http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/ If my doctor told me I had only six months to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. - Isaac Asimov Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:27:26 +0000 http://bloghi.com/ http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/img_ch.hi?id=2658 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/ http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/10/coughs-and-sneezes-i.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/10/coughs-and-sneezes-i.html#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:14:55 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/10/coughs-and-sneezes-i.html issue continues .. have some dates outside today .. we will see .. btw you can download here about 2 hours / 145 MB liveset of lounge/chillout music chris and i made last saturday live during an exhibition of dark culture stuff .. chears .. here about 2 hours / 145 MB liveset of lounge/chillout music chris and i made last saturday live during an exhibition of dark culture stuff .. chears ..
]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/10/coughs-and-sneezes-i.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/09/coughs-and-sneezes-ii.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/09/coughs-and-sneezes-ii.html#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:30:49 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/09/coughs-and-sneezes-ii.html issue continues .. this sucks .. my immune system is down .. hacked by some virus stuff .. i hope it isnt influenza A H5N1 .. ]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/09/coughs-and-sneezes-ii.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/04/coughs-and-sneezes.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/04/coughs-and-sneezes.html#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:24:28 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/04/coughs-and-sneezes.html .. keeps me down since 2 days .. hopefuelly i am able to play at saturday .. got a lot of bussines things on my todo-list .. going back for a long rest now .. http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/04/coughs-and-sneezes.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/boulderdash-is-playing.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/boulderdash-is-playing.html#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:17:27 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/boulderdash-is-playing.html dont miss this weekend 6.11.... boulderdash is playing live at "kunst im dunkeln". boulderdash is a project of chris an me, where we play live chillout and lounge music. hope to see you there ... boulderdash is playing live at "kunst im dunkeln". boulderdash is a project of chris an me, where we play live chillout and lounge music. hope to see you there ... ]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/boulderdash-is-playing.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/mouse-report.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/mouse-report.html#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:54:23 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/mouse-report.html since one week i use a new mouse. finding a new mouse as a left-handed person isnt easy. in july 2001 i bought a Logitech MouseMan Wheel Optical. the blue light at the top of the mouse was quite nice and the mouse feels good in my hand. i didnt...
in july 2001 i bought a Logitech MouseMan Wheel Optical. the blue light at the top of the mouse was quite nice and the mouse feels good in my hand. i didnt switch the mouse layout to left handed in my operation system, because i share some other computers with right-handed persons so i have to reconfigure the machines at any time i access them.

so i am a left-handed person using the mouse with the left hand but configured for the right hand.

after 4 years of using this mouse some buttons didnt react exact anymore. i got double clicks nearly all the time so i have to buy a new one. but which one ?

i am not the gaming freak, who wants the latest modell with the latest features. but i need a new mouse device. so i started a walk through a local computer store last week to find a new one.

some weeks ago i catched a news, that razor is launching a new model called razor copperhead. at the store i saw the previous model razor diamondback for about 30 bucks. the new model costs about 70 bucks. i bought the diamondback and feel happy since then. the mouse is verry comfortable. as a lefty i am now able to use the buttons at the side. the 2 meter cable with the gold connector also fits my needs.

another goodie is that the mouse comes with a little bag, where you can put your mouse in during travel or so .. verry good .. so for 30 bucks i am happy as a left handed mouse user can be :-)

]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/02/mouse-report.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/the-truth-is.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/the-truth-is.html#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2005 12:45:14 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/the-truth-is.html .. that men are tired of liberty ..
]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/the-truth-is.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/usb-gloves.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/usb-gloves.html#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:59:43 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/usb-gloves.html this is on my wishlist for this years xmas .. usb gloves .. crazy japs usb gloves .. crazy japs ]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/usb-gloves.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-finished.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-finished.html#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:30:31 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-finished.html just finished a clean vmware player image with the following specs: debian sarge 3.1, apache 1.3.33, mysql 5, php5.0.5(eaccelerator, memcached, gd, freetype, xdebug) and different tools. access is done through ssh access or you can mount a the...
debian sarge 3.1, apache 1.3.33, mysql 5, php5.0.5(eaccelerator, memcached, gd, freetype, xdebug) and different tools.

access is done through ssh access or you can mount a the documentroot via a smb/windows/share.

passwords are all set to "vmware". i think this will be enough for the beginning. this is image is available upon request with a size of about 560mb (230mb zipped) ..

