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Infotech/InnovTech 2017
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Infotech/InnovTech 2017

Infotech or commonly known as the annual IT tech bazaar in Mauritius was looking for possibilities to change in 2017 - moving away from the dominant sales activities during the past years back

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
5 min read
Inspecting internet router in Mauritius
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Inspecting internet router in Mauritius

An internet modem provided by your service provider (ISP) might have some hidden gems. Eventually this article gives you some tips to improve your configuration in regards to security and safety.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
10 min read
Dear Postmaster of Mauritius Revenue Authority
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Dear Postmaster of Mauritius Revenue Authority

Using an invalid host name can cause problems. Host names must start with a letter, end with a letter or digit, and have as interior characters only letters, digits, and hyphen.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
8 min read
Career Guidance (Day) at Aberystwyth University
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Career Guidance (Day) at Aberystwyth University

I was invited to the Aberystwyth University Mauritius Branch Campus to talk about career guidance in front of CS students. Gladly, I shared my experience from almost 20 years in the IT business.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
4 min read
Migration to Ghost
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Migration to Ghost

The article describes how to migrate content from Joomla 1.x to Ghost 1.x. Eventually, it might be partial but enough to modernise my blog.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
12 min read
Mauritius Open Data Readiness Assessment (ODRA)
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Mauritius Open Data Readiness Assessment (ODRA)

Open Data has been initiated in Mauritius back in 2012, it is only this year that there seems to be more momentum towards an Open Data initiative.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
8 min read
Working as an IT freelancer in Mauritius
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Working as an IT freelancer in Mauritius

Working as a freelancer is eventually a dream situation for most people. But is it for everyone? What are the advantages and eventual obstacles to tackle in reward of some liberty and flexibility in life?

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
11 min read
Live and let live - modern laziness...
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Live and let live - modern laziness...

Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day and adventuring a journey of 1,000 miles starts with a first single step. And writing an article for your blog doesn't have to be done in one go...

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
4 min read
Mugg & Bean - Nightmare at Bagatelle
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Mugg & Bean - Nightmare at Bagatelle

Seriously, it is not my intention to blackmail a brand with this posting but frankly speaking after all those months of continuous negative experience at Mugg & Bean in Bagatelle, I won't have another meal for a very long time in one of their branches. No matter where it is located. And believe me Mugg & Bean isn't the first franchise I completely ditched for more than a decade.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
7 min read
My first month using a Lumia 730
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My first month using a Lumia 730

It's already one month since I bought a Nokia / Microsoft Lumia 730 during one of my business trips in Europe. And quite frankly I'm going to summarise my impressions, up & downs during this time using the device itself, the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and the apps during this period.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
9 min read
Ten years of blogging - 400+ articles written
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Ten years of blogging - 400+ articles written

View back on over 10 years of writing blog articles (ir)regularly.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
6 min read
Review: Emtel Wingle a.k.a. Huawei E8231
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Review: Emtel Wingle a.k.a. Huawei E8231

The Wingle - a WiFi dongle - by Emtel is identical to a regular USB surf stick, the Wingle offers an instant WiFi hot-spot as soon as powered up.

  • Jochen Kirstätter
    Jochen Kirstätter
3 min read
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