… this is “Do no evil”—urchin.js isn’t. For luck, urchin.js and friends can be easily blocked using e.g. Firefox plugins like AdBlocker or NoScript, or with filtering proxies like Privoxy. And a line like address=/google-analytics.com/0.0.0.0 in the dnsmasq.conf of your home router works like a charm, too. …
Blogs / Blogging is futile
Blogging is futile
Yet another Blosxom weblog from someone who promised himself to never start blogging.
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Dear Aunt Google,
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Bath Tub, Rubber Keyboard, Ratpoison and Opera
http://noone.org/blog/English/Computer/Bath%20Tub%2C%20Rubber%20Keyboard%2C%20Ratpoison%20and%20Opera.htmlI recently noticed that a very good way to safely read webcomics in the bath tub is an old laptop with a big screen (e.g. a IBM ThinkPad A-series like my 15” A31 which has a nice 1400×1050 resolution), a water proof keyboard, the screen-alike, keyboard only driven (hence the name) window manager …
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Debian and GPRS with the Nokia E51
http://noone.org/blog/English/Computer/Hardware/Debian%20and%20GPRS%20with%20the%20Nokia%20E51.htmlA while ago I wanted to have internet over GPRS (either EDGE or UMTS) via my Nokia E51 working before I leave for the weekend. But whatever I tried, I always got an ERROR if I sent any AT command. Even ATZ and ATH resulted in errors. …