David Jack Wange Olrikhttps://david.olrik.dk/2018-10-28T23:42:42+01:00Tea. Earl grey. Hot.Halloween: Min yndlings amerikanisering2018-10-28T23:42:42+01:002018-10-28T23:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2018-10-28:/2018/10/28/halloween-min-yndlings-amerikanisering/<p><img alt="Día de Muertos" class="left" src="/images/dia-los-muertos-skull.png" title="Día de Muertos" width="200"/></p>
<p>Af alle vores importeret højtider er Halloween klart min favorit.
Især nu hvor mine børn er blevet så store at de også kan se det sjove i det,
og ikke længere synes det hele er alt for skræmmende.</p>
<p>I den danske udgave af Halloween er der blevet mixet alt muligt godt i,
så det er ikke kun den Halloween vi har set i film og på TV.</p>
<p>Især min datter har fundet en niche i "Día de Muertos"<sup id="fnref:dia"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:dia">1</a></sup> fra Mexico
hvor man sagtens kan være skræmmende og princesse på samme tid. Det kræver selvfølgelige en masse
<a href="https://billig-billy.dk/halloween-makeup">Halloween makeup</a><sup id="fnref:nettet"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:nettet">2</a></sup>, og en god portion
tålmodighed<sup id="fnref:hosalle"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:hosalle">3</a></sup> for at få til at blive rigtigt godt. Alt i alt tog det godt en time
at få gjort hende først hvid i hele ansigtet, og så få tegnet et mønster der ligner et skelet
så godt så muligt<sup id="fnref:youtube"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:youtube">4</a></sup>.</p>
<p><img class="left" src="/images/dia-los-muertos-skull.png" width="200" title="Día de Muertos" alt="Día de Muertos"></p>
<p>Af alle vores importeret højtider er Halloween klart min favorit.
Især nu hvor mine børn er blevet så store at de også kan se det sjove i det,
og ikke længere synes det hele er alt for skræmmende.</p>
<p>I den danske udgave af Halloween er der blevet mixet alt muligt godt i,
så det er ikke kun den Halloween vi har set i film og på TV.</p>
<p>Især min datter har fundet en niche i "Día de Muertos"<sup id="fnref:dia"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:dia">1</a></sup> fra Mexico
hvor man sagtens kan være skræmmende og princesse på samme tid. Det kræver selvfølgelige en masse
<a href="https://billig-billy.dk/halloween-makeup">Halloween makeup</a><sup id="fnref:nettet"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:nettet">2</a></sup>, og en god portion
tålmodighed<sup id="fnref:hosalle"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:hosalle">3</a></sup> for at få til at blive rigtigt godt. Alt i alt tog det godt en time
at få gjort hende først hvid i hele ansigtet, og så få tegnet et mønster der ligner et skelet
så godt så muligt<sup id="fnref:youtube"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:youtube">4</a></sup>.</p>
<p><img class="right" src="/images/jack-o-lantern.png" width="200" title="Jack-O-Lantern" alt="Jack-O-Lantern"></p>
<p>I år var vi super heldige, og jagten på kostumer var relativt hurtigt overstået. I BR fandt vi
en fin "Día de Muertos" kjole: kulsort og med fint skelet mønster på forsiden i flotte farver,
lidt lige som de masker kvinderne bliver malet med under "Día de Muertos". Og hos Billig Billy
fandt vi det perfekte<sup id="fnref:fritvalg"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:fritvalg">5</a></sup> <a href="https://billig-billy.dk/halloween-kostumer">halloween kostume</a>, et fuldt
Mexikaner outfit til min søn, komplet med gigant Sombrero, poncho og mustache.</p>
<p>I min datters klasse, er der i de sidste par år blevet arrangeret en "natløb" agtigt tur rundt på Damhus
engen med sjove og lidt uhyggelige poster, efter fuldt at en "Trick or treat" tur rundt omkring
i det lokale kvarter for dem som har lyst. Det er super hyggeligt, og som regel lidt lidt koldt hvilket
sætter en naturlig grænse for hvor lang tid underne gidder at traske rund og "Trick or treat'e".</p>
<p>Det er altid godt at stoppe mens legen er god, så man slutter med af med en god oplevelse. Og
når man er blevet lidt kold og turen slutter helt naturligt hjemme i varmen med varm kakao og en kæmpe
bøtte "treats" så er det ikke så ringe enda.</p>
<p>En af de ting jeg bedst kan lide ved den danske Halloween er den uskrevne regel
om at det er frivilligt at deltage: "Har du et Græskar foran din dør er du med, og ellers er du fri".</p>
<p>I visse nabolag der der enda gået sport i at have det vildeste, største og den mest skræmmende udsmykning,
og så er der jo også det med sliket. – Vi har med andre ord fået en sjovere og mere spændende udgave af Fastelavn bare
uden dyreplageri og tvang.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:dia">
<p>"Día de Muertos" er "De dødes dag", og fejres startende samme dag som Halloween og 3 dage frem <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:dia" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:nettet">
<p>Heldigvis kan man købe det hele billigt på nettet <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:nettet" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:hosalle">
<p>Hos både den der maler, og den der bliver malet <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:hosalle" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:youtube">
<p>Heldigvis er der massere af guides til "Día de Muertos" ansigts maling på YouTube <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:youtube" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:fritvalg">
<p>Det behøver jo ikke at være uhyggeligt alt sammen <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:fritvalg" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Open as in OpenSSL?2014-04-10T02:42:42+02:002014-04-10T02:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2014-04-10:/2014/04/10/open-as-in-openssl/<p><a href="http://heartbleed.com"><img class="right" src="/images/heartbleed-171x206@2x.png" width="171" title="Heartbleed" alt="Heartbleed"></a></p>
<p>As the dust settles around the Internet<sup id="fnref:notthereyet"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:notthereyet">1</a></sup>, and all the sysadmins around the world is finishing the huge amount of work involved in cleaning up after the Heardbleed bug, we as users of the Internet now have an equally large work load<sup id="fnref:lesstech"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:lesstech">2</a></sup> ahead of us.</p>
<p>I'm not going …</p><p><a href="http://heartbleed.com"><img class="right" src="/images/heartbleed-171x206@2x.png" width="171" title="Heartbleed" alt="Heartbleed"></a></p>
<p>As the dust settles around the Internet<sup id="fnref:notthereyet"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:notthereyet">1</a></sup>, and all the sysadmins around the world is finishing the huge amount of work involved in cleaning up after the Heardbleed bug, we as users of the Internet now have an equally large work load<sup id="fnref:lesstech"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:lesstech">2</a></sup> ahead of us.</p>
<p>I'm not going to explain the nature of the bug as <a href="http://heartbleed.com">that</a> have already been in <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/04/heartbleed.html">great</a> <a href="http://blog.existentialize.com/diagnosis-of-the-openssl-heartbleed-bug.html">detail</a> on numerous <a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/critical-crypto-bug-in-openssl-opens-two-thirds-of-the-web-to-eavesdropping/">other</a> <a href="http://m.xkcd.com/1353/">sites</a><sup id="fnref:xkcd"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:xkcd">3</a></sup>, what I am going to talk about is what "normal" people need to do after the techies have cleaned up.</p>
<p><em>Everything</em> you have sent across the Internet for the past two years are potentially compromised, this includes <em>ALL</em> your usernames and passwords - Yes it is that <em><a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/heartbleed-vulnerability-may-have-been-exploited-months-before-patch/">bad</a></em> - and if all your passwords are compromised, then you are compromised and are an easy target for any number of exploits and digital takeovers: Remember how <a href="http://honan.net">Mat Honan</a> got <a href="http://blog.identropy.com/IAM-blog/bid/88264/The-Epic-Hacking-of-Mat-Honan-and-Our-Identity-Challenge">hacked</a>.</p>
<p><blockquote>
"Catastrophic" is the right word.<br>
On the scale of 1 to 10, this is an 11.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>Bruce Schneier </strong>
<cite><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/04/heartbleed.html">https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/04/heartbleed.html</a>
</footer></p>
<p>As you might have guessed the task at hand is changing <em>ALL</em> your passwords<sup id="fnref:startsmall"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:startsmall">8</a></sup> before someone else does, but after your service provider have fixed their systems<sup id="fnref:shouldbedone"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:shouldbedone">9</a></sup>. Every site you use should have a unique password<sup id="fnref:twofactor"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:twofactor">4</a></sup>, so if one password is compromised only one account is exposed. No one can remember all those passwords and nobody should try. Luckily for us there exists a ton of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_manager">password managers</a> to help us with this.</p>
<p>The two most prominent password managers are <a href="https://lastpass.com">LastPass</a> and <a href="https://agilebits.com/onepassword">1Password</a> with <a href="https://agilebits.com/onepassword">1Password</a> being my absolute favorite.</p>
<p><a href="https://agilebits.com/onepassword">1Password</a> is available for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/1password-password-manager/id568903335?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">iPhone</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/1password-password-manager/id568903335?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">iPad</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/1password-password-manager/id443987910?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Mac</a> and even <a href="https://agilebits.com/onepassword/win">Windows</a> and <a href="https://agilebits.com/onepassword/android">Android</a>, so take your pick and start changing your passwords now!<sup id="fnref:wait"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:wait">5</a></sup></p>
<p>In <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/1password-password-manager/id443987910?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">1Password</a> on the desktop you can create a smart folder with all the password you haven't changed<sup id="fnref:alot"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:alot">6</a></sup> since you started your cleanup, further more you can sort this folder by frequency<sup id="fnref:longtimelogin"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:longtimelogin">7</a></sup> allowing you to change your most important accounts first. - But please remember to change you email<sup id="fnref:notjustweb"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:notjustweb">10</a></sup> account first, as this account can often be used to reset<sup id="fnref:askmatt"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:askmatt">11</a></sup> the password for your other logins.</p>
<p><a href="/images/1password4-smartfolder.png"><img src="/images/1password4-smartfolder.png" width="100%" title="How to create a Heartbleed Smart Folder" alt="How to create a Heartbleed Smart Folder"></a></p>
<p>Another cool feature in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/1password-password-manager/id443987910?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">1Password</a> is the "Security Audit" section, which is a group of predefined smart folders that help you identify passwords that need to be changed<sup id="fnref:nosense"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:nosense">12</a></sup>.</p>
<p><blockquote>
Remember to verify the SSL certificates<br>
before updating your passwords.
</blockquote></p>
<p>If you want to know more about <a href="http://heartbleed.com">Heartbleed</a> you can find additional information on these sites:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://heartbleed.com">The Heartbleed Bug</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.existentialize.com/diagnosis-of-the-openssl-heartbleed-bug.html">Diagnosis of the OpenSSL Heartbleed Bug</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/04/heartbleed.html">Bruce Schneier on Heartbleed</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/critical-crypto-bug-in-openssl-opens-two-thirds-of-the-web-to-eavesdropping/">Arstechnica</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/04/heartbleed-vulnerability-may-have-been-exploited-months-before-patch/">Arstechnica, followup</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/8/5594266/how-heartbleed-broke-the-internet">The Verge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/">SSL Server Test</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/09/heartbleed-dont-rush-to-update-passwords-security-experts-warn">The Guardian - Don't rush to update passwords, security experts warn</a></li>
</ul>
<p>And for the geeks, here is a <a href="http://perl.com">perl</a> script you can use to test for the bug:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/noxxi/p5-scripts/raw/master/check-ssl-heartbleed.pl">check-ssl-heartbleed.pl</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://watchtower.agilebits.com"><img class="left nobox" src="/images/Watchtower-144.png" width="144" title="Watchtower" alt="Watchtower"></a></p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: In <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/1password-password-manager/id443987910?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">1Password</a> version 4.4 <a href="https://agilebits.com">Agilebits</a> added a new feature called <a href="http://blog.agilebits.com/2014/04/30/1password-mac-watchtower/">Watchtower</a> that automates all this for you.</p>
<p>Happy updating!</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:notthereyet">
<p>…there is still a lot of dust in the air and it'll probably continue to be there for a while. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:notthereyet" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:lesstech">
<p>albeit a lot less technical. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:lesstech" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:xkcd">
<p>This is one of the better ;-) <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:xkcd" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:twofactor">
<p>And have <a href="http://twofactorauth.org">two factor authentication</a> enabled if possible. I recommend using <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/authy/id494168017?mt=8&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Authy</a> on the iPhone for collecting all your <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_Algorithm">TOTP</a> tokens. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:twofactor" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:wait">
<p>But please <em>wait</em> until you are <em>sure</em> the service in question have been fixed, a good indicator for this is the date on the SSL certificate. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:wait" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:alot">
<p>I have a little over 600 passwords that needs to be changed. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:alot" title="Jump back to footnote 6 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:longtimelogin">
<p>Please note that sites like Facebook won't show up here as you typically don't log in and out very often. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:longtimelogin" title="Jump back to footnote 7 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:startsmall">
<p>…or at least the most important ones first… <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:startsmall" title="Jump back to footnote 8 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:shouldbedone">
<p>Everyone should have fixed their systems by now, if not you might consider changing provider. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:shouldbedone" title="Jump back to footnote 9 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:notjustweb">
<p>Yes, it is <em>not</em> just websites that are affected, all kinds of services use OpenSSL. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:notjustweb" title="Jump back to footnote 10 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:askmatt">
<p>Just ask <a href="https://twitter.com/mat">Mat</a>… <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:askmatt" title="Jump back to footnote 11 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:nosense">
<p>Although the date based folders makes less sense when using 50 character password with a good mix of letters, numbers and symbols. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:nosense" title="Jump back to footnote 12 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Paw HTTP Client2014-02-27T09:42:42+01:002014-02-27T09:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2014-02-27:/2014/02/27/paw-http-client/<p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog"><img class="right nobox" src="/images/apps/paw-icon_200x200@2x.png" width="200" title="Paw" alt="Paw"></a></p>
<p>When developing Web apps you spend a lot of time in the browser, and before long you have a crap-ton of open tabs which slows the system down and is a total pain to navigate around in.</p>
<p>I have previously used <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/http-client/id418138339?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">HTTP Client</a> when testing <a href="http://json.org">JSON</a> APIs, it did the …</p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog"><img class="right nobox" src="/images/apps/paw-icon_200x200@2x.png" width="200" title="Paw" alt="Paw"></a></p>
<p>When developing Web apps you spend a lot of time in the browser, and before long you have a crap-ton of open tabs which slows the system down and is a total pain to navigate around in.</p>
<p>I have previously used <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/http-client/id418138339?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">HTTP Client</a> when testing <a href="http://json.org">JSON</a> APIs, it did the job, but to me it always felt a bit too simple<sup id="fnref:buggy"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:buggy">1</a></sup>.</p>
<p>Someone on Twitter mentioned <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Paw</a> being awesome - and boy were they right!</p>
<p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Paw</a> is packed full of useful features like HTTP header auto completion, response formatting with syntax highlighting and the most useful of them all: Request grouping. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Paw</a> will sort your requests by host and HTTP method<sup id="fnref:sorting"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:sorting">2</a></sup> making it really easy to find the request you looking for in a snap.</p>
<p>Having an easy way to edit and execute complex HTTP requests is super awesome and saves me a lot of time. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Paw</a> can also generate code for your request, but alas no perl.</p>
<p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Paw</a> comes with a selection of HTTP libraries, each of which as some shortcomings<sup id="fnref:NSURLConnection"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:NSURLConnection">3</a></sup> - the default is called "GCD AsyncSocket" provides more debugging options but is less battle-tested than the other options provided<sup id="fnref:ASIHTTPRequest"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:ASIHTTPRequest">4</a></sup>.</p>
<p>Judging by the changelog on the iTunes store, the app is being improved continuously and the <a href="http://luckymarmot.com">developer</a> is really responsive to feature requests<sup id="fnref:my-request"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:my-request">5</a></sup>.</p>
<p>I highly recommend <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/paw-http-client/id584653203?mt=12&uo=4&at=11l52t&ct=blog">Paw</a>.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:buggy">
<p>…and a bit buggy. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:buggy" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:sorting">
<p>You can also sort by response code, name, URL, etc. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:sorting" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:NSURLConnection">
<p>Especially Apples own NSURLConnection. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:NSURLConnection" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:ASIHTTPRequest">
<p>I use ASIHTTPRequest because I need it to work behind a proxy. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:ASIHTTPRequest" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:my-request">
<p>I <a href="https://twitter.com/davidolrik/status/437907374482141184">asked</a> for proxy support in the "GCD AsyncSocket" library, and it should be coming in version <a href="https://twitter.com/LuckyMarmot/status/437940720096522240">2.0.6</a>. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:my-request" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Testing with "latest"2014-02-25T01:42:42+01:002014-02-25T01:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2014-02-25:/2014/02/25/testing-with-latest/<p><a href="http://www.perl.org/"><img class="right" src="/images/raptor.png" width="200" title="Perl" alt="Perl"></a></p>
<p>A few months ago I gave a small talk at the <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2013/npw2013/">Nordic Perl Workshop 2013</a>, about a clever way of combining <code>cpanm</code> and <code>local::lib</code> to test your CPAN modules with the latest version of its dependencies.</p>
<p>I have a <a href="https://metacpan.org/author/DJO">few</a> perl modules on <a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a>, which is mostly feature complete …</p><p><a href="http://www.perl.org/"><img class="right" src="/images/raptor.png" width="200" title="Perl" alt="Perl"></a></p>
<p>A few months ago I gave a small talk at the <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2013/npw2013/">Nordic Perl Workshop 2013</a>, about a clever way of combining <code>cpanm</code> and <code>local::lib</code> to test your CPAN modules with the latest version of its dependencies.</p>
<p>I have a <a href="https://metacpan.org/author/DJO">few</a> perl modules on <a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a>, which is mostly feature complete, and as such doesn't need regular attention and updates, but the world around them changes all the time so continuous testing is still needed.</p>
<p>Pick your favorite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration">Continuous Integration</a><sup id="fnref:gitlab-ci"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:gitlab-ci">1</a></sup> server and add this small script:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>cpanm --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5 local::lib <span class="c1"># Install local::lib</span>
cpanm --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5 -q --showdeps . <span class="se">\ </span><span class="c1"># Get list of depencencies</span>
<span class="p">|</span> perl -F~ -lanE <span class="s1">'say $F[0]'</span> <span class="se">\ </span> <span class="c1"># Only use module name</span>
<span class="p">|</span> grep -v <span class="s1">'^perl$'</span> <span class="se">\ </span> <span class="c1"># Don't install perl</span>
<span class="p">|</span> cpanm --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5 <span class="c1"># Install the dependencies</span>
perl -Mlocal::lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5 Build.PL <span class="c1"># Create Build file</span>
./Build <span class="nb">test</span> --verbose<span class="o">=</span><span class="m">1</span> <span class="c1"># Run tests</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>This script will only test with installed perl, if you wish to test your code on multiple perl versions<sup id="fnref:multiple"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:multiple">2</a></sup>, then I suggest you use <a href="https://github.com/tokuhirom/plenv">plenv</a> and then select the proper perl binary with <code>plenv local <version></code> before installing the dependencies.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>plenv <span class="nb">local</span> <span class="m">5</span>.18.2 <span class="c1"># Select perl for testing</span>
