New Gmail invites

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Update:It seems like GMail could go public soonish. After reading about people having 50+ invites I’m in that club now, too. So if you want an account, just post a comment, atm I’ve got 50 invites sitting here…

Update: The request are flowing in as are the new invites…the number below is still accurate, so if you’re still in need of an invite, just post a comment here (ideal would be a post with full name)…

Update: It seems that my account is auto-refilling itself…I was done to two numerous times now and it seems as soon as my account hits 2 it is refilled to 4 invites, let’s see how long this will go on…

After a really long time there are some new gmail invites waiting in my account. So, in the spirit of sharing the good stuff: anyone who wants an account, just post a comment to this post with your email-address and you shall receive an invite. (Offer valid while stocks last ;-) ).

Current status: 6 30 available

WordPress 1.2.2

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After reading that the new version 1.2.2 fixes some security bugs (see here), I thought it was a good idea to upgrade, especially due to the fact that I missed the 1.2.1 update.

Everything seems to be working just fine and everything is uptodate again. :tup:

AMD vs. Intel uptime stresstest

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The german division of Tom’s Hardware Guide is doing a major head to head burn-in stresstest. A AMD64 3500+ system is running head-to-head with a P4-system. Both systems are equipped with the latest boards and components and are really packed. Both systems are running round the clock with numerous test applications (benchmarks) to really stress the components to the maximum.

The created a site which shows both systems and a shot out of their computer lab and stats about the current up- and down-time along with the number of reboots (see here)…so far the AMD system is “in front” with 0 reboots and 0 downtime (current status: AMD, up 3 days 0:08, 0 downtime, 0 reboots; Intel, up 0 days 4:59, 0 downtime, 1 reboot).

South Korea 3-1 Germany

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Oooh my, it seems that the trip to Asia isn’t working out the way we all expected it. Just watched the game and okay, it isn’t the end of the world or anything (it’s just a friendly footie match), but it is unexpected. After going down 1-0 in the first half we struck back with a nifty freekick by Ballack to level it at 1-1. Then we went down 2-1 in the second half, but we didn’t quit and tried to get the equalizer. Our efforts were worthless, but then, just when you thought that they weren’t going to score, we were awarded a penalty kick – which Ballack blew and just like you would expect it: right after that South Korea tried a last counter-attack, which was successful: 3-1.

Ouch…

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Spend most of the day yesterday laying a wooden floor in a mate’s room. After 3 hours of “relaxing sleep” (yeah right!) we met up at 9am yesterday. After a little chit-chat, coffee and cigarettes we started to get busy and after some startup problems we were able to get it done (7:30pm all was done). Groovy stuff as the floor is really looking great! :mrgreen:

On the downside I’m stuck with two swollen knees, but hey, it could be worse…at least the party location for december 25th is set now :-)

Get your grade while it’s fresh

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So, finally the email arrived containing the information I’ve been waiting for. My grade for the often talked about uni project (see sess2004.com, #1, #2 and #3)

The final grade of the project is calculated as follows:

  • 1. Presentation = 20% – my grade: 1.0
  • 2. Oral exam = 30% – my grade: 1.3
  • 3. Work on project = 50% – my grade: 1.0

This leads to the following calculation:
2 * 1.0 + 3 * 1.3 + 5 * 1.0 = 10.9 / 10 = 1.09 = 1.0 :mrgreen:

Now you might wonder why I’m smiling so much, yup, 1.0 is the best grade there is! :-)

How much desktop do you have to search?

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Alrighty, after Google’s desktop search and MSN’s toolbar (including desktop search) we’ve got the third one on our hands: Ask Jeeves Desktop search.

Now I’m wondering: how much desktop do you even have to search? How often do you really search for something on your desktop with a search-functionality (OS side)? Isn’t it better to just organize your files and stick with it? Maybe it’s just me, but I stick to my well thought out data-organisation and abstain from shutting down my brain in an effort to push “new technologies” like the desktop search.

It doesn’t mean that those search-programs are a bad thing (although they might as well be – think about what Google Desktop search does (can’t speak about the others as I didn’t and probably won’t test them): build an index of all your files. Do you know if that is properly encrypted? Do you know whether or not a “bad person” could take advantage of such (a) file(s)?), I was really amazed how fast the search mechanism worked – in contrast to the WinXP built-in search mechanism. So maybe it’s time that Microsoft works on their own engine or allow others to be integrated into the OS as there’s no way I’m going to install this thing as an additional program.

Spice up your posts

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Don’t worry, the spice girls aren’t back in town!

It’s just me trying out some new smilies. I’m really a fan of smilies and so used to them, via numerous forums, that I thought it’s about time that I added some essential ones to the standard WordPress-list. So here they are:

  • 1. :rolleyes: – classic rolleyes-smiley
  • 2. :goof: – goofy smiley
  • 3. :badpc: – one of my all-time favourites, smash the bad pc
  • 4. :santa: – just in time for christmas, the santa-smiley
  • 5. :brickwall: – sometimes it’s just like you’re running into a brick-wall
  • 6. :argue:
  • 7. :tup: – thumbs up
  • 8. :tdown: – thumbs down

Expect them to appear in future posts…

Do we need to compete in everything?

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I’m just wondering what’s next. I mean okay it’s normal that manufacturers of both soft- and hardware are competing with more and more innovation, eyecandy and loads of (sometimes totally unnecessary features) to catch the eye of the consumer – let’s see: AMD vs. Intel, Nvidia vs. ATi, PC vs. Apple, etc etc. This is both groovy and necessary as it’s the only way that products can improve and ultimatively become affordable to the regular user. That’s some good competition…

Today I browse around some news sites and see that users are competing in new categories now, too. Back in the days when I was one of the dudes who would buy new stuff right when it came out the main goal was to have a kick-arse system which was faster than the pc of your fellow geeks. Nowadays this is still important, but it seems to me that the “look” or “coolness”-factor of your pc is more important than the performance itself. How would I know? I just found out that on April 16th 2005 there will be the 4th annual german case modding championship (see here). Wow! How could I miss this for the last three years? Something “this important“.
Note: lie ;-)

On another note: I’ve got a “modded” case, too…a limited edition painted one with a window, but that’s about it, no 100 blue/red/green-leds, no flashlights or whatever. The only really reasonable case-mod to me is a silencer mod (silent fans, passive cooling solutions and the like), but I guess I won’t win any prices with that :-)