My way The german/english weblog of Harry aka Raven/Nuance 2010-03-09T20:40:38+01:00 admin http://www.wittmaack.de/myway/index.php ravennce@gmx.net tag:myway,2010:myway Pivot Copyright (c) 2010, Authors of My way Nope. 2010-03-09T20:40:00+01:00 2010-03-09T20:40:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1029 To cut the long story short: The men who stare at goats (IMDB) could have been great. But afterall I just can reward 9.5 out of 10 for the trailer, but only 3 out of 10 for themovie itself. This could've been so great. George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey did a good job. But putting all good jokes in the trailer just kills a movie. Sorry. To cut the long story short: The men who stare at goats (IMDB) could have been great. But afterall I just can reward 9.5 out of 10 for the trailer, but only 3 out of 10 for themovie itself. This could've been so great. George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey did a good job. But putting all good jokes in the trailer just kills a movie. Sorry.

]]> Raven EOS 350D and Windows 7. 2010-03-04T00:33:00+01:00 2010-03-04T00:32:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1028 I just took out my small Canon 350D and did a fast "evil late night portrait" (see left). Turned out quite nice, but I noticed that there isn't a 64bit driver for Windows 7 for my camera on the Canon site. Damn. I couldn't find my card reader either and since the 350D uses compact flash cards there was no other way as using the USB connection but after plugging the camera I just got the message from Windows that there is no driver found. I experimented a bit and thought I just give it a shot and switch the USB connection type from "PC" to "Print/PTP" and surprise: It works like a charm. Windows 7 instantly finds a driver and you're able to browse through the photos and download them without searching for a specific driver. Problem solved! Evil late night portraitI just took out my small Canon 350D and did a fast "evil late night portrait" (see left). Turned out quite nice, but I noticed that there isn't a 64bit driver for Windows 7 for my camera on the Canon site. Damn. I couldn't find my card reader either and since the 350D uses compact flash cards there was no other way as using the USB connection but after plugging the camera I just got the message from Windows that there is no driver found. I experimented a bit and thought I just give it a shot and switch the USB connection type from "PC" to "Print/PTP" and surprise: It works like a charm. Windows 7 instantly finds a driver and you're able to browse through the photos and download them without searching for a specific driver. Problem solved!

]]> Raven Apple sues HTC for patent infringement. 2010-03-03T08:52:00+01:00 2010-03-03T07:58:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1026 Sorry to say, but Apple is quite hypocritical. On the one hand they "recycle" tons of designs of Dieter Rams (Gizmodo has a nice gallery) and call their rip-offs a homage and on the other hand they file lawsuits against Nokia and now HTC. Seems someone is anxious that his crowd-puller looses some market share against the phones with Android or the coming Windows Phone 7! Software patents are for wieners anyway! Sorry to say, but Apple is quite hypocritical. On the one hand they "recycle" tons of designs of Dieter Rams (Gizmodo has a nice gallery) and call their rip-offs a homage and on the other hand they file lawsuits against Nokia and now HTC. Seems someone is anxious that his crowd-puller looses some market share against the phones with Android or the coming Windows Phone 7! Software patents are for wieners anyway!

]]> Raven Shutter Island 2010-03-02T23:51:00+01:00 2010-03-02T23:41:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1025 Another nice evening spent with good friends in cinema. I just returned home from seeing Shutter Island (IMDB) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Mark Ruffalo. The trailer made me expect a horror movie, but what I got was a kind of psycho thriller with a ending I didn't expect. SPOILER: A lot of effort was put in building up the story of Teddy and it fully worked for me. In the end the hero is not what you think or expect him to be and you realize that in the end there is just a very sad man that can't take his life anymore. And a bunch of people helping him. The musical score is dark and sometimes too dramatic, but fitting. I like endings that are like life. Not always nice. Not always happy. Not always endings. This one has a ending. Teddy finally knows and decides for the way that at least helps him to erase all the sad memories. For him. Sad. But a good movie. 9.5 out of 10. For me. Most definately. Shutter IslandAnother nice evening spent with good friends in cinema. I just returned home from seeing Shutter Island (IMDB) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Mark Ruffalo. The trailer made me expect a horror movie, but what I got was a kind of psycho thriller with a ending I didn't expect.