cpanm --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5.18.2 local::lib <span class="c1"># Install local::lib</span>
cpanm --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5.18.2 -q --showdeps . <span class="se">\ </span><span class="c1"># Get list of depencencies</span>
<span class="p">|</span> perl -F~ -lanE <span class="s1">'say $F[0]'</span> <span class="se">\ </span> <span class="c1"># Only use module name</span>
<span class="p">|</span> grep -v <span class="s1">'^perl$'</span> <span class="se">\ </span> <span class="c1"># Don't install perl</span>
<span class="p">|</span> cpanm --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5.18.2 <span class="c1"># Install the dependencies</span>
perl --local-lib<span class="o">=</span>~/perl5.18.2 Build.PL <span class="c1"># Create Build file</span>
./Build <span class="nb">test</span> --verbose<span class="o">=</span><span class="m">1</span> <span class="c1"># Run tests</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>You can skip the use of <code>local::lib</code> but using it lets you keep your "test" perls clean so you can use them to test all your CPAN modules in a known environment.</p>
<p>Happy testing!</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:gitlab-ci">
<p>I picked <a href="http://gitlab.org/gitlab-ci/">GitLab CI</a> as it is a lot more light weight than most of the other offerings out there. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:gitlab-ci" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:multiple">
<p>…and believe me you definitely want to test with at least the current and the previous stable version! <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:multiple" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Please update your PGP keys2013-09-13T09:57:25+02:002013-09-13T09:57:25+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2013-09-13:/2013/09/13/please-update-your-pgp-keys/<p><a href="https://gpgtools.org/"><img class="right nobox" src="/images/apps/MacGPG_icon_256x256@2x.png" width="256" title="MacGPG" alt="MacGPG"></a></p>
<p><blockquote>
After Bruce Schneier reviewed the #nsa crypto documents for the guardian newspaper, he generated new #pgp keys with 4096 bit. You should too
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>@hackerschoice </strong>
<cite><a href="https://twitter.com/hackerschoice/status/377910546718146560">https://twitter.com/hackerschoice/status/377910546718146560</a>
</footer></p>
<p>You can find my new public key <a href="/files/djo.asc">here</a>.</p>Oracle Instaclient finally on OS X2013-02-01T15:49:00+01:002013-02-01T15:49:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2013-02-01:/2013/02/01/oracle-instaclient-finally-on-os-x/<p><img class="right" src="/images/apps/database_icon_256x256@2x.png" width="256" height="256" title="Database" alt="Database"></p>
<p>If you use <a href="http://apple.com/osx/">OS X</a> to develop anything that connects to <a href="http://oracle.com">Oracle</a>, then today is a good day!</p>
<p>The Oracle 64 bit <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/intel-macsoft-096467.html">Instaclient</a> is finally available in a <em>non crashing</em> version on <a href="http://apple.com/osx/">OS X</a>!</p>
<p>It only took 2 major OS X releases, and one major Oracle release<sup id="fnref:10notworking"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:10notworking">1</a></sup> for Oracle …</p><p><img class="right" src="/images/apps/database_icon_256x256@2x.png" width="256" height="256" title="Database" alt="Database"></p>
<p>If you use <a href="http://apple.com/osx/">OS X</a> to develop anything that connects to <a href="http://oracle.com">Oracle</a>, then today is a good day!</p>
<p>The Oracle 64 bit <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/intel-macsoft-096467.html">Instaclient</a> is finally available in a <em>non crashing</em> version on <a href="http://apple.com/osx/">OS X</a>!</p>
<p>It only took 2 major OS X releases, and one major Oracle release<sup id="fnref:10notworking"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:10notworking">1</a></sup> for Oracle to build a working 64 bit <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/intel-macsoft-096467.html">Instaclient</a>, but hey this computer stuff is hard...</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:10notworking">
<p>Oracle 10.x 64 bit Instaclient never worked on either Lion or Mountain Lion. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:10notworking" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>TextMate Redux2012-09-05T00:42:00+02:002012-09-05T00:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2012-09-05:/2012/09/05/textmate-redux/<p><img class="right" src="/images/apps/TextMate_icon_200x200@2x.png" width="200" title="TextMate 2" alt="TextMate 2"></p>
<p>Guess what? - I'm back on TextMate. I've been using TextMate a my primary editor since 2005<sup id="fnref:bought"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:bought">1</a></sup>, which means I have been using it for a little over 7 years<sup id="fnref:old"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:old">2</a></sup>.</p>
<p>For a long long time, TextMate 2 has been living up to it's tagline: <strong>The Missing Editor</strong> in the …</p><p><img class="right" src="/images/apps/TextMate_icon_200x200@2x.png" width="200" title="TextMate 2" alt="TextMate 2"></p>
<p>Guess what? - I'm back on TextMate. I've been using TextMate a my primary editor since 2005<sup id="fnref:bought"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:bought">1</a></sup>, which means I have been using it for a little over 7 years<sup id="fnref:old"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:old">2</a></sup>.</p>
<p>For a long long time, TextMate 2 has been living up to it's tagline: <strong>The Missing Editor</strong> in the worst possible way.</p>
<p><a href="http://wiki.macromates.com/Profiles/AllanOdgaard">Alan Odgaard</a> from <a href="http://macromates.com">Macromates</a>, the author of TextMate had been promising the release of TextMate 2 for god knows how long, only delivering a rarely updated Alpha that made it seem like TextMate, for all intent an purposes, had been abandoned<sup id="fnref:speculating"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:speculating">3</a></sup> by it's authors.</p>
<p>About a month ago Allan Odgaard open-sourced TextMate, which to me indicated that he had given up and tossed the proverbial white towel into the ring by dumping the code on GitHub.</p>
<p><blockquote>
So TextMate just gave up…<br>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/textmate-2-0-goes-open-source-in-response-to-os-x-restrictions/">arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/…</a>
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>David Olrik </strong>
<cite><a href="https://twitter.com/davidolrik/statuses/233882087294398464">https://twitter.com/davidolrik/statuses/233882087294398464</a>
</footer></p>
<p>Next, all the <a href="http://www.kungfugrippe.com">cools</a> <a href="http://www.marco.org">kids</a> jumped ship and began <a href="http://www.marco.org/2012/08/10/next-text-editor">looking for a new editor</a>. For a <a href="https://twitter.com/davidolrik/status/233970165233102848">while</a> I had been using a promising new editor called <a href="http://chocolatapp.com">Chocolat</a>, because I too didn't think TextMate was going anywhere...</p>
<p _="%" endpullquote>{% pullquote %}
Well, {" I'm happy to say that it looks like I was wrong! "} Almost every day since TextMate went open-source, there has been a nice and stable nightly build with bugs fixed and new features implemented.</p>
<p _="%" endpullquote>{% pullquote left %}
What did it for me was build #9292 which turned TextMate into a proper 64 bit Application. A lot of the small annoyances like "⌘W would close the project when the last file was closed" has also been fixed, and judging by the <a href="https://github.com/textmate/textmate/graphs/contributors">activity</a> on GitHub, it looks like {" Allan does indeed care! "}</p>
<p>And while <a href="http://chocolatapp.com">Chocolat</a> is a nice beginning and certainly has great potential, it is just very hard to compete with the 7+ years of muscle memory that I have gotten from using TextMate every single day. Having ⌘T create a <em>New tab</em> instead of the <em>Go to file</em> is just annoying as it is a thing I do all the time.</p>
<p>So, why should you care that I'm back to using TextMate? Well you shouldn't, use whatever text editor you like<sup id="fnref:emacs"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:emacs">4</a></sup> - But if you did abandon TextMate for <a href="http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/">BBEdit</a>, <a href="http://chocolatapp.com">Chocolat</a>, <a href="http://www.sublimetext.com/">Sublime Text 2</a> or one of the other Mac editors out there like I did…</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Then I suggest you give TextMate a second chance!<sup id="fnref:chance"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:chance">5</a></sup></p>
</blockquote>
<p>TextMate still has some bugs<sup id="fnref:syntax"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:syntax">6</a></sup>, but it is still the best text editor for the Mac out there. I especially enjoy the new <em>Find & Replace</em> dialog, and my <a href="/projects/textmate-remote-sync-bundle/">rsync bundle</a> still works great too =)</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:bought">
<p>I bought my license on September 1st 2005 <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:bought" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:old">
<p>Damn I'm getting old... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:old" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:speculating">
<p>This is of course me speculating, as I have no way of knowing what the real story is behind the seemingly minuscule work that had been put into the alpha. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:speculating" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:emacs">
<p>Except for vim, as emacs is clearly superior. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:emacs" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:chance">
<p>And it <a href="http://www.marco.org/2012/09/03/textmate-progress">looks like</a> I'm not the only one giving TextMate a <strike>second</strike> third chance. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:chance" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:syntax">
<p>The horrible performance of the syntax highlighting engine being the worst bug. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:syntax" title="Jump back to footnote 6 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Amateurs vs. Experts2012-08-22T15:14:00+02:002012-08-22T15:14:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2012-08-22:/2012/08/22/amateurs-vs-experts/<p><blockquote>
If you think experts are expensive,<br>
you should see how much amateurs cost.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>Philip Durbin </strong>
<cite><a href="https://twitter.com/philipdurbin/statuses/238221068467306496">https://twitter.com/philipdurbin/statuses/238221068467306496</a>
</footer></p>Howto get a 24h clock on the login screen2012-07-26T14:25:00+02:002012-07-26T14:25:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2012-07-26:/2012/07/26/howto-get-a-24h-clock-on-the-login-screen/<p>I'm using a slightly modified locale on my Mac because I like everything to be in english<sup id="fnref:reason"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:reason">1</a></sup>. However, I do not like the english date formats using AM and PM<sup id="fnref:imperial"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:imperial">2</a></sup>, so I fixed that by customizing the locale.</p>
<p>Unfortunately this customization doesn't fix the clock on the login …</p><p>I'm using a slightly modified locale on my Mac because I like everything to be in english<sup id="fnref:reason"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:reason">1</a></sup>. However, I do not like the english date formats using AM and PM<sup id="fnref:imperial"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:imperial">2</a></sup>, so I fixed that by customizing the locale.</p>
<p>Unfortunately this customization doesn't fix the clock on the login screen, but this neat little shell command does:</p>
<p _="%" endcodeblock>{% codeblock lang:bash %}
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences AppleLocale en_GB</p>
<p>Please not that this might also change your keyboard layout, which mean that some keys and symbols might not be where you expect them to be.<br>
Fortunately you can turn on the Input menu in the login screen in <code>System Preferences</code> ➡ <code>Users & Groups</code> ➡ <code>Login Options</code>.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:reason">
<p>I do this because it makes it easier to communicate with people in other countries when talking about <a href="http://www.apple.com/osx/">OS X</a>. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:reason" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:imperial">
<p>It's almost as bad as not using the metric scale. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:imperial" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>ACTA, SOPA and Piracy2012-03-06T12:42:00+01:002012-03-06T12:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2012-03-06:/2012/03/06/acta-sopa-and-piracy/<p>I just read a very long <a href="http://politiken.dk/debat/ECE1557929/maa-man-stjaele-bare-fordi-man-kan/">rant</a> by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1300606/">Asger Leth</a> in the danish paper <a href="http://politiken.dk">Politiken</a> about Film Making and Piracy.</p>
<p>The gist of the <a href="http://politiken.dk/debat/ECE1557929/maa-man-stjaele-bare-fordi-man-kan/">rant</a> is this: Download is stealing, We should make more laws that prevent this and "It is not a human right to have a particular movie …</p><p>I just read a very long <a href="http://politiken.dk/debat/ECE1557929/maa-man-stjaele-bare-fordi-man-kan/">rant</a> by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1300606/">Asger Leth</a> in the danish paper <a href="http://politiken.dk">Politiken</a> about Film Making and Piracy.</p>
<p>The gist of the <a href="http://politiken.dk/debat/ECE1557929/maa-man-stjaele-bare-fordi-man-kan/">rant</a> is this: Download is stealing, We should make more laws that prevent this and "It is not a human right to have a particular movie exactly when it suits you." <sup id="fnref:humanright"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:humanright">1</a></sup></p>
<p>I find this to be a very selfish, narcissistic and uneducated view of the problem at hand. You think that the content industry suffers because of illegal downloads and each download is a lost sale.</p>
<p><blockquote>
chances are they would just watch something else instead...
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>If people couldn't download your movie for free,</strong>
<cite><a href="None">None</a>
</footer></p>
<p>The content industry suffers because the market is full. There is so much great content out there that when people are given the choice between paying a huge amount for new content and a small amount for older content, people generally chose the cheeper one. To make matters worse the content industry has continuously <a href="http://www.appleoutsider.com/2012/01/26/hollywood/">degraded the user experience</a> by adding more and more crap to prevent us from copying their precious content or consuming it in any other way than the one they had envisioned many many years ago.</p>
<p>Just this last weekend, I had to waste 30 minutes stripping out the DRM on a DVD I bought legally in the US. I had to do so because it was region restricted to region 1, and I live in region 2.
Region codes and trailers<sup id="fnref:why"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:why">2</a></sup> you can't skip are just some of the annoyances you have to endure when buying DVDs legally.</p>
<p>Most people <a href="http://openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/12/11/piracy.html">want to be honest</a>, but the content industry continuously makes it harder to be so. Matt Gemmel said it best in this piece where he describes what he calls <a href="http://mattgemmell.com/2012/02/17/the-piracy-threshold/">The Piracy Threshold</a>.</p>
<p>I know it is illegal to download content you haven't paid for, but there comes a time when you have to <a href="http://www.marco.org/2012/02/25/right-vs-pragmatic">be pragmatic even though you know your are right</a>.</p>
<p>SOPA and ACTA have nasty side effects that will push us back into the digital dark ages. One of the more notable side effects is that site owners and internet providers can be held accountable for actions performed by its users.</p>
<p><blockquote>
...and you will have to pay the consequences for my actions.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>I can post a link to some illegal content on your website</strong>
<cite><a href="None">None</a>
</footer></p>
<p>Each website or service provider will have to police the use of their service vigorously or suffer the consequences. More likely they will just stop providing their service...
Say goodbye to WiFi in your favorite cafe, say goodbye to free internet at the public library, say goodbye to things like the Wikipedia... and welcome to the digital dark ages curtesy of the content industry trying to combat a perceived<sup id="fnref:pragprog"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:pragprog">3</a></sup> problem.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:humanright">
<p>"Hvornår er det blevet din menneskeret, at du skal have en bestemt film, præcis når det passer dig?"<br/>-- Asger Leth <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:humanright" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:why">
<p>Why is it I am forced to watch an un-skippable "Please don't steal" promo on DVDs I paid for? <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:why" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:pragprog">
<p>Look at companies like <a href="http://pragprog.com/">Pragmatic Programmers</a> and <a href="http://oreilly.com/">O'Reilly</a> they provide books at a reasonable price without encumbering DRM and they <em>thrive</em>! <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:pragprog" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Don't be too clever...2012-01-30T10:42:00+01:002012-01-30T10:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2012-01-30:/2012/01/30/dont-be-too-clever/<p><blockquote>
Debugging is twice as hard as writing code.<br>
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are not smart enough to debug it.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>Brian Kernighan, via Tim O'Reilly </strong>
<cite><a href="https://plus.google.com/107033731246200681024/posts/hpDu5XiYnRt">https://plus.google.com/107033731246200681024/posts/hpDu5XiYnRt</a>
</footer></p>Wildcard repositories with Gitolite2012-01-15T22:42:00+01:002012-01-15T22:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2012-01-15:/2012/01/15/wildcard-repositories-with-gitolite/<p>A while ago I upgraded from <a href="http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way">Gitosis</a> to <a href="https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/">Gitolite</a>. I've been using Gitosis for a long time and while there is nothing wrong with Gitosis, Gitolite just does so much more.</p>
<p>One of my favorite features is wildcard repositories which makes it super easy to have normal users create as …</p><p>A while ago I upgraded from <a href="http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way">Gitosis</a> to <a href="https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/">Gitolite</a>. I've been using Gitosis for a long time and while there is nothing wrong with Gitosis, Gitolite just does so much more.</p>
<p>One of my favorite features is wildcard repositories which makes it super easy to have normal users create as many repositories as they can imaging without having to bother a git-admin.</p>
<p>To setup a sandbox for each user you must first enable wildcard repositories in <code>~/.gitolite.rc</code>. You do this by setting <code>$GL_WILDREPOS</code> to <code>1</code>.</p>
<p>After that you just need to configure the userspace like this<sup id="fnref:yourpermissions"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:yourpermissions">1</a></sup>:</p>
<p _="%" endcodeblock>{% codeblock lang:bash %}
repo user/CREATOR/[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+
C = @admins CREATOR
RW+ = @admins
RW = CREATOR</p>
<p>Note the use of <code>CREATOR</code>, this is a variable signifying the user that creates and accesses the repository. The <code>CREATOR</code> can even delegate permissions<sup id="fnref:permissions"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:permissions">2</a></sup> to other users if needed.</p>
<p>To get your locally created repository up on the new upstream, you first add the new remote and then you just push it up.
For convenience you can also make you local repository track the new upstream using <code>git branch --set-upstream-to</code><sup id="fnref:gitversion"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:gitversion">3</a></sup> which will save you a lot of key strokes<sup id="fnref:keystrokes"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:keystrokes">4</a></sup> in the long run.</p>
<p _="%" endcodeblock>{% codeblock lang:bash %}
git remote add origin git@git.domain.com:user/<$USER>/<$REPO>.git
git push origin master
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master</p>
<p>That's it! - Hope you enjoy wildcard repositories as much as I do.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:yourpermissions">
<p>Feel free to select your preferred <a href="http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/conf.html#confrecap">permissions</a> for the repositories. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:yourpermissions" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:permissions">
<p>You do this by using <a href="http://sitaramc.github.com/gitolite/setperms.html">setperms</a> on the remote repository. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:permissions" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:gitversion">
<p>Note you'll need at least git version 1.8.0 for <code>git branch --set-upstream-to</code>. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:gitversion" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:keystrokes">
<p>When you track a branch you don't have to provide the full refspec each time you push or pull. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:keystrokes" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>What's wrong with religion2011-12-16T22:42:00+01:002011-12-16T22:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-12-16:/2011/12/16/whats-wrong-with-religion/<p>Yesterday a prominent Atheist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html?_r=3&hp">died</a> of pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a> was the author of a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0446579807/tag=davidolrikdk-21">"God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"</a>, today we are reminded of just how right he was.</p>
<p><blockquote>
The death tonight of Christopher Hitchens is an excruciating reminder of …</blockquote></p><p>Yesterday a prominent Atheist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html?_r=3&hp">died</a> of pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens">Christopher Hitchens</a> was the author of a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0446579807/tag=davidolrikdk-21">"God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"</a>, today we are reminded of just how right he was.</p>
<p><blockquote>
The death tonight of Christopher Hitchens is an excruciating reminder of the consequences of unbelief.<br>
We can only pray others will believe.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>@albertmohler </strong>
<cite><a href="https://twitter.com/albertmohler/status/147544649714774016">https://twitter.com/albertmohler/status/147544649714774016</a>
</footer></p>
<p>The above quote is an insult to both believers and non-believers, and represents everything that is wrong with religion today.</p>
<p>Is <a href="http://www.albertmohler.com/">Albert Mohlers</a> god really so petty that he will inflict cancer on those who do not believe? and why is Albert Mohler using fear to make people believe?</p>
<p><blockquote>
Let those who believe, believe<br>
...and let those who do not believe, not believe.
