Purchase Diary 2015 – March / April

Fack ju Göhte (2013)


Mar 7th – €9.99 @ Media Markt

Collection no. 1187

Tammy (2014)


Mar 7th – €7.99 @ Drogerie Müller

Collection no. 1188

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)


Mar 19th – €9.99 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 1189

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)


Mar 23rd – €9.74 (£5.95) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 1190

Mallrats (1995)


Mar 23rd – €11.17 (£6.94) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 1191

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Linq: Split()

Deutsche Version

Terminator T1000

So you know the Cinderella saying “The good ones go into the pot, the bad ones go into your crop.”?

Well, .NET Linq does have a solution for either one, it’s called Where(). If you use that, your solution probably looks like this:

var evens = list.Where(number => ((number % 2) == 0));
var odds =  list.Where(number => ((number % 2) != 0));

But it does not have a solution for both. So I wrote myself one:

public static void Split<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source
    , Func<T, Boolean> predicate
    , out IEnumerable<T> trueList
    , out IEnumerable<T> falseList)
{
    trueList = source.Where(predicate);
    falseList = source.Except(trueList);
}

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Purchase Diary 2015 – January / February

Longmire: Season 2 (2013)


Jan 6th – €0.00 ($39.98) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

Collection no. 12884 – 12886

Polizeiruf 110: Der Kreuzworträtselfall (1988)


Jan 6th – €11.99 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 12887

Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey (2014)


Jan 9th – €21.72 ($19.99) @ Amazon.com

Collection no. 20041 – 20044

Home Improvement: The Complete Series (1991 – 1999)


Jan 15th – €32.97 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 12888 – 12915

Arrow: Season 2 (2013 – 2014)


Jan 16th – €21.52 ($19.99) @ Amazon.com

Collection no. 12916 – 12924

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Honig im Kopf

The title literally means “honey in the head” and this is how a main character is describing how Alzheimer’s feels like (an analogous pun would…

DVD Statistics 2014

2014 End Statistics:

New Purchase Items: 131 (127 in 2013)
New Movies: 125 (thereof Blu-ray: 103)
New TV Seasons: 68 (thereof Blu-ray: 23)
New TV Specials: 0
New Special Interest: 7

Money Spent: 1,552.75 (1,106.04€ in 2013)
Money Spent on Movies: 942.24€
Money Spent on TV Seasons: 579.94€
Money Spent on TV Specials: 0.00€
Money Spent on Special Interest: 30.57€

Avg Spent: 11.85€ (8.71€ in 2013)
Avg Spent on Movies: 7.54€
Avg Spent on TV Seasons: 8.53€
Avg Spent on TV Specials: 0.00€
Avg Spent on Special Interest: 4.37€

Running Time: 64.223m (44d 14h 23m)
Running Time Movies: 13930m (9d 16h 10m)
Running Time TV Seasons: 49550m (34d 9h 50m)
Running Time TV Specials: 0m
Running Time Special Interest: 743m (12h 22m)

Cheapest Item: Smiley Face (€3.00)

Most Expensive Item: X-Men: Cerebro Collection (€109.00)

First Item: The Big Bang Theory: Season 6 (€1.66 – paid partially with gift certificate)

Last Item: Nanny McPhee 1 & 2 (€11.27)


Purchase by Locality:
United States: 35
Canada: 2
United Kingdom: 22
Germany: 73

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Purchase Diary 2014 – December

Chicago P.D.: Season 1 (2014)


Dec 2nd – €13.93 ($21.06) @ Amazon.com

Collection no. 12848 – 12851

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)


Dec 3rd – €9.99 (£6.75) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 20040

Nashville: Season 2 (2013 – 2014)


Dec 3rd – €24.45 (£17.84) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 12852 – 12856

Chicago Fire: Season 2 (2013 – 2014)


Dec 6th – €21.91 ($20.29) @ Amazon.com

Collection no. 12857 – 12861

Frozen (2013)


Dec 6th (gift)

Collection no. 1190

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Purchase Diary 2014 – October / November

Community: Season 5 (2014)


Oct 2nd – €11.55 ($19.99) @ Amazon.com

Collection no. 12780 – 12781

2 Broke Girls: Season 3 (2013 – 2014)


Oct 7th – €22.01 (£16.11) @ Amazon.co.uk

Collection no. 12782 – 12784

Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2013)


Oct 18th – €9.99 @ Media Markt

Collection no. 1179

Michael Mittermeier: Blackout (2014)


Oct 18th – €12.90 @ Media Markt

Collection no. 20034

20 Years Mittermeier (1999 – 2006)


Oct 24th – €7.68 @ Amazon.de

Collection no. 20035 – 20037

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WPF: MVVM & Responsive UI

Deutsche Version

A few days ago I wrote about my first tumbling steps into the world of WPF & MVVM.

Now a friend of mine – who’s been working in that very field – has challlenged me:

a) My GUI should remain responsive while the merge is being executed.

b) I should not re-evaluate the entire GUi after every single user action.

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