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ff3 sets downloaded files as readonly when using the ‘open with’ feature

Posted on February 25, 2009 by ward

Firefox 3 has a new ‘feature’ where downloaded files are marked readonly when they are opened on the fly with the ‘open with’ feature. The reasoning behind this is that there were many people who lost information because they didn’t … Continue reading →

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facebook: stop the language nonsense (part 3)

Posted on February 17, 2009 by ward

If you thought Facebook’s language incompetence could not get worse, you’re wrong. I received a couple Facebook notifications today in French, from people who live in Flanders. Facebook, this is the 21st century. It’s really not that hard to see … Continue reading →

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Facebook: please hire programmers that speak languages other than just English (part 2)

Posted on February 5, 2009 by ward

Facebook is apparently still sending out notifications in the preferred language of the sender instead of the recipient. The problem is worse than just that though. I received a notification in German that said: … hat dich als FreundIn auf … Continue reading →

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Dear facebook – please fix your languages

Posted on February 2, 2009 by ward

Facebook is now sending out notifications *in the preferred language of originator*, instead of the recipient. Someone accepted your friend request but uses Facebook in Spanish? You’ll get the notification e-mail in Spanish. That is of couse silly. This evening … Continue reading →

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Google’s broken

Posted on January 31, 2009 by ward

Every search result is returned marked as “This site may harm your computer”: Click on a result, and you get this: There goes my productivity… Update at 10:18: they finally fixed it. Phew. Update: here’s the official explanation from Google.

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finally: SD/SDHC cards without DRM

Posted on January 23, 2009 by ward

Super Talent Technology has a range of SD and

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from an alternate universe

Posted on January 22, 2009 by ward

Microsoft has launched a mobile music service, crippled with DRM. In 2009. While almost all music is available for digital download without DRM, legally, from the likes of Amazon or iTunes. There are some baffling quotes in this article. It’s … Continue reading →

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what’s going on with the .org nameservers?

Posted on January 21, 2009 by ward

I got rather strange error messages from two servers this evening, one at 18:00:21 EST, and another one at 18:34:01 EST. One server lives in Brussels, the other in Boston. On both servers a (totally different) script executed via cron … Continue reading →

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Windows + warships == asking for trouble

Posted on January 16, 2009 by ward

The British Royal Navy is outfitting its warships with Windows. This is of course a fantastic, forward-thinking idea. It’s not like these warships could then become infected with viruses or anything…

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the idiocy of region encoding

Posted on January 11, 2009 by ward

I don’t own many DVDs, but at least some of the Flemish ones that I do have are not region encoded. But somewhere, someone decided that it would be a good idea to put region encoding (zone 2, Europe) on … Continue reading →

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