</blockquote></p>
<p>Be a guide and lead by example, don't force your beliefs<sup id="fnref:nonbelieves"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:nonbelieves">1</a></sup> on others. </p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:nonbelieves">
<p>Or non-beliefs for that matter ;-) <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:nonbelieves" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>iCloud Documents & Data sync - Part II2011-11-04T12:52:00+01:002011-11-04T12:52:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-11-04:/2011/11/04/icloud-documents-data-sync-part-ii/<p><img class="right" src="/images/iCloud.png" width="150" height="150" title="iCloud" alt="iCloud"></p>
<p>Yesterday I updated my iPhone 4S to the new iOS 5.0.1 pre-release version
which is supposed to fix the horribly battery life<sup id="fnref:battery"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:battery">1</a></sup> everybody have
been complaining<sup id="fnref:android"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:android">2</a></sup> about since the release of iOS 5.</p>
<p>Unfortunately it also broke my <a href="/2011/10/19/unable-to-turn-on-icloud-document-sync/">secret iCloud dance</a>
and no matter of fiddling …</p><p><img class="right" src="/images/iCloud.png" width="150" height="150" title="iCloud" alt="iCloud"></p>
<p>Yesterday I updated my iPhone 4S to the new iOS 5.0.1 pre-release version
which is supposed to fix the horribly battery life<sup id="fnref:battery"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:battery">1</a></sup> everybody have
been complaining<sup id="fnref:android"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:android">2</a></sup> about since the release of iOS 5.</p>
<p>Unfortunately it also broke my <a href="/2011/10/19/unable-to-turn-on-icloud-document-sync/">secret iCloud dance</a>
and no matter of fiddling with the options would make my Documents & Data sync
work again.</p>
<p>After some browsing through device logs I found this error:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><span class="err">com.apple.Dataclass.KeyValue is enabled for more than one account</span>
</code></pre></div>
<p>I have been a long time subscriber of Apples MobileMe service. The migration
process from MobileMe to iCloud, promoted my MobileMe email address to a full
Apple ID. This really sucks as I already have an Apple ID that I have used to
buy Music and Apps with since the dawn of time.<sup id="fnref:time"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:time">3</a></sup></p>
<p>On my iPhone I had added both iCloud accounts and just turned on the services
I needed from each.<sup id="fnref:services"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:services">4</a></sup> Apparently this is a bad idea, and deleting the
old MobileMe account made above error disappear and iCloud have been syncing
my Documents & Data happily ever since.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:battery">
<p>I can happily report that the battery is now back to normal again. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:battery" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:android">
<p>Now I know what is like to have an Android phone ;-) <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:android" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:time">
<p>At least since way before I created my MobileMe account. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:time" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:services">
<p>Which means only Mail & Notes on the old MobileMe, and everything else on my <em>real</em> Apple ID. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:services" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>About Technology2011-10-24T10:42:00+02:002011-10-24T10:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-10-24:/2011/10/24/about-technology/<p>While reading <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1451636008/tag=davidolrikdk-21">Public Parts</a>
by <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/">Jeff Jarvis</a> I stumbled upon this little gem
from one of my favorite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams">authors</a>.</p>
<p><blockquote>
Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. <br>
Anything that's invented between when you're …</blockquote></p><p>While reading <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1451636008/tag=davidolrikdk-21">Public Parts</a>
by <a href="http://www.buzzmachine.com/">Jeff Jarvis</a> I stumbled upon this little gem
from one of my favorite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams">authors</a>.</p>
<p><blockquote>
Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. <br>
Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.<br>
Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>Douglas Adams </strong>
<cite><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0333766571/tag=davidolrikdk-21">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0333766571/tag=davidolrikdk-21</a>
</footer></p>
<p>So relax and enjoy, it is not as dangerous and scary as it people would have
you believe.</p>Unable to turn on Documents & Data sync in iCloud?2011-10-19T23:42:00+02:002011-10-19T23:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-10-19:/2011/10/19/unable-to-turn-on-documents-data-sync-in-icloud/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/images/iCloud.png" width="150" height="150" title="iCloud" alt="iCloud"></p>
<p>I have finally gotten all of <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> to work! I've been using <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> since the
launch but I haven't been able to get "Documents & Data" to work before now.</p>
<p>I had checked and double checked every setting I could imagine and it still
would not work.</p>
<p>Every device had <code>Settings …</code></p><p><img class="right nobox" src="/images/iCloud.png" width="150" height="150" title="iCloud" alt="iCloud"></p>
<p>I have finally gotten all of <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> to work! I've been using <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> since the
launch but I haven't been able to get "Documents & Data" to work before now.</p>
<p>I had checked and double checked every setting I could imagine and it still
would not work.</p>
<p>Every device had <code>Settings -> iCloud -> Documents & Data</code> set to <code>On</code>, and
every App<sup id="fnref:instacast"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:instacast">1</a></sup> has <code>use iCloud</code> set to <code>On</code>.</p>
<p>To get it to work I did the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Turn off "Documents & Data" in <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> settings</li>
<li>Turn off "Use iCloud" for each iWork app</li>
<li>Launch Pages, Numbers or Keynote. Each App will now ask you if you want to
use <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a>, you'll want to say yes to this.</li>
</ul>
<p>After this little dance <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> began syncing<sup id="fnref:3rdparty"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:3rdparty">2</a></sup>
my data. One weird thing though, if I go into <code>Settings -> iCloud</code> "Documents
& Data" is turned <strong><code>off</code></strong>!<br>
Still it syncs just fine.</p>
<p>You might be able to get <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> to sync by
just turning "Documents & Data" off in settings. I haven't tried that, as it
works for me now and I really don't want to break it again.</p>
<p>I have filed a bug report<sup id="fnref:rdar"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:rdar">3</a></sup> for this issue with Apple.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:instacast">
<p>I even filed a bug report against <a href="http://vemedio.com/products/instacast">Instacast</a> because <a href="http://www.apple.com/icloud/">iCloud</a> syncing wouldn't work. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:instacast" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:3rdparty">
<p>It even started working for non Apple apps like <a href="http://vemedio.com/products/instacast">Instacast</a>! <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:3rdparty" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:rdar">
<p><a href="rdar://10313253">rdar://10313253</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:rdar" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Unfortunately, That Day Has Come...2011-10-06T14:43:00+02:002011-10-06T14:43:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-10-06:/2011/10/06/unfortunately-that-day-has-come/<p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/03/04/Lea_Suzuki.DTL"><img class="right" src="/images/steve_and_wife.jpg" width="300" height="189" title="Photo by Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle" alt="Photo by Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle"></a></p>
<p>This morning it was raining again for the first time in something like 10
days. My wife and I were driving to work, me driving, her reading the news
about Steve on her iPad.</p>
<p>At first I dismissed it as another poorly written link bait generating post about
the iPhone …</p><p><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/03/04/Lea_Suzuki.DTL"><img class="right" src="/images/steve_and_wife.jpg" width="300" height="189" title="Photo by Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle" alt="Photo by Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle"></a></p>
<p>This morning it was raining again for the first time in something like 10
days. My wife and I were driving to work, me driving, her reading the news
about Steve on her iPad.</p>
<p>At first I dismissed it as another poorly written link bait generating post about
the iPhone 4S with an extremely distasteful title.</p>
<p>But as she checked Twitter, and then a lot of news sites and
<a href="http://apple.com">apple.com</a> it finally sunk in: Steve was gone.</p>
<p>Steve you have been, and will continue to be an inspiration in my life and <a href="http://grepmasters.com">work</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>Stay hungry, Stay foolish!</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>The photograph<sup id="fnref:usage"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:usage">1</a></sup> was taken by <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/03/04/Lea_Suzuki.DTL">Lea Suzuki</a>
of the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com">San Francisco Chronicle</a> just after the keynote given this summer at the WWDC.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:usage">
<p>Used with attribution but without permission - given the circumstances I hope it's OK. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:usage" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Let's Talk iPhone2011-10-04T15:50:00+02:002011-10-04T15:50:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-10-04:/2011/10/04/lets-talk-iphone/<p><img class="right" src="/images/lets-talk-iphone.png" title="Let's Talk iPhone" alt="Let's Talk iPhone">
Today is the day we've all been waiting for.<sup id="fnref:well"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:well">1</a></sup> It's finally time for Apple
to unveil the next iPhone and the next version of iOS.</p>
<p>No stream have been announced yet, and they are probably not going to do one as
they really don't need to.</p>
<p>I personally hope …</p><p><img class="right" src="/images/lets-talk-iphone.png" title="Let's Talk iPhone" alt="Let's Talk iPhone">
Today is the day we've all been waiting for.<sup id="fnref:well"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:well">1</a></sup> It's finally time for Apple
to unveil the next iPhone and the next version of iOS.</p>
<p>No stream have been announced yet, and they are probably not going to do one as
they really don't need to.</p>
<p>I personally hope <a href="http://macdailynews.com/2011/10/03/rumor-apples-iphone-4-iphone-4s-and-iphone-5-specs-and-prices-leaked/">this rumor</a>
is true, although I don't think so - too many different models that aren't all
that different.</p>
<p>I do think the iOS part is going to be <em>huge</em> though. Normally Apple gives us
<a href="http://grepmasters.com">developers</a> a new iOS beta about each fortnight, and
now new beta have been released since August 31st. To me this indicates that
there is some <em>really</em> exciting new features<sup id="fnref:newfeatures"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:newfeatures">2</a></sup> that Apple didn't want to leak
until todays presentation.</p>
<p>iCloud<sup id="fnref:icloud"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:icloud">3</a></sup> is probably also going get a lot of coverage today and will probably go
live today or sometime before the end of October.</p>
<p>As always there is going to be a plethora of live blogging going on, and I will
be using these sources<sup id="fnref:social"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:social">4</a></sup> to get my fix:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://5by5.fm/">5by5</a></li>
<li><a href="http://twit.tv/mbw">MacBreak weekly</a></li>
<li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/10/liveblog-apples-october-4-lets-talk-iphone-event.ars">Ars Technica</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/04/apples-lets-talk-iphone-keynote-liveblog/">Engadget</a></li>
<li><a href="http://live.razorianfly.com/">Razorianfly</a></li>
</ul>
<p>It's going to be insanely great! - And I will of course be playing keynote
bingo with this cool little <a href="http://applebingo.me/iphone5/">html5 app</a><sup id="fnref:bingoapp"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:bingoapp">5</a></sup>.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:well">
<p>Well most of us anyway... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:well" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:newfeatures">
<p>Like voice control that actually works <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:newfeatures" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:icloud">
<p>This is going to change everything... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:icloud" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:social">
<p>And every social network I'm on - but probably mostly Twitter <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:social" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:bingoapp">
<p>Be sure to add it to your iPhone home screen to get rid of the address bar and buttons. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:bingoapp" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Did you remember your towel today?2011-05-25T11:32:08+02:002011-05-25T11:32:08+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2011-05-25:/2011/05/25/did-you-remember-your-towel-today/<p>You should always<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> know where your
<a href="http://david.olrik.dk/2009/05/24/dont-forget-your-towel/">towel</a>
is, as you never know when you might need it!</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>But even more so today as May 25th is <a href="http://towelday.org/">Towelday</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Please create your own icons...2010-11-17T17:13:52+01:002010-11-17T17:13:52+01:00davidolriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-11-17:/2010/11/17/please-create-your-own-icons-metroen-isync-copyright/<p><img class="center" src="/files/image4.jpg.scaled5004.jpg" width="400" height="601"></p>Man I love ePub2010-11-14T12:27:34+01:002010-11-14T12:27:34+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-11-14:/2010/11/14/man-i-love-epub/<p><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/"><img class="left" src="/files/sicp-cover-207x300.jpg" title="sicp-cover" alt="sicp-cover"></a>I
recently listened to a very interesting
<a href="http://pragprog.com/podcasts/show/32">podcast</a> from the
<a href="http://pragprog.com/">Pragmatic Programmers</a> featuring an
interview with <a href="http://twitter.com/unclebobmartin">Uncle Bob</a>. At
the end they talked about a book
<a href="http://www.objectmentor.com/omTeam/martin_r.html">Robert</a> had
recommended at the most recent
<a href="http://en.oreilly.com/rails2010">RailsConf</a> called
<a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/">Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs</a>.</p>
<p>It's an older
<a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262011530">book</a> but
it sounded like a …</p><p><a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/"><img class="left" src="/files/sicp-cover-207x300.jpg" title="sicp-cover" alt="sicp-cover"></a>I
recently listened to a very interesting
<a href="http://pragprog.com/podcasts/show/32">podcast</a> from the
<a href="http://pragprog.com/">Pragmatic Programmers</a> featuring an
interview with <a href="http://twitter.com/unclebobmartin">Uncle Bob</a>. At
the end they talked about a book
<a href="http://www.objectmentor.com/omTeam/martin_r.html">Robert</a> had
recommended at the most recent
<a href="http://en.oreilly.com/rails2010">RailsConf</a> called
<a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/">Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs</a>.</p>
<p>It's an older
<a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262011530">book</a> but
it sounded like a really interesting read - and as a lot of
languages are in the process of rediscovering the concepts of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)">Lisp</a>
and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk">Smalltalk</a> - it's
quite relevant too. To my luck the
<a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262011530">book</a> is
available under the Creative Commons license<sup id="fnref:thanks"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:thanks">1</a></sup> and <a href="http://atomized.org">this</a> nice fellow had gone to
the trouble of converting it into a really nice<sup id="fnref:missing-cover"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:missing-cover">2</a></sup> ePub
formatted <a href="https://github.com/ieure/sicp/downloads">ebook</a>.</p>
<p>The book now lives in
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/stanza/id284956128">Stanza</a> on my
iPhone along with a bunch of other ebooks that I can now carry with
me everywhere I go - Never again will I be without reading material
while waiting for stuff<sup id="fnref:waiting"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:waiting">3</a></sup> to happen.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:thanks">
<p>A huge Thank you! to <a href="http://mit.edu/">MIT</a> for making this material available for all to read! <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:thanks" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:missing-cover">
<p>All that was missing was the cover, but that was easily added in <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/stanza/id284956128">Stanza</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:missing-cover" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:waiting">
<p>Waiting in line at the supermarket, waiting at the doctors office, waiting for the bus and all those other wasted hours and minutes that litter our everyday lives <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:waiting" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Lucky for me it was just a sterile lamp handle...2010-09-30T10:33:49+02:002010-09-30T10:33:49+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-09-30:/2010/09/30/lucky-for-me-it-was-just-a-sterile-lamp-handle-thankmyluckystars/<p><a href="/files/image2.jpg.scaled5002.jpg"><img alt="image" src="/files/image2.jpg.scaled5002.jpg"></a></p>At the dentist - should I be worried?2010-09-30T09:06:58+02:002010-09-30T09:06:58+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-09-30:/2010/09/30/at-the-dentist-should-i-be-worried/<p><a href="/files/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg"><img alt="image" src="/files/image.jpg.scaled500.jpg"></a></p>The Phonebook is dead2010-09-09T09:00:05+02:002010-09-09T09:00:05+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-09-09:/2010/09/09/the-phonebook-is-dead/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/dgs-hustlers-shadow-200x200.png" title="De Gule Hustlers" alt="De Gule Hustlers">
The phonebook is dead! I know this for a
<a href="http://www.business.dk/medier-reklamer/milliardtab-til-ejere-af-de-gule-sider">fact</a>
because the
<a href="http://www.business.dk/tech-mobil/kunder-faar-stadig-regninger-ikke-bestilte-annoncer">tactics</a>
they use to get new paying customers are
<a href="http://www.version2.dk/artikel/13825-de-gule-sider-paa-glat-is">lies</a>
and
<a href="http://www.business.dk/tech-mobil/nye-klager-over-de-gule-sider">deceit</a>
and this is exactly what happened to me.</p>
<h2>August 5.</h2>
<p>I get a call from Trine Jensen from <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule Sider</a>. The first thing I say …</p><p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/dgs-hustlers-shadow-200x200.png" title="De Gule Hustlers" alt="De Gule Hustlers">
The phonebook is dead! I know this for a
<a href="http://www.business.dk/medier-reklamer/milliardtab-til-ejere-af-de-gule-sider">fact</a>
because the
<a href="http://www.business.dk/tech-mobil/kunder-faar-stadig-regninger-ikke-bestilte-annoncer">tactics</a>
they use to get new paying customers are
<a href="http://www.version2.dk/artikel/13825-de-gule-sider-paa-glat-is">lies</a>
and
<a href="http://www.business.dk/tech-mobil/nye-klager-over-de-gule-sider">deceit</a>
and this is exactly what happened to me.</p>
<h2>August 5.</h2>
<p>I get a call from Trine Jensen from <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule Sider</a>. The first thing I say is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I don't want to buy anything</p>
</blockquote>
<p>She then tells me that as a new thing they now also list companies web
addresses and asks me for my company web address which I then tell her is
<a href="http://grepmasters.com">grepmasters.com</a>. Note that I specifically stated
that I didn't want to buy anything nor did I agree to anything.</p>
<h2>August 7.</h2>
<p>I receive an order confirmation for a company <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/search/-/grepmasters/1/">listing</a> on
<a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule Sider</a>. <strong>WTF!</strong>
First line on the order confirmation reads:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>As agreed on the phone I here by send you an overview of your
adds...</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I didn't agree to anything, so <strong>WTF?</strong> Further more it states that</p>
<blockquote>
<p>If we don't hear from you within 8 days, we'll consider the
advertising agreement as approved</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is the the way hustlers work, they figure that a small invoice
like this one will just slip through and not get noticed before it
is too late. - Congratulations you just got your company listed
with url in a paper<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> phonebook and on a site no-one will
ever use to find a company like mine. If people want to find my
company by name, they'll typically use <a href="http://lmgtfy.com/?q=grepmasters">google</a>.<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2">2</a></sup></p>
<h2>August 17.</h2>
<p>I finally get the time<sup id="fnref:3"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:3">3</a></sup> to call <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule Sider</a><sup id="fnref:4"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:4">4</a></sup>,
I get transferred to Trine Jensen who at first plays hardball and tries to convince me that it is too late and that the 8
days had passed already<sup id="fnref:5"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:5">5</a></sup> and that I have to pay. I didn't agree to anything and wasn't informed that I had
to pay to have my company url listed, a service I neither need nor want. I
can't see why an arbitrary 8 day response time even applies to me since I
didn't agree to anything! I insist that I'm right, she talks to a supervisor
and she finally agrees to send med a cancelation of the order.</p>
<h2>September 8.</h2>
<p>I receive an invoice for DKK 1.118,75 — I'm now truly pissed! <sup id="fnref:6"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:6">6</a></sup></p>
<p>So now I have to waste even more time<sup id="fnref:7"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:7">7</a></sup> wrestling with <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule
Sider</a>, damn scammers... Fortunately the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman">ombudsman</a> has already made a
<a href="http://www.business.dk/tech-mobil/de-gule-sider-taber-strid-om-regninger">statement</a>
that says that <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule Sider</a> have to prove that
an agreement was made, which they can't do since I didn't agree to anything
either verbally nor in writing.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>Stop killing trees! Nobody want your damn analogue phonebook anymore. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:2">
<p>Which will find it as the first hit - can't get any easier than that. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:3">
<p>Yes I could have called them sooner, but why should I have to? I didn't agree to anything and didn't order any services from them. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:3" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:4">
<p>This is the 8th business day since the first call <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:4" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:5">
<p>Which it had if you also count the weekends. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:5" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:6">
<p>As if I wasn't pissed off before... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:6" title="Jump back to footnote 6 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:7">
<p>Time I just might end up invoicing to <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/">De Gule Sider</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:7" title="Jump back to footnote 7 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Out For Delivery2010-08-20T12:48:11+02:002010-08-20T12:48:11+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-08-20:/2010/08/20/out-for-delivery/<p>I think today might be the day!<br>
I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects.<br>
I go online. My breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words, </p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>"Out For Delivery."</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I hear nothing, not a sound on the streets of New York<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>.<br>
Just …</p><p>I think today might be the day!<br>
I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects.<br>
I go online. My breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words, </p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>"Out For Delivery."</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I hear nothing, not a sound on the streets of New York<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>.<br>
Just the beat of my own heart. — I have a delivery...from you. </p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>I also don't hear a sound in the streets of Copenhagen, but the original quote was uttered in New York <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>iTunes error 5002 be gone!2010-07-01T00:09:30+02:002010-07-01T00:09:30+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-07-01:/2010/07/01/itunes-error-5002-be-gone/<p><img class="right" src="/files/iTunes-200x197.png" title="iTunes" alt="iTunes"> Ever since upgrading to
the beta iTunes 9.2 I have been having an annoying problem. – Every
time I click "Check for updates"<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> I get an error from iTunes.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>We could not complete your iTunes Store Request. An unknown error
occurred (5002). There was an error in the Itunes …</p></blockquote><p><img class="right" src="/files/iTunes-200x197.png" title="iTunes" alt="iTunes"> Ever since upgrading to
the beta iTunes 9.2 I have been having an annoying problem. – Every
time I click "Check for updates"<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> I get an error from iTunes.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>We could not complete your iTunes Store Request. An unknown error
occurred (5002). There was an error in the Itunes Store. Please try
again later.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>When clicking "Download All Free Updates" iTunes also tells me that the
information displayed is outdated, and that I should do a refresh. A second
click on "Download All Free Updates" downloads all the updates. Googling
reveals a few, but somewhat
<a href="http://gosublogger.com/2009/01/how-to-fix-itunes-error-5002/">complicated</a>
solutions for iTunes 8, so I decides to take a look myself. My current iTunes
library have existed ever since iTunes 7 and as such it has accumulated a a
lot of cruft over the years. My permissions looked fine, but I had two
versions of my Mobile Applications directory.</p>
<p _="%" endcodeblock>{% codeblock lang:bash %}
~/Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/
~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Mobile Applications/</p>
<p>I deleted the old Mobile Applications from the iTunes folder<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2">2</a></sup> and the 5002
error hasn't been seen since.</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: While the above procedure did decrease the frequency of
the 5002 errors significantly, it didn't remove them completely :-(</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>And I do that a lot as I have a mild case of compulsive refresh disorder <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:2">
<p>The one on line 1 – And if you do this, please remember to back it up first, just in case... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Did you remember?2010-05-25T08:40:50+02:002010-05-25T08:40:50+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-05-25:/2010/05/25/did-you-remembertowelday/<p><a href="/2009/05/24/dont-forget-your-towel/"><img class="center nobox" src="/files/2009/05/42_towel.png" width="42" title="Utility Towel" alt="Utility Towel"></a></p>Public transportation in Maps.app2010-05-21T17:01:52+02:002010-05-21T17:01:52+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-05-21:/2010/05/21/public-transportation-in-maps-app-is-so-much-nicer-than-rejseplanen-google-ftw/<p><img class="right" src="/files/image3.jpg.scaled5003.jpg"> Public transportation in
Maps.app is so much nicer than <a href="http://www.rejseplanen.dk/">Rejseplanen</a>.</p>It's just so nice!2010-05-20T09:38:02+02:002010-05-20T09:38:02+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-05-20:/2010/05/20/its-just-so-nice/<p><a href="/files/image1.jpg.scaled5001.jpg"><img alt="image" src="/files/image1.jpg.scaled5001.jpg" title="iPad first contact"></a></p>Moving to a new job!2010-04-01T13:42:25+02:002010-04-01T13:42:25+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-04-01:/2010/04/01/moving-to-a-new-job/<p>Im happy to announce that I have just signed a contract with Microsoft, and as
of May 1st I will be part of the <strong>Windows Phone 7 Series</strong> team where I will
be responsible creating the user interface of the future.\
I almost can't wait - It's going to be insanely …</p><p>Im happy to announce that I have just signed a contract with Microsoft, and as
of May 1st I will be part of the <strong>Windows Phone 7 Series</strong> team where I will
be responsible creating the user interface of the future.\
I almost can't wait - It's going to be insanely great!</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: As many of you<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> had guessed this was an Aprils fool joke, and
hell didn't freeze over and I'm not going to work for Microsoft anytime soon.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>But not all, I did manage to fool a few people. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Apple ties iPads to carrier with Micro SIMs?2010-03-30T01:16:53+02:002010-03-30T01:16:53+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2010-03-30:/2010/03/30/apple-ties-ipads-to-carrier-with-micro-sims/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/orange_handle_scissors-81x200.png" title="Magic micro-SIM enabler tool" alt="Magic micro-SIM enabler tool">
Once
<a href="http://www.version2.dk/artikel/13956-john-strand-har-ret-men-tager-fejl">again</a>
<a href="http://www.strandreports.dk/">John Strand</a> is spreading
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt">FUD</a> in
the danish press. This time Apples new iPad is the target, and this
insanely stupid quote from
<a href="http://politiken.dk/tjek/digitalt/computer/article935125.ece">Politiken.dk</a>
says it all:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Apple indfører i iPad’en et nyt SIM-kort, som giver brugeren
teknologiske håndjern på. Der er ikke andet end kommercielle …</p></blockquote><p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/orange_handle_scissors-81x200.png" title="Magic micro-SIM enabler tool" alt="Magic micro-SIM enabler tool">
Once
<a href="http://www.version2.dk/artikel/13956-john-strand-har-ret-men-tager-fejl">again</a>
<a href="http://www.strandreports.dk/">John Strand</a> is spreading
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt">FUD</a> in
the danish press. This time Apples new iPad is the target, and this
insanely stupid quote from
<a href="http://politiken.dk/tjek/digitalt/computer/article935125.ece">Politiken.dk</a>
says it all:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Apple indfører i iPad’en et nyt SIM-kort, som giver brugeren
teknologiske håndjern på. Der er ikke andet end kommercielle tanker
bag at indføre et nyt format, og det ser ud, som om denne
teknologilås alene skal gøre det nemt at malke kunderne.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Roughly translated, <a href="http://www.strandreports.dk/">John Strand</a>
says "Apple is chaining their customers to one carrier by
introducing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-SIM">micro-SIM</a>
standard when only one carrier is supporting it - and they are
doing it solely for commercial reasons".</p>
<p _="%" endpullquote>{% pullquote %}
Guess what... {" All current and future danish carriers support the micro-SIM standard! "}
The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-SIM">micro-SIM</a> was developed
by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. It has been
around since 1998 and was agreed upon in 2003 by the
SMG9 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS" title="UMTS">UMTS</a> Working Party
which is the standards setting body for GSM SIM cards. The
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-SIM">micro-SIM</a> was created
with backwards compatibility in mind, and the contact surface of
the SIM card is <em>exactly</em> the same as on a mini-SIM and on a full
size SIM card.</p>
<p>Dear <a href="http://www.strandreports.dk/">John</a>, if you want to bypass these technological handcuffs from Apple, simply go
to your nearest hardware store and buy a good pair of scissors and
cut<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> the excess plastic from
your current SIM card.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It's really not that hard...</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I find it sad that "experts" like <a href="http://www.strandreports.dk/">John Strand</a>
get this kind of exposure in the danish media. I find it equally sad that
<a href="http://politiken.dk">Politiken</a> didn't bother to fact check the so called
"expert" statements set forth in the
<a href="http://politiken.dk/tjek/digitalt/computer/article935125.ece">article</a>.</p>
<p>Don't spread
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt">Fear, uncertainty and doubt</a>
- I.e. don't pretend to be an expert when you so clearly are anything but an expert.</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>Just like we did back in the day when we ditched the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_2110">Nokia 2110i</a> for the next great phone - it's called progress... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Pick of the week: DocScanner™2009-12-29T16:08:23+01:002009-12-29T16:08:23+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-12-29:/2009/12/29/pick-of-the-week-docscanner/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2009/12/docscanner30.png"> I seem to have fallen behind
on my weekly picks, Christmas, $<a href="http://neoconsult.com">work</a> and life in
general have kept me very busy lately, but I'll try to get back to my
weekly<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> schedule again.</p>
<p>This weeks pick is <a href="http://www.docscannerapp.com/">DocScanner</a>, an iPhone app
that allows you to have a flatbed scanner …</p><p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2009/12/docscanner30.png"> I seem to have fallen behind
on my weekly picks, Christmas, $<a href="http://neoconsult.com">work</a> and life in
general have kept me very busy lately, but I'll try to get back to my
weekly<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> schedule again.</p>
<p>This weeks pick is <a href="http://www.docscannerapp.com/">DocScanner</a>, an iPhone app
that allows you to have a flatbed scanner<sup id="fnref:5"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:5">5</a></sup> in your pocket. While
<a href="http://www.docscannerapp.com/">DocScanner</a> isn't the most pretty or well
designed iPhone app, it certainly doesn't lack in the feature department.</p>
<p>Notable features include both really good edge detection, OCR and WiFi
sharing. There exists quite a few scanner apps on the App Store but this one
is definitely the one to get.</p>
<p>On a recent business trip I used <a href="http://www.docscannerapp.com/">DocScanner</a>
to keep track of all the receipts I accumulated during the trip. Back home I
exported them all to one huge PDF file and emailed it to our accounting
department. No need to fiddle with those old school analogue receipts anymore.</p>
<p>My wish list for future versions<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2">2</a></sup> of
<a href="http://www.docscannerapp.com/">DocScanner</a> are: A cleaner<sup id="fnref:3"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:3">3</a></sup> user interface,
PDF files with the OCR'ed text included and direct upload to Dropbox.</p>
<p><strong>Update</strong>: As of version 3.0.3<sup id="fnref:4"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:4">4</a></sup>
<a href="http://www.docscannerapp.com/">DocScanner</a> will embed the ORC'ed text into
the pdf files!</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>Please don't kill me if it isn't precisely weekly. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:2">
<p>and they release new versions quite frequently - About once a month. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:3">
<p>and by cleaner, I mean more iPhone-ish <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:3" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:4">
<p>Released on January 30th 2010 <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:4" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:5">
<p>and a whiteboard scanner and just about any other kind of scanner you can think of. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:5" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Week one without a car2009-11-07T12:23:04+01:002009-11-07T12:23:04+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-11-07:/2009/11/07/week-one-without-a-car/<p><img class="center" src="/files/2009/11/IMG_0814.jpg" title="Our car" alt="Our car"> Today marks the day where
we have officially been without a car for a full week! While there are many
who have survived without a car their whole life, and don't see this as
something special - it is a a big deal to us because we have grown used to …</p><p><img class="center" src="/files/2009/11/IMG_0814.jpg" title="Our car" alt="Our car"> Today marks the day where
we have officially been without a car for a full week! While there are many
who have survived without a car their whole life, and don't see this as
something special - it is a a big deal to us because we have grown used to the
comfort and ease that a car brings you.</p>
<p>We decided to <a href="/2009/05/10/going-green/">go green</a> a few months ago<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>, so we
<a href="/2009/07/01/pick-of-the-week-triobike/">bought</a> a trioBike with two bikes and
a carrier, and have been using that and public transportation<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2">2</a></sup> as our sole
means of transportation<sup id="fnref:3"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:3">3</a></sup> since.</p>
<p>So how did the first week go? - I think it went OK, apart from a few minor
snags like loosing the bracket that fastens the carrier to the bike, a flat
tire and being stuck at Copenhagen Central Station because some <a href="http://politiken.dk/indland/article826132.ece">guy got hit
by a train</a><sup id="fnref:4"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:4">4</a></sup>.</p>
<p>I would lie if I said I didn't miss our car<sup id="fnref:5"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:5">5</a></sup>, but when I see people looking
for places to park, and when I drive past gas stations and see the gas prices
- I miss the car less and less.</p>
<p>Using the bike for all of our transportation needs forces us to take it down a
notch, relax a little and plan our activities a little more which in turn
helps us keep the stress level down - so it's all good :-D</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>Mostly because my wife wanted to go back to school so she could learn to design beautiful things - and that <a href="http://www.fashiondesignakademiet.dk/">school</a> is crazy expensive. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:2">
<p>Which is actually quite good in Denmark, when you compare it with the rest of the world. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:3">
<p>Except for the one or two times we borrowed a car for transporting stuff too big to fit in the trioBike. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:3" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:4">
<p>He god messed up pretty badly, but I think he <a href="http://politiken.dk/indland/article826187.ece">survived</a> it. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:4" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:5">
<p>This October has been the <a href="http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/koldeste_maaned_i_3halvt_aar">coldest in years</a>, and our car had climate control and seat heaters. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:5" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>iDont care either...2009-10-21T23:14:08+02:002009-10-21T23:14:08+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-10-21:/2009/10/21/idont-care-either/<p>Nice <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTtEeTuc1Hw">response</a> to the
<a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/19/motorola-droid-hands-on/">Droid</a>
<a href="http://www.droiddoes.com/">teaser</a> from <a href="http://www.motorola.com/">Motorola</a>.
