Pixlr-o-matic – the Instagram for PC

Posted by Raffael on 04/22/201304/22/2013 Posted in Web Tips Tagged instagram, instagram for mac, instagram for pc, instagram for windows, Pixlr-o-matic

I’m sure everybody knows or at least has heard about Instragram. The most famous app to give your photos some nice effects. However, anyone who has not a smartphone or tablet, or rather prefers to edit his pictures on the PC, should have a look at pixlr-o-matic. The only requirement is a browser with Flash support, but that should indeed be easier and cheaper to procure than a smartphone or tablet. ;)
So you can imagine how the whole thing works, I made you some screenshots. Let’s go!

This image serves as sample picture. (If one wants to know where it’s been – it’s at my grandpa’s house.)

By clicking “Upload” you go.

In the first step, you can choose between a […]

“A regular crossword” – a crossword puzzle for coders

Posted by Raffael on 03/11/2013 Posted in Web Tips Tagged a regular crossword, a regular crossword solution, coinheist, crossword for coders, crossword for programmers, regex, regular expression

How about a crossword puzzle for programmers? One in which the searched words are not described by reference words, but by regular expressions. That’s what I call a crossword. And so I got immediately enthusiastic about the regular expression crossword from this years MIT Mystery Hunt when a friend pointed it to me. (The Mystery Hunt is a competition that is arranged for more than 30 years, held every year at MIT and in which it comes to solve a whole bunch of puzzles.)
One part of this year’s MIT Mystery Hunt is the just mentioned crossword which is titled “A regular Crossword”. Contrary to classical crosswords there are three descriptive directions. The horizontal and two diagonal. Each direction is described by a regular expression.
And now to the puzzle. You can download it as PDF file on the MIT Coinheist page. Alternatively, I’ve saved a copy on my server.

How to transfer Facebook contacts to Google Plus

Posted by Raffael on 01/13/201301/13/2013 Posted in Google, Tutorials, Web Tips Tagged Facebook, Facebook export, Google Plus, Google Plus import, Google+, Google+ import, how to export facebook contacts, how to import facebook contacts to gmail, how to import facebook contacts to google plus, how to migrate from facebook to google+, how to transfer facebook friends to google+

At first there was Facebook. But now there’s Google Plus. And yeah, I like it. But what is a social network without contacts? Probably nothing. But who thinks, Facebook contacts can be easily transfered to Google, is on the wrong way.
For a short time there was this plugin for the Chrome browser, named Friend Exporter, which has taken over the job very well. However, this was quickly blocked by Facebook. But there is another way that I want to show you below.
How to export your Facebook friends and import them in Google Plus
The workaround to import the contacts works with the help of Yahoo mail. If you have no account there, then you can just create one here. It’s free and takes less than 2 minutes.
You have a Yahoo mail account? Then you can just go on with […]

Why Whatsapp is boon and bane at the same time

Posted by Raffael on 01/09/201305/13/2013 Posted in News & Apps, Personal stuff, Web Tips Tagged Whatsapp, whatsapp charge, whatsapp payment, whatsapp removed paypal, whatsapp security

Whatsapp, one of the most widely used messengers for mobile devices, should be known to the most people. I myself use Whatsapp since one and a half years and I have always been satisfied. I never had problems with messages send too late or something similar. Even money I had to pay not yet. And as my smartphone phone contract brings an internet flatrate with it, Whatsapp is a free alternative to SMS for me, which I don’t want to miss anymore.
Well now the payment model of whatsapp should indeed be known. iOS users pay once for the app – users of other systems, so as Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone, get the app for free, but will be prompted after one year to pay for the service. The annual fee is then close to 1$. Even so […]