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Archive for September, 2009

Easy music remix with Audacity

by Reto Vogel on Sep.29, 2009, under Computer, HSLU, Multimediatechnik, Tutorial

Also the audio-part is covered by the multimedia module at HSLU. This time we had to use the free audio editor and recording application Audacity. Audacity is cross-platform and is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD.
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Workaround for Juniper Network Connect on Snow Leopard

by Reto Vogel on Sep.19, 2009, under Apple, Tutorial

After reinstall of my MacBook with the new MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard I wanted to setup and establish a VPN connection to the firm. Not even installing (through the webbrowser) the needed software wasn’t possible. So at first I thought it must be something with company’s access-policy – but it wasn’t and my colleague at work told me, that it should work…
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First experiences with ‘Processing’

by Reto Vogel on Sep.19, 2009, under HSLU, Multimediatechnik, Processing, Programming

Today in ‘Multimediatechnik’ we had the exercise to write some processing apps.

Processing is an Open-Source programming language and integrated development environment built for the electronic arts and visual design communities, which aims to teach the basics of computer programming in a visual context, and to serve as the foundation for electronic sketchbooks.
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Holiday in Kenya

by Reto Vogel on Sep.18, 2009, under Holiday, Photography

This summer I was 2 weeks in Kenya. We had such a great time and got to know the country itself, the lovely people and their culture. Here are some shots – taken on our safari.
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PHP handler override through .htaccess file

by Reto Vogel on Sep.17, 2009, under Computer, PHP, Tutorial

While setting up my new blog and adding some useful plugins, I asserted that my hoster’s (Hoststar – Multimedia Networks AG) default php handler is version 4.3.11 … a bit out of date I think (actual version is 5.2.x respectively 5.3.x).

After some research and try-and-error I found an easy way to change the handler without getting in contact with the support unit – thanks to my studies colleague Thomas Galliker and to Google. (continue reading…)

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Welcome!

by Reto Vogel on Sep.17, 2009, under Miscellaneous

I welcome you on my newly created blog. I’ll will write here from time to time some stuff about daily things and technical information about computers or photography.

Beside of my daily work, I’m studying at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Engineering & Architecture in ICT Business Solutions. Therefore I’ll surely post something about the topics we did at school.

Hope to seeing you back here!
Reto

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