The server is confused and scared.

Hmm. I wonder who's more confused now... me or failbook uhm facebook, sorry.

Hmm. I wonder who's more confused now... me or failbook uhm facebook, sorry.

The server is confused and scared.

HOW TO: Get ChromeOS's Google Talk webapp working on standard Chrome Browser

1. Install Google Talk from the Webstore
   
   
2. Look at the URL. Notice the ID of the plugin? Copy and paste it into a text editor.
   
3. Search on your computer for the folder containing the plugin. The folder name is the same as the ID of the plugin (on windows)
   
4. Open all javascript files (js directory) in a text editor and replace all occurrences of "navigator.userAgent.indexOf("CrOS")>=0" with "1" (without quotes)
5. Save all and restart Chrome
6. Open Gtalk from the appsmenu -> done!
   
   
7. To see the message window, simply resize the popup
   
8. BEWARE: It is just a hack, it may completely fail. Improvements welcome.
   Don't expect all functionality to work.... or any ^^

Enjoy! ;)

EDIT: If anyone knows how to enable the flag for floating panel support, the app may work just like on ChromeOS. The old flag got kicked out (--apps-panel)

1. Install Google Talk from the Webstore
   
   
2. Look at the URL. Notice the ID of the plugin? Copy and paste it into a text editor.
   
3. Search on your computer for the folder containing the plugin. The folder name is the same as the ID of the plugin (on windows)
   
4. Open all javascript files (js directory) in a text editor and replace all occurrences of "navigator.userAgent.indexOf("CrOS")>=0" with "1" (without quotes)
5. Save all and restart Chrome
6. Open Gtalk from the appsmenu -> done!
   
   
7. To see the message window, simply resize the popup
   
8. BEWARE: It is just a hack, it may completely fail. Improvements welcome.
   Don't expect all functionality to work.... or any ^^

Enjoy! ;)

EDIT: If anyone knows how to enable the flag for floating panel support, the app may work just like on ChromeOS. The old flag got kicked out (--apps-panel)

HOW TO: Get ChromeOS's Google Talk webapp working on standard Chrome Browser

The redesigned fail snail!

The redesigned fail snail!

New ways of communication. LOL, ROFL and beyond.

Many of you know these abbreviations that are used extensively all over the internet:
LOL, ROFL, LMAO etc.
Most of you love them, a few of you hate them. But the latest grammar-nazi-troll-food is the next step in modern communication: meme-based words. Recently I had an extensive discussion with some guy that tried to showcase his superiority by questioning my intelligence, just because I used a meme. "Awesome Sauce", a goofy word I used only once, was enough to act as a catalyst for an intellectual battle of epic dimensions. Well this guy was, to be honest, unarmed.
His main point was, that the common Internet slang just supports the "stupidification" of the common population by raping language (or something like that). I have to politely disagree. The inability to follow the rules of grammar or to build correct sentences and making typos are a problem, not these "new words" that are emerging.

Many of you know these abbreviations that are used extensively all over the internet:
LOL, ROFL, LMAO etc.
Most of you love them, a few of you hate them. But the latest grammar-nazi-troll-food is the next step in modern communication: meme-based words. Recently I had an extensive discussion with some guy that tried to showcase his superiority by questioning my intelligence, just because I used a meme. "Awesome Sauce", a goofy word I used only once, was enough to act as a catalyst for an intellectual battle of epic dimensions. Well this guy was, to be honest, unarmed.
His main point was, that the common Internet slang just supports the "stupidification" of the common population by raping language (or something like that). I have to politely disagree. The inability to follow the rules of grammar or to build correct sentences and making typos are a problem, not these "new words" that are emerging.

New ways of communication. LOL, ROFL and beyond.

Be prepared.

Get your gear for day X.

Get your gear for day X.

Be prepared.

How Lost should have ended:

done.

Soundtrack for the ending sequence:

done.

