Been there: Burg Clam, Krautschädl, Folkshilfe, Seiler & Speer, Wanda

Wir haben kurzfristig zwei Karten über willhaben.at gekauft.

Line-Up:

  • Krautschädel: jede Menge Spielfreude, rockig, sehr fein
  • folkshilfe: grooved & fährt prima. Like it!
  • Seiler & Speer: Hm…. ist mir irgendwie zu … negativ. Und wenn die ganze Arena aus dem Stehgreif ‚Soits lebn‘ od. ‚I wü net‘ gröhlt ist mir das kabarettistische daran zu wenig erkennbar.
  • Wanda: solider Pop-Rock. 

    Been there … Burgbelebung Spilberg

    Ich bin kein Mittelalter-Fan und scheue solche Mittelalter-Feste wegen des Wirbels und der Kommerzialität, aber die Burgbelebung Spilberg war wirklich interssant, unterhaltsam und angenehm unaufgeregt.

    http://www.spilberg.at
    http://www.fideles-spilberg.at

    A short history of .. my cars

    Next post in the series!

    It must have been ~1990 when i got the used Fiat Ritmo III 70 from my parents.
    I added fog-lights, a better audio-system + remodeled the ashtray for storing audio casettes(!) and even added a tricolore-sticker at the back – the only time i got into (at least: exterior) car tuning :-).

    ~1992, after some years at my first job i got a Fiat Tipo 1.9 TD. Probably the most expensive car (related to income) i ever bought. The digital dashboard was definitely ahead of its time, even if Fiat was critizised for it’s „Mäusekino“. All in all the Tipo was a really great car from various points of view.

    ~ 1999 i upgraded (?) to a Fiat Brava JTD 105. The logical successor, looking back i see no other pro’s. I liked it at its time, but from a distance it looks … unreasonable.

    Next deal was some kind of „rightsizing“: ~2004 a Fiat Punto Classic 75 replaced the Brava.

    Three years later we needed a family car and got a Renault Scenic Cdi 1.7. I sometimes moan about the regular service beeing too expensive, but beside that it’s a pretty reliable & comfortable car. I plan to drive it as long as possible (cross my fingers).

    (credit all images: wikipedia)

    A short history of … my PDAs and Mobiles

    Over the last years i repeatedly got the idea of posting some personal historical stuff.
    Might be a sign of proceeding age? 🙂
    Anyway, here comes the first of -probably- a row of postings:

    A short history of …my PDAs and mobiles.

    It must have been ~1995 when i first stumbled upon PDAs. 
    After handcrafting calenders & organizers for years i was fascinated by the idea of getting digital and some Apple Newton ads nearly conviced me buying one. 
    While i was already scanning eBay for used items i got involved into networking stuff at work and bought a US robotics modem for personal use. Packed with this 56k powerhorse 🙂 there was some advertising material for a Palm Pilot and i immediately was convinced and got one. 
    The Palm was an amazing device, it allowed (simplified) handwriten input with great detection capabilities, sync to PC, offline and later online Web browsing, RSS newsreader, IR and later Wifi&Bluetooth data transfer and a lot more. 
    Various Devices served me really well as „productivity machines“ until 200x.

    Palm Pilot Professional

    The mother of all PDAs.

    Palm III

    Speed & memory upgrade, modified cradle for mobile use, accu-hack, keyboard, …

    Sony Clie

    High resolution screen, Audio & Video playback

    Palm Tungsten T

    Colors, SD-Card, Bluetooth,

    ~2000 i lost access to a company mobile, so i bought one privately. I somehow got into the Siemens camp and stayed there nearly until the end (of „Siemens mobile“):

    Siemens S35

    Small, state of the art at it’s time (wap, mms)

    Siemens SL55

    Small, Stylish :-).

    Siemens C65

    My phone provider got cheap …

    ~2007 i got tired of carrying two devices (PDA + mobile), so as a real palm fanboy i invested heavy money in a

    Palm Treo 680

    Camera, Bluetooth, TomTomGo Navigation
    The Treo680 was my productivity machine during building our house. I even changed the screen twice after it got broken in accidents. 

