Upcoming changes…

... published August 28, 2007

wow, 4 Blog news in a row…I really need to change that…

Anyway, here are my plans for future articles:

  • Continuing the Tutorials
  • Adding JavaScript and CSS to the Tutorials, maybe even some MySQL stuff
  • Adding code snipplets to the Tutorial sections. These are for public use and are not a real tutorial although I may explain a few things of the code…
  • Revamping the Review Category. I will stick with Games, Music and Software for now, but I will present a better review system soon.
  • Starting the Review series with some details about my computer and how I will test and review Games and Software.
  • I’ll continue stumbling around on the Net to find interesting YouTube videos or other “StumbleUpon” stuff

On a side note:
I finally had the time to get rid of the ugly YouTube (and other) “embed” code and turn it into the nice “object” version.
Special thanks to A List Apart as they have an article about the “embed to object” conversion.

Update:
I forgot to mention it above: I switched from blog.ruelicke.net to www.ruelicke.net as I don’t need extra domains for the blog and for my main page anymore. As of today the blog is my main page. :)

New Design

... published August 27, 2007

I hope you noticed that I changed the design ;)

A friend is still working on creating a logo for me, but I couldn’t resist any longer because I really love this template. Right now I need to do some minor adjustments, please don’t worry if something doesn’t work as intended :)

It is one of the many changes which will follow this week, so stay tuned for more news.

Oh, there is another poll after the jump. If you select any of the negative options, please write a comment and explain what you don’t like. Maybe I will edit it for you :)
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Blog Update and change

... published August 26, 2007

As I already announced I plan to re-design my blog a bit.

I’m already working on a new design, which will be based on www.ruelicke.net and the same colors I’m using right now. At the moment I’m wondering which content I should drop although I will keep the tutorials for sure.

I think I will wait for your opinions, because whatever I decide to do, I will also need to change my “Randomness at its finest” except I stick to my current blog setup…

Which one of the following Star Wars® spaceflight simulators do you like more? (multiple selection possible)

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Update:
The template is done, I’m just waiting for a friend who promised to create me a logo…or at least to give it a try.
I also installed a bunch of nice and usefull features/plugins for my blog:

…now with polls

... published August 25, 2007

I added a poll system to my blog because I think it will be useful.

I’m also planning to re-design my blog a bit, starting by the layout and ending by the content. Stay tuned for news about the re-design :)

Meanwhile…

Which one of the following Star Wars® spaceflight simulators do you like more? (multiple selection possible)

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How I deal with the aftermaths of a car accident

... published August 24, 2007

Only a few friends of mine know about what happened on Sunday the 12th. Now, almost 2 weeks after, I decided to write an article about it. Mainly to share my thoughts and feelings, but also to revise what happened…

Well, let’s start at the beginning. On that day my parents drove to Lübeck which is at the Baltic Sea in the northern parts of Germany as they spent their vacations there, traveling by tandem bicycle to Bansin, that’s about 455km away. I traveled with them to Lübeck as I had to drive the car back home and pick them up again a week later after they reached Bansin.

So my parents went off for their vacation trip and I drove home. Everything was cool and I had quite some fun. It was my first time that I made such a long trip alone :)

I made a stop in Marienborn to have a short look at the memorial of the division of Germany because Marienborn was one of the crossings one could travel to the “German Democratic Republic” (DDR) and the “Federal Republic of Germany” (BRD) back before 1990.

I continued my way home as it was about one hour away from there. Unfortunately, or depending on the point of view fortunately, things got…uhm…bad after I passed the exit to Alleringersleben.

The car in front on me came to an emergency halt, so I had to hit the brakes. Luckily I got to a halt on time, same for the cars behind me. Since I was on the middle lane of the three lane highway, I pulled over to the left lane because it was free. I parked my car, grabbed my mobile phone as I saw smoke about 100m in front of me. I jumped out of the car, had a short look and saw fire. Without thinking I called 112 which is the German equivalent for 911 and reported the accident. I then grabbed the first aid box, locked the car and rushed for the accident to provide first aid. Continue…