require any additional programs than [...]

Hi, I just thought of extending my blog a bit. To do this, I post my Firefox add-ons I’m currently using. Adblock Plus (del.icio.us Bookmarks) (Download Statusbar) Linkification (FireFTP) Greasemonkey DownThemAll! NextPlease Zotero iFox Smooth The parenthesis mean that I haven’t been using these ones after upgrading to Firefox 3 beta. Cheers Simon

Welcome visitors to my blog! One week after setting up this system and thinking whether to start writing, today I finally managed to do so . First of all currently you’ll find more information about me on my personal homepage, reachable under http:/simon04.net/. I’m looking forward seeing you to drop in. What can you expect on this page (the blog)? First of all my intention is to share interesting things regarding computer (science) as I’m currently studying this subject. [...]