    Unfortunatelly Palm collapsed and i changed into the Android camp:

    HTC Wildfire I

    The smartphone with the best feature<->price ratio at its time

    Motorola Moto G

    Feature-price ratio, actual Android

    Motorola Moto G II

    Dual sim (got a company sim card, want to avoid carrying 2 mobiles)

    And finally: beside the Siemens Phones i still own all of the devices!

    CoolTool: Chromecast Audio

    Schon vor langer Zeit habe ich alle meine CDs gerippt und inzwischen auf der NAS abgelegt. Aber gehört habe ich die Musik/Hörspiele nur am PC / Smartphone. Ein geeignetes Abspiel-System aufzusetzen habe ich immer wieder vor mir hergeschoben. Sonos player, Raspberry Pi mit XBMC, Dreambox, alles habe ich erforscht aber wegen dem erforderlichen Aufwand nie realisiert.

    Letztens habe ich um ~35€ ein Chromecast Audio erstanden und bin begeistert. Anstecken, via APP einrichten und mit Synology Audio APP bedienen.

    Einfach und günstig. Endlich kommt die mp3-Sammlung auf ihren Wert!

    Serena Dimensions: open Files with correct Filename

    At work we use Serena Dimensions for Version Control.
    Double-clicking a sourcefile opens the code in the editor of your choice, but unfortunately Dimensions doesn’t provide a meaningful filename as the clicked element is downloaded to a temporary file and the editor shows just the name of the temporary file.

    After requesting an improvement in the Dimensions community i got some great hints from Paul Caruana and finally implemented the following workaround:

    • Create a batch file
      echo off 
      set dimexe="c:program files (x86)serenadimensions 12.2cmprogdmcli"
      set ueexe="c:program files (x86)ultraedituedit32"
      set fi=%2
      set fi=%fi:"=%
      set ver=%3
      set ver=%ver:"=%
      set typ=%5
      set typ=%typ:"=%
      set tmpfile=C:tmp%fi%.%ver%.%typ%

      echo parms: %*
      echo file: %fi%
      %dimexe% FI %1 /USER_FILENAME="%tmpfile%" /EXPAND /OVERWRITE
      %ueexe% %tmpfile%
    • Create a new „Tool“ inside Dimensions:
      •  Menu „Tools“ -> „“Customize Menu and Toolbar“; Tab „Tools“ -> Create a new Tool (Star-Button), choose a name (e.g. „MyEdit“).
        Configuration: 
        • Command: C:fooprojectscmeditcmedit.cmd
        • Arguments: $[Specification] $[Filename] $[Revision] $(Product):$(Workset) $[type]
        • Start In: c:foo

    This gives me a „MyEdit“ Entry in the Context Menu which downloads the file & launches Ultraedit with a meaningful filename – Mission accomplished!

    Serena Dimensions & KDiff3

    At work we use Serena Dimensions for Version Control.
    Dimensions seems to use „pvcsmerge“ for Diff-view which is imho a bit out-of-date regarding functionality and usability.

    My personal favorite would be BeyondCompare, but i have no budget for buying such stuff, so i looked into a way to integrate Kdiff3 (imho next-best) into Serena Dimensions.

    I did some investigation and finaly came to the conclusion that calling „Diff“ lets Dimensions download the Files-to-be-diff’ed to temporary files and call „pvcsmerge“ with those files.

    So i created an executable that takes the same parameter as „pvcsmerge,“ but launches Kdiff3 with reformated parameters.
    Replacing the original „pvcsmerge.exe“ with the homebrewn executable provided exactly the functionality i wanted!

