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What Google and Mr. Burns have got in common
They’re both old fashioned.
I discovered this when receiving my first Google Adsense check from Google’s bank in Germany. This sort of intra-EU payment might have been “cutting edge” a century ago. Nowadays it’s just odd and annoying, because I have to leave the office during the very restricted opening hours of my bank to cash [...]
Add watermarks with transparent background in Nitro PDF
Adding a watermark to a PDF file is easy in Nitro PDF, but if you want the watermark to have a transparent background, things get a little more complicated.
I wanted to add our logo to a brochure so that visitors of our scales and balances shop would have a way of telling from where they [...]
Did Google steal your Christmas?
El Reg thinks Google’s business model is meltdown proof – if Google needs more revenue, they can just come up with a way to display your ads more often. While I still think Google Adwords is great marketing tool for almost every business, I agree you have to keep a close eye on your campaigns.
Some [...]
Microsoft Analytics Beta – exclude webpage parameters!
After almost one month of collecting data with Microsoft’s new adCenter Analytics (beta)*, I wanted to have a closer look at the many detailed reports today (and then – of course – blog about it). Turns out I’ve been collecting largely useless data because I had failed to exclude parameters like “?gclid=…” and Microsoft Analytics [...]
Tagged adcenter, analytics, microsoftContent-aware resizing of pictures (seam carving)
Ever been in a situation where you had a picture with exactly the content (“message, meaning, …”) you wanted, but not with the right dimensions? Seam carving could have saved the day.
Tagged content aware resizing, image editing, seam carvingWebsites with and without ‘www’
Double-u double-u double-u is one of the few things you can say much faster if you say it in German (just say “v v v”). I’m German, so I continuously strive for efficiency (nah, possibly I’m just lazy), which is why it annoys me that I still have to type “www” in front of some [...]
How long would it take you to notice that your website has been compromised?
there’s a much easier and faster option when it comes to small, rather static websites: change detection services! Here’s a few I found
Chiropractors “very satisfied” with heise.de redesign
Update: Heise made some modifications while I was writing this post, so not everything below still applies.
It’s summer time in Europe, many people are on vacation, others are distracted by the Olympics – if you were planning something outrageous, now might be a good time to get away with it. No, I’m not talking about [...]
Totally awesome furniture (and other stuff that you can’t buy)
One of my brothers sent me this link to John Nouanesing’s catalogue after seeing one of his designs on Ehrensenf (the German version of Rocketboom).
Me: “Too bad you can’t buy anything ”
Brother: “I thought you had some contacts in China, this stuff is screaming to be sold”
Me: “Wouldn’t that be… you know…”
Brother: “Capitalism? [...]