]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-finished.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-in-progress.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-in-progress.html#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:54:07 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-in-progress.html these days my new unit arrives at my desk. this is the reason for me now to reorganize my dev environment. therefor i upgraded my box to vmware 4.5 and create a new set of fresh vmware disc images. soon you will be able to download a typical...
soon you will be able to download a typical lamp vmware player disc image. sorry, but this is during some license issues the only image i can provide online. the other images contain w2k and wnt for my testing purpose. i bought them to be free in such usage.
]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/11/01/vmware-player-image-in-progress.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/28/calculating-is-a-pain.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/28/calculating-is-a-pain.html#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:19:12 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/28/calculating-is-a-pain.html today i had to check some simple mathematical problems + and - things. there are a huge amount of paper laying around my desk, the computer is filled with a lot of data sheets and one piece of agents is calculating wrong, financial wrong. so...
there are a huge amount of paper laying around my desk, the computer is filled with a lot of data sheets and one piece of agents is calculating wrong, financial wrong. so where is the heck ?  erp export ? converting engine ? transport ? transformation ? import ? some variuos SAP routines ? j2ee rendering and presentation layer ?

so i started looking the bug. the main job was addition, multiplication and % calculating with correct roundings. mh. whats the next calculator around ? the standard calc on my computer is too slow for a large amount of values. i can not go back. oh, lets take the new z22 i got yesterday. i installed easycalc. but same problem. outsch.

mh, lets remember which unit is next. ahh. i forgot. my swiss army knife in such cases. HP4x :) i own two units, a HP48G and a HP49G. the HP48G is always in my bag, for such cases.

with its RPN logic it works perfect for financial calculating. you got an endless stack. can see everything in one place and do massive simple calculations in seconds, not minutes with storing and remembering sub results. just calculate and let the result in the stack, where you can get it later with ease.

Jan Lukasiewicz developed in 1920 a formal logic system which allowed mathemacial expressions to be specified without parentheses by placing the operators before (prefix notation) or after (postfix notation) the operands.

lets give a small example.

normal expression, more human readable, (2 + 3) * 5

prefix notation * 5 + 2 3 or * + 2 4 5

postfix notation 2 3 + 5 * or 5 3 2 + *

The prefix notation is also known as Polish Notation. The first calculators of HP adopted the postfix notation. they adding a stack to hold the operands and functions to reorder the stack. HP named this technology Reverse Polish Notation RPN in honor of Lukasiewicz.

This way of handling operands was verry efficient for computer based math operations. the computer can scan the input from left to right. operands are simply placed into a LIFO stack, last in first out. so operators are immediately applied to the operands at the bottom of the stack. on almost all modern computers the statements where translated to RPN for faster execution.

in my opinion RPN outperforms normal algebraic expression in complex calculations, which exists a lot in science calculations. now you may say, that calculating with RPN is slower than doing it the normal way. but i can tell you, in sum you are faster with RPN !!

during my college i was the only guy, who used a RPN based calculator. my friends told me, that they can calculate faster and they dont understand, why i use a "slow" HP48. so we started a test and we started to compare the calculating of some tasks. it was quite funny. it was a complex calculation "strength of materials". after 50-60 minutes we got the results. we were 6 people with 6 different results. I was the last one who finished. everybody laughed .. I thought I was wrong but I could not found any mistakes in my calculation, checking the stack and sub results.

so everybody started to recalculate the results in 30 minutes. so we got 3 different results now. i got the same result from the first round and three friends got the same result like me now. so the other two friends started looking for their mistake and after 15 minutes they fixed the results.

