Month: March 2014
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English has just one word for all types of blue – Hebrew goes one better – @elongilad’s latest color piece in HaAretz explains
http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/word-of-the-day/1.578992
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Synology: how to reset a Synology DiskStation AKA NAS
http://www.synology.com/en-uk/support/tutorials/493 http://find.synology.com/ Having in mind, what I have already tried, I think, it won’t boot in any way described above, but I will give it a try anyway. Basically: remove all disks press the reset button for 4 seconds pray, that it starts beeping
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WP Tavern: What Is The Future Of Comments In WordPress?
http://wptavern.com/what-is-the-future-of-comments-in-wordpress http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/ Upon reading this article I installed Jetpack and activated Jetpack Comments, so that I can enjoy their authorization system for commenting on my blog articles. Update: I would really like to restrict commenting to users with valid registrations on the very social networks I accepted here for commenting. I hope that makes all this…
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my new book: Chinghiz Aitmatov’s “The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years”
Chinghiz Aitmatov – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_Lasts_More_Than_a_Hundred_Years – this text will help me understanding the text, keeping track of all the characters mentioned resp. adding them myself I ordered the German and the English translation a couple of days ago through Amazon, and the German version arrived first. Got it delivered to a DHL postbox…
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my Synology DS112+ does not function any longer
http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS112%2B&lang=enu http://www.synology.com/en-global/products/overview/DS114 On Tuesday its blue LED started flashing continuously. I bought it on 2013-08-29, and for me this appears as a rather short life of an electronic product. I filed a problem report with Synology, and I wonder, how soon I will get a replacement. Synology do no longer distribute DS112+, I would quite…
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ask ipinfo DOT io, where you are located!
https://twitter.com/hirodusk/status/441521703219638272 $ curl ipinfo.io { “ip”: “95.120.42.236”, “city”: “Berlin”, … }
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8km in 42:18 on the treadmill
Improving little by little. Peak pulse: 175 bpm.
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Rocky Nook: Software Testing Foundations, 4th Edition
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781937538422.do Professional testing of software is an essential task that requires a profound knowledge of testing techniques. The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) has developed a universally accepted, international qualification scheme aimed at software and system testing professionals, and has created the Syllabi and Tests for the “Certified Tester.” Written by authors who are…