Dr. Laurin Ostermann

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When to buy a new MacBook Pro

With Christmas knocking at the door and my MacBook Pro turning six next year, I have given some thought to replacing my current main setup with a new one. But then, I started to hesitate and figured out all the features I would want in a new configuration. First, my current setup is a 2010 […]

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The iCloud Media Library Disaster

While I have been enjoying having the world’s music readily available through Apple Music at any time for the last four months, I have not quite come to grips with the iCloud Media Library. At first, I thought it might be a good idea to use this feature, which should allow you to sync all […]

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A look at modern romance

I know, I know, I have been a bit lazy lately, at least when it comes to my blogging. But this is in part because I have devoted quite a substantial amount of time to reading. One of the great books I finished recently is Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari, an Indian-American stand-up comic from […]

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Bootstrap 3: accordion on non .panel divs

Ok, usually I try to keep my software-related posts rather general and not too tech-centered. But this time, I need to overstep my self-imposed boundary a little bit. I have been working on this amazing WordPress- and Bootstrap-based website for the last couple of weeks and I am slowly but steadily converging to a final […]

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Popular misunderstandings about 'Roaming'

Every year around the summer vacation season friends and family start to ask me about using their mobile phones abroad and the associated costs coming with it. Here are some comon misunderstandings and guidelines to keep your roaming expenses to a minimum. Voice calls: regular voice calls are the singly most expensive thing you can do when logged […]

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I actually want one…

The Apple Watch has been out for about a month now and, though I have not seen one live yet, I am fairly certain that I will buy one for myself once they become available in Austria, which apparently could take until this fall. I have finally decided how I should approach the purchase of […]

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Really Simple Dead Asleep

Usually, I am quite on top or even ahead of trends in tools, gadgets and technology, but with this on I had my head buried in a swamp somewhere. Only two weeks ago I finally decided to switch from visiting my favourite news websites a couple of times throughout the day to subscribing to their […]

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'Go, screw yourself, winmail.dat!'

Once in a while, I receive emails with an ominous attachment entitled ‘winmail.dat’. This happens when an Outlook user sends a message using an Exchange mail server. As you probably now, I am on Mac OS X and these winmail.dat files started to annoy the hell out of me, especially when I took up a […]

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Sound Tube Vs. Tooth Brush

A few weeks back I decided to upgrade my bathroom sound system to a Sound Tube Micro HiFi from Amazon for about 60€. While having read fairly diverse reviews – from ‘completely happy’ to ‘sent back upon arival’ – I decided to go for it and test it out myself. And I Have to say, […]

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Amazing Book: Freakonomics

‘Did you know that it is four times more likely to die selling drugs than on death row in Texas?’, this line in the first episode of the US tv show Suits caught my attention. ‘It’s from Freakonomics, do you read anything I give you?’ the conversation continues. After having watched the episode I immediately […]

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