now I started laughing, because I was the one, who got after 60 minutes the right result. and all other failed in the first round!!!!! after 50 minutes they thought they got the result. but they were wrong. they need 80 minutes or nearly 100 minutes then me. the double time.

so RPN rulez !

why they failed ? they used "complex" algebraic expressions, TI-89 and TI-92. they dont see each subresults, so they can not see errors in detail. they had to reenter complex expressions again and again, if they got a typo after execution.

lets go back to business.

ps. at hpcalc.org you will find emulators for variuos plattforms ..
]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/28/calculating-is-a-pain.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/27/palm-z22-arrived-today.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/27/palm-z22-arrived-today.html#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:04:33 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/27/palm-z22-arrived-today.html today a palm z22 arrived here for testing purpose. lets summarize my first impressions. this unit looks apple like, with the white plastic surface. i think the z22 looks a little bit cheaper than an old palm 3/IV/V device. but hey. you get for... palm z22 arrived here for testing purpose. lets summarize my first impressions.

this unit looks apple like, with the white plastic surface. i think the z22 looks a little bit cheaper than an old palm 3/IV/V device. but hey. you get for 100 bucks a 200MHz unit with 32 MB storage, where you can use 20 MB, and a touchpad stuff and fun.

i think the display in conjunction with the large stick isnt really usable for me. the display is too small. lets see these days, how sync will work. currently i am open for the language i want to implement the sync stuff. at this stage it will be a small gui wrappe application developed using realbasic and in mind of server usage the backend will be php-cli.

what i will explore next is the small cost management applikation, which is built in, and then continue working  ..
]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/27/palm-z22-arrived-today.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/skype-me.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/skype-me.html#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:36:43 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/skype-me.html these days i installed skype. a lot of friends are already using this system. so feel free to get in contact with me using skype. my skype-name is "helmhelm" .. skype. a lot of friends are already using this system. so feel free to get in contact with me using skype. my skype-name is "helmhelm" .. ]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/skype-me.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/diagram-designer.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/diagram-designer.html#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:31:58 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/diagram-designer.html these days installed a freeware tool called diagram designer for testing purpose. it is an application to design diagrams of nearly all types. i was looking for an alternative application to replace microsofts visio, since my version is outdated. ...
diagram designer fits my needs for drawing diagrams and stuff.

download the 700kb binaries at meesoft.com

]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/26/diagram-designer.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/25/prio-plattform-switch.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/25/prio-plattform-switch.html#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:08:27 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/25/prio-plattform-switch.html these days i will do a major plattform switch of my working environment. these switch includes nearly all gear i use for my business, including computer, operating system, mobile, production gear and stuff. first major move is to switch...
first major move is to switch development back to a microsoft based operation system. why dont continue with apple mac ? let me introduce, why i switched to apple mac. the operation system is based on BSD, did i mentioned, that the operation system is based on BSD :-) ?

you start your mac and you can start developing with one download, apple dev support. you get a working JRE outofthebox, supported by apple. you can also get all major dev stuff you want, like eclipse and other services. doing some office stuff isnt a problem using open office. i can run my favorite mind managing tool called freemind. opera, mozilla, scite, eclipse and X is working. what i also like is the network profile stuff. working verry well for. i know that you can install network profile tools on windows, but hey, you need to install such a tool. it is not working out of the box. and for me such a service need to be included in an operation system for shure!!

my mac box is verry stable and it runs verry well, also under heavy load. where your windows box feels "dead", the mac goes on.

lets come to expose. nice thing man. you can handle a huge amount of windows and applications at one time. nice job. i also like the main toolbar/navbar concept.

thats why i switched to mac.

lets come to another part, entertainment and the "woman factor". all applications at the mac looks nice. animations and nice effects all over your desktop, without perfomance loses. the hardware looks verry nice.

after a while i began to explore some other built-in application. itunes works well. i love iphoto. safari is too slow i think, but it works using firefox :-). ical and isync are also working well. these things are built-in an shipped with every mac without any additional installation. nice job.

