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Nobody likes to fix the mistakes another person has made due to incompetence, laziness or simply by accident. But when you yourself are that person...
View full detailsDid you know that you can make a lot of money with compression? And we’re not talking about the inventors of WinRAR (who are most likely still wait...
View full detailsMechanical keyboards are outstanding writing instruments. The typing experience on a Das Keyboard, a Filco or a Leopold is incomparable: fast, ligh...
View full detailsThe Keyboard 6 Professional is the new generation of successful, high-quality mechanical keyboards from Das Keyboard. With its stylish and extreme...
View full detailsDo you spend a lot of time at the computer and also eat in front of it, for example? Then you should think about cleaning your keyboard, because it...
View full detailsCookies - the small text files that are stored on your computer - have been around for a while. But we have only had to consent to their use for no...
View full detailsWe can all agree that it can be pretty hard keeping up with all the latest social customs. One minute you shake a person's hand when you meet them,...
View full detailsForget what you think you know about ordinary status lights. blink(1) mk3 is not a monotonously flickering light on the edge of your keyboard, but ...
View full detailsDeath, War, Pestilence and Hunger - one does not need to be familiar with the works of Albrecht Dürer to recognize this unholy quartet: The Four Ho...
View full detailsThe axe in the house saves the carpenter. And the backup saves you having to beg the admin for help. So remember, dear children: make regular backu...
View full detailsThe good ol'’ floppy disk!How we loved you when you were our go-to portable, long-term memory solution. We shared so many happy years…!Not tha...
View full detailsThe computer is making noise, but the TV is black.Error messages like this can really only freak you out as an IT professional. Or fall into a deep...
View full detailsIf one were to believe the genre legends Run DMC, hip-hop really does have one thing in common with informatics: [i]It's tricky![/i] While the trio...
View full details[i]"Is your computer running low on disk space? Are old holiday pictures and text documents clogging your hard drive? Then simply put everything in...
View full detailsThe (almost exclusively jokingly used) eighth layer of the OSI model for network protocols is a nice way of saying that the problem lies with the p...
View full detailsDeep silence reigns in the office,The nerd roots without emotion,And the userlooks at blue screens all around. This (slightly modified) poem by Goe...
View full detailsA simple card game can often still be the best way to pass the time. For example, when external influences push you towards analog amusement. Like ...
View full detailsHave you ever thought about how to drink coffee? You're going to say "Sure, fill the cup, brew, drink. Repeat if necessary." But by "drink coffee" ...
View full detailsThis shirt based on the jurassic park logo is a tribute to all the brave admins combating outdated systems, inexplicable server failures and of cou...
View full detailsPenguins are cool, pretty goofy and probably the only birds in the world who forgot to be birds. No other animal looks funnier waddling in the snow...
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What's the most popular answer to calls at the IT support hotline? Of course the sentence: "Have you tried turning it off and on again?&q...
View full detailsImagine that you’ve just created a model that allows different technical systems to communicate with each other and that features different layers ...
View full detailsImagine arriving at the office, sitting down at your desk in order to do all the important [i]bug fixes [/i], whilst sipping your coffee... when a...
View full detailsUnfortunately, there are only a few USB devices that can be switched off properly. So it can sometimes happen that the keyboard emits a festive shi...
View full detailsIn the eyes of many people, administrators are a kind of matrix gods. They sit in front of computers, typing furiously in completely unspectacular-...
View full detailsDas Keyboard is the top address for fans of mechanical keyboards. The keyboard models are primarily aimed at frequent typists who value an elegant ...
View full detailsOne nice aspect of mastering a language that not everyone understands is the possibility of being able to make a lot of inside jokes. This is espec...
View full detailsSomething you may not know is that computer scientists have to deal with all sorts of trees. Quite often, the most common being the so-called binar...
View full detailsBasically, programming has a lot in common with Lego: on the one hand, it's worth starting as a child (keyword: practice early), on the other hand,...
View full detailsHome sweet home. Nobody likes to sit in front of strange computers where nothing is where it should be ;)
Ahh, nothing beats a well-organized home, right? Everything exactly where it belongs, all the books organized by the astronomical sign of the autho...
View full detailsAnyone who has ever worked in IT support will be familiar with the following situation: "Can you help me? My computer has crashed and I can't acces...
View full detailsThere are a few unwritten rules everybody in IT should always follow. And trust us, if you decide to ignore these rules, you definitely won't want ...
View full detailsHe who has the damage doesn't have to worry about the mockery - we know this saying, but not everyone has learned it. Everyone knows that anyone wi...
View full detailsComments in code are massively overrated. Those who are in the know don't need extra explanations.