Dr. Laurin Ostermann

Software

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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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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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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Well, I do like my diary…

Some people might say it is old-fashioned, some might say it is way too girly and others will even consider it as plain odd, but I have really grown fond of keeping a diary over the last five years. In the year 2015 a personal journal, of course, is not some leather book you keep […]

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They don't need to know everything!

With all the information you could ever want right at your fingertips it has become increasingly valuable to large corporations to know what you care about. Your search history, your Amazon wishlist and the people you follow on Twitter are just a few things that can easily be tied together to make a comprehensive profile […]

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I panicked, and you should too!

A few weeks back I discovered a little piece of software. This software is so great that I immediately wanted to tell all my friends and colleagues about it. But then I realized, not that many of my friends are in Web programming or fortunate enough to join me on the dark side and use […]

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