Should I care? I have yet to see <a href="http://www.motorola.com/">Motorola</a> create
any kind of usable phone, but I welcome the competition.</p>Pick of the week: Tweetie 22009-10-11T20:00:59+02:002009-10-11T20:00:59+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-10-11:/2009/10/11/pick-of-the-week-tweetie-2/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2009/10/tweetie-2-icon.png" title="Tweetie 2 icon" alt="Tweetie 2 icon">
I have <a href="/2009/04/17/my-top-8-favourite-iphone-apps/">blogged</a> about this weeks
pick before but I never made it a pick of the week before. The recent update
to Tweetie rocks, so if you are into Twitter<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> I suggest you head over to
the App Store and pick up a
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=333903271&mt=8">copy</a>.</p>
<p>The first version of …</p><p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2009/10/tweetie-2-icon.png" title="Tweetie 2 icon" alt="Tweetie 2 icon">
I have <a href="/2009/04/17/my-top-8-favourite-iphone-apps/">blogged</a> about this weeks
pick before but I never made it a pick of the week before. The recent update
to Tweetie rocks, so if you are into Twitter<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> I suggest you head over to
the App Store and pick up a
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=333903271&mt=8">copy</a>.</p>
<p>The first version of Tweetie for the iPhone was cool, and even won an Apple
design award. It was easy to use, looked nice and was very polished.<sup id="fnref:2"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:2">2</a></sup>
Tweetie 2 raises the bar for all iPhone applications, not just Twitter
clients. It has been stuffed with all kinds of new and useful features - but
in a way that doesn't make it feel cramped at all! The user interface is very
polished<sup id="fnref:3"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:3">3</a></sup> and it quickly grows on you.</p>
<p>The feature list is too long to repeat here, so I'll just mention a couple of
my favorites: Nearby tweets superimposed on a Google map, Pull to refresh<sup id="fnref:4"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:4">4</a></sup>,
Multiple drafts, offline mode and full persistence i.e the user interface is
restored to the same state after a relaunch or a phone call.</p>
<p>Tweetie 2 also takes advantage of some of Twitters new features that haven't
been launched yet - I'm so looking forward to the new Geolocation stuff.
@Twitter: You may release now!<sup id="fnref:5"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:5">5</a></sup></p>
<p>Oh... and Tweetie 2.0 for Mac will soon be released, and will feature sync
with the iPhone version and other goodies!</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>And who isn't these days? <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:2">
<p>Except for the refresh button that looked like it had been placed with a shovel. It had to be there and this was the only place it would fit, well kinda... <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:2" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:3">
<p>Some might say too polished, as in eye candy for the sake of eye candy. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:3" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:4">
<p>The ugly button has been hidden, and only comes into view when you need it - nice! <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:4" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:5">
<p>Pretty please! <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:5" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Pick of the week: Pixelmator2009-10-04T22:44:52+02:002009-10-04T22:44:52+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-10-04:/2009/10/04/pick-of-the-week-pixelmator/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2009/09/Pixelmator.png" width="200" height="200" title="Pixelmator" alt="Pixelmator">
This weeks pick is a mac app called <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a>.
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> is a lightning fast image
editor for the mac - kinda like a
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>
lite but unlike
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>
((With each new version of
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a> it
seems to move further away from being a true mac app.)),
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> really feels like it …</p><p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2009/09/Pixelmator.png" width="200" height="200" title="Pixelmator" alt="Pixelmator">
This weeks pick is a mac app called <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a>.
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> is a lightning fast image
editor for the mac - kinda like a
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>
lite but unlike
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>
((With each new version of
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a> it
seems to move further away from being a true mac app.)),
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> really feels like it was
build for the mac. <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmators</a>
feature set is some what smaller than its big brother but most
((Unless you are need an image editor for professional reasons, it
will get the job done every time!)) of the time it will get the job
done. I have been using <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a>
for a litter over a year now ((I got it as part of the second
<a href="http://www.macheist.com/">MacHeist</a> bundle.)), and
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> just keeps getting better
and better with each new release. The
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/weblog/2009/09/08/pixelmator-team-releases-pixelmator-1-5-spider/">latest release</a>
brought the long waited slice tool which is of great use when
creating graphics for the web. Another great thing about
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> is their
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/learn/">tutorial section</a> on their
website. There the creators of
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> shows you how to use it to
create all kinds cool effects.
<a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a> costs just $59 ((Which is
approximately 43.19 EUR, and is way less than any version of
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/">Photoshop</a>
costs.)) and is truly "Image editing for the rest of us".</p>The price of Tweetie 22009-09-30T12:09:58+02:002009-09-30T12:09:58+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-09-30:/2009/09/30/the-price-of-tweetie-2/<p><img class="right" src="/files/2009/10/tweetie-2-icon.png" title="Tweetie 2" alt="Tweetie 2">
I have written about App Store pricing <a href="/2008/08/10/i-see-stupid-peoplei-see-stupid-people">before</a>, and I still fail to understand the
"We want free upgrades for life" and "Anything more than $1 is too
much" mentality that apparently rules in the App Store customer
base.</p>
<p>Tweetie 2 for both Mac and the iPhone have just been …</p><p><img class="right" src="/files/2009/10/tweetie-2-icon.png" title="Tweetie 2" alt="Tweetie 2">
I have written about App Store pricing <a href="/2008/08/10/i-see-stupid-peoplei-see-stupid-people">before</a>, and I still fail to understand the
"We want free upgrades for life" and "Anything more than $1 is too
much" mentality that apparently rules in the App Store customer
base.</p>
<p>Tweetie 2 for both Mac and the iPhone have just been
<a href="http://news.atebits.com/post/199400544/bigbird-redux">announced</a>
and the iPhone version will be a separate app from the "old"
Tweetie. The fact that you'll have to pay $3 again for Tweetie 2
made some people go bunkers and some even threw a
<a href="http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/iphone-software/tweetie-2-new-app-will-spit-on-existing-old-app-users">hissy fit</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Guess what... <em>You don't have to buy it if you don't want to!</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>There are numerous other Twitter clients on the App Store - take your
pick! Tweetie 2 contains a ton of updates and new features and the
"upgrade fee" is certainly reasonable. If <a href="http://www.atebits.com/">Atebits</a> was charging for bug fixes that
would wrong, but as you can see in any
<a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/28/preview-tweetie-2-takes-the-best-iphone-twitter-app-and-ups-the-sex-appeal/">of</a>
<a href="http://mashable.com/2009/09/28/tweetie-2-0/">these</a>
<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/29/its-a-bird-no-its-an-app-no-its-tweetie-2-for-iphone/">blog posts</a>
this is clearly not the case!</p>
<p>Apple has an <a href="http://www.apple.com/iwork/">office suite</a> that costs considerably
less than the competitors <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office">offering</a>, and each
year they release a new version with more features that costs
exactly the same as the previous version. - Where is the outcry
about that? I don't get that people are complaining about $3 for
all those <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/iphone-therefore-iblog/2009/09/tweetie-2-iphone.html">new features</a>
- for all the effort that <a href="http://twitter.com/atebits">Loren</a> has
put into Tweetie 2. Tweetie 2 costs less than a Grande Cappuccino
at Starbucks, do you also complain to Starbucks that you can't get
a free refill the next time you visit them?
<a href="http://mattgemmell.com/">Matt Legend Gemmell</a> said it best when he tweeted this yesterday:</p>
<p><blockquote>
Annoyed you'll have to pay $2.99 for Tweetie 2? If you're willing<br>
to meet me in person, I'll give you $5 and hit you in the face.
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>@mattgemmell </strong>
<cite><a href="http://twitter.com/mattgemmell/status/4474193212">http://twitter.com/mattgemmell/status/4474193212</a>
</footer></p>
<p>Seriously people, wake up! There are more dire and important things
wrong in the universe that are worth getting this upset about! I
for one will buy Tweetie 2 when it gets approved on the App Store!</p>Americans: Welcome to The Future!2009-09-25T11:50:22+02:002009-09-25T11:50:22+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-09-25:/2009/09/25/americans-welcome-to-the-future/<p><img alt="AT&T" src="/files/2009/09/att_logo-194x300.png">Welcome to The Future
and congratulations on finally getting
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a> on
the iPhone. I really don't get what all the fuss is about - I first
used
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a>
way back in 2000 ((This is the year The Future stated, as can be
seen in any movie about the future - it's always …</p><p><img alt="AT&T" src="/files/2009/09/att_logo-194x300.png">Welcome to The Future
and congratulations on finally getting
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a> on
the iPhone. I really don't get what all the fuss is about - I first
used
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a>
way back in 2000 ((This is the year The Future stated, as can be
seen in any movie about the future - it's always in the year
2000-something.)) or 2001 ((It might have been earlier, but my
memory is a bit fuzzy there...)) and haven't really used it since.
Just to sum it up for those who don't know what
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a>
is:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a>
gives you the ability to send an image from one phone to another,
just like email except that it is a vastly inferior and limited
version of email.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I can access my email from any where, on the web, on my phone even
on my television set, so why would I want to send a snapshot to
someone in a crappy resolution that is constrained to just one
single device?
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_Service">MMS</a>
even gives the carriers one more thing they can charge you for,
postponing the moment where each carrier ((There are some carriers
that have realized this, but they are few and far apart)) realizes
that they are just "the pipe". Enough ranting - Enjoy your new toy,
I predict that you will use it once or twice and then forget all
about it...</p>Pick of the week: Autodesk SketchBook Mobile2009-09-20T13:25:06+02:002009-09-20T13:25:06+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-09-20:/2009/09/20/pick-of-the-week-autodesk-sketchbook-mobile/<p><a href="/files/2009/09/autodesk-sketchbook-mobile.jpg"><img alt="Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile" src="/files/2009/09/autodesk-sketchbook-mobile-200x300.jpg"></a>A
recent <a href="http://twitter.com/drwave/status/4116996535">tweet</a> by
<a href="https://twitter.com/drwave">@drwave</a> from Pixar prompted me to
check out
<a href="http://appshopper.com/entertainment/sketchbook-mobile">SketchBook Mobile</a>
from <a href="http://autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a>, and boy am I glad I did! I
have always wanted to get better at drawing, but I have never set
aside the time it takes to master this creative skill. As with all …</p><p><a href="/files/2009/09/autodesk-sketchbook-mobile.jpg"><img alt="Autodesk Sketchbook Mobile" src="/files/2009/09/autodesk-sketchbook-mobile-200x300.jpg"></a>A
recent <a href="http://twitter.com/drwave/status/4116996535">tweet</a> by
<a href="https://twitter.com/drwave">@drwave</a> from Pixar prompted me to
check out
<a href="http://appshopper.com/entertainment/sketchbook-mobile">SketchBook Mobile</a>
from <a href="http://autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a>, and boy am I glad I did! I
have always wanted to get better at drawing, but I have never set
aside the time it takes to master this creative skill. As with all
creative disciplines the winning formula for getting better is 10%
talent and 90% effort ((Anyone who tells you different should go
listen to a couple of talks from
<a href="http://www.43folders.com/">Merlin Mann</a>:
<a href="http://www.43folders.com/2009/01/27/creativity-patterns">Toward Patterns for Creativity</a>
and
<a href="http://www.maximumfun.org/sound-young-america/maxfuncon-merlin-mann-doing-creative-work-sound-young-america">Doing Creative Work</a>
- Seriously, go! now! - And then go make stuff!)) and with this
little app I always have my drawing tools with me, so I can doodle
away anytime ((This is the effort part, the more you do it the
better you get.)) I'm in the mood for it.
<a href="http://appshopper.com/entertainment/sketchbook-mobile">SketchBook Mobile</a>
is loaded with features, and still manages to have a very non
intrusive user interface, it just stays out of your way so you can
concentrate on sketching.
<a href="http://appshopper.com/entertainment/sketchbook-mobile">SketchBook Mobile</a>
makes really good use of Apples Multi-touch technology both for
drawing and for zooming and panning around your sketch - Oh, and it
has undo too! ((A much needed feature that my analog drawing tools
is sadly missing.))
<a href="http://appshopper.com/entertainment/sketchbook-mobile">SketchBook Mobile</a>
is
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=327375467&mt=8">available</a>
in the App Store for just $2.99</p>Pick of the week: Prowl2009-09-03T21:00:51+02:002009-09-03T21:00:51+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-09-03:/2009/09/03/pick-of-the-week-prowl/<p><img alt="Prowl" src="/files/2009/09/prowl-shadow.png">This weeks pick is another
iPhone app by the name of <a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a>.
<a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> promises to bring Growl from your
desktop to your iPhone. When I first heard about
<a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> I thought that this was surely the
stupidest app ever! - Why on earth would you want your Growl
notifications on your …</p><p><img alt="Prowl" src="/files/2009/09/prowl-shadow.png">This weeks pick is another
iPhone app by the name of <a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a>.
<a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> promises to bring Growl from your
desktop to your iPhone. When I first heard about
<a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> I thought that this was surely the
stupidest app ever! - Why on earth would you want your Growl
notifications on your iPhone? ((Don't get me wrong I love Growl and
use it extensively.)) The answer is you won't ((Well at least I
won't - I feel the Growl desktop notifications belong on the
desktop.)) - <a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> has an extensive
<a href="http://prowl.weks.net/api.php">API</a> that will let you write
scripts in numerous languages, including my all time favorite Perl,
and this is where <a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> gets really
interesting. This means you can get push-notifications from
practically anything you can think of. I once wrote an [intlink
id="417" type="page"]IRC notifier for Irssi[/intlink] that will
message you via XMPP whenever someone highlights you or sends you a
private message while you are disconnected from Irssi ((I run Irssi
inside Screen so it will persist even when I logout of my
account.)). It worked ok, but what I really wanted was a way where
Irssi could connect directly to Growl and notify me whenever
something interesting happens. With <a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a>
all I need to send a push notification to my iPhone, is a small
piece of code that looks something like this: [cce
lang="perl"]#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use
WebService::Prowl; my $ws = WebService::Prowl->new(apikey =>
'your personal apikey'); $ws->verify || die $ws->error();
$ws->add( application => "Irssi", event => "Query", description
=> "Joe: I like coffee", priority => 0, );[/cce] So based on my
old notifier program, I quickly whipped up an [intlink id="1214"
type="page"]Irssi Prowl Notifier[/intlink] program 8-) So now I get
notified with a push message whenever something interesting happens
on IRC. There is even a Wordpress
<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-prowl/">plugin</a> that will
notify you whenever someone posts a comment on your blog. Anything
you can think of, <a href="http://prowl.weks.net/">Prowl</a> can notify you
about.</p>Pick of the week: My iPhone2009-08-14T00:19:11+02:002009-08-14T00:19:11+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-08-14:/2009/08/14/pick-of-the-week-my-iphone/<p><img alt="iPhone 3GS" src="/files/2009/08/iphone3gs.png">This weeks pick is late,
so late that it is actually a pick for both this week and last
week. As you might have guessed from the picture it's my iPhone.
While on vacation in
<a href="http://findvej.dk/Sulevej6,7760">northern Jylland</a>
my<a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/">MacBook Pro</a> died :-(. So for
the past 2 weeks my iPhone has …</p><p><img alt="iPhone 3GS" src="/files/2009/08/iphone3gs.png">This weeks pick is late,
so late that it is actually a pick for both this week and last
week. As you might have guessed from the picture it's my iPhone.
While on vacation in
<a href="http://findvej.dk/Sulevej6,7760">northern Jylland</a>
my<a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/">MacBook Pro</a> died :-(. So for
the past 2 weeks my iPhone has been my primary "computer" for
Instant Messaging, Twitter, Email, Web browsing and all that stuff
that I usually do when I am online. I have previously [intlink
id="271" type="post"]written[/intlink] about using the iPhone as a
laptop replacement when going to conferences, but this is different
- this is everyday and for everything. The iPhone actually did
quite well when you think of its relative small size and small
keyboard ((I find that the keyboard on the iPhone is no better or
worse than any physical keyboard of the same size. You just need to
get used to it. - Actually I find it a little better ;-) )). For
most tasks I can say "There is an app for that", I even
<a href="http://twitter.com/davidolrik/status/3111311090">upgraded</a> this
website using nothing but my iPhone. The only task I really missed
my <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/">MacBook Pro</a> was for
programming, so my <a href="http://grepmasters.com/">secret project</a> is a
bit behind schedule. Oh, and I did miss out ((I have ordered a 32
GiB iPhone 3GS - Now I'm just waiting...)) on the online launch
sale for the iPhone 3GS, but I think this was mostly due to the
fact that <a href="http://privat.3.dk/">3.dk</a> didn't scale under the
pressure of the danish iPhone fans desperate to get a proper
carrier with a 3G network that actually works. One thing you have
to remember though, is to always bring your charger and your USB
cable as there will be some days where you'll drain the battery and
that little extra juice ((A couple of months ago I ordered a Juice
Pack Air from <a href="http://www.mophieuk.com/">juicepack.co.uk</a> but I
have still haven't received anything from them - quite
frustrating...)) you can get from a quick charge here and there is
a lifesaver.
