Markus Zeller

Stop mobile traffic on iOS4

Markus Zeller — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:09:56 +0000

The iPhone is not just a phone, it is a mobile data device. So it uses a connection into the internet all the time to keep you updated with the latest news you wish to know. Among them are eMails and depending on your installed applications push notifications like Twitter, Facebook, Deliveries, etc. LAN, WAN, [...]

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Schland Desktop [Flickr]

dj_n4cer — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:49:04 PDT

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Extra zur WM

KI.KA putt [Flickr]

dj_n4cer — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:03:04 PDT

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Nette Bildstörung

iTunes [Flickr]

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Clicked on "update apps"

Flattr to honor good content

Markus Zeller — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:36:43 +0000

Flattr is one of the most used words in the internet the past days. The idea behind this is to honor authors of any media kind. This can be blogging, text writing, videos, audio and everything stored on a web site. Authors only implement a Flattr button on their site and you just hit it [...]

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Desktop [Flickr]

dj_n4cer — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:27:01 PDT

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My new desktop background.

light off [Flickr]

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Newer is not always better

Markus Zeller — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:08:25 +0000

There is an update If I see an update of an application, I want to have the latest and hottest stuff, of course. But first of all I read the changelog to know what is new or changed, and then I do run the update. Unwanted changes Sometimes, the developers change the behavior of a [...]

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Printer LED mystery

Markus Zeller — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:29:20 +0000

Needing a printer While living in the virtual reality I help my environment to save valuable resources. One of them is avoiding the use of paper whenever possible. But, unfortunately there are some rare situations where somethings needs to get printed out and signed – contracts for example. And the winner is Some years ago, [...]

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Podcast with preview

Markus Zeller — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:49:36 +0000

With the new iTunes 9.0.3, slightly released after the iPad Keynote, there is a nice and big surprise for all podcasters. Previously, when a user clicked a link leading to a podcast, it brought you to an empty white web page. Then, iTunes was opened – and if not installed you got a offer to [...]

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VirtualBox3 vs. Parallels5

Markus Zeller — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:18:18 +0000

The Parallels Desktop virtualization is great, and the update from 4 to 5 brings a lot new features. But there is one thing what makes me really angry: the price! Pricing In my humble opinion the price for this update is very much to much. Some months ago, I just bought the update from 3 [...]

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Closed lid with open eyes

Markus Zeller — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:32:56 +0000

A MacBook can close it’s lid and then it is going to sleep. On some situations it could be useful your Mac would stay awake instead of using it magic power LED hypnotizing you. One of those moments could be A party and your MacBook is serving some music, but you don’t want anybody to [...]

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Social Whale

Markus Zeller — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:11:05 +0000

The Social Whale is a great replacement for the twitter.com website or a local installed application. It does look almost like the original website, but has some nice features the original should ever have: multiple accounts auto refresh with countdown and caching API limit counter view followers by reciprocals, new followers and quitters integration of [...]

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Lock your iPhone

Markus Zeller — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:51:42 +0000

My iPhone is my personal assistent, my friend, my all time companion, weather consultant, and so much more. Because of all those things on my device are private, I do not want anybody to have a look at. Lock your iPhone Like on all other mobile cell phones you can set a lock code. Once [...]

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Youtube Video link power

Markus Zeller — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:22:18 +0000

When embedding or linking to a Youtube video, you have lots of parameters you can put in the URL. Those are influencing the player’s behavior and view. This is very useful, especially on embedding directly into your website or blog. Playback with a seek One of the most unknown and rarely used parameters is the [...]

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Chrome Browser for Mac

Markus Zeller — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:35:44 +0000

As a Webkit lover, of course I love the Safari browser. It is fast, reliable, powerful and easy to use. I wish Firefox would use its engine, but there are lot of discussions in the Mozilla forums, that it will remain using the Gecko engine. From a technical perspective, Gecko is now very solid and [...]

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Welcome to the Google Wave

Markus Zeller — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:15:23 +0000

So many people are talking about the Google Wave. It is still beta and Google limited the amount of users who may have access. You can either fill out a form and wait for an approval or get invited by someone else who still has invites left. Since I got an invite (special thanks to [...]

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Getting back a lost podcast episode

Markus Zeller — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:12 +0000

For podcast management I am using iTunes of course. I like iTunes. Really! Sometimes my fingers are too fast and something is trashed, especially podcast episodes. If you are wacking the same as me, then I am sure this or the other time you want it being undone. Of course there is a simple and [...]

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G-Mail within Apple Mail

Markus Zeller — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:34 +0000

Do you use a Google mail account? Then add your account into your Mail application and have no more need to manage your mails via the webmail interface. The webmailer indeed is quick and easy to use, but I like having my mails all together and searchable on my computer. Take the following settings, to [...]

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dict.cc – German and English dictionary on the iPhone

Markus Zeller — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:06:34 +0000

I am using the English language very much, although my native Language is German. It is the best way to communicate to people all over the world and of course absolutely mandatory in combination with learning, sciene, technology, computers, and so on. To learn and improve my English, I need to look quite often into [...]

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Rebel EFI – OS X in danger of good reputation?

Markus Zeller — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:45:11 +0000

Psystar has released a product called Rebel EFI, allowing the installation of any operating system on almost any PC hardware. This software could be cutely used, to run the Apple’s OS X on a PC. Apple of course does not want this and sued several times against Psystar, because it is permitted and listed in the software [...]

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Tweeting dupes

Markus Zeller — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:57:38 +0000

Twitter had the problem, that when you tweeted a post accidentally twice, it showed also up in the timeline twice. That was a little bit nerving, but you always have the possibility to delete your published tweets. This will disappear in the timeline. Another side effect of deletion is, that this single tweet is no more [...]

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Will WordPress 2.9 become a media edition?

Markus Zeller — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:59:50 +0000

WordPress blog systems gained very popular and can be seen all over the web. Since I began blogging I like it. It is a quick and innovative development. The most important thing for me is not only the quick and easy installation. Also frequently updating all those nice plugins is just a child’s play. The [...]

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iPhone headset troubleshooting

Markus Zeller — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:38:09 +0000

I had the problem that my iPhone headset was not working properly anymore. The music playback went fine, but when answering a call the caller could not hear me. Also I noticed then, that I could not use the headset’s button to control call answering or iPod playback. First of all I thought it was [...]

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International blogging

Markus Zeller — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:38:47 +0000

With my blog I want to reach as many people as possible. And that is why I decided to write it in English language, although my native language is German. English is the almost widely spoken and written language. In these days of world wide internet communication it is nearly impossible to get along without [...]

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