i just added my coordinates to this blog’s metadata. so now, if you click here, you’ll find my neighbors in meatspace. theoretically, at least.
because it seems like my only real-world neighbors are booking-agents.

well, that’s austria.

speaking of which – this satellite image shows where i live: overview – detail
wow. we’re really just a tiny nest of yodelers in leather trousers :wink:

i also liked these images: huge overview, the alps

there are a few wardrobe malfunctions that i recently took care of:

• i discovered that the picture-popup window is misplaced on mac computers (interestingly, that happens in safari as well as firefox!).
  the javascript that resizes and relocates the window has been disabled for mac users now.
• i’ve finally straightened out the stupid css/font-setting that (amongst other things) makes “cl” look like a “d” on some pages. looks like i’ll have to sort my css-sheet sometime – it’s pretty chaotic…
• the blog’s categories are now sorted by name. i was annoyed at the chronological sorting…

unfortunately i don’t quite know how to correct the firefox misinterpretation on the categorized gallery. the submenu is meant to be just one line high (like MSIE interprets it), but the select-box is for some reason inflating it…

the msnbot has practically always been browsing and catalogueing my homepage, in a very intensive way.

my first record is from the time when version 0.11 was surfing around (about three days after i activated the advanced log):
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before i leave to budX (cnn’s city code for budapest – i like it!), i would like to announce that my good friend andi has released his new website:

www.designguide.at has all the information you need for designing logos, starting at basics like “training your creativity” and “making primary conceptions”, to all the “technical” stuff you need to know.
(unfortunately for those of you, who don’t speak german, it’s in german only.)

now that’s what i call a smooth transition:

18:00 setting dns-entries for http and mail on new dn-server
18:00 – 21:30 something else to do.
21:30 entering new dns address at the domain name administration page
21:31 new domain name servers already in use and up to date.

everything instantly worked. if there’s something i missed, please tell me!

lately i’ve been overrun by comment spam.
that’s why i’ve just activated a plugin called “spam karma“, apparently coded by “the unknown genius”.

here’s a quick roundup of what it is/does:
Genetically engineered in the dark recess of our Secret Spam Research Labs and trained through months of reflex conditioning and shock therapy, this thing, once unleashed on your comments, will only let go of its death grip after the last spam has been shredded to pieces.
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But while a fierce and merciless spam killer, this plugin is also a perfect companion for your kids and friend’s comments.

every comment’s karma is altered, depending on whether it’s good or bad, and in the end, only certain karma-level-comments will pass.

now that thing *must* be good!

in case it messes with you although you’re my kid (yeah!), or a friend, …or at least not a spammer, please comment here and let me know.

[lyics quote of the moment]
come on over, have some fun
dancing in the morning sun
look into the bright blue sky
come on let your spirit fly

livin’ it up this brand new day
summer, sun, it’s time to play
doin’ things it feels so good
get into emotion
kate yanai – summer feeling

(for the english version please scroll down)

[deutsche version]
besucher mit deutschem tastatur-layout haben es vermutlich schon bemerkt – einige kleinigkeiten haben sich verändert.

die startseite bestimmt jetzt, durch informationen über die verwendeten tastatureinstellungen, die sprache der website. daher können ab jetzt einige dinge auch auf deutsch angezeigt werden.
es ist nicht mein ziel, eine zweisprachige website zu betreiben, das ist eine MENGE arbeit. aber ich habe mir gedacht, es ist besser, die wichtigsten dinge auch für nicht-englisch-sprachige besucher zugänglich zu machen.

das wichtigste zuerst: die foto-betitelung wird automatisch auf deutsch umgestellt (wenn vorhanden) – sowohl in der gallerie-ansicht als auch im einzelbild-fenster. die sprache kann durch [de] und [en] links von der betitelung gewechselt werden.
ich werde in den nächsten tagen wahrscheinlich auch die session-titel (in der zeitansicht) umstellen. bis jetzt kann man die sprache der gallerie noch nicht wechseln – ich arbeite daran.

noch etwas neues: passwort-geschützte bilder sind mit einem [p] markiert. falls bei einem bild (in der deutschen ansicht) nur ein englischer titel verfügbar ist, wird das durch das [e] gezeigt und sofort auf den englischen titel gewechselt.

der “blog” wird weiterhin hauptsächlich auf englisch gehalten – bis auf diesen eintrag und einige wenige ausnahmen…
eine (fehlerreiche) möglichkeit zum lesen des blogs auf deutsch bietet die automatische übersetzung durch google.

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[english version]
those of you who are using a german keyboard-layout may have already noticed it – some stuff has changed.

the startpage is now determining what language to use, according to your keyboard-settings, and so certain things can be seen in german as well.
i do not intend to run a completely bilingual website, because it’s a LOT of work to do, but there are some ways to make it easier for non-english-speaking people.

most importantly, the website is using german photo-titles now (if available), in the gallery as well as in the single-picture-window. you can switch languages by clicking [de] or [en] left to the title.
i’ll probably apply that system to the session-titles too, within the next days. so far, you can’t switch to and fro in the gallery-view – i’m working on it.

something else i did to the galleries: protected images are now marked with a [p]. if you’re looking at the german version of the gallery, the [e] indicates that only an english title is available.

the blog will remain mainly in english – excluding this post and maybe a few exceptions…
one way to still be able to read it in german would be google’s translation service, but it’s not very accurate.