Ads vs. reality.

Ouch!



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The EEE and my HP 5610 printer/scanner

It works! I think it took about 10 minutes, including the downloading via a slow connection. Following this advice.

After doing the apt-get remove xandros-hplip I did the apt-get install hplip (from debian etch):

Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut... Fertig
Die folgenden zusätzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
hplip-data
Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
hplip-doc
Empfohlene Pakete:
hpijs hpijs-ppds linuxprinting.org-ppds python-reportlab
Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
hplip hplip-data
0 aktualisiert, 2 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 180 nicht aktualisiert.
Es müssen 6865kB Archive geholt werden.
Nach dem Auspacken werden 10,2MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Möchten Sie fortfahren [J/n]? y
Hole:1 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main hplip-data 1.6.10-3etch1 [6295kB]
Hole:2 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main hplip 1.6.10-3etch1 [570kB]
Es wurden 6865kB in 2m35s geholt (44,0kB/s)
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket hplip-data.
(Lese Datenbank ... 76013 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Entpacke hplip-data (aus .../hplip-data_1.6.10-3etch1_all.deb) ...
Wähle vormals abgewähltes Paket hplip.
Entpacke hplip (aus .../hplip_1.6.10-3etch1_i386.deb) ...
Richte hplip-data ein (1.6.10-3etch1) ...
Richte hplip ein (1.6.10-3etch1) ...
Creating/updating hplip user account...
Starting HP Linux Printing and Imaging System: hpiod hpssd.

Scanning through open office is now possible!!! I should install the gimp...

Printing just works via the printer wizard.

Is linux still fun like this? ;)

Cool stuff with marbles and ninjas

This should be on TV everywhere.

household stuff

First of all, introducing the online toaster museum:



Actually I was searching for something else, though: I might need a new vacuum cleaner soon, and the coolest one I know I saw a while ago: the Rowenta Shockabsorber at a La Fayette store in France, It has amazing elastic deformation properties, as you can see in this simulation:



Clearly the optimal vacuum cleaner for a material scientist. Unfortunately not available in Germany, and also not very cheap anyway. That's the price you pay for SCIENCE!!!

Rowenta is even more edgy, since they sponsor the extreme ironing program:



Remember this for your next job interview, Tombert!!

Waffle tetris

Will life get much better than this? Thank you, geekologie....

pi car

from geekologie

French/English GNU Comic

Considering that it can not get more nerdy than this, it is actually quite funny still :)

Contradiction

Can you be an accomplished nerd, and not check your mails every two minutes so that they pile up in your Inbox? Yes! Thanks to spam, mostly.

(Don't worry Pimbert, i still check my gmail account on a regular geeky basis)