SPOILER: A lot of effort was put in building up the story of Teddy and it fully worked for me. In the end the hero is not what you think or expect him to be and you realize that in the end there is just a very sad man that can't take his life anymore. And a bunch of people helping him. The musical score is dark and sometimes too dramatic, but fitting. I like endings that are like life. Not always nice. Not always happy. Not always endings. This one has a ending. Teddy finally knows and decides for the way that at least helps him to erase all the sad memories. For him. Sad. But a good movie.

9.5 out of 10. For me. Most definately.

]]> Raven Hmmm. 2010-03-02T09:32:00+01:00 2010-03-02T07:17:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1024 Skype decided to drop the support for the current Windows Mobile versions. I don't care that much, since Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 is installed on my device and it's running flawlessly. In a ridiculous blog entry the guys over at Skype complain that it is difficult to maintain a application on the large amount of devices. Surely it isn't easier to maintain a iPhone app that's only running on a single device that has no real multitasking at all, but up to now I thought of Skype as a company that is also good in developing. Sadly not. Nevertheless the application works like a charm on my HTC Touch Diamond and if you're searching for the install of the latest version, you can still download the version 3.0 here. Skype decided to drop the support for the current Windows Mobile versions. I don't care that much, since Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 is installed on my device and it's running flawlessly. In a ridiculous blog entry the guys over at Skype complain that it is difficult to maintain a application on the large amount of devices. Surely it isn't easier to maintain a iPhone app that's only running on a single device that has no real multitasking at all, but up to now I thought of Skype as a company that is also good in developing. Sadly not. Nevertheless the application works like a charm on my HTC Touch Diamond and if you're searching for the install of the latest version, you can still download the version 3.0 here.

]]> Raven Share buttons 2010-03-03T15:06:00+01:00 2010-03-01T20:05:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1027 For a private project I did the famous three share buttons for Facebook, Twitter and one for E-Mail. They look like this: You can download a full resolution PNG (with transparency) For a private project I did the famous three share buttons for Facebook, Twitter and one for E-Mail. They look like this:

share buttons facebook twitter email

You can download a full resolution PNG (with transparency) here.
If you use them on one of your sites or in a project, a comment in this entry with the URL would be great. Thanks.

]]> Raven Grmpft. 2010-03-01T09:19:00+01:00 2010-03-01T09:19:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1023 At the moment all my waves in Google Wave are gone and the interface behaves strangely. Hope this will only be a temporary problem as I HAVEN'T SAVED ALL MY STUFF IN THERE!!!! :D Overall I find Google Wave quite useful and I use it a lot to tackle projects I have together with other people. It's quite intuitive but I think there could be more useful tools in there for polls and stuff. At the moment all my waves in Google Wave are gone and the interface behaves strangely. Hope this will only be a temporary problem as I HAVEN'T SAVED ALL MY STUFF IN THERE!!!! :D

Overall I find Google Wave quite useful and I use it a lot to tackle projects I have together with other people. It's quite intuitive but I think there could be more useful tools in there for polls and stuff.

]]> Raven Hahaaaaa... 2010-02-14T23:16:00+01:00 2010-02-14T23:15:00+01:00 tag:myway,2010:myway.1022 This evening I celebrated the Valentine's Day with my girlfriend in the cinema. We went to see It's complicated (IMDB) starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. The plot was quite nice and we had really a lot of good laughs. All the actors did a nice job and played very well. If only I hadn't had such a idiot sitting beneath me giving primitive comments all the time. What a douchebag. But that's not the movie's fault! To cut a long story short: 8.5 out of 10. This evening I celebrated the Valentine's Day with my girlfriend in the cinema. We went to see It's complicated (IMDB) starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. The plot was quite nice and we had really a lot of good laughs. All the actors did a nice job and played very well. If only I hadn't had such a idiot sitting beneath me giving primitive comments all the time. What a douchebag. But that's not the movie's fault!

To cut a long story short: 8.5 out of 10.

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