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If you want your iMac or macMini to use suspend-to-disc use the following command:

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3

found at German IT magazine heise.de. A complete explanation of the modes in English can be found at http://www.macworld.com/article/1053471/sleepmode.html

• http://www.watterott.com/
• http://lipoly.de/
• Berlin: http://www.segor.de/
• http://elmicro.com/index.html
• reichelt.de
• sparkfun.com
• http://www.adafruit.com/
• http://www.pollin.de/ [added 2015-04-13]
• http://www.mouser.com/ [added 2015-04-13]
• http://de.rs-online.com/web/[added 2015-04-13]
• exp-tech.de [added 2018-05-18]

smaller but also good

• http://www.tinkersoup.de/
• http://www.element14.com/

just in case:

• (http://www.conrad.de/ce/)

untested:

• https://www.modmypi.com/

If you´re in Berlin and you need some sort of video/photo equipment, I can highly recommend 25p cine support. They even have a quadrotor to carry a GoPro that you can rent.

I´ve rented a battery, and even though I had it for 5 days, they only charged me for 3 days of useage.

Replacing the disk

Yesterday, Andy and I opened up his MacMini in order to replace the optical drive with a SSD. Actually, his HDD switched over to the optical bay, and the new SSD was placed in the harddrive bay.
I went quite smooth, the only special thing you need is the “Mac-Mini-Logic-Board-Removal-Tool”. It´s a piece of thick wire bent the right way, and it is worth every penny (6,95€), unless you buy it directly from Apple (39,95€).
Don´t forget to have a set of screwdrivers laying around as there are funny star shaped screws in the MacMini!
I was also using a “spudger” for the first time. It´s also a good tool to keep around.

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I have  a little youtube recommendation for you guys. The slingshot channel by Jörg Sparve.

As an intro take a look at this awesome comic ftf-comics.com/?comic=crazy-slingshot-guy

I don´t know where he takes the time, he builds so many slingshots…

1. “The Bucket List” – Das Beste kommt zum Schluss (iTunes)
2. The Magic of Belle Isle (iTunes)
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kicktraq.com tracks the progress of projects and predicts their outcome

Seit einigen Monaten produziere ich nun den Koptercast. Hier die letzte Episode:

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If you want to reseach failed Kickstarter project so you don´t fail, try the The KickBack Machine, because it´s actually hard to see failed project on Kickstarter.

Vespino –  a nice shop that repairs your Piaggio/Vespa scooter. If you want to reach the guy you would need to call him directly, 0179 4562330 is the cell number. He used to be in Kastanienallee but moved to Ostkreuz (Hauptstrasse 1g-h, Berlin)

Ist http://programmerryangosling.tumblr.com/ schon ein meme?

The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers sollte man warscheinlich auch respektieren wenn man nicht Web Designer ist! Eine gute Zusammenstellung von Regeln für die Zusammenarbeit mit Entwicklern über Photoshop Datein.

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Wer einen Löwen auf seinem Mac und es mit dem natürlichen Scrollen versucht, dem kann ich den Scroll Reverser for Mac OS X empfehlen. Meiner Meinung ist das natürliche Scrolling für die Maus nämlich invertiert zu dem wie ich es erwarte…