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[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.

something’s wrong with handing on the variables and that’s screwing my whole website up.

i know that. no idea how to fix it, since i haven’t done anything.

just hang in there!

***edit***
ok, i fixed it.

what i did? again nothing …

it was soo nice to be a student again for some hours! i enjoyed taking that tesdt (cryptogam systematics and evolution), just so i would be in university again…

here’s what’s new …old:
in a further attempt to catch up with the past – i know, the seattle/wa pictures are still missing here – i decided to publish my graduation paper (“fachbereichsarbeit”) for computer science.
the title is “Die TCP/IP-Protocolsuite”.
i originally wanted to write it in english, because in computer science every second word is english already and the german translations are somewhat stupid. but unfortunately there were some problems (bureaucratic stuff, graduation in austria, a certain english teacher, …) in the way of that.

[some additional info]

have a look at it here:

[Die TCP/IP Protokollsuite]

aparrently, the filesharing program bittorrent now uses more than 35 percent of *all* internet traffic!

http://in.tech.yahoo.com/041103/137/2ho4i.html

guess now we know why it’s called bittorrent!

sometime ago, somebody (yeah, it won’t get more specific) wondered why i had two (computer-)displays in my room.
when i answered that it’s not actually two computers, but one computer with two displays, she (ok, just a little more specific) was kinda “oh, i see. that’s geeky, but still ok”.
anyway, when i pointed over to the tidy notebook and said that that was indeed another computer, but just one for backupping/security, she said something like “oh yeah, because otherwise you’d have one or two minutes without a computer, right?”. she said it in a nice way, but still, i kept thinking about it.

and here’s the conclusion:
for me, my computer is uniting the following things/functions:

that might not be very uncommon elsewhere, but i feel like in austria it still is.

so this is why i would gladly prefer a computer w/ internet connection to …a lot of things.
i know, i am a geek.

this is funny:

yesterday i received an email of a very-remote-acquaintance who was seeking computer help.
her question was: “what should i do if i can’t get an internet connection?”

let’s back up here: she sent an email telling me that her internet-access didn’t work.

to be fair: there is a slim chance that she wanted to say something like “it works now, but what should i do if i ever don’t get a connection?”, but i don’t really think that’s the case here…

for some reason, all computers i touch lately seem to just go nuts and crash.
first, my main-pc-harddisk falls apart only 7 months after buying it *newly*.
then, i reset my brother’s handheld within 10 minutes of holding it in my hands (ok, that one was my fault!).
and now, when my laptop gets too hot (due to longterm usage), it just reboots (no logging of or so, it just boots again and discards everything i’ve just done) – which is not the big problem! i just had to get my mailprog & addressbook back and rearrange it and update it and get the email-rules set for the about 25th time in 4 weeks!
i’m backing up regularly now (everything!), but there’s something to manually restore every time.

I’M GOING CRAZY!!