Soundtrack for the ending sequence:

How Lost should have ended:

Radioactive tanning holidays!

Giant Superpower-goo-Can.

So, while half Germany is/was chained to the tracks in Gorleben, Germany (The Atomic disposal waste whatever depot) to block the happy-train (the codename for the „cask for storage and transport of radioactive material“ short CASTOR-Transport) from dumping Mr. Sadface (lots of radioactive crap) in a leaking salt-mine, the German Government decided to avoid all this media circus caused by thousands of tree-hugging and radioactivity-unliking neo-hippies and unemployed students in the near future.

Giant Superpower-goo-Can.

So, while half Germany is/was chained to the tracks in Gorleben, Germany (The Atomic disposal waste whatever depot) to block the happy-train (the codename for the „cask for storage and transport of radioactive material“ short CASTOR-Transport) from dumping Mr. Sadface (lots of radioactive crap) in a leaking salt-mine, the German Government decided to avoid all this media circus caused by thousands of tree-hugging and radioactivity-unliking neo-hippies and unemployed students in the near future.

Radioactive tanning holidays!

Hard boiled eggs for breakfast ain't as healthy as an Apple.

... but they may go hand in hand. What I'm talking about? Scrotal hyperthermia.

your lap after 30, 60 and 120 minutes

Well... Guess what. Your balls like fresh air and chilly temperatures, but if you remember the MacBook unibody test results of the Core i7 model which showed a peak temperature of about 100°C (212°F) (luckily) on the bottom side of the notebook, you don't have to be a rocket-scientist to figure out that your little swimmers might want to avoid being cooked alive like a hummer.

... but they may go hand in hand. What I'm talking about? Scrotal hyperthermia.

your lap after 30, 60 and 120 minutes

Well... Guess what. Your balls like fresh air and chilly temperatures, but if you remember the MacBook unibody test results of the Core i7 model which showed a peak temperature of about 100°C (212°F) (luckily) on the bottom side of the notebook, you don't have to be a rocket-scientist to figure out that your little swimmers might want to avoid being cooked alive like a hummer.

Hard boiled eggs for breakfast ain't as healthy as an Apple.

How to bypass the Google TV block of Hulu, Netflix and the major channels

Androidspin just posted something interesting...
As more and more sites block google tv, a company called PlayOn saw a chance to win our hearts... It's not free but comes with a certain amount of awesome-sauce, because it bypasses the blockage completely.

Androidspin just posted something interesting...
As more and more sites block google tv, a company called PlayOn saw a chance to win our hearts... It's not free but comes with a certain amount of awesome-sauce, because it bypasses the blockage completely.

How to bypass the Google TV block of Hulu, Netflix and the major channels

Let's start with the Big Bang

Maybe some of you may remember that this blog already existed many many years ago. It was rather successful, but well... my priorities shifted a little and when my server died, the site died too.
Yeah, I suck, I know.
Many asked for it and bragged to bring it back. Ok guys, here we go!

So what can you expect here?
Lots and lots and lots of tech stuff and tech talk... mostly reviews and breaking news. We will see if I'll extend the topics to politics and pop culture too, but I guess I'll save that for my other blog -> www.florianrohrweck.com on tumblr.
If you are easily offended... you shouldn't read my stuff. Seriously. Not a good idea.

Don't even think about it.

Maybe some of you may remember that this blog already existed many many years ago. It was rather successful, but well... my priorities shifted a little and when my server died, the site died too.
Yeah, I suck, I know.
Many asked for it and bragged to bring it back. Ok guys, here we go!

So what can you expect here?
Lots and lots and lots of tech stuff and tech talk... mostly reviews and breaking news. We will see if I'll extend the topics to politics and pop culture too, but I guess I'll save that for my other blog -> www.florianrohrweck.com on tumblr.
If you are easily offended... you shouldn't read my stuff. Seriously. Not a good idea.

Don't even think about it.

Let's start with the Big Bang