I've had a lot of trouble with external hard drives in the past. Sometimes the things just broke, sometimes they seemed to break and behaved wildly irregular -- working one time, then nothing the next moment, or working with one machine and not with the… more »

It's weird: in Vista, a lot of people were always complaining about the way UAC interrupted their lives. I didn't think it was a big deal at all, it just didn't bother me. Now in Windows 7... well... I'm not sure what it is, but I find UAC a bit odd no… more »

I was tempted to call it a [roundtrip like before](http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/2009/05/20/european-roundtrip-coming-up), but that's not really what it is on the map. Starting on September 17th, I'll be on my way to several events in the Netherlands, Ge… more »

So, I got fed up with this issue now and found a solution that isn't pretty. But it works, apparently without any relevant disadvantages, so I'll live with it for the time being. **Update: in the comments below there's a different, somewhat cleaner s… more »

[Yesterday I wrote](http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/2009/09/01/an-evening-of-fun-with-snow-leopard) that I was going to roll back my Snow Leopard update today. I just wanted to post a quick update, because as things are, I've decided to stay on it. The m… more »