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New(-ish) Battle.net Terms – Big Brother, anyone?

unwesen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:57:26 +0000

So I figured I’d cave in to the hype surrounding StarCraft II to log in to my Battle.net account, and see whether there is an OS X download, and how much that would be. I was greeted with new terms and conditions for my account that I had to agree on. There were two boxes, one [...]

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New(-ish) Battle.net Terms – Big Brother, anyone?

Deutsche Telekom gegen Netzneutralität

unwesen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:32:57 +0000

Der Titel sagt eigentlich alles, der rosa Riese mag Netzneutralität nicht. Ein Glueck lebe ich im Ausland und kann gar kein Kunde mehr von denen sein. Sorry about the German post: it links to a German language article, and there’s not much point in trying to translate everything. The gist of it is that Germany’s largest [...]

Deutsche Telekom gegen Netzneutralität

Belief

unwesen — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:17:08 +0000

In recent years, I’ve watched myself grow increasingly cynical and almost hostile towards irrational belief systems. This trend had me worried for a while… at best, it’s not nice to become cranky when people mention their beliefs, and at worst it appears to stand in direct conflict with human rights’ freedom of religion. I’m a [...]

Belief

Force FroYo Upgrade on your Nexus One

unwesen — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:02:41 +0000

Tired of waiting for Android 2.2 aka FroYo on your Nexus One? Here’s how you can force an update, without having to wait for the over-the-air notification. Head to Settings > About Phone > Build number and note down what it says there. Mine was on ERE27. Download the update. The new version is labelled FRF91, and [...]

Force FroYo Upgrade on your Nexus One

Twilight’s Fucking Non-Vegetarian Vampires

unwesen — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:32:16 +0000

So, after much struggle, I submitted to watching Twilight yesterday. I’ll leave criticism of the movie to someone else. Suffice to say that turning vampires into sparkly, magical creatures evokes images of unicorns or fairies… the latter probably being the better description. But what really annoyed me was this thing about supposedly “vegetarian” vampires. Stephanie Meyer, you [...]

Twilight’s Fucking Non-Vegetarian Vampires

Code Encryption

unwesen — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:46:09 +0000

A friend of mine just sent me a link to this discussion on indiegamer.com. He also commented that he shouldn’t read stuff on the internet any longer, the stupidity just makes his head explode. I concur. But that’s really not the point of this little rant. The point of this little rant is that it’s astonishing [...]

Code Encryption

Google Wave Out Of Beta

unwesen — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:19:07 +0000

I just read that Google Wave has made it out of beta. Here’s my initial reaction, condensed in a form that connoisseurs of mumorpugers might understand best: /care Actually, that’s not entirely correct. I do care. I care about it so much that I think Wave should die, and fast. Here’s why: it’s pretty much the [...]

Google Wave Out Of Beta

The Android Fragmentation Myth

unwesen — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:47:46 +0000

The intarwebs is abuzz with discussions about Android fragmentation. The buzz has become so huge, that Google representatives felt obligated to step in and talk about how Android fragmentation isn’t as bad as it sounds. I, for one, am sick of you pansies whimpering about how hard Android makes your life. Stop for a moment and [...]

The Android Fragmentation Myth

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

unwesen — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:16:53 +0000

I’m really not into fashion. But this TED talk about how fashion deals with a lack of IP protection laws is fascinating. This is original content from un|we|sen, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Germany License. Please report any unlicensed use of this content to the author. Tag: unwesen-1c3e4905d6ae15e8d00a5aee2bb6c4c0Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free [...]

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio

unwesen — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:22:32 +0000

Today my heart is broken, Ronnie passed away at 7:45am 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private good-byes before he peacefully passed away. Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all. We so appreciate the love and support that you have all given us. Please give us a [...]

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio