August 29th 09 - Another month past
So almost another month since I blogged last. A lot has happened in my life and yet so little. Got sick twice, went to a few parties, saw a few movies and all stuff like that. In general, I think that it was a good month.
Thing is this, I had this month off at work and everything to study for my last exam which will be next Friday (yes it's crazy to have an exam right before the new semester works. I hate the people who come up which such crappy schedules). It's not like in the US or so where you have all exams in two weeks - here they get spread over the whole summer...
I have quite a few problems with the topic and I worry about the exam on Friday...
Due to my work position I was able to get the final release of Windows 7 and install it on my notebook. It certainly is interesting and it looks like so much that Vista couldn't do is now solved in this version. And it indeed uses way less resources. I like that. So far I only have it on my notebook not yet on my desktop because I plan to replace that one with a high end system once again. However I'm not yet sure if I shall spend so much money on a new PC or not.
What I also plan to buy is a new mobile phone and the first of which I think can compete with the iPhone. Check it out here. Don't get me wrong, I grew up with an Apple, I am an Apple user (although use PCs as well), I just don't like the iPhone much. For me that's just an iPod with phone function. That phone promises some nice stuff.
In other tech stuff, I turned my back on Fedora OS, since they don't appear to be able to get an installer working for me on any of my computers. OpenSUSE crashes once I upgrade to KDE 4.3 - so I ended up with KUbuntu. It took me a heck of a long time to get the PXE server configured to get it working. No wonder when there are typos in the example code on their Wiki page. But finally I got it working.
It certainly was a strange summer for me here. I worked full time for two months, had several though exams, some I passed, one I didn't. As I wrote above, I did a lot this months - and one thing sticks out - no holidays.
Now in mid-September semester starts again. As I still have the urge to get away, even if only for a couple of days, I have organized a few trips now (as finally I could find people who have time to come along). Only (long) weekend trips, but still. For starters I plan to go to the IAA, Europe's biggest car show. That will be mid-September. By the end of the month, I'll be traveling to Amsterdam to have some fun there. And then by the end of October my annual London trip is up again. And more surely will come around to keep me busy till Christmas.
Here on the site the only staff member that really appeared to care is gone and a new one came and was lost in the dark hole aka the nowhere. We at least got the back to episode link back after cast submissions, but now we no longer can import cast.
It's obvious that somebody is constantly working on the site, as minor things change quite often. Still the lack of communication of staff with the users and the failure of keeping promises (new cast form announced by danmod, as example) is just taken to the extreme.
In June I was in the team that built a new website for the place I work for. Before we went live, we tested for one week and could proudly say that we didn't encounter any major bugs, because we caught them. What is happening here is just ridiculous. Here people forget to add simple tags or decide to switch meta tags for no reason which mess with the site. I don't get it.
What surprises me most is how long this site has survived so far.
I think that's all for today. Thanks for reading and take care!
Thing is this, I had this month off at work and everything to study for my last exam which will be next Friday (yes it's crazy to have an exam right before the new semester works. I hate the people who come up which such crappy schedules). It's not like in the US or so where you have all exams in two weeks - here they get spread over the whole summer...
I have quite a few problems with the topic and I worry about the exam on Friday...
Due to my work position I was able to get the final release of Windows 7 and install it on my notebook. It certainly is interesting and it looks like so much that Vista couldn't do is now solved in this version. And it indeed uses way less resources. I like that. So far I only have it on my notebook not yet on my desktop because I plan to replace that one with a high end system once again. However I'm not yet sure if I shall spend so much money on a new PC or not.
What I also plan to buy is a new mobile phone and the first of which I think can compete with the iPhone. Check it out here. Don't get me wrong, I grew up with an Apple, I am an Apple user (although use PCs as well), I just don't like the iPhone much. For me that's just an iPod with phone function. That phone promises some nice stuff.
In other tech stuff, I turned my back on Fedora OS, since they don't appear to be able to get an installer working for me on any of my computers. OpenSUSE crashes once I upgrade to KDE 4.3 - so I ended up with KUbuntu. It took me a heck of a long time to get the PXE server configured to get it working. No wonder when there are typos in the example code on their Wiki page.
But finally I got it working.It certainly was a strange summer for me here. I worked full time for two months, had several though exams, some I passed, one I didn't. As I wrote above, I did a lot this months - and one thing sticks out - no holidays.
Now in mid-September semester starts again. As I still have the urge to get away, even if only for a couple of days, I have organized a few trips now (as finally I could find people who have time to come along). Only (long) weekend trips, but still. For starters I plan to go to the IAA, Europe's biggest car show. That will be mid-September. By the end of the month, I'll be traveling to Amsterdam to have some fun there. And then by the end of October my annual London trip is up again. And more surely will come around to keep me busy till Christmas.
Here on the site the only staff member that really appeared to care is gone and a new one came and was lost in the dark hole aka the nowhere. We at least got the back to episode link back after cast submissions, but now we no longer can import cast.
It's obvious that somebody is constantly working on the site, as minor things change quite often. Still the lack of communication of staff with the users and the failure of keeping promises (new cast form announced by danmod, as example) is just taken to the extreme.
In June I was in the team that built a new website for the place I work for. Before we went live, we tested for one week and could proudly say that we didn't encounter any major bugs, because we caught them. What is happening here is just ridiculous. Here people forget to add simple tags or decide to switch meta tags for no reason which mess with the site. I don't get it.
What surprises me most is how long this site has survived so far.
I think that's all for today. Thanks for reading and take care!
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Digg thisAugust 4th 09 - Been a while
Yeah it's been a while, but with the blogs down, I expected that when you create a new one, either your old ones would be lost or the new one when restored. I was right, the new ones got lost.
Not much happened around here. I missed my last exam because I was sick, got results for my CAE English exam. I only got a B, because they gave me a really bad grade for the speaking part. The task there was "talk with your partner about some pictures provided to you" - well what when your partner refuses to do just so? Exactly: you're screwed. Just what happened to me...
TV.com messes up the episode tab, the blogs and makes a desperate attempt to find new editors, when more and more are leaving instead of trying to keep people around...
TV.com apparently hired somebody that now spams Facebook people with "news". Seriously invest that money into a tech guy!!
Not much else to report around here. I wrote a couple of recaps and try to stay on top of the currently running guides. Not always that easy...
But now I have almost an entire month of to study for an exam and I really hope I'll find some time to submit a bit more around here...
Also considering buying a new PC, but I hate to spend so much money for what I really would like to have... as you guys maybe remember from my last PCs I bought, they are always the latest on the market what comes with a price.
Take care!!
Not much happened around here. I missed my last exam because I was sick, got results for my CAE English exam. I only got a B, because they gave me a really bad grade for the speaking part. The task there was "talk with your partner about some pictures provided to you" - well what when your partner refuses to do just so? Exactly: you're screwed. Just what happened to me...
TV.com messes up the episode tab, the blogs and makes a desperate attempt to find new editors, when more and more are leaving instead of trying to keep people around...
TV.com apparently hired somebody that now spams Facebook people with "news". Seriously invest that money into a tech guy!!
Not much else to report around here. I wrote a couple of recaps and try to stay on top of the currently running guides. Not always that easy...
But now I have almost an entire month of to study for an exam and I really hope I'll find some time to submit a bit more around here...
Also considering buying a new PC, but I hate to spend so much money for what I really would like to have... as you guys maybe remember from my last PCs I bought, they are always the latest on the market what comes with a price.
Take care!!
June 27th 09 - First results
So from the four exams I had so far, I failed one, passed one and think I did well in the two others. I'm supposed to study for the next one already, but somehow I'm not motivated enough currently.
So things are pretty mixed around here.
Staff finally is fixing stuff around here. I'm expecting great things from the new cast/crew submission form. It almost sounds too good to be true! I really hope we won't see any new major bugs due this - but then again this is tv.com...
I'm planning an incredible expensive three day trip in the end of September - mainly to go and see a concert. Not sure yet if will happen, as I don't wanna go alone and have yet to find anyoneto share the trip with.
Interesting is that flight prices are as low as never before. Especially if you wanna fly business cla$$ It's like 10 bucks more than a regular ticket currently!
I've not been watching a lot of TV, but I love the new BBC series Personal Affairs! It's excellent and has such a hot cast!
Sadly the series has only five episodes.
Then I started with the second season of The Girl from Tomorrow, something I wanted to do for a very long time now. The first recap is in as well.
Take care!!
So things are pretty mixed around here.
Staff finally is fixing stuff around here. I'm expecting great things from the new cast/crew submission form. It almost sounds too good to be true! I really hope we won't see any new major bugs due this - but then again this is tv.com...
I'm planning an incredible expensive three day trip in the end of September - mainly to go and see a concert. Not sure yet if will happen, as I don't wanna go alone and have yet to find anyoneto share the trip with.
Interesting is that flight prices are as low as never before. Especially if you wanna fly business cla$$ It's like 10 bucks more than a regular ticket currently!
I've not been watching a lot of TV, but I love the new BBC series Personal Affairs! It's excellent and has such a hot cast!
Sadly the series has only five episodes.
Then I started with the second season of The Girl from Tomorrow, something I wanted to do for a very long time now. The first recap is in as well.
Take care!!
June 17th 09 - Halftime
I'm not much around anymore these days, simply because of my exams. Today was the longest one, took the entire day. Tomorrow will already be the next one. I'm really freaking out about the one from tomorrow, simply because the one tomorrow is the most important one and I feel unprepared. However I'm so tired right now, I can't study more, I can't go to bed yet, so I write a blog.
The site finally fixed the submission history. At this pace, we'll be bug free at the year 3000!!
Well lets talk about TV for a moment. I'm barely watching anything these days, but I'll try to catch up after tomorrow.
I still owe you guys the last recap of The Hills. I'll get on to it this weekend.
Hotel Babylon returns for a fourth season this Friday. The banner the show received is highly interesting, because I don't recognize a single character on it!!
iTunes suddenly wants to "update" my music to DRM free music. I might do that, as I don't know how long that DRM will be supported by Apple... What I think is shocking is that they want money for such an update. What I consider more interesting though is that I can't update all my music - about five albums are no longer available on iTunes. The music companies always complain not to sell enough anymore these days, but when still more than half of the music I listen to isn't available on iTunes (or similar service), I'm honestly not surprised!! They claim not to have licensed such music for my country, but heck, when you don't offer it, nobody will buy it!! With the internet we have become a global village - act accordingly!
Take care!!
The site finally fixed the submission history. At this pace, we'll be bug free at the year 3000!!
Well lets talk about TV for a moment. I'm barely watching anything these days, but I'll try to catch up after tomorrow.
I still owe you guys the last recap of The Hills. I'll get on to it this weekend.
Hotel Babylon returns for a fourth season this Friday. The banner the show received is highly interesting, because I don't recognize a single character on it!!
iTunes suddenly wants to "update" my music to DRM free music. I might do that, as I don't know how long that DRM will be supported by Apple... What I think is shocking is that they want money for such an update. What I consider more interesting though is that I can't update all my music - about five albums are no longer available on iTunes. The music companies always complain not to sell enough anymore these days, but when still more than half of the music I listen to isn't available on iTunes (or similar service), I'm honestly not surprised!! They claim not to have licensed such music for my country, but heck, when you don't offer it, nobody will buy it!! With the internet we have become a global village - act accordingly!
Take care!!
June 1st 09 - Is it the end?
So I enjoyed a day off (public holiday here where I live) before I start to work full time for the next two months starting tomorrow.
Especially June will be a difficult month, with exams and work ahead. I have planned basically every minute of it already. That's also why I decided not to ask the girl out (what I wrote in my last blog) - simply, because I couldn't fit it into my schedule!!
It's seriously a sad story! Maybe I have a chance when this month is over... maybe. Maybe I missed my chance, who knows...
I'm receiving a lot of subs these days. However I have a problem with most of them. For example I receive a cast submission. Nice, 12 people added or so, then I go and watch the episode myself as well and see that there are two people missing. I still accept the 12 cast people, but I'm annoyed that I have to go and edit the cast list myself. It's actually more work to figure out who's missing than to compile it entirely. Still I don't want to reject a good submission. It's just eye catching how often exactly that happens (with many different people submitting!)...
For Robin Hood some people are really upset apparently, because they don't agree with the tv.com rules. They want the official BBC episode summaries listed at any cause. The best attempt is (comment) "this is not from the BBC!". Aha. I google it anyways, guess what the first hit is? 100 points for you if you guessed the BBC website!
Last night the season 5 finale of The Hills aired (it will be repeated today, sorry that I originally put it up for today in the guide! I guess it's a nice episode, but nothing outstanding.
I'm really surprised that the series will go on in fall without Lauren. I mean how desperate is MTV to continue a show when the main cast member is gone? I know MTV is struggling financially, but if this will be a success to earn some money? Sure so far the show has been the most successful in the station's history, still...
I reduced my TV watching to a minimum. About one episode a day in average these days. Still I barely find time to study properly...
I hoped Secret Diary of a Call Girl would return this summer, but it looks like it will be the end of the year till it returns.
The new Doctor Who companion was revealed. With a new doctor, I actually might tune into that show again.
Torchwood is around to start again, so is Weeds. Weeds really has to improve over the last season or I seriously consider stop watching.
What else is there? With the semester being over and many friends leaving for the summer, I'm somewhat alone here... I plan to sign up for a gym to at least stay fit over the summer. I wonder how long I can keep it up to actually go.
This blog is getting long... and I hope not boring
Take care!!
Especially June will be a difficult month, with exams and work ahead. I have planned basically every minute of it already. That's also why I decided not to ask the girl out (what I wrote in my last blog) - simply, because I couldn't fit it into my schedule!!
It's seriously a sad story! Maybe I have a chance when this month is over... maybe. Maybe I missed my chance, who knows... I'm receiving a lot of subs these days. However I have a problem with most of them. For example I receive a cast submission. Nice, 12 people added or so, then I go and watch the episode myself as well and see that there are two people missing. I still accept the 12 cast people, but I'm annoyed that I have to go and edit the cast list myself. It's actually more work to figure out who's missing than to compile it entirely. Still I don't want to reject a good submission. It's just eye catching how often exactly that happens (with many different people submitting!)...
For Robin Hood some people are really upset apparently, because they don't agree with the tv.com rules. They want the official BBC episode summaries listed at any cause. The best attempt is (comment) "this is not from the BBC!". Aha. I google it anyways, guess what the first hit is? 100 points for you if you guessed the BBC website!
Last night the season 5 finale of The Hills aired (it will be repeated today, sorry that I originally put it up for today in the guide! I guess it's a nice episode, but nothing outstanding.
I'm really surprised that the series will go on in fall without Lauren. I mean how desperate is MTV to continue a show when the main cast member is gone? I know MTV is struggling financially, but if this will be a success to earn some money? Sure so far the show has been the most successful in the station's history, still...
I reduced my TV watching to a minimum. About one episode a day in average these days. Still I barely find time to study properly...
I hoped Secret Diary of a Call Girl would return this summer, but it looks like it will be the end of the year till it returns.
The new Doctor Who companion was revealed. With a new doctor, I actually might tune into that show again.
Torchwood is around to start again, so is Weeds. Weeds really has to improve over the last season or I seriously consider stop watching.
What else is there? With the semester being over and many friends leaving for the summer, I'm somewhat alone here... I plan to sign up for a gym to at least stay fit over the summer. I wonder how long I can keep it up to actually go.
This blog is getting long... and I hope not boring
Take care!!
Recent Reviews
I first saw and heard the hit single "Skin Deep" when she played it life and unplugged in tv and when she gave that interview where she explained why she now does her own thing and what she really does with her won label and production company.
She moved from Denmark to Berlin, Germany and you just hear that on that CD! The R'n'B sound on this album just reminds me of that 5 million capital. Sure I can't imagine her walking trough places like Pankow or Neukoeln on her own, but her sound still fits that multi culturel neighbourhoods. She is the answer on all this street hip hop by the male rapers and Hip Hop artits floating around in Germany.
It reminded me also of a movie I saw a few month ago called "Knallhart" witch shows the life of teenagers in Berlin.
The sound remembers me a bit of Jamelia as well, if you search for a musical reference. The sound is very clear, the background music isn't too fancy - it's simple and in the background where it belongs.
She uses her voice not as much as she could, since we know how could she could sing. The melodies are quite simple. I even would say that some songs are boring, but even there, the texts make up for a lot.
Then you only need to watch the musicvideo to her song "Skin Deep" and you know one thing: This woman is perfect! Why? She is so beautiful, intelligent and successful - what do you want more?
I admit that I actully listen to this album, simply because I her. I respect this album for what it is more, than for the music.
I also can advise you to buy it, because 16 tracks on a standard album (no special, limited or other editon!). So I like to spend my 15 euros or dollars! Not some 10 track no brain CD like most things are.
She moved from Denmark to Berlin, Germany and you just hear that on that CD! The R'n'B sound on this album just reminds me of that 5 million capital. Sure I can't imagine her walking trough places like Pankow or Neukoeln on her own, but her sound still fits that multi culturel neighbourhoods. She is the answer on all this street hip hop by the male rapers and Hip Hop artits floating around in Germany.
It reminded me also of a movie I saw a few month ago called "Knallhart" witch shows the life of teenagers in Berlin.
The sound remembers me a bit of Jamelia as well, if you search for a musical reference. The sound is very clear, the background music isn't too fancy - it's simple and in the background where it belongs.
She uses her voice not as much as she could, since we know how could she could sing. The melodies are quite simple. I even would say that some songs are boring, but even there, the texts make up for a lot.
Then you only need to watch the musicvideo to her song "Skin Deep" and you know one thing: This woman is perfect! Why? She is so beautiful, intelligent and successful - what do you want more?
I admit that I actully listen to this album, simply because I her. I respect this album for what it is more, than for the music.
I also can advise you to buy it, because 16 tracks on a standard album (no special, limited or other editon!). So I like to spend my 15 euros or dollars! Not some 10 track no brain CD like most things are.
posted July 4, 2006 at 06:01:28 PM
