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Awesome cake!

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:28:25 +0200

Awesome cake!

Had a fantastic time yesterday playing this old gem of a game...

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:21:53 +0200

Had a fantastic time yesterday playing this old gem of a game with a couple of buddies. It amazes me that a game released back in 1999 it still worth so much fun.

Took a couple minutes for 3 good friends, to suddenly taunt and curse each other over getting railed and eating rockets :)

Can’t recommend Quake 3 Arena ( and ioquake3 ) enough!

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride .. Now this is great music! (...

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:30:35 +0200

Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride .. Now this is great music!

( Sorry for the missing video, the youtubes that actually had video for this song, had terrible sound instead )

3 strikes and you are out Skype!

Tue, 31 May 2011 15:35:42 +0200

Sorry Skype, this is your 3rd strike and you are now out!

Skype used to be this rather cool applications that you could use to call and view friends and family around the world. But they have grown too large and too obnoxious.

First strike was back when you decided to complete rewrite the user interface from a nice simpel contactlist to a full fledged application with a million options, buttons and menus. Some people might like it, I don’t, and not even giving me the option to adjust the view to a simple contactlist earns you strike one.

Second strike was the serious security flaw in the Mac version of the Skype client. The issue itself was quite bad, but the real problem was that Skype didn’t do anything for a month and then only made an upgrade that required the user to manually update. A couple of days later Skype finally pushed the fix, but a month for such an issue is unacceptable.

Today while reading the news I stumble upon information that Skype (for windows) install games behind the back of the user. Strike three.

Sorry guys, you used to be cool - what happened?

Photo

Wed, 11 May 2011 10:41:55 +0200

Stop voting for Lizards

Fri, 06 May 2011 18:56:23 +0200

Stop voting for Lizards:

Allthough this is primarily aimed at British people, I think it is just as apropriate for the Danish people.

Note to self: Read hitchhikers guide to the galaxy again…

Aussie selling huge retro video game collection

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:03:36 +0200

Aussie selling huge retro video game collection

Photo

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:46:20 +0200

Prompt - a really nice SSH client for iOS

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:50:12 +0200

Prompt - a really nice SSH client for iOS

I have listened to Storm by Tim Minchin at least 20 times. But...

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:10:46 +0200

I have listened to Storm by Tim Minchin at least 20 times. But now there is an animated movie along with this fantastic story :)

“Extra Large Jumbo Double Strong Cappuccino” - one...

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:19:00 +0200

“Extra Large Jumbo Double Strong Cappuccino” - one of the best things about making your own great coffee at home, you get to pick the silly names :)

Pico: no more passwords!

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:43:46 +0200

Pico: no more passwords!:

This guy got it just about right when he starts with:

Passwords are no longer acceptable as a security mechanism. The arrogant security people ask users that passwords be memorable, unguessable, high entropy, all different and never written down. With the proliferation of the number of passwords and the ever-increasing brute-force capabilities of modern computers, passwords of adequate strength are too complicated for human memory, especially when one must remember dozens of them. The above demands cannot all be satisfied simultaneously. Users are right to be pissed off.

Please! Read the paper he links to - it’s a pretty nifty alternative to a scary world :)

It's Time to Fix HTTPS

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:25:55 +0200

It's Time to Fix HTTPS:

Couldn’t agree more!

Please go and spread the word!

MySQL.com compromised using SQL injection

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:15:28 +0200

MySQL.com compromised using SQL injection:

To be honest, it’s not really the mysql database servers fault that developers still make these mistakes. But seriously, it’s 2011 guys! :)

Btw. several passwords to mysql.com have been cracked, for instance the director of product management apparently only use a 4 number password. And several admin passwords have also been cracked. So if you have an account, you probably want to change the password.

Twitter want to pull the plug on 3rd party apps?

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:49:15 +0100

Twitter want to pull the plug on 3rd party apps?:

How rude!

Plex/Nine - Mini Review

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:59:29 +0100

Plex/Nine - Mini Review:

So, I wanted to try out some media center-ish solutions and started with Plex. But that is as far as I get, Plex is perfect (for me).

I have a stationary computer with all my home video recording, children’s movies, photos and music. And there will be an old Mac Mini attached to the TV to record and view broadcasts.

Plex did a brilliant move, they separated the Media App from the Media Server. So I can have several Plex Media Servers installed on different computers and the Plex app automagically fetches and presents media content from all servers on the network.

I can even start the Plex app on my laptop (with no media server at all) and view movies and TV recordings from my 2 media servers on the other computers.

The iPhone/iPad app is not quite as intelligent, but it still works great. It doubles as a remote and client to views movies/pictures/music etc. You simply select the plex media server or client you want to control and switch to either view content or control a running Plex app.

Finally it looks great and there is small details that just make the app feel really nice. For instance, I have a folder for TV Shows and in it several sub folders with names of the shows and inside the TV shows itself. Plex know it’s TV Shows and when selecting a TV Show (before selecting the episode) I get a nice look in the app with pictures from that exact show and the title music is playing in the background. I know, it’s really on the nice to have list, but it feels so good :)

It doesn’t matter where my content is, it doesn’t matter where I wan’t to view it. Plex just works and make it easy for me to access my content.

Obama Meeting [funny]

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:10:02 +0100

Obama Meeting [funny]

True story about how a security firm got taken over by hackers

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:50:47 +0100

True story about how a security firm got taken over by hackers:

Its not that the hackers was exceptionally good, but the company did indeed fail to implement the most basic security best practices.

I can’t believe that these people call themselves security experts - but its a very good story for the rest of us :)

Inequality in Equalland

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:57:29 +0100

Inequality in Equalland

I created a 404 page

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:47:00 +0100

I created a 404 page:

Amiga fans should have a look .. and click :)