<a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070607/iphone-mania/"><img alt="iphone_my_precious" src="/files/2009/08/iphone_my_precious.jpg"></a>If
you thought that I was attached to my iPhone before the "Jylland
incident", think again - that attachment has been taken to a whole
new level...
<em>My precious...</em></p>Pick of the week: Snow Crash2009-07-24T08:12:52+02:002009-07-24T08:12:52+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-07-24:/2009/07/24/pick-of-the-week-snow-crash/<p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0140232923/tag=davidolrikdk-21"><img alt="Snow Crash" src="/files/2009/07/snow-crash.jpg"></a>This
weeks pick is a book - you know those analog ((If you prefer
digital you can get it from
<a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000007&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes">Audible.com</a>
or from
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=2621833&s=143458">iTunes</a>))
thingies that doesn't require batteries. My pick is
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash">Snow Crash</a> by
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson" title="Neal Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a>
and this is quite possibly the best science fiction novel I have
ever …</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0140232923/tag=davidolrikdk-21"><img alt="Snow Crash" src="/files/2009/07/snow-crash.jpg"></a>This
weeks pick is a book - you know those analog ((If you prefer
digital you can get it from
<a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_ADBL_000007&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes">Audible.com</a>
or from
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=2621833&s=143458">iTunes</a>))
thingies that doesn't require batteries. My pick is
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash">Snow Crash</a> by
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson" title="Neal Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a>
and this is quite possibly the best science fiction novel I have
ever read. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash">Snow Crash</a> is
set in the early 21st century where we follow Hiro Protagonist and
a young girl nicknamed Y.T. ((Short for Yours Truly)) through an
epic tale that mixes together
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer">Sumerian</a> culture,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality" title="Virtual reality">virtual reality</a>,
religion, love,
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus">computer viruses</a> and
sword fighting. The main theme of the book is a computer virus
called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash">Snow Crash</a> that
begins to infect humans. To explain how this transition from
machine to flesh is possible
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson" title="Neal Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a>
uses the somewhat controversial ((I find the theories described in
<a href="http://www.julianjaynes.org/related-books_bicameral-mind.php">The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind</a>
very believable - i.e. it just makes sense)) concept of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Jaynes" title="Julian Jaynes">Julian Jaynes</a>
Bicameral Mind Theory. The attention to detail in this book is
phenomenal as is the writing - I guarantee that if you first pick
up <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash">Snow Crash</a>, you won't
be able to put it down again before you have read the last page -
and then you'll wish there were more chapters to be read.</p>Pick of the week: xScope2009-07-19T14:19:09+02:002009-07-19T14:19:09+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-07-19:/2009/07/19/pick-of-the-week-xscope/<p><a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope"><img alt="xScope" src="/files/2009/07/xScope.png"></a>This
weeks pick is cute little utillity app from the
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/">Iconfactory</a> ((You know, the ones with
the Twitter bird icon that everybody copies)) called
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">xScope</a>. If you do any
kind of design work
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">xScope</a> will most
certainly help you in your day to day work.
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">xScope</a> is really a
compilation …</p><p><a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope"><img alt="xScope" src="/files/2009/07/xScope.png"></a>This
weeks pick is cute little utillity app from the
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/">Iconfactory</a> ((You know, the ones with
the Twitter bird icon that everybody copies)) called
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">xScope</a>. If you do any
kind of design work
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">xScope</a> will most
certainly help you in your day to day work.
<a href="http://iconfactory.com/software/xscope">xScope</a> is really a
compilation of seven small tools combined in a great looking
package. For only $26.95 you get the following tools:
1. <em>Dimensions</em> Measure anything on the screen instantly. E.g. the
distance between two elements.
2. <em>Rulers</em> How much is 200 pixels again? - Use the rulers to
quickly align stuff on your screen.
3. <em>Screens</em> Ever wondered how big the viewable area of IE 6 is
((Its 1004x568 in case you were wondering)) with a resolution of
1024x768? Screens gives you an overlay that you can configure with
the measurements of every major player on the browser marked ((And
you can configure your own if that is not enough)).
4. <em>Loupe</em> Zoom in on anything and copy the pixel color to the
pasteboard or use it for precision editing in programs that do not
have a loupe.
5. <em>Guides</em> Just like guides in Photoshop but here they fill the
whole screen.
6. Frames Square guides for when you need to contain stuff.
7. <em>Crosshair</em> A mouse cursor that fills the whole screen.</p>
<p>I mostly use Dimensions, Rulers and the Loupe and that easily
justifies the $26.95 price tag.</p>Spaces just got a whole lot better!2009-07-12T23:20:33+02:002009-07-12T23:20:33+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-07-12:/2009/07/12/spaces-just-got-a-whole-lot-better/<p><img alt="Spaces" src="/files/2009/07/Spaces.png">I use
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> a lot
and today it just got a whole lot better! Back in the olden days I
used <a href="http://virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktops</a> which in my
opinion was way better than
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a>, but the
project
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20071011180625/forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=12392">died</a>
and we were left with
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a>. In the
beginning
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> [intlink
id="245" type="post …</p><p><img alt="Spaces" src="/files/2009/07/Spaces.png">I use
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> a lot
and today it just got a whole lot better! Back in the olden days I
used <a href="http://virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktops</a> which in my
opinion was way better than
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a>, but the
project
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20071011180625/forums.cocoaforge.com/viewtopic.php?t=12392">died</a>
and we were left with
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a>. In the
beginning
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> [intlink
id="245" type="post"]sucked a lot[/intlink] and it would move you
to another desktop in a seemingly random way. This behavior is
still the default for new installs of Leopard! 8-O Well... Apple
finally
<a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008021122525348">fixed it</a>
((There are lots of other hidden options that improve the way
Spaces work and you can find some of them in the
<a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2008021122525348">article</a>
on <a href="http://www.macosxhints.com/">MacOS X Hints</a> )) and gave us an
option called:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>When switching to an application, switch to a space with open
windows for the application</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This option is checked by default and should have been named "mess
up spaces", believe me you do not want this option to be checked
((Well maybe you do... then by all means go ahead and click it - I
just don't know anyone that think the default behavior is sane)).
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> is also
rather limited in how you can configure the hotkey that switches
from space to space, and it is in this area that
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> just got
way better. <a href="http://wcrawford.org/">Will Henderson</a> recently
released a little tool called
<a href="http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytime-i-think-about-you-i-touch-my-cell/">MultiClutch</a>
that will let you bind a three finger swipe to a keystroke.
Download it, install it and follow this little guide and soon you
will be swiping from space to space!
1. Disable whatever hotkey you currently have configured for
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> ((If you
don't, you will switch away from the
<a href="http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytime-i-think-about-you-i-touch-my-cell/">MultiClutch</a>
PreferencePane each time you try to bind your current hotkey to the
three finger swipe))
2. Open the
<a href="http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytime-i-think-about-you-i-touch-my-cell/">MultiClutch</a>
PreferencePane and select the "Global" application.
3. Add a new gesture by clicking Add ((It's the small + sign)) in
the bottom right corner. "Swipe Left" is the default, double click
in the "Key Command" column and press your preferred "go left"
hotkey ((I use control + left))
4. Add a new gesture by clicking Add in the bottom right corner,
change "Swipe Left" to "Swipe Right" and then click in the "Key
Command" column and press your preferred "go right" hotkey ((I use
control + right))
5. Repeat for Up and Down
6. Open the Spaces PreferencePane and re-enable your preferred
hotkey
7. Swipe away!</p>
<p><a href="http://wcrawford.org/2008/02/28/everytime-i-think-about-you-i-touch-my-cell/">MultiClutch</a>
will also let you configure other multi-touch gestures such as
pinch open and close. If you find it useful please consider giving
a small
<a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=william.c.henderson@gmail.com&item_name=MultiClutch&no_shipping=1&cn=Message%20to%20Developer&tax=0&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP-DonationsBF&charset=UTF-8">donation</a>
to the developer.</p>Pick of the week: PTHPasteboard2009-07-09T23:55:04+02:002009-07-09T23:55:04+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-07-09:/2009/07/09/pick-of-the-week-pthpasteboard/<p><a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/"><img alt="PTHPasteboard" src="/files/2009/06/PTHPasteboard_128.png"></a>This
weeks <a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">pick</a> is an oldie,
but a goodie. It is a Mac app that I can't live without. I work
with computers all day long developing software for various
$clients. When developing software I spend a great deal of time in
a text editor ((Preferably
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a>,
<a href="http://macromates.com/">TextMate</a> or
<a href="http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/">Xcode …</a></p><p><a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/"><img alt="PTHPasteboard" src="/files/2009/06/PTHPasteboard_128.png"></a>This
weeks <a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">pick</a> is an oldie,
but a goodie. It is a Mac app that I can't live without. I work
with computers all day long developing software for various
$clients. When developing software I spend a great deal of time in
a text editor ((Preferably
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a>,
<a href="http://macromates.com/">TextMate</a> or
<a href="http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/">Xcode</a>)), mocking around
with code i.e. moving text from one file to another.
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> gives me a
pasteboard with a configurable number of slots ((I currently have
100 slots in my main pasteboard.)) for storing clippings ((This can
be both text and images with and without formatting)). So instead
of jumping back and forth between windows and applications copying
and pasting, I can copy every block I need from one file, switch
window and then paste each block where it needs to be.
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> is also
useful for people writing lots of email as you can define any
number of pasteboards with commonly used phrases and sentences. I
even have a pasteboard with ssh-keys, that I use when ever I login
to a new Unix server. It lets me add my ssh-key to the
authorized_keys file quickly and easily simply by hitting a
customized hotkey and selecting the proper entry from the
pasteboard ((And best of all It can be done without ever touching
the mouse)).
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> also exists
in a Pro version that'll let you sync pasteboards across computers
or even share pasteboards between users on different machines. The
Pro version will also let you paste through filters, and comes with
a whole slew of predefined filters that will you remove formatting,
convert line endings, encode as hex, convert camel case to
underscores and much more. I use 1Password for all of my passwords
and <a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> has the
ability to ignore specific applications. That means that my top
secret passwords will never end up in plaintext on one of the
pasteboards - clever eh?! 8-) Best of all the basic version of
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> is free! -
But I suggest you buy the Pro version and support the developer
((The Pro version only costs $24.95, which is quite cheap
considering the usefulness of this app.)), even if you'll never
((Most of the time I only use the basic features of
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a>)) use the
advanced features of the Pro version. In writing this blog post I
used <a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a>
extensively, moving text around and finding and inserting links
through the entire post. <strong>Update 2009-08-30</strong>: Please note that
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> is not
compatible with <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Snow Leopard</a> :-(
<strong>Update 2009-09-04</strong>:
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">PTHPasteboard</a> is
<a href="http://twitter.com/davidolrik/status/3732378106">back</a> and
compatible with <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Snow Leopard</a>!
Unfortunately for those using the free version, only the Pro
version will be supported under
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Snow Leopard</a>.</p>Pick of the week: trioBike2009-07-01T15:31:33+02:002009-07-01T15:31:33+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-07-01:/2009/07/01/pick-of-the-week-triobike/<p><img alt="Triobike all three configurations" src="/files/2009/05/triobike-all-three-modes.jpg">This
weeks pick comes a bit later ((And it should have been a Mac app I
use every day, but you'll have to wait until next week for that
one.)) than usual. This is because we have been out using it ever
since we got it on Thursday evening. As …</p><p><img alt="Triobike all three configurations" src="/files/2009/05/triobike-all-three-modes.jpg">This
weeks pick comes a bit later ((And it should have been a Mac app I
use every day, but you'll have to wait until next week for that
one.)) than usual. This is because we have been out using it ever
since we got it on Thursday evening. As you might have guessed ((If
you follow me on Twitter)) this weeks pick is a trioBike. The
trioBike is an amazing construction - it's a bike, a carrierbike
and a pushchair all in one! And It takes less than 2 minutes to
convert it from one configuration to another! We ordered 2
trioBikes and a pushchair some 30 days ago and went to pick it up
last Thursday. The service was excellent, Sammy ((The inventor of
the trioBike)) gave us a complete walk through of every little
feature on the bike. We then installed the
<a href="http://yfrog.com/9fiwzj">kids</a> in the carrier and rode the bikes
home. On the way home we swung by the local
<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=55.692584,12.462927&t=h&sll=55.699604,12.456242&sspn=0.006295,0.006295&ie=UTF8&ll=55.692616,12.46293&spn=0.001341,0.002637&z=19&iwloc=near">McDrive</a>,
alas they won't serve carrierbikes due to some silly insurance
related hubbub. We ate, and then went biking some more 8-) Friday
was our first real day as trioBike owners. I dropped
<a href="http://twitter.com/sebastianolrik">Sebastian</a> off at his
<a href="http://www.rk.dk/bh-solen/">kindergarten</a> with the carrier and
rode to work on the bike alone. At the end of the day I had totaled
more than 22 kilometers - not bad for the first day. The build
quality of the trioBike is most excellent and every thing on the
bike and the carrier feels very solid and well build. I have tried
<a href="http://www.kangaroobike.com/">other</a> carrierbikes ((A big thank
you to <a href="http://louiseh.dk/">Louise</a> and
<a href="http://www.williamolesen.dk/">William</a> for lending us their
<a href="http://www.kangaroobike.com/">Kangaroo</a> for a week.)) and this one
is definitely the easiest to steer although it's a bit heavier
((This is the trade of you pay for having a real handlebar that is
detached from the carrier it self.)) on the turns. My only gripe is
the soft top, it is either on or off . I miss a middle setting ((My
wife and I are already contemplating how we can create a new soft
top that will fulfill this need.)) that will provide shade from the
sun and still let lots of air into the carrier. As you can probably
tell I really like this bike and the possibilities it gives us as a
<a href="http://olrik.dk">family</a>.</p>Pick of the week: BeejiveIM2009-06-25T23:37:45+02:002009-06-25T23:37:45+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-25:/2009/06/25/pick-of-the-week-beejiveim/<p><img alt="Beejive logo" src="/files/2009/06/beejive-logo.png">This weeks pick is
all about communicating, and it's an iPhone app ((And a BlackBerry
app and a Windows Mobile app - but who cares about these legacy
platforms anyway... ;-))). With Apples release of iPhone OS 3.0 we
got push notifications ((I still wish for a way to have apps …</p><p><img alt="Beejive logo" src="/files/2009/06/beejive-logo.png">This weeks pick is
all about communicating, and it's an iPhone app ((And a BlackBerry
app and a Windows Mobile app - but who cares about these legacy
platforms anyway... ;-))). With Apples release of iPhone OS 3.0 we
got push notifications ((I still wish for a way to have apps
execute a piece of code periodically, something like a Cron
daemon)) - a clever way to avoid having apps running constantly on
the iPhone, thereby draining the battery. With Push Notifications a
whole new world opened up to developers, and
<a href="http://www.beejive.com/">Beejive</a> was one of the first to take
advantage of it. <a href="http://www.beejive.com/">Beejive</a> is an Instant
Messaging app with support for all of the most popular protocols
((AIM®/iChat®/MobileMe®, MSN®, Windows Live®, Yahoo!®, Facebook,
MySpace, GoogleTalk®, ICQ®, & <a href="http://www.jabber.org/">Jabber</a>))
and on top of that it has a really nice user interface. Last
Tuesday <a href="http://www.beejive.com/iphone/">BeejiveIM</a> version 3.0 hit
the App Store with a bunch of
<a href="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/06/18/first-look-beejive-30-for-iphone/">cool new features</a>
like Meta contacts, UI improvements and of course Push
Notifications. Unfortunately the
<a href="http://www.beejive.com/iphone/">BeejiveIM</a> 3.0 release is somewhat
buggy and crashes quite often. The app is still usable though and a
bug fix release has already been
<a href="https://twitter.com/BeejiveIM/status/2322345915">submitted</a> to
Apple. <a href="http://www.beejive.com/">Beejive</a> seems determined to
create the best mobile Instant Messaging app and they have setup a
<a href="http://www.beejive.com/support/forum/viewforum.php?f=6">feature request forum</a>
where users can ask ((I
<a href="http://www.beejive.com/support/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1579">asked</a>
for meta contacts and got it just 2 days later - guess they were
already working on it)) for new features. A feature I'm really
looking forward to is
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging">Off-the-Record Messaging</a>
which Jim from Beejive says
<a href="http://www.beejive.com/support/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=348">they are looking into</a>.
My only caveat with <a href="http://www.beejive.com/">Beejive</a> is their way
of communicating errors and server failures to their customers. If
you follow them on <a href="https://twitter.com/BeejiveIM">Twitter</a>, then
there is no problem - but they do not advertise their
<a href="https://twitter.com/BeejiveIM">twitter account</a> on their website
((I couldn't find it - and it should be on their front page as this
is the only channel they report problems to.)), nor do they have a
systems status feed on their blog or on their support pages. They
do report some problems on their forums, but they drown in traffic.
All in all this a really great and useful app; it has made me
rediscover and utilize Instant Messaging once again ((I have been
on an Instant messaging break for the last couple of months while
working for a client that doesn't allow this kind of dangerous
traffic on their secure network)), and it's on sale for only $9.99
((Down from $15 - And before you get all "damn thats expensive",
take a step back and think about it - Isn't a multi client
messaging app worth more than a large Pizza and a big coke?)).
<a href="http://www.beejive.com/">Beejive</a> also get extra credit for the
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/">Office Space</a> references in
their screenshots. 8-)</p>Pick of the week: Git2009-06-19T15:18:53+02:002009-06-19T15:18:53+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-19:/2009/06/19/pick-of-the-week-git/<p><img alt="Git - The stupid content tracker" src="/files/2009/06/git-logo.png">I
have been using
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Management">source code management</a>
systems ((Including, but not limited to:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_Control_System">RCS</a>,
<a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a>,
<a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">Subversion</a>,
<a href="http://bazaar-vcs.org/">Bazaar</a>, <a href="http://darcs.net/">Darcs</a> &
<a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a>)) for more than a
decade, but I have never been quite happy with how they worked
until I switched to git ((I switched to git late in 2006 when I got …</p><p><img alt="Git - The stupid content tracker" src="/files/2009/06/git-logo.png">I
have been using
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Management">source code management</a>
systems ((Including, but not limited to:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_Control_System">RCS</a>,
<a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a>,
<a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">Subversion</a>,
<a href="http://bazaar-vcs.org/">Bazaar</a>, <a href="http://darcs.net/">Darcs</a> &
<a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a>)) for more than a
decade, but I have never been quite happy with how they worked
until I switched to git ((I switched to git late in 2006 when I got
fed up with Subversion and the way it looses meta data during
merges)). There were always something that couldn't be done ((E.g.
no way to rename a directory in CVS)) or something that had to be
done in a silly way ((E.g. Relinking file objects to avoid evil
twins in ClearCase)) to please the system. Well, no more of that!
We now have Git! Git is a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control">Distributed Version Control System</a>
which is lightning fast and able to handle a project of any size.
Git makes branching and merging really really easy and almost a
no-op, and this gives you the freedom to experiment without loosing
the ability to go back to an earlier decision point and branch out
from there ((Who hasn't delayed a commit in subversion, only to
find that the code needed to be reworked from what should have been
a commit 8 hours earlier)). The most cool ((Actually, the most cool
thing is that git is content based, and will track a method moved
from one file to another while keeping the author meta data intact
- I know, it's magic! )) thing about git, is that it works in much
the same way that people interact with each other: via a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust">web of trust</a>. Git was
initially created by
<a href="http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/torvalds/">Linus Torvalds</a> of
<a href="http://www.kernel.org/">Linux</a> fame, when
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McVoy" title="Larry McVoy">Larry McVoy</a>
pulled the plug on BitKeeper back in 2005. In the beginning Git was
a very complicated tool, but that has since changed with
<a href="http://gitster.livejournal.com/">Junio Hamano</a> as project lead and
an veritable army of developers who has polished Git into what it
is today. My latest adventure with git has taken me to github ((I
have moved all of my Open Source projects to
<a href="http://github.com/davidolrik">Github</a> a couple of days ago)),
which is a really nice webinterface to git. Github helps facilitate
the social process that exists between developers who share code
with git or work on the same project using git. You can find out
more about git on the git <a href="http://git-scm.com/">website</a> or on the
git
<a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git">mailing list</a>
((Very high traffic and very high signal to noise ratio - lots of
nice and knowledgeable people)). If you already are a casual git
user, you might find <a href="http://gitready.com/">gitready.com</a> useful.
There you'll find small tips about both simple and advanced uses of
git - in nice bite sized chunks. If you are serious about
development and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Management">source code management</a>
you'll switch to Git...
All the <a href="http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git">cool</a>
<a href="http://github.com/rails/rails/tree/master">kids</a> have ;-)</p>Pick of the week: 1Password2009-06-13T00:28:23+02:002009-06-13T00:28:23+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-13:/2009/06/13/pick-of-the-week-1password/<p><img alt="1Password" src="/files/2009/06/1Password.png">This weeks pick is an
tool that is usualy the first thing I install on a new computer
((And by computer I mean Mac)). It's an app that keeps my personal
information safe. It's an app called 1Password that totally
replaces MacOSX' build in Keychain. So why would I want …</p><p><img alt="1Password" src="/files/2009/06/1Password.png">This weeks pick is an
tool that is usualy the first thing I install on a new computer
((And by computer I mean Mac)). It's an app that keeps my personal
information safe. It's an app called 1Password that totally
replaces MacOSX' build in Keychain. So why would I want to replace
the build in Keychain? While the build in Keychain is pretty sweet,
1Password just that much sweeter! You only need to remember one
password, and this one password will let you access all your stored
passwords. You can choose to use the build in Keychain as storage
backend, but I recommend that you use 1Passwords own
<a href="http://help.agile.ws/1Password/agile_keychain_design.html">Agile Keychain</a>
format. These are the features ((I totally ripped the feature list
from this
<a href="http://help.agile.ws/1Password/os_x_keychain_comparison.html">page</a>
in the 1Password online documentation)) you'll gain when using
1Password instead of the build in Keychain:
- Store and provide easy access to more than one account for any
website.
- Correctly handle financial websites which often disable storing
passwords in <a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/">Safari</a>’s AutoFill.