lets come over to the reasons, why i left my apple.

the keyboards sucks. i use the built-in of my powerbook and i miss direct access to some keys. where the hell is | in german layout ? and {[]} ? what about DEL ? fn+backspace. thanx man. this reduced my productivity a lot. i am able to stroke about 300 keys per minute, if i want. but not at such a keyboard, where all major chars are not direct available .. what about POS1 or END ? all done via Fn-key. that sucks. i need direct access to such keys.

another thing is that dont know the shortcut for switching through different windows in one application ? the concept is that one application has a huge amount of different windows opened. i dont like this, if i am not able to switch between these windows using my keyboard. i have to use the mouse. hell. this sucks.

i didnt found a emulation tool like VMware for mac, where i can emulate different machine states? i didnt found an ER DB design tool. i didnt found a small picture manipulation tool. i dont like the keyboard and application behaviour. these facts decreases my productivity.

here is a list of things, i will still use. iphoto for my picture management, tests of my applications running under mac, itunes for filling my ipod. watching dvd. do mobile notes using freemind. using for wlan access outside the world. using sticky notes. posing in customer environments. ical. mh. thats it.

this my new babe will arrive, a small 13" sony vaio S with all features expanded to the max. hope everythings works fine, so that i can move my amd-x64 back to my home for gaming purposes only :-)

powebook for mobile entertainment, sony vaio s for mobile business, amd-x64 for playing battlefield2 :-)

]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/25/prio-plattform-switch.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/24/vmware-player-update-ii.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/24/vmware-player-update-ii.html#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2005 10:54:43 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/24/vmware-player-update-ii.html these days i posted an entry about VMware player. with this tool you can prepare a virtual machine and use this machine for free at another computer without the need of VMware Workstation, ~ 350 bucks worth. i prepared some dev environment using...
another usage of vmware player is a testing environment of so called "liveCD" operation systems like knoppix or freesbie. you can prepare a small virtual machine, containing a network card, cdrom and a little bit memory, to boot into an iso file and test  a machine, without rebooting your host machine.

i am verry busy right now, finishing some projects. i hope, that i can soon provide such an image, but since then, there too much items on my todo list ..

]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/24/vmware-player-update-ii.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/20/vmware-player.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/20/vmware-player.html#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:25:57 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/20/vmware-player.html these days VMware released a VM player. with this tool you can run pre configured virtual machines without the need of VMware Workstation. VMware released a VM player. with this tool you can run pre configured virtual machines without the need of VMware Workstation. ]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/20/vmware-player.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/19/ups-ups-ups.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/19/ups-ups-ups.html#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:21:38 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/19/ups-ups-ups.html i am busy as a human can be. currently i wake up at 7.oo in the morning. start my work. and 23.3o the day is over. ]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/10/19/ups-ups-ups.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/30/official-realbasic-forums-announced.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/30/official-realbasic-forums-announced.html#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:11:39 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/30/official-realbasic-forums-announced.html today REALsoftware announced REALbasic Forums. i think they want to improve the quality of support. the forum is moderated by realsoftware employees. we will see, how the community will adopt this feature of support. REALsoftware announced REALbasic Forums. i think they want to improve the quality of support. the forum is moderated by realsoftware employees. we will see, how the community will adopt this feature of support.]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/30/official-realbasic-forums-announced.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/divx-create-for-free.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/divx-create-for-free.html#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:08:36 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/divx-create-for-free.html you can receive a $20 worth DivX license for free at divx.com. you only need to enter a valid email adress. divx.com. you only need to enter a valid email adress.]]> http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/divx-create-for-free.html#comments http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/busy-right-now.html http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/busy-right-now.html#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2005 01:40:44 +0000 http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/busy-right-now.html hejo. one of my new private servers crashed with a grace hdd failure .. the unit was 2 month old. i am sorry to say, that the provider wasnt able to recover the hdd. i currently fight with backups :-) http://cities-of-the-future.bloghi.com/2005/09/29/busy-right-now.html#comments