It’s like I’m in The Shining
So, as posativ pointed out the infamous Jugendmedienzensurstaatsvertrag is off the table (at least for now, although we all know proposals like this never die) – so let’s stick it to the man and keep...
View ArticleGaikai Beta
Let’s face it: Upgrading a perfectly fine PC every year sucks. I’m still playing on my 4-year old gaming rig (not on high details and not the AAA titles, of course) but I do the rest of my daily...
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Wuala isn’t dead
If you haven’t been living under a rock you probably heard that Wuala recently changed a few things. The trading feature has been removed for good, if you want to get your precious online storage...
View ArticleWinSCP alternative for GNU/Linux desktops
Let’s be honest: While it’s okay to work on the command line, I do prefer to use a graphical application for file-operations. On Windows you can use WinSCP to work on remote systems via SSH. There are...
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Fixing Newshosting’s GTK+ crash on startup
So yeah, I’m a big fan of Newshosting. The best thing about them is probably that they have their own (very capable) desktop-client and that aforementioned client is available for your major...
View ArticleUpdating WordPress without using FTP
FTP. It’s so… 80s… It’s based around the thought that network traffic probably won’t be sniffed and that the guy next to me won’t crawl through my files. Basically it’s a relic from a time when people...
View ArticleUsing an external Flash plugin on Google Chrome
Chrome has a lot of nifty small features that make the software so great. The fact that it automatically updates the Flash plugin along it’s own program is one of them. Unfortunately this can backfire...
View ArticleRunning PPD – Project DXXX on Windows 7
Project DXXX is a fan-made program that allows you to drop videos and special rhythm files into a directory and get a somewhat Project Diva-like experience on the PC. It’s a nice change from the usual...
View ArticlePhilips IMAGEO LightStrip Color vs. Revoltec Backlight Set SMD-15
I’m a big sucker for light. Ever since Lupin started soldering his first lamps and introduced me to the world of nixie tubes I was hooked. Admittedly I didn’t really care about lighting in my room...
View ArticleTo all those asking…
…and discussing whether .net is dead: No. Even if Microsoft decides to scrape .net as their first class platform, there’s still a massive number of projects utilizing it. Heck, Windows Forms was...
View ArticleGetting Unreal Tournament (1999) working on current Linux distros
Let’s be honest: Unreal Tournament, or UT99, is not only a piece of gaming history – it’s also still a very vibrant and active game. What’s even better: The game has a native Linux client, so there’s...
View ArticleSoftsubs and XSplit
One of the things many people miss from XSplit is the ability to add a subtitle renderer like VSFilter to the graph. It simply doesn’t work – no matter how much you force HaaliSplitter to load VSFilter...
View ArticleWindows 7 – Enable concurrent RDP + multiple sessions per user
Let’s all admit it: Microsoft is still a bitch. Nowadays they try to push Metro down our throats, in the past they artificially limited the number of concurrent RDP sessions – and what’s worse: Limited...
View ArticleMaxivista v4 Mirror Pro Review
Monitors don’t cost a fortune anymore. I remember buying my iiyama 21″ TFT in 2004 and I also remember that it wasn’t cheap. With the advent of technologies like Eyefinity even non-professional users...
View ArticleRelocating databases in Progress OpenEdge
One way to do it, if procopy is not an option, would be like this: Copy the database and all it’s files (d*, b*, st) to the new location Edit the .st file in a text-editor, replace the old path...
View ArticleZNC – Cannot see messages with multiple clients?
If you’re using ZNC 1.0 and connect with multiple clients you may have noticed that under certain circumstances you cannot see messages sent from one client on another. The cause could be your module...
View ArticleLaunching FBA’s MVS Mode
FB-Alpha is an awesome piece of software. For the games I play (mostly NeoGeo games) it’s damn near perfect because it has an emulated MVS mode where you can queue up to 6 Neo-Geo cartridges and cycle...
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Pochi to Nyaa Soundtrack
Didn’t I just write about the Neo-Geo? Yes, and I realized that this year (or next year, depending on your interpretation of things) Pochinyaa celebrates its 10th anniversary. In case you don’t know...
View ArticleSplashtop 2 – Get the Access Anywhere Pack via Amazon
Quick note: The Splashtop 2 app is available from Amazon now. In itself this isn’t really all that interesting – but the fact that the in-app purchase of the Access Anywhere Pack is possible through...
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Bitcasa releases new client – to infinity… and beyond?
Remember Bitcasa? The guys who started last year with the daunting promise of infinite cloud storage for a fixed price of 10$/month? I tried the service back in February and wasn’t exactly thrilled, it...
View ArticleShameless Self-Promotion
I’m on App.net now (@tsukasa, obviously). Maybe this means I can finally get rid of Twitter’s ridiculous amount of spam.
View ArticleQuick note: Bitcasa + prepaid credit-cards
I’m not a fan of credit-cards. Personally speaking, I think Paypal, despite all it’s flaws, is the slightly lesser evil. Paypal gets the one thing right about payment online: Don’t allow charges...
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Bitcasa Everywhere Chrome modification for infinite queue
The Bitcasa Everywhere extension is nice but unfortunately limits you to a maximum of three parallel downloads with no queued items. To workaround this problem, I’ve modded the extension a while ago to...
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Auto-login from Bitcasa Everywhere
One feature I’ve been working on for a while is automatic login to my.bitcasa.com. To operate correctly Bitcasa Everywhere needs to be logged-in but the process of actually logging-in on each start of...
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Transitioned
After a period of transition I finally decided to fully go with blog.tsukasa.eu and redirect requests from tsukasa.jidder.de to here. That way links won’t be broken and I can finally utilize all the...
View ArticleWindows web stack woes
For quite a while I was not satisfied with the performance of one of my Windows 2008 servers. While the machine had reasonable processing power, a fair amount of RAM and almost no disk IO the rendering...
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Do not overuse rich notifications
One of the more prominent changes in Google Chrome 28 is the addition of rich notifications. Unlike the standard Webkit notifications these enhanced blurbs can contain more content and have a real...
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Bring order to your chaos with File Juggler
I’m a sucker for sweet file-management tools. My ever-growing/changing list of essentials has a new addition and I welcome the fabulous File Juggler. File Juggler is a rather simple, yet powerful tool...
View ArticleMy streaming setup
As you have probably noticed if you follow my projects for an extended amount of time, I do love streaming. The idea of personal media has become an incredible creative influx in today’s web culture....
View ArticleComponent is no option for me.
I’m a quality whore. Give me quality. What, is costs 5 additional bucks? I think you did not hear me. I said. Give. Me. Quality. When I got my Hauppauge PVR2 GE Plus it only came with component...
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