- Integrate with multiple browsers, including
<a href="http://www.apple.com/safari/">Safari</a>,
<a href="http://fluidapp.com/">Fluid</a>, <a href="http://getfirefox.com/">Firefox</a>,
<a href="http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonagent/index.html">DEVONagent</a>,
<a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/">OmniWeb</a>,
<a href="http://www.newsgator.com/INDIVIDUALS/NETNEWSWIRE/">NetNewsWire</a>,
<a href="http://www.flock.com/">Flock</a>,
<a href="http://browser.netscape.com/">Netscape Navigator</a>, and
<a href="http://caminobrowser.org/">Camino</a>.
- Eliminate the need to synchronize your data between browsers.
- Support multiple identities, such as personal and business
identities. You can even create fake identities for websites you do
not trust.
- Fill credit card information with one click.
- Import information from a multitude of sources.
- Integrate a strong password generator directly into the browser
for quick and painless generation of super strong passwords.
- Sync your information to the iPhone/iPod touch, as well as Palm
((But why would you want to do that?)) devices.</p>
<p>The killer feature of 1Password is the ability to bring all of your
passwords and credentials with you in a safe and secure way on your
iPhone ((or other mobile device, but why would you want a mobile
device that is not an iPhone?)). And with the recent 2.0 upgrade of
1Password touch the syncing part just got a major overhaul, and it
is now
<a href="http://www.switchersblog.com/2009/06/1password-touch-20-released-with-new-wi-fi-sync.html">incredibly easy and hassel free</a>
that you'll want to sync it all the time. Later
<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/09/1password-3-beta-nears-tuaw-readers-get-a-chance-to-participate/">this year</a>
Agile will release 1Password 3.0, which is a completely rewritten
version of 1Password based on the new Agile Keychain - I can't wait
for it to be released!</p>WWDC09 predictions2009-06-08T10:33:56+02:002009-06-08T10:33:56+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-08:/2009/06/08/wwdc09-predictions/<p><img alt="WWDC09 Badge" src="/files/2009/06/wwdc-2009-badge.png">Man I wish I was
in
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California">San Francisco</a>
right now ((For one thing I would be sleeping right now instead of
being on my way to work on another boring Monday morning)) and as
you may already know today ((We who live in the future must wait
until tonight at …</p><p><img alt="WWDC09 Badge" src="/files/2009/06/wwdc-2009-badge.png">Man I wish I was
in
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California">San Francisco</a>
right now ((For one thing I would be sleeping right now instead of
being on my way to work on another boring Monday morning)) and as
you may already know today ((We who live in the future must wait
until tonight at 1900
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_Time">CET</a> to
"watch" the keynote)) is the first day of the WWDC, also known as
keynote-day. The rumor mill is running rampart with all kind of
craziness - some make sense and some are just wishful thinking. I
had planed writing a lengthy post of my WWDC predictions, but I
believe <a href="http://twitter.com/gruber">Gruber</a> of
<a href="http://daringfireball.net/">Daring Fireball</a> has
<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2009/06/wwdc_2009_predictions">nailed it</a>
pretty much, so no need to repeat that. I don't think Steve will be
appearing at this WWDC, that will probably first happen next month
when Apple introduces the much rumored tablet-thingy. If, against
all odds, Steve should appear it would be cool if would do it like
<a href="http://twitter.com/billamend">Bill Amend</a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/billamend/status/2045121331">envisioned</a> on
twitter: He'll call Phil during the introduction of the new iPhone
- via the video chat feature. Since the keynote won't be streamed
live, we'll have to make due with Twitter, IRC and live blogging. I
plan to "watch" the keynote via
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/apple-wwdc-keynote-liveblog-coverage.ars">ars technica</a>
and <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/">TUAW</a>.
- Web:
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/apple-wwdc-keynote-liveblog-coverage.ars">http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/06/apple-wwdc-keynote-liveblog-coverage.ars</a>
- Twitter:
<a href="http://twitter.com/arsWWDC">http://twitter.com/arsWWDC</a>
- IRC (liveblog):
<a href="irc://irc.arstechnica.com/wwdc">irc.arstechnica.com, #WWDC</a>
- IRC (chat):
<a href="irc://irc.arstechnica.com/macintosh">irc.arstechnica.com, #macintosh</a></p>
<p>It's going to be insanely great!</p>Pick of the week: Flight Control2009-06-04T14:30:04+02:002009-06-04T14:30:04+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-04:/2009/06/04/pick-of-the-week-flight-control/<p><a href="http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/"><img alt="Flight Control" src="/files/2009/06/flightcontrol.png"></a>Inspired
by <a href="http://leoville.com/">Leo</a> and his
<a href="http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki/Category:Hosts">gang</a> on
<a href="http://twit.tv/">TWiT</a>, I am starting a weekly post series about
apps and technology I find particular cool. This weeks pick is a
small game called
<a href="http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/">Flight Control</a> from
<a href="http://www.firemint.com/">Firemint</a>.
<a href="http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/">Flight Control</a> is a very
simple game with exceptionally beautiful graphics and it's <em>very</em>
addicting …</p><p><a href="http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/"><img alt="Flight Control" src="/files/2009/06/flightcontrol.png"></a>Inspired
by <a href="http://leoville.com/">Leo</a> and his
<a href="http://wiki.twit.tv/wiki/Category:Hosts">gang</a> on
<a href="http://twit.tv/">TWiT</a>, I am starting a weekly post series about
apps and technology I find particular cool. This weeks pick is a
small game called
<a href="http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/">Flight Control</a> from
<a href="http://www.firemint.com/">Firemint</a>.
<a href="http://www.firemint.com/flightcontrol/">Flight Control</a> is a very
simple game with exceptionally beautiful graphics and it's <em>very</em>
addicting ((Don't say I didn't warn you)). The aim of the game is
to land airplanes on an airstrip. You act as a flight controller
and simply trace the path you wish the plane to follow - very
simple, at least at first. As the game progresses you will have to
keep more and more planes and helicopters in the air - at the same
time - and keep them from crashing into each other. The graphics
and sound set moves you back in time, back to the childhood of air
travel and gives the game a really nice look and feel. Highly
recommended! ((But then again it wouldn't be a pick of the week if
it wasn't))
<a href="http://itunes.com/apps/flightcontrol">Download it</a> on the iTunes
App Store!</p>To Bing or not to Bing2009-06-03T13:34:05+02:002009-06-03T13:34:05+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-03:/2009/06/03/to-bing-or-not-to-bing/<p><img alt="Bada Bing" src="/files/2009/06/Bada-Bing.png"> So
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> released a new search engine
called <a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>. Yes that's right
<a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>, what an awesome name... or maybe not.
They named it <a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>because they want people
to make it in to a verb like "to google", but I don't see that
happen any time soon - I certainly don't …</p><p><img alt="Bada Bing" src="/files/2009/06/Bada-Bing.png"> So
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> released a new search engine
called <a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>. Yes that's right
<a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>, what an awesome name... or maybe not.
They named it <a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a>because they want people
to make it in to a verb like "to google", but I don't see that
happen any time soon - I certainly don't want anybody "to bing" me.
But how does it compare to the competition? Well I tried to
<a href="http://www.bing.com/search?q=David+Olrik&go=&form=QBLH&filt=all">bing my self</a>
((No! - That really doesn't sound right - People might actually be
offended by it...)) today and these are the top 3 urls it returned:
1. <a href="http://olrik.dk/">http://olrik.dk/</a>
2. ****<a href="http://search.cpan.org/~djo/">http://search.cpan.org/\~djo/</a>
3. http://david.olrik.dk/sitemap.xml.gz ((Note: I did not make
this a clickable link, because unless you are a search engine it
won't make much sense to you))</p>
<p>Our family <a href="http://olrik.dk/">website</a>, my Perl
<a href="http://search.cpan.org/~djo/">modules</a> on CPAN and what? A gzipped
XML sitemap, what am I going to do with that? I'm not a search
engine! - Not exactly what I had hoped for, especially that third
link makes absolutely no sense at all. By comparison this is what
Google gave me for the
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=David+Olrik">same search</a>:
1. <a href="/">http://david.olrik.dk/</a>
2. [intlink id="602"
type="post"]http://david.olrik.dk/2009/03/28/a-new-perspective-on-gtd/[/intlink]
3. <a href="http://twitter.com/davidolrik">http://twitter.com/davidolrik</a></p>
<p>Three links that are very relevant to the
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=David+Olrik">search for me</a>. I know
<a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a> is still in beta, but so is Google
((btw. Thank you Google for ruining peoples perception of what beta
software means)) or at least they claim to be. As usual
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> is arriving too
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune">late</a> in the game, but they do
get some points for trying ((<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a>
today, is way better than <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a> 10
years ago)). I went through the first 10 pages of results on
<a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a> without finding a link to this site,
and at least half of the results were not related to me in any way
and that's not an acceptable result for a search engine. So am I
going to be using <a href="http://www.bing.com/">Bing</a> any time soon ? ...
<em>Fugedabodit</em> ((You need to use a bad Italian accent for this word
to give meaning))!</p>1Password touch 2.0 and 1Password 3.02009-06-01T10:19:23+02:002009-06-01T10:19:23+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-06-01:/2009/06/01/1password-touch-2-0-and-1password-3-0/<p><img alt="1Password 3.0 - Locked" src="/files/2009/05/v3-locked.png">Everyone's
favorite credential manager will be out in version 3.0 later this
year with a completely redesigned UI.
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/">Agile</a> offered us a sneak-peak of
the
<a href="http://e1h1.simplecdn.net/agile/aws/images/newsletter/screenshots/LockedUIv3.png">new Locked Screen</a>,
and I must say it looks spiffy. While we wait for 3.0 I suggest you
upgrade your keychain to the …</p><p><img alt="1Password 3.0 - Locked" src="/files/2009/05/v3-locked.png">Everyone's
favorite credential manager will be out in version 3.0 later this
year with a completely redesigned UI.
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/">Agile</a> offered us a sneak-peak of
the
<a href="http://e1h1.simplecdn.net/agile/aws/images/newsletter/screenshots/LockedUIv3.png">new Locked Screen</a>,
and I must say it looks spiffy. While we wait for 3.0 I suggest you
upgrade your keychain to the <em>Agile Keychain</em> format which features
stronger encryption, allows for file based syncing ((Which means
that you can do backups with <a href="http://www.samba.org/rsync/">rsync</a>
or <a href="https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE3MDY1MTk">Dropbox</a>))
and
<a href="http://help.agile.ws/1Password/keychain_comparison.html">much more</a>.
Another thing you can do is get
((<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/iphone">1Password touch</a>
is <em>free</em> until June 5. 2009)) or upgrade ((Be sure to upgrade the
desktop version first and sync your iPhone before upgrading your
iPhone))
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/iphone">1Password touch</a>
which have just been upgraded to version 2.0. This is a huge
upgrade which finally brings full support for Wallet Items to the
iPhone in addition to faster and more reliable syncs. 1Password is
one of my most used applications and I can hardly wait for version
3.0.</p>Don't forget your towel!2009-05-24T23:42:38+02:002009-05-24T23:42:38+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-05-24:/2009/05/24/dont-forget-your-towel/<p><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8e20/zoom/"><img alt="42 Utility Towel" src="/files/2009/05/42_towel.png"></a>Tomorrow
is May 25th, also known as <a href="http://towelday.org/">Towel Day</a>
amongst friends. This is the day where we celebrate the life and
works of my favorite author of all time
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams">Douglas Adams</a>
((Douglas is the reason for my weird obsession with the number
42)). Douglas is the author of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's …</a></p><p><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/8e20/zoom/"><img alt="42 Utility Towel" src="/files/2009/05/42_towel.png"></a>Tomorrow
is May 25th, also known as <a href="http://towelday.org/">Towel Day</a>
amongst friends. This is the day where we celebrate the life and
works of my favorite author of all time
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams">Douglas Adams</a>
((Douglas is the reason for my weird obsession with the number
42)). Douglas is the author of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a>,
a most excellent book about another book that is equally excellent.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>A towel, it (("It" being the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a>))
says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar
hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can
wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of
Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded
beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can
sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert
world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy
River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round
your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid
animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you
can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of
course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean
enough.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So, do as the book says: <em>"Don't forget your towel!"</em></p>Remote execution exploit - Disable Java in your OS X Browser2009-05-21T00:35:50+02:002009-05-21T00:35:50+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-05-21:/2009/05/21/remote-execution-exploit-disable-java-in-your-os-x-browser/<p><img alt="Java - Evil Edition" src="/files/2009/06/Java-Evil-Edition.png">Ok,
first I want you to stop reading and go into your browsers
preferences and disable Java. Seriously stop reading right now and
disable Java now!</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Please disable Java in your browser now!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There, now we can continue - Six months ago a really nasty
<a href="http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html">exploit</a>
was discovered in Java. This …</p><p><img alt="Java - Evil Edition" src="/files/2009/06/Java-Evil-Edition.png">Ok,
first I want you to stop reading and go into your browsers
preferences and disable Java. Seriously stop reading right now and
disable Java now!</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Please disable Java in your browser now!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There, now we can continue - Six months ago a really nasty
<a href="http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html">exploit</a>
was discovered in Java. This exploit will let an attacker escape
Javas sandbox and execute any command on the users system with the
same privileges as the user. This is bad, as in</p>
<blockquote>
<p>rm -rf \~</p>
</blockquote>
<p>As in really really bad! This exploit is cross platform as it can
be written in pure Java. Sun fixed it in December and Apple still
hasn't updated their Java version in OS X, eventhough they updated
Java back in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3374">February</a>. Dear
Apple, Please fix this nasty exploit as soon as possible - it's
getting embarrassing. <strong>Update</strong>: As of June 15th 2009 ((Only 6
months late)) Apple has released a
<a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3581">software update</a> that fixes
the remote exploit.</p>Powered by wind turbines2009-05-19T14:43:02+02:002009-05-19T14:43:02+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-05-19:/2009/05/19/powered-by-wind-turbines/<p><a href="http://www.vindenergi.dk"><img alt="Green Power" src="/files/2009/05/greenpower.png"></a>As
of July 1st our entire household will be using green power from
danish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbines">wind turbines</a>
((Yes I know, we don't have magic cables that only transport power
from the wind turbines to our power outlets, but for each kilowatt
we use, we will donate a percentage of the cost …</p><p><a href="http://www.vindenergi.dk"><img alt="Green Power" src="/files/2009/05/greenpower.png"></a>As
of July 1st our entire household will be using green power from
danish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbines">wind turbines</a>
((Yes I know, we don't have magic cables that only transport power
from the wind turbines to our power outlets, but for each kilowatt
we use, we will donate a percentage of the cost to the windmill
owners)) exclusively. We've changed power company from
<a href="http://www.dong.dk">Dong</a>to
<a href="http://www.nordjysk-elhandel.dk/">Nordjysk Elhandel</a> and in doing
so we will not only get green power but it will also be cheaper per
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt-hour">kWh</a>. We are becoming
greener and greener!</p>Geocaching2009-05-10T23:42:36+02:002009-05-10T23:42:36+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-05-10:/2009/05/10/geocaching/<p><img alt="Geocaching" src="/files/2009/05/geologo.png">I've been wanting to try
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching">Geocaching</a> for a long
time, and today I finally did. Today was just another lazy Sunday,
and then on a whim I suggested to my family "Hey lets go look for
hidden treasures". I picked an easy nearby
<a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e996d246-9043-40f4-ae14-c7aa411e49ba">cache</a>,
and after dinner I took the …</p><p><img alt="Geocaching" src="/files/2009/05/geologo.png">I've been wanting to try
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching">Geocaching</a> for a long
time, and today I finally did. Today was just another lazy Sunday,
and then on a whim I suggested to my family "Hey lets go look for
hidden treasures". I picked an easy nearby
<a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e996d246-9043-40f4-ae14-c7aa411e49ba">cache</a>,
and after dinner I took the whole family treasure hunting. I had
purchased a nice little
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292242503&mt=8">app</a>
for my iPhone that you can use in place of a dedicated GPS unit.
Furthermore it gives you direct access to over
<a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/">700000</a> geocaches around the
world which you can search through, and comment on. The
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292242503&mt=8">app</a>
worked like a charm and we all had great fun - we'll definitely be
going <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching">Geocaching</a> again.</p>Going green!2009-05-10T13:23:15+02:002009-05-10T13:23:15+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-05-10:/2009/05/10/going-green/<p><img alt="Triobike" src="/files/2009/05/triobike.png">After much debate and
careful consideration we, <a href="http://olrik.dk/">The Olrik Family</a>,
have decided to go <strong>green</strong>! We will try to minimize our CO~2~
footprint on the world in everything we do through the clever use
of technology. This doesn't mean we will go the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish">Amish</a> ((Also the Amish is a …</p><p><img alt="Triobike" src="/files/2009/05/triobike.png">After much debate and
careful consideration we, <a href="http://olrik.dk/">The Olrik Family</a>,
have decided to go <strong>green</strong>! We will try to minimize our CO~2~
footprint on the world in everything we do through the clever use
of technology. This doesn't mean we will go the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish">Amish</a> ((Also the Amish is a
Christian cult, an we won't be going down that route either)) route
and denounce all things modern. Instead we will embrace science and
technology, like we have done in the past, but with the new
perspective of environmental friendliness. The thing that prompted
the whole "lets go green" train of thought was our car and the
amount of money we spend on it. We did a simple
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_cost_of_ownership">TCO</a>
calculation on our car and our car usage. Guess what - We could
almost ride exclusively in Taxicabs ((With 3 children of which one
is a toddler, this wouldn't be practical)) given our current usage
pattern. A friend of ours just bought a
<a href="http://www.kangaroobike.com/">Kangaroo</a>, and that seemed like
suitable alternative given our new found greenness. But the
Kangaroo is not flexible ((One parent should be able to bring the
kids to their kindergarten, and the other should be able to pick
them up)) enough for our taste. We scoured the Interwebs and found
<a href="http://triobike.dk/">trioBike</a> that seemed to fit our needs. Some
further googleing turned up both glowing
<a href="http://www.dba.dk/asp/sektion/artikler/detail.asp?ArtikelId=51431">reviews</a>
and very poor
<a href="http://www.dr.dk/DR1/Rabatten/Indslag/2007/0911141457.htm">reviews</a>.
So yesterday we went to <a href="http://triobike.dk/">trioBike</a> to see what
all the
<a href="http://www.bakfiets-en-meer.nl/2007/10/04/triobike-internet-reviews/">fuss</a>
was about. Let me just say that I wasn't disappointed. Not only
does the <a href="http://triobike.dk/">trioBike</a> look cool, it rides like a
dream. The bike can easily carry 2 children and what ever else you
want to bring to school, to kindergarten, to a picnic and
everywhere else you want to go. We are definitely going to get one
for our <a href="http://olrik.dk/">family</a>!</p>My top 8 favourite iPhone apps2009-04-17T21:42:05+02:002009-04-17T21:42:05+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-04-17:/2009/04/17/my-top-8-favourite-iphone-apps/<p><img alt="My favorite iPhone apps" src="/files/2009/04/favorite-apps.png"> When I
started writing this blog post, it was called My top 5 favorite
iPhone apps. But as I sorted through my installed ((I have 107 apps
on my iPhone and a total of 144 apps in my iTunes library.)) apps,
I had a really hard time limiting my self …</p><p><img alt="My favorite iPhone apps" src="/files/2009/04/favorite-apps.png"> When I
started writing this blog post, it was called My top 5 favorite
iPhone apps. But as I sorted through my installed ((I have 107 apps
on my iPhone and a total of 144 apps in my iTunes library.)) apps,
I had a really hard time limiting my self to just 5 apps - so I
changed the scope to "top 8". If I could only install 8 3rd party
apps these are the ones I would choose. These 8 apps are the ones I
use most frequently, and I couldn't imagine living without them.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus_for_iphone/">OmniFocus</a></h3>
<h3><a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus_for_iphone/"></a></h3>
<p>561" alt="omnifocus-iphone-icon" width="84" height="84" />First up
is OmniFocus. OmniFocus is labeled as "Professional-grade personal
task management" and is my most used app. OmniFocus keeps me sane -
as an <a href="http://grepmasters.com">indie Mac developer</a>, a
<a href="http://neoconsult.com">consultant</a> in the finance and
telecommunication industries and as a father of 3 beautiful
children ((Well, only 2 of them are mine biologically, the 3rd one
is a bonus child)) I have a lot of stuff on my mind. OmniFocus
allows me to clear my mind and insures that I don't let anything
important slip through the cracks. OmniFocus also exists in a
desktop version, and I highly recommend getting them both - they
are well worth their asking price ((Some would say OmniFocus is too
expensive, but the level of Zen it will bring into your life is
surely worth at least twice what they ask for, if not more!)).</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-iphone/">Tweetie</a></h3>
<p>562" alt="tweetie-iphone-icon" width="77" height="77" />Everyone
is on twitter, its fun and can be a very powerful source of
information if used correctly. Tweetie is a great twitter client
with support for multiple accounts. An absolute must have for the
twitter power user on the move. A desktop version of Tweetie is in
the <a href="http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/">works</a>, and it looks very
promising.</p>
<h3><a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/iphone">1Password touch</a><a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/"></a></h3>
<p>563" alt="1password-iphone-icon" width="77" height="77" />If you
spend any amount of time online, you will accumulate an obscene
number of usernames and passwords. 1Password touch lets you bring
this info and all your other personal info with you everywhere you
go in a safe and secure ((It encrypts your data with AES CBC.))