    Implementation (feedback welcome, but pls. don’t flame me because of the poor C :-)):

    Source:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <windows.h>

    main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
       int c;
       char ch;
       
         // file contains the name of the files-to-be-compared
       char* filename;
       filename = argv[2];
       
       FILE *fi = fopen(filename, „r“);
       #define MAXLINE 200
       char bufr[MAXLINE];
       char para[MAXLINE];
       char value[MAXLINE];
       char v1 [MAXLINE];
       char v2 [MAXLINE];
       char n1 [MAXLINE];
       char n2 [MAXLINE];

       if(fi != NULL) {
         while( !feof(fi)) {
           // String2parse: <para>=<value>
           fscanf(fi, „%[^=] %*c %sn“, para, value);
           
           if (strcmp(para, „ANCESTOR“) == 0) {
             // String2parse: „C:UsersxxxxxAppDataLocalTempSRC(yyyyy)_12.pt1646c2.tmp“,“SRC(yyyyy);12 – Derivative“
             sscanf( value, „“%[^“]“,“%[^“]““, v1, n1);
           }
           
           if (strcmp(para, „DERIVATIVES“) == 0) {
             sscanf( value, „“%[^“]“,“%[^“]““, v2, n2);
           }
         }
            
       } else {
       }
       
       // start kdiff3  
       char start[1024];
       strcpy (start, „c:\xxxxxx\kdiff3\kdiff3.exe „);
       strcat (start, v1);
       strcat (start, “ „);
       strcat (start, v2);
       strcat (start, “ –L1 „);
       strcat (start, n1);
       strcat (start, “ –L2 „);
       strcat (start, n2);
       system(start);
          
       return 0;
    }

    Compile (i’m using mingw):
    gcc pvcsmerge.c -o pvcsmerge.exe


    CoolTool: VU+ Duo2, Enigma TV Box

    Meine geschätzte Dreambox 7025 2xDVBS-Dual ist dem  gerade stattfindenden HD-Umstellungswahn zum Opfer gefallen.

    Nach einiger Recherche bin ich bei einer VU+ Duo2 (wieder mit 2xDVBS-Dual) gelandet.
    Und ich muss sagen der erste Eindruck ist wirklich prima.
    Die bewährte (naja, vielleicht doch eher „gewohnte“) Enigma-Obefläche,  Reaktionszeiten, Qualität, alles 1A.

    Das aktuelle VTI Image bietet einen gewissen Wiedererkennungseffekt, aber auch jede Menge Verbesserungen gegenüber der Dreambox (wobei ich zugeben muss, daß ich irgendwann mit der Dreambox aus der Update-Schleife ausgestiegen bin, weil nach jedem Update irgendwas nicht funktioniert hat) – kann also sein, daß der Vergleich jetzt nicht ganz fair ist.

    Bis jetzt ein klares „CoolTool“.

    [Edit] nach einem ver-flash-en & repair: aktuelles VTI via USB-Stick + Oscam + Oscam-butler und der ORF ist hell.

    Relations: Money

    Just a few ….

    Alle Angaben in Mrd €

    Österreich:

    • 285: Verschuldung Österreich per 2015.07
    • 329: BIP Österreich
    • 70: Einnahmen Budget 2014
      • 26 USt
      • 26 LohnSt
      • 6 KörperschaftsSt
      • 4 MineralölST
      • 3.5 EinkommenSt
      • 2.6 KeSt
    • 78 : Ausgaben Budget 2014
      • 10 Pensionen
      • 9 Beamtenpensionen
      • 8 Bildung und Frauen
      • 7 Arbeit
      • 6.9 Finanzierung
      • 6.8 Familien
      • 4 Wissenschaft & Forschung
      • 3 Verkehr
      • 2.9 Soziales
      • 2.5 Inneres
      • 2.2 Landwirtschaft
      • 2.1 Militär & Sport
      • 0.9 Gesundheit
    • 8: Budgetdefizit 2014
    • 4,35: Kosten HAA bisher per 2015.07
    International
    • ~300: Verschuldung Griechenland
    • 8: Verteidigungs-Etat Griechenland 

    Quellen
    www.staatsschulden.at
    www.statistik.at
    www.bmfi.gv.at
    http://xkcd.com/980/ <<<!!!

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