Like in winter where Pepsi came up with their Azuki flavoured coke, the company has now created a soft-drink named Baobab which comes just in time for the soccer word cup. So its not wondering that the product is advertised…
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
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The Termintator’s vote
Former Austrian Schwarzenegger struggles at the ballot box. After a failed first attempt in which the Governor seems to vote for more than one candidate, his ballot was rejected and he was sent back to the voting booth. Yeah. Hasta…
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Tracking changes with LaTex
I was always wondering how it is possible to track changes in a LaTex document which is handed to different contributors. Today I found out that a nice Perl script named latexdiff exists, which just compares the old and the…
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Google Maps Navigation
Google Maps Navigation were announced as beta release in these days. The application requires to be connected to the Internet (no surprise) and guides the car driver with voice and the usual car navigation symbols through the streets. Basically it…
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World airport awards 2010
The world airport awards for 2010 were made public these days and with Singapore, Incheon and Hongkong three Asian hubs were leading the ranking. There were several categories, even one for the best washrooms in 2010, which ranked Kansai Airport…
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Posted in travel
The iPad hype in Japan
Apple’s iPad turns out to be a real best-seller and costumer are pilgriming to the local outlets in Japan like Apple sells a machine which turns lead into gold. I don’t really understand what are the useful features of that…
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The soft Euro …
At the moment the Euro is as cheap as it wasn’t for 8 years. Here’s the history of the EUR/YEN exchange rate showing the recent changes. (originally from XE.com, for an up-to-date plot see here) There has already been a…
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Get an idea about the size of the oil disaster in the Golf of Mexico
If you think that the oil being discharged from the broken well is a quite local problem I suggest this page which gives you an idea about the spatial extent of the disaster. Of course oil is discharged easier easier…
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Spicy recommendation VI
Today I spent some time in Shinjuku and I went to an Indian restaurant for lunch as I was curious about their curry. The name is Jinnah (ジンナー) and it appears that the restaurant is run by the chef only,…
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Posted in Food, Spicy recommendation
Fedora 13 and CUDA
UPDATE: CUDA works now with Fedora 13 (64 bit) !!! Here’s a the way how I did it: Start with a fresh install In one of the first menus select “Install with basic video driver”, this is crucial !!!! finish…
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