manner. 1Password also has a desktop companion that will allow you
to keep your info in sync across all of your Macs and your iPhone.</p>
<h3><a href="http://iphone.wordpress.org/">Wordpress</a></h3>
<p>564" alt="wordpress-iphone-icon" width="77" height="77"
/>Everything a mobile blogger could wish for! You can both add new
content and manage existing content. Write posts, upload photos,
edit pages, and manage comments on your blog, and as Wordpress it
self, it is of course Open Source! Works with both
<a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> and self-hosted
<a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> installations (2.5.1 or
higher).</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.lexcycle.com/iphone">Stanza</a></h3>
<p>565" alt="stanza-iphone-icon" width="77" height="77" />Stanza is
an amazing e-book reader loaded with nice features and support for
a lot of different e-book formats. I have purchased a lot of
e-books from the <a href="http://www.pragprog.com">Pragmatic Programmers</a>
in pdf format, and they recently [intlink id="593"
type="post"]republished[/intlink] allmost all of their books in the
EPUB format. Stanza is great for killing time while on the bus or
in the train, and carrying around 5 or 10 books won't kill your
back either.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.olivetoast.com/Files/">Files</a></h3>
<p>566" alt="files-iphone-icon" width="79" height="80" />I like being
mobile, Files will let you bring your important documents and files
with you where ever you go. No need to lug that huge laptop around
all the time. Another great back saver. I have tried a lot of
"virtual disk" apps, but Files is the one that suits me best. I
like the ability to password protect my documents, and the way
Files lets you display the content of most common file types.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.zinger-soft.com/iSSH_features.html">iSSH</a></h3>
<p>567" alt="issh-iphone-icon" width="77" height="77" />Being a unix
geek, I can't live without an ssh client. I love being able to
restart a failed server, fix a broken config file or upgrade
Wordpress plugin from any ((And by "any" I mean any place that has
some kind of network connection.)) location in the world. There are
other ssh clients in the App Store, but I like iSSH's fixed screen
size as oposed to scrolling around in
<a href="http://jbrink.net/touchterm/">TouchTerm</a> looking for that missing
piece of text.</p>
<h3><a href="http://www.bitrino.com/wifitrak/">WifiTrak</a></h3>
<p>568" alt="wifitrak-iphone-icon" width="77" height="77" />When you
are on the move and need a network connection Apple's build in
wifi-locator leaves a lot to be desired. WifiTrak lets you quickly
browse the neighborhood for an open access point with a strong
signal. WifiTrak will scans all networks in the vicinity and
validate each network it finds. It then shows a list of the
networks sorted from most usable (open, not redirected, strong
signal) to least usable (secured or hidden, weak signal).</p>
<p>These are my favorite iPhone apps, they each inrich my life in
different ways by widening my options when I am on the move and
away from my regular computer and internet connection. Apps on the
App Store are ridiculously low priced ((Some of the apps on the App
Store deserve the low price - all I am saying is that price and
quality should go hand in hand)), for any App that can enhance your
quality of life, the developer should be able to charge a fair
price without the fear of bad reviews by [intlink id="267"
type="post"]silly iPhone users[/intlink] that think the price of a
large pizza and a coke is too much for an app with the potential to
enhance your productivity exponentially. Now go forth and buy some
cool apps! 8-)</p>Creative use of Apples Time Machine2009-04-16T21:14:59+02:002009-04-16T21:14:59+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-04-16:/2009/04/16/creative-use-of-apples-time-machine/<p><img alt="Time Machine" src="/files/2009/04/timemachine.png">I Just had an Apple
moment! A moment where you truly feel the amount of thought that
goes into creating all the cool stuff ((Yes, I know I sound like an
Apple [intlink id="238" type="post"]fan boy[/intlink], so deduct
10% of my enthusiasm for everything I say …</p><p><img alt="Time Machine" src="/files/2009/04/timemachine.png">I Just had an Apple
moment! A moment where you truly feel the amount of thought that
goes into creating all the cool stuff ((Yes, I know I sound like an
Apple [intlink id="238" type="post"]fan boy[/intlink], so deduct
10% of my enthusiasm for everything I say about Apple)) at Apple. I
was just about to install the latest beta of the iPhone 3.0 SDK,
when I ran out of disk space. What to do ? - I could get up from
the couch and find an external hard disk, but that one was also
stuffed... I think... Well I didn't bother to check, instead I
chose a random ((Well not completely random, I chose a folder that
I knew hadn't changed in the last couple of days - i.e. I knew it
was backed up properly!)) folder in my home directory that weighed
in at just under 3 GiB. I then went on to install the SDK. After
the installation I deleted the SDK disk image, and then "Entered
the Time Machine" and restored the folder. Quite useful! - So if I
one day need a lot of storage, and I am far from home, I'll just
delete ((Please don't delete just any random folder, pick one you
know hasn't changed since the last time Time Machine backed up your
hard disk)) my iTunes music folder and restore it when I get home.</p>42 again ?2009-04-10T10:46:53+02:002009-04-10T10:46:53+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-04-10:/2009/04/10/42-again/<p><img alt="42 as interleaved 2 of 5 barcode" src="/files/2009/04/42_as_interleaved_2_of_5_barcode.png">Ever
since reading the holy
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0330258648/tag=davidolrikdk-21">trilogy</a>
soon to be
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Another_Thing..._(novel)">hexology</a>
in my early teens, I have had a "secret" obsession with the number
42. My phone number begins with 4242, my license plate is 42, I
have a lot of
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidolrikdk/sets/72157600059842865/">pictures</a>
on flickr in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/42/">42 group</a>. Just
the other …</p><p><img alt="42 as interleaved 2 of 5 barcode" src="/files/2009/04/42_as_interleaved_2_of_5_barcode.png">Ever
since reading the holy
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0330258648/tag=davidolrikdk-21">trilogy</a>
soon to be
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Another_Thing..._(novel)">hexology</a>
in my early teens, I have had a "secret" obsession with the number
42. My phone number begins with 4242, my license plate is 42, I
have a lot of
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidolrikdk/sets/72157600059842865/">pictures</a>
on flickr in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/42/">42 group</a>. Just
the other day I was playing around with twitter and discovered that
my twitter id ends with 4242. Coincidence? - Maybe, but the number
still carries a
<a href="http://bryllup.olrik.dk/program.html">very special meaning</a> for me
and always will :-)</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Six by nine. Forty two." "That's it. That's all there is." "I
always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe"
((Douglas Adams (1 January 1980).
<em>The Restaurant at the End of the Universe</em>.))</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I look forward to the 6th book in the trilogy, and even though it
won't be Douglas Adams' own words directly, I still believe
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin_Colfer">Eoin Colfe</a> ((He's even
on <a href="http://twitter.com/EoinColfer">twitter</a>! - but then
<a href="http://twitter.com/aplusk">again</a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/britneyspears">who</a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/MarthaStewart">isn't</a>)) will be able to capture
the mood and the spirit of previous books in the series.</p>
<p>Don't forget your towel!</p>A new Perspective on GTD2009-03-28T09:11:00+01:002009-03-28T09:11:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-03-28:/2009/03/28/a-new-perspective-on-gtd/<p><img class="right" src="/files/2009/03/omnifocus.png">
By now I am sure you all have heard of OmniFocus, and if not let me start by stating that:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"This is the most powerful <a href="http://www.davidco.com/about-gtd">GTD®</a> app on the marked today."</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have used OmniFocus on and off ever since the first public
<a href="http://blog.omnigroup.com/2007/05/14/omnifocus-pre-release-early-birds-get-the-bugs/">pre release</a>,
and when Omni later introduced …</p><p><img class="right" src="/files/2009/03/omnifocus.png">
By now I am sure you all have heard of OmniFocus, and if not let me start by stating that:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"This is the most powerful <a href="http://www.davidco.com/about-gtd">GTD®</a> app on the marked today."</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have used OmniFocus on and off ever since the first public
<a href="http://blog.omnigroup.com/2007/05/14/omnifocus-pre-release-early-birds-get-the-bugs/">pre release</a>,
and when Omni later introduced "Perspectives" I was sold - I have
been a die-hard OmniFocus user ever since. OmniFocus is very
powerful, and can seem a little daunting at first, but after a while it'll grow on you and make you more
productive than you have ever been before.</p>
<p>While OmniFocus could seem overly complex<sup id="fnref:complex"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:complex">2</a></sup> to the casual observer, "Perspectives" are what
keeps it all simple. Perspectives are effectively user definable
filters that let you "drill down" through all of your tasks and
only show you what is relevant right now. E.g. I don't want to be
bothered by work related tasks when I'm not at work - it lets you
keep your focus.</p>
<p>If you haven't read <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0142000280/tag=davidolrikdk-21">"the book"</a><sup id="fnref:thebook"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:thebook">3</a></sup> yet, I
highly recommend that you do, it has the potential to transform
your life.</p>
<p>For a system like <a href="http://www.davidco.com/about-gtd">Getting Things Done</a> to
work you have to do it all the time, you have to make it a habit.<sup id="fnref:habit"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:habit">4</a></sup>
When you are away from your computer you still need to be able to capture new
tasks and ideas, and having two systems for the same thing doesn't work well
for me. Fortunately Omni has created an iPhone
<a href="/2008/07/31/omnifocus-for-iphone-102-released/">version</a> of OmniFocus that
completes the system for me.</p>
<p>The only thing I miss now is for my <a href="http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=8872&highlight=context+perspectives">perspectives to sync</a>
to my iPhone. But it <a href="http://twitter.com/OmniFocus/status/1403065246">looks</a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/OmniFocus/status/1273348521">like</a>
<a href="http://twitter.com/kcase/status/1208453820">this</a> might happen not
too far into the future.<sup id="fnref:help"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:help">5</a></sup></p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:givetime">
<p>Give your self time to get acquainted with OmniFocus it'll pay off in the long run. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:givetime" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:complex">
<p>It really isn't - it's just very configurable. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:complex" title="Jump back to footnote 2 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:thebook">
<p>http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0142000280/tag=davidolrikdk-21 <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:thebook" title="Jump back to footnote 3 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:habit">
<p>and that takes time. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:habit" title="Jump back to footnote 4 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
<li id="fn:help">
<p>and you can help make it happen by emailing the Omni support ninjas and requesting this feature. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:help" title="Jump back to footnote 5 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Pragmatic Books now in ePub!2009-03-26T10:01:49+01:002009-03-26T10:01:49+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-03-26:/2009/03/26/pragmatic-books-now-in-epub/<p><img alt="Pragmatic book pile" src="/files/2009/03/book_pile.png">A few days ago
I <a href="http://bit.ly/info/sdUg">tweeted</a> about the latest
<a href="http://www.pragprog.com/pragmatic-ebooks">news</a> from the Pragmatic
Programmers. This morning I received the official
<a href="http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2009-03-25.html">newsletter</a>
in my inbox with all the details. All of the Pragmatic Programmers
eBooks are now available in the ePub and mobi formats as well as
PDF. And whats even …</p><p><img alt="Pragmatic book pile" src="/files/2009/03/book_pile.png">A few days ago
I <a href="http://bit.ly/info/sdUg">tweeted</a> about the latest
<a href="http://www.pragprog.com/pragmatic-ebooks">news</a> from the Pragmatic
Programmers. This morning I received the official
<a href="http://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2009-03-25.html">newsletter</a>
in my inbox with all the details. All of the Pragmatic Programmers
eBooks are now available in the ePub and mobi formats as well as
PDF. And whats even more cool, is that if you have previously
purchased any PDF eBook from the Pragmatic Programmers, you can now
download it in any of the new formats - or both! This means you can
now bring your entire Pragmatic collection on your iPhone or
Kindle. To get your collection on your iPhone, install
<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284956128&mt=8">Stanza</a>
and use Mobile Safari to download the books directly ((The Stanza
desktop companion fubars the formatting)) on the iPhone. Oh, did I
mention the the books are DRM-free?</p>Share your active Wordpress plugins2009-03-18T14:32:58+01:002009-03-18T14:32:58+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-03-18:/2009/03/18/share-your-active-wordpress-plugins/<p>A <a href="http://blog.vrist.dk/">friend</a>of mine
<a href="/2009/03/10/wordpress-migration/#comment-66">challenged</a> me to
share my active Wordpress plugins. So here goes, from one plugin
addict to another :-) [table id=1 /] If I had to limit my self to
<em>10</em> plugins these are the ones I simply can't live without:
- Google Analyticator
- NextGEN Gallery
- OpenID
- Redirection
- Sociable …</p><p>A <a href="http://blog.vrist.dk/">friend</a>of mine
<a href="/2009/03/10/wordpress-migration/#comment-66">challenged</a> me to
share my active Wordpress plugins. So here goes, from one plugin
addict to another :-) [table id=1 /] If I had to limit my self to
<em>10</em> plugins these are the ones I simply can't live without:
- Google Analyticator
- NextGEN Gallery
- OpenID
- Redirection
- Sociable
- Scissors
- Theme Test Drive
- WordPress Admin Bar
- WP Sentry
- WPtouch iPhone Theme</p>
<p>Now share yours! 8-)</p>Wordpress migration2009-03-10T01:21:19+01:002009-03-10T01:21:19+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-03-10:/2009/03/10/wordpress-migration/<p><img alt="Wordpress" src="/files/2009/03/wordpress-icon-128.png"> Just over a
month ago I began contemplating a move from
<a href="http://www.movabletype.org/">Movable Type</a> to
<a href="http://wordpress.org/">Wordpress</a>, and for the last 14 days or so
I have been running my blog on Wordpress. I must say that the
experience have been very nice so far. Back in the day, when
Movable Type …</p><p><img alt="Wordpress" src="/files/2009/03/wordpress-icon-128.png"> Just over a
month ago I began contemplating a move from
<a href="http://www.movabletype.org/">Movable Type</a> to
<a href="http://wordpress.org/">Wordpress</a>, and for the last 14 days or so
I have been running my blog on Wordpress. I must say that the
experience have been very nice so far. Back in the day, when
Movable Type was free, that was my blogging platform of choice.
When <a href="http://www.sixapart.com/">Six Apart</a> went the
<a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2004/05/movable_type_30_and_eating.html">non-free way</a>,
I rolled my own, I used <a href="https://www.blogger.com/">Blogger</a> and
<a href="http://wiki.github.com/fdv/typo/">Typo</a> and I was mostly happy.
For a long time I stayed away from Wordpress because I thought it
sucked and more importantly because it was writen in PHP ((I don't
particularly like PHP, buy hey 10 million n00bes can't possibly be
wrong)) which truly does suck. On December 10th, 2008, Wordpress
Version 2.7 was released, and this version puts all previous
versions of Wordpress to shame. This is really a great release and
almost makes PHP look sexy ((I said almost!)). Wordpress has
matured into a very powerful blogging platform which has an
abundance of plugins ((I went nuts, and are currently using no less
than 36 plugins)). I think that Movable Type lost its momentum when
Six Apart released Movable Type 3.0, with its new pricing scheme,
and this inturn let Wordpress take over. I have found Wordpress
plugins for all but one Movable Type feature, and that is "multiple
blogs in one installation". I have also found several plugins that
I can't imagine living without now. I exported my Movable Type blog
with tags and categories and used the supplied importer and a
little custom perl script to fix-up the export before import. Piece
of cake! ((If you see some funky looking links, then maybe it
wasn't totally a piece of cake...)).</p>Wall·E wins best animated feature2009-02-22T04:42:11+01:002009-02-22T04:42:11+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-02-22:/2009/02/22/wall-e-wins-best-animated-feature/<p><img alt="wall-e" src="/files/2009/02/wall-e.jpg"> Pixar has done it yet again! -
Wall·E has won a much deserved Oscar for best animated feature. In
the words of Jack Black, when asked how he makes money on his
animation work:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I take what I make on a Dreamworks movie and bet it all on Pixar!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>All …</p><p><img alt="wall-e" src="/files/2009/02/wall-e.jpg"> Pixar has done it yet again! -
Wall·E has won a much deserved Oscar for best animated feature. In
the words of Jack Black, when asked how he makes money on his
animation work:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I take what I make on a Dreamworks movie and bet it all on Pixar!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>All movies that come out of Pixar is great and Wall·E is an
<a href="http://www.film.com/features/story/review-wall-e-another-home/21533765">instant classic,</a>
with a heart felt storyline, that offers something for everyone. As
you might have guessed, Wall·E is a favourite of mine.</p>The time is now 1234567890!2009-02-14T00:31:02+01:002009-02-14T00:31:02+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-02-14:/2009/02/14/the-time-is-now-1234567890/<p>It's like newyear, only better! At 23:31:30 UTC tonight the time
since the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time">eopch</a> will be
<a href="http://coolepochcountdown.com/">1234567890</a>. Ain't
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix">Unix</a> great? Lets
<a href="http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/unix-lovers-to.html">celebrate</a>!</p>Meet Sarah!2009-01-23T11:01:04+01:002009-01-23T11:01:04+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-01-23:/2009/01/23/meet-sarah/<p><a href="/files/2009/01/image1296158744.jpg"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/01/image1296158744.jpg" title="Sarah Wange Olrik"></a>Here
she is, finally out of light therapy. <strong><em>Sarah Wange Olrik</em></strong> With
a little luck she'll be released tommorow. Only time will tell...</p>Life, now with even more magic!2009-01-20T17:42:42+01:002009-01-20T17:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2009-01-20:/2009/01/20/life-now-with-even-more-magic/<p><a href="/files/2009/01/gitte_sarah-thumb-760x669-94.png"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/01/gitte_sarah-thumb-760x669-94-300x264.png" title="gitte_sarah-thumb-760x669-94"></a>So
it finally happened! After a long and tough pregnancy, today at
17:10 on this beautiful sunny winter Tuesday, our little baby girl
has arrived to this brave new world. A world where there is no more
Bush, and the Israeli and the Palestinian have finally entered a
ceasefire …</p><p><a href="/files/2009/01/gitte_sarah-thumb-760x669-94.png"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/01/gitte_sarah-thumb-760x669-94-300x264.png" title="gitte_sarah-thumb-760x669-94"></a>So
it finally happened! After a long and tough pregnancy, today at
17:10 on this beautiful sunny winter Tuesday, our little baby girl
has arrived to this brave new world. A world where there is no more
Bush, and the Israeli and the Palestinian have finally entered a
ceasefire. The future never looked so bright before... Both mom and
soon to be named ((We have a couple of names, but the jury is still
out voting on it.)) baby girl are perfectly fine, and eager to come
home from the hospital. She's 49 centimeters long and weighing 2290
grams. Her two older brothers are proud as hell and so am I =)</p>Is Telia condoning Jailbreaking?2008-12-15T23:10:42+01:002008-12-15T23:10:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-12-15:/2008/12/15/is-telia-condoning-jailbreaking/<p><a href="/files/2008/12/telia_jailbreak_icons.png"><img alt="image" src="/files/2008/12/telia_jailbreak_icons.png" title="telia_jailbreak_icons"></a>In
order to get a kosher iPhone 3G here in Denmark, you have to suffer
Telia. So when I upgraded my first generation iPhone to a 3G
version I got a Telia iGo subscription which includes a monthly
newsletter with tips and tricks. This months tip is how to move …</p><p><a href="/files/2008/12/telia_jailbreak_icons.png"><img alt="image" src="/files/2008/12/telia_jailbreak_icons.png" title="telia_jailbreak_icons"></a>In
order to get a kosher iPhone 3G here in Denmark, you have to suffer
Telia. So when I upgraded my first generation iPhone to a 3G
version I got a Telia iGo subscription which includes a monthly
newsletter with tips and tricks. This months tip is how to move
icons around on your home screen, which in it self is not very news
worthy as this is common knowledge. However if you look at the
icons Telia would have you move around, icon number 2 is
<a href="http://www.saurik.com/id/1">Cydia</a>, which you only can get if you
Jailbreak your phone... So the question to Telia is: "Do you
condone Jailbreaking?"</p>Apple lifts the friggin NDA2008-10-01T21:42:42+02:002008-10-01T21:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-10-01:/2008/10/01/apple-lifts-the-friggin-nda/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/2008/10/Apple-Logo-thumb-803x985-244x300.png" title="Apple Logo" alt="Apple Logo">
Today is a glorious day! Apple has finally decided to
<a href="http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/">remove</a> the
<a href="http://www.fuckingnda.com/">NDA</a>. ...and there was much rejoicing - YAY!
Seriously though, this is insanely great!</p>Meet Cosmo2008-09-10T00:23:42+02:002008-09-10T00:23:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-09-10:/2008/09/10/meet-cosmo/<p><img alt="wilma_and_cosmo.png" src="/images/wilma_and_cosmo.png">Say hello to
Cosmo ((If you read this entry before the night of the 16. the name
was Arnold, but after much debate we finally settled on Cosmo)),
who was just born this morning, and his mom
<a href="http://www.tangomops.dk/">Wilma</a>. Cosmo will be moving in with us
in about 8 to 10 …</p><p><img alt="wilma_and_cosmo.png" src="/images/wilma_and_cosmo.png">Say hello to
Cosmo ((If you read this entry before the night of the 16. the name
was Arnold, but after much debate we finally settled on Cosmo)),
who was just born this morning, and his mom
<a href="http://www.tangomops.dk/">Wilma</a>. Cosmo will be moving in with us
in about 8 to 10 weeks time. Isn't he cute ? And yes it is a dog
and not a hamster!</p>Using your iPhone as a laptop replacement2008-08-25T20:42:42+02:002008-08-25T20:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-25:/2008/08/25/using-your-iphone-as-a-laptop-replacement/<p>I recently went to <a href="http://www.yapceurope2008.org/">YAPC::Europe</a>
2008 which was a technology conference about perl. Usually when I
go to these kinds of events I log my laptop along and a big bag for
cables and stuff. At this YAPC I did too - for the first day. The
second day I …</p><p>I recently went to <a href="http://www.yapceurope2008.org/">YAPC::Europe</a>
2008 which was a technology conference about perl. Usually when I
go to these kinds of events I log my laptop along and a big bag for
cables and stuff. At this YAPC I did too - for the first day. The
second day I did an experiment:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>Could I replace my laptop with my iPhone?</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>As it turns out, this is actually doable, if you are willing to
accept the smaller screen and the more cumbersome input of text.
When I'm at a technical conference I usually need the following
things to function:
- A Browser
- An IRC Client
- SSH Client
- OmniFocus
- A Text editor</p>
<h2>Browser</h2>
<p>MobileSafari is way cool, and the best mobile browser I have tried.
