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You are rich!

Believe it or not, you are probably richer than most people on the planet! Anything above 20.000 € annual income makes you a member of the top 10 % richest people on this planet. Might be time to invest some of that money with the less fortunate. One way to do this is kiva.org , which I will feature in one of the next posts.
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ninite.com

ninite.com helps you set up your very own and individual automated installer. Choose from a (quite well selected) list of essential freeware programs and download the resulting installer program. Run it, and it automatically installs your chosen programs. No stops for pressing "ok", just straight install of the programs, given they are not already installed, in which case the program detects it and updates it if neccessary. The link with which you can download the installer can be saved and used on any system. Its the easiest way to share your basic PC program configuration, or have it ready for when you have the task of setting up a new machine. It is brilliant! If you want, you can start with checking out or even automatically download and set up my selection of fine freeware.  

How Google works

Infographic by PPCBlog

Eric Schmidt at Corporate Eco Forum

Eric Schmidt speaks at the Corporate Eco Forum on September 8, 2008 in San Francisco about climate change and what can be done about it. Amazing stuff, Eric Schmidt at what almost seems to be the unveiling of the next BIG thing at Google. Go take the lead, guys, if not you then who can? Take the power we, the users, give you and address the problems of the world. Way to go!

Ask the Admin!

Sometimes you are stuck with an IT problem you just can't get your head around, be it the misbehaving router or a tricky question about your smartphone. If you work at a place where there are geeks and nerds, web admins, server admins and such piled in every corner: Lucky you! If not, there still is someone you can turn to - "AsktheAdmin.com" is the place to go. The page itself describes it like this: "Ask us the questions you can't ask your company Admin. Karl L. Gechlik is a Microsoft Certified Admin and he will answer you! Search our previous posts - We probably covered it already! We can review your new technology, software, or service...Anything that will improve our readers quality of technology - Email your questions to The Admin. Free tech support for you and yours - With a touch of geeky humor." I needed the admins help myself the other day, dropped him an email explaining the question and asking for ideas. The response was immidiate, the informati...

Pulp Fiction Fucking Short Version

F'ing brilliant!