I use it for looking stuff up, and casual surfing when the
talk/session is not that interesting(this is usually not the case
at a perl conference).</p>
<h2>IRC Client</h2>
<p>You'd be amazed at how much more fun the conference is when you
have access to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc">IRC</a> at the same
time. I used MobileSafari to find <a href="http://www.mibbit.com/">mibbit</a>
a web-based IRC client, that can connect to any IRC-Server you
want. I normally use <a href="http://www.irssi.org/">irssi</a> for IRC, and it
would have been much cooler to use that on my iPhone. But at the
time of the conference I did not have an SSH Client.</p>
<h2>SSH client</h2>
<p>Being able to connect to remote servers is a must, and this is the
feature I missed the most. On my old jail broken iPhone I had
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/">MobileTerminal</a>, a most
excellent terminal program that gives you full access to everything
on your iPhone - unfortunately this app is not available on a non
jail broken iPhone as my new iPhone 3G :-( After the conference a
nice little <a href="http://www.jbrink.net/touchterm/">SSH Client</a> has
appeared in the App Store.</p>
<h2>OmniFocus</h2>
<p>At a perl conference such as
<a href="http://www.yapceurope2008.org/">YAPC::Europe</a> you are bombarded
with useful information and new things you will want to play with
when you get home. I use OmniFocus to create actions for all the
cool new things I should research when the conference is over.</p>
<h2>Text editor</h2>
<p>In case I want to write stuff down. Most of the stuff I write down
goes into OmniFocus, and the rest I put into
<a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/widgets.html">Notes</a> which is
not the greatest app but it'll do for small notes.</p>
<h2>Conclusion: The iPhone aka The Tinytop</h2>
<p>Yes! - It can be done, and as time goes more and more cool apps
appears in the Apple App Store. Having a SSH Client opens up a
whole new world, as you are now able to do most things you do on a
Unix server on an actual Unix server. Oh... if you want to try this
yourself, <strong>don't</strong> forget your
<a href="http://store.apple.com/dk/product/MB051ZM/A">USB charger</a> as this
will definitely drain your battery.</p>Tunnelblick alive and kicking - Now on Google Code2008-08-21T09:42:42+02:002008-08-21T09:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-21:/2008/08/21/tunnelblick-alive-and-kicking-now-on-google-code/<p><img alt="image" src="/images/tunnelblick.png">Every ones
<a href="http://openvpn.net/">favorite VPN</a> client interface
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/">GUI</a> has been updated and
is now on Google Code. For awhile there, it seemed to have gone
stale, but it is now more alive than ever! Get the latest beta
<a href="http://tunnelblick.googlecode.com/files/Tunnelblick_3.0b9.dmg">here</a>
Kudos to the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/">Tunnelblick</a>
<a href="http://tunnelblick.soup.io/">team</a> for bringing it back from the
great …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/images/tunnelblick.png">Every ones
<a href="http://openvpn.net/">favorite VPN</a> client interface
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/">GUI</a> has been updated and
is now on Google Code. For awhile there, it seemed to have gone
stale, but it is now more alive than ever! Get the latest beta
<a href="http://tunnelblick.googlecode.com/files/Tunnelblick_3.0b9.dmg">here</a>
Kudos to the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/">Tunnelblick</a>
<a href="http://tunnelblick.soup.io/">team</a> for bringing it back from the
great void.</p>Beautiful Perl2008-08-18T20:42:42+02:002008-08-18T20:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-18:/2008/08/18/beautiful-perl/<p><img alt="image" src="/images/yapc_logo_2008.png">What a great
<a href="http://www.yapceurope2008.org/">conference</a>! Great speakers and
great people. I had tons of fun! A huge "Thank you!" goes to the
<a href="http://cph.pm.org/">organizers</a> for making this a memorable event.</p>DataCase 1.0 has finally appeared in the AppStore2008-08-12T08:02:15+02:002008-08-12T08:02:15+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-12:/2008/08/12/datacase-10-has-finally-appeared-in-the-appstore/<p><img alt="image" src="/images/datacase_in_appstore.png">The most promising "bring
your files" app has finally appeared in the App Store, and at a
very nice price as well ;-) I have tried both
<a href="http://www.olivetoast.com/Files/">Files</a> and
<a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a>, both are nice - each of them
have their strengths and weaknesses. For now I think I'll stick
with <a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a>, as it …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/images/datacase_in_appstore.png">The most promising "bring
your files" app has finally appeared in the App Store, and at a
very nice price as well ;-) I have tried both
<a href="http://www.olivetoast.com/Files/">Files</a> and
<a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a>, both are nice - each of them
have their strengths and weaknesses. For now I think I'll stick
with <a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a>, as it has most of the
features I want.</p>I see stupid people...2008-08-10T19:42:42+02:002008-08-10T19:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-10:/2008/08/10/i-see-stupid-people/<p><img alt="image" src="/images/appstore.png">Normally I don't go around and call
people stupid, after all
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/quotes">Stupid is as stupid does</a>.
But I am getting increasingly annoyed over silly one star ratings
in the App Store. Lets point some fingers and look at an
<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewUsersUserReviews?personaId=2039489">example</a>.
Here is a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luser">user</a>" with only
one and two star …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/images/appstore.png">Normally I don't go around and call
people stupid, after all
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/quotes">Stupid is as stupid does</a>.
But I am getting increasingly annoyed over silly one star ratings
in the App Store. Lets point some fingers and look at an
<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewUsersUserReviews?personaId=2039489">example</a>.
Here is a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luser">user</a>" with only
one and two star ratings. "mcd's" longest rant is about OmniFocus
in which he complains about the following:
1. Lost all data when updating. He did see the warning but ignored
it as he believed it to be a sales trick for the desktop version of
OmniFocus.
2. It's too expensive.
3. Graphics not up to Apple Inc. standards.
4. The app is a bit slow</p>
<p>He then goes on saying its the best and most functional to-do app
in the App Store - And gives it a *one* star rating - WTF? When
updating your iPhone and you do not backup your stuff via iTunes
first, and you are *explicitly* warned about a bug that <em>might</em>
cause loss of data, and are given an extra way to backup your data,
and the proceed with the update ignoring all advice and common
sense - then you can only blame <strong>yourself</strong> for loosing your data.
OmniFocus costs about the same as
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=price+of+two+large+pizzas">two large pizzas</a>
and will make you more organized and let you get things done while
freeing your mind for more important stuff - is that really too
expensive ? Does it really warrant a one star rating ? OmniFocus
also
<a href="http://blog.omnigroup.com/2008/06/12/omnifocus-for-the-iphone-snags-an-apple-design-award/">won</a>
an
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Design_Award">Apple Design Award</a>
for best iPhone Productivity Application - so how mcd can state
that OmniFocus "does not live up to Apple Inc. standards" is a
mystery to me. As for the slowness, most apps including Apple's own
was a bit on the sluggish side on 2.0.0, but Apple's recent 2.0.1
firmware brings back the snappiness we've come to expect from the
first generation iPhone. If you look at "mcd's" other ratings, one
has been given to an app he didn't even try - "It required
registration, so it must be bad". Another was rated two stars
because of "boring colors". Unfortunately "mcd" is not alone, the
App Store is littered with one and two star ratings that say noting
about the actual functionality of the application but more about
the reviewers being cheap and without
<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clue">clue</a>. Why can't people just
rate the functionality of the application ? Then I could decide for
my self if I find an App to be too expensive, looks boring and what
not.</p>DataCase vs. Files2008-08-06T00:42:42+02:002008-08-06T00:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-06:/2008/08/06/datacase-vs-files/<p><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/08/files_app-thumb-307x547.png"><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/07/datacase-thumb-192x330.png">
One thing I really miss from my jail broken 1. generation iPhone is
"file storage". The ability to bring important files with you where
ever you go. Fortunately there are now at least a couple of apps in
the App Store, or on its way to the App Store that …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/08/files_app-thumb-307x547.png"><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/07/datacase-thumb-192x330.png">
One thing I really miss from my jail broken 1. generation iPhone is
"file storage". The ability to bring important files with you where
ever you go. Fortunately there are now at least a couple of apps in
the App Store, or on its way to the App Store that solves this
problem. The two main contestants are
<a href="http://www.olivetoast.com/Files/">Files</a> and
<a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a> So which one should I choose ?</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.olivetoast.com/Files/">Files</a></h2>
<p>Files is already available in the App Store, and looks real nice.
It supports WebDAV and viewing of most common file types. Best part
its only $7.99.</p>
<h2><a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a></h2>
<p>DataCase has been submitted to the App Store but has not yet been
reviewed by Apple. It supports AFP with Bonjour, FTP and HTTP for
browsing and downloading. It also supports viewing od most common
file types. DataCase also supports "Volumes", where you can setup
up to 16 different drives all with different access rules.
<a href="http://www.veiosoft.com/">DataCase</a> looks most promising because
it supports native
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocol">AFP</a> and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTP">FTP</a> for legacy clients. None of
them mentions any thing about secure connections which would be a
nice feature to have on a mobile device that will connect to at
multitude of different networks some of which might not be as safe
and clean as your local network at home. For now I'll wait for
DataCase to appear in the AppStore and then do the comparison
again.</p>iPhone firmware 2.0.1: Bug fixes2008-08-05T15:16:47+02:002008-08-05T15:16:47+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-05:/2008/08/05/iphone-firmware-201-bug-fixes/<p><a href="/assets_c/2008/08/iphone_software_update_bugfixes.html"><img alt="iphone_software_update_bugfixes.png" src="/assets_c/2008/08/iphone_software_update_bugfixes-thumb-617x435.png"></a>Apple
has released iPhone firmware 2.0.1 which fixes the following:
- Bug fixes</p>
<p>Wow - How's that for informative!</p>Apple up its game: 1Password reviewed in 3 days2008-08-02T19:42:42+02:002008-08-02T19:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-02:/2008/08/02/apple-up-its-game-1password-reviewed-in-3-days/<p>570" alt="" width="158" height="148" />Looks like Apple is getting
better at the review process in the App Store.
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/iphone">1Password touch</a>
version 1.2 has hit the App Store less than a week after being
submitted. Nice! If Apple could get the review time down to 1
business day …</p><p>570" alt="" width="158" height="148" />Looks like Apple is getting
better at the review process in the App Store.
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/iphone">1Password touch</a>
version 1.2 has hit the App Store less than a week after being
submitted. Nice! If Apple could get the review time down to 1
business day, that would be totally excellent!</p>The Dark Knight2008-08-02T01:42:42+02:002008-08-02T01:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-02:/2008/08/02/the-dark-knight/<p><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/08/the%20dark%20knight%20poster-thumb-autoxauto.jpg">Comic
book movies are usually just shiny happy explosions combined with
good guys beating bad guys. - Fun to watch but lacking in
substance. Fortunately
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/">The Dark Knight</a> is not like
the rest of them, and neither was
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/">Batman Begins</a>. The two
"new" Batman films are definitely my favorite ones.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_City">Gotham …</a></p><p><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/08/the%20dark%20knight%20poster-thumb-autoxauto.jpg">Comic
book movies are usually just shiny happy explosions combined with
good guys beating bad guys. - Fun to watch but lacking in
substance. Fortunately
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/">The Dark Knight</a> is not like
the rest of them, and neither was
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/">Batman Begins</a>. The two
"new" Batman films are definitely my favorite ones.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_City">Gotham City</a> is properly
portrayed, as
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_O'Neil">Dennis O'Neil</a> would
put it "Batman's Gotham City is Manhattan below Fourteenth Street
at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November.".
The acting is superb!
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/">Christian Bale</a> is perfect as
Bruce/Batman and
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/">Heath Ledger</a> marvels as
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(comics)">The Joker</a>. I must
admit that I was some what skeptic about
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/">Heath Ledger's</a> performance -
It has been hyped across all medias - could it really be that
great? I mean, I like Heath, but could he really beat
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/">Jack</a>? The short answer ...
Yes! - He's really that good! I highly recommend this film to
anyone who likes the dark side of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman">Batman</a>. A side that until
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/">Batman Begins</a> had been way
to understated.</p>Delicious 2.02008-08-01T11:42:42+02:002008-08-01T11:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-08-01:/2008/08/01/delicious-20/<p><img alt="image" src="/images/deliciousblog.gif">Yesterday
<a href="http://del.icio.us/davidolrik">del.icio.us</a> was
<a href="http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2008/07/oh-happy-day.html">relaunched</a>
as <a href="http://delicious.com/davidolrik">delicious.com</a> with a revamped
design and lots of speed improvements. This relaunch comes at the
best time possible, as I was just about to move all my bookmarks to
<a href="http://ma.gnolia.com/">ma.gnolia.com</a>, which until yesterday had a
much nicer interface. For now …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/images/deliciousblog.gif">Yesterday
<a href="http://del.icio.us/davidolrik">del.icio.us</a> was
<a href="http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2008/07/oh-happy-day.html">relaunched</a>
as <a href="http://delicious.com/davidolrik">delicious.com</a> with a revamped
design and lots of speed improvements. This relaunch comes at the
best time possible, as I was just about to move all my bookmarks to
<a href="http://ma.gnolia.com/">ma.gnolia.com</a>, which until yesterday had a
much nicer interface. For now I'll give
<a href="http://delicious.com/davidolrik">delicious</a> a second chance. And
as a added bonus I can finally remember how to spell delicious ;-)</p>Getting Things Done2008-07-31T23:42:42+02:002008-07-31T23:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-31:/2008/07/31/getting-things-done/<p><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/07/sebastian_getting_things_done-thumb-autoxauto.png">Here
at
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/">our house</a>
we like to get things done, and when we're not getting things done,
we like to read about getting things done. For the record
<a href="http://minitux.dk/">he</a> chose
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0142000280/tag=davidolrikdk-21">the book</a>
all by him self, but I suspect that he's skimming the text and only
looking at the figures …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/assets_c/2008/07/sebastian_getting_things_done-thumb-autoxauto.png">Here
at
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/">our house</a>
we like to get things done, and when we're not getting things done,
we like to read about getting things done. For the record
<a href="http://minitux.dk/">he</a> chose
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0142000280/tag=davidolrikdk-21">the book</a>
all by him self, but I suspect that he's skimming the text and only
looking at the figures. Guess the next step for him is to get an
iPhone with OmniFocus and just keep on getting things done :-)</p>OmniFocus for iPhone 1.0.2 released2008-07-31T21:42:42+02:002008-07-31T21:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-31:/2008/07/31/omnifocus-for-iphone-102-released/<p><img alt="OmniFocus.png" src="/images/OmniFocus.png">Yet another version of
OmniFocus for the iPhone has hit the App Store with lots of nice
new features and fixes. If there is something you miss in OmniFocus
you should definitely chime in on
<a href="http://forums.omnigroup.com/forumdisplay.php?f=42">The OmniGroup Forums</a>.
The Omni support ninjas are very friendly, and will listen to
reasonable …</p><p><img alt="OmniFocus.png" src="/images/OmniFocus.png">Yet another version of
OmniFocus for the iPhone has hit the App Store with lots of nice
new features and fixes. If there is something you miss in OmniFocus
you should definitely chime in on
<a href="http://forums.omnigroup.com/forumdisplay.php?f=42">The OmniGroup Forums</a>.
The Omni support ninjas are very friendly, and will listen to
reasonable requests. ((A lot of the new features in 1.0.2 comes
from user requests in the forums.)) If you want to be really sure
your request gets heard you should sent it to
<a href="mailto:omnifocus@omnigroup.com">omnifocus@omnigroup.com</a>, as this
is the
<a href="http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=3734">preferred way</a>.
Did I mention that I really dig OmniFocus ?</p>1Password on the iPhone2008-07-30T21:35:40+02:002008-07-30T21:35:40+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-30:/2008/07/30/1password-on-the-iphone/<p><img alt="1Password.png" src="/images/1Password.png">Yesterday
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/">Agile Web Solutions</a> released
version 1.0 of
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/blog/2008/07/29/native-iphone-app-10-hits-the-app-store/">1Password</a>
for the iPhone. This is truly a must have for both the Mac and the
iPhone and best of all the iPhone version is free! I have played
around with it and so far I really like what I see …</p><p><img alt="1Password.png" src="/images/1Password.png">Yesterday
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/">Agile Web Solutions</a> released
version 1.0 of
<a href="http://agilewebsolutions.com/blog/2008/07/29/native-iphone-app-10-hits-the-app-store/">1Password</a>
for the iPhone. This is truly a must have for both the Mac and the
iPhone and best of all the iPhone version is free! I have played
around with it and so far I really like what I see! There are some
still some rough edges and missing features, but
<a href="http://twitter.com/roustem/statuses/871597839">version 1.2</a> which
straitens the edges and adds search functionality and other
<a href="http://support.agilewebsolutions.com/showthread.php?t=10823">goodies</a>,
has already been submitted to the App Store for review, and should
appear Real Soon Now™. Version 1.0 was actually released about 2
weeks ago, but as all other iPhone apps it had to go through
Apple's lengthy review process. Lets just hope version 1.2 gets
cleared faster than 1.0.</p>Perfect solution for a long gone problem2008-07-30T10:27:45+02:002008-07-30T10:27:45+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-30:/2008/07/30/perfect-solution-for-a-long-gone-problem/<p><a href="/archive/P990i.html"><img alt="P990i.png" src="/assets_c/2008/07/P990i-thumb-autoxauto.png"></a>For
more than a year ago I had a problem. My then state of the art
<a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/p990i">P990i</a>couldn't
sync with my mac. <a href="http://www.markspace.com/">MarkSpace</a> has
recently announced
<a href="http://www.markspace.com/products/symbian/ms-overview-mac.php">The Missing Sync for Symbian</a>
which completely solves this problem, alas I am now on my second
iPhone and really don't need this perfect …</p><p><a href="/archive/P990i.html"><img alt="P990i.png" src="/assets_c/2008/07/P990i-thumb-autoxauto.png"></a>For
more than a year ago I had a problem. My then state of the art
<a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/p990i">P990i</a>couldn't
sync with my mac. <a href="http://www.markspace.com/">MarkSpace</a> has
recently announced
<a href="http://www.markspace.com/products/symbian/ms-overview-mac.php">The Missing Sync for Symbian</a>
which completely solves this problem, alas I am now on my second
iPhone and really don't need this perfect solution for a long gone
problem. Still if you have a <a href="http://www.symbian.com/">Symbian</a>
phone I highly recommend the
<a href="http://www.markspace.com/products.html">Missing Sync</a> series from
<a href="http://www.markspace.com/">MarkSpace</a>, as I have been a long time
satisfied user of
<a href="http://markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php">The Missing Sync for Palm OS</a>
back in the day.</p>DataCase public beta looks promising2008-07-29T11:00:08+02:002008-07-29T11:00:08+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-29:/2008/07/29/datacase-public-beta-looks-promising/<p><a href="/images/datacase.html"><img alt="datacase.png" src="/assets_c/2008/07/datacase-thumb-autoxauto.png"></a>Yesterday
I signed up for the public beta of
"DataCase":http://www.veiosoft.com/ for the iPhone from
"Veiosoft":http://www.veiosoft.com/. There are only 100 beta slots
available, and I hope I get picked, as the application looks really
promising. Don't just take my word for it, see …</p><p><a href="/images/datacase.html"><img alt="datacase.png" src="/assets_c/2008/07/datacase-thumb-autoxauto.png"></a>Yesterday
I signed up for the public beta of
"DataCase":http://www.veiosoft.com/ for the iPhone from
"Veiosoft":http://www.veiosoft.com/. There are only 100 beta slots
available, and I hope I get picked, as the application looks really
promising. Don't just take my word for it, see the
"video":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr66bbIcZyg and judge for
your self =) Pick me! - Pick me! ;-)</p>Unlocking a danish iPhone (the official way)2008-07-28T15:38:47+02:002008-07-28T15:38:47+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-28:/2008/07/28/unlocking-a-danish-iphone-the-official-way/<p><a href="/images/iphone.html"><img alt="iphone.png" src="/assets_c/2008/07/iphone-thumb-autoxauto.png"></a>After
a call to Telia support, a "quick" restore in iTunes, and a "hefty
fine":http://iphone.vildmedmac.dk/?p=900, I now have a unlocked
iPhone. The only thing missing was setting up voice mail and call
forwarding, which is easily done with the following two commands:
bq. *5005 …</p><p><a href="/images/iphone.html"><img alt="iphone.png" src="/assets_c/2008/07/iphone-thumb-autoxauto.png"></a>After
a call to Telia support, a "quick" restore in iTunes, and a "hefty
fine":http://iphone.vildmedmac.dk/?p=900, I now have a unlocked
iPhone. The only thing missing was setting up voice mail and call
forwarding, which is easily done with the following two commands:
bq. *5005*86*phonenumber# *004*phonenumber# Just launch the
phone app and use the keypad to enter them. Replace "phonenumber"
with the number to your voice mailbox. Don't forget to add the
international dialing prefix to your voice mailbox number, which in
my case is "+45".</p>Free! - Free at last!2008-07-28T13:42:42+02:002008-07-28T13:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-28:/2008/07/28/free-free-at-last/<p><img alt="telia_white.png" src="/images/telia_white.png">I can live with bad
3G coverage because I live in a densely populated area where I
usually can get a Wifi-signal, but in the year 2008 I really expect
the GSM coverage to be stellar. "Telia's":http://telia.dk/ GSM
coverage is really bad - And I mean _really_ _really_ …</p><p><img alt="telia_white.png" src="/images/telia_white.png">I can live with bad
3G coverage because I live in a densely populated area where I
usually can get a Wifi-signal, but in the year 2008 I really expect
the GSM coverage to be stellar. "Telia's":http://telia.dk/ GSM
coverage is really bad - And I mean _really_ _really_ bad! So
after too many "Call failed" messages from my iPhone, and too many
"Damn, you are hard to reach" messages from my friends, I bit the
bullet and paid the unlocking fine. Free! - Free at last! :-D</p>Very appropriate waiting music2008-07-22T10:56:36+02:002008-07-22T10:56:36+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-22:/2008/07/22/very-appropriate-waiting-music/<p>Here in Denmark Telia is the sole iPhone service provider, and
just like AT&T their 3G coverage is spotty at best. So I find their
choice of "waiting music":http://www.thomashelmig.dk/resources/lyrics.php?track_id=1
("iTunes":http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i …</p><p>Here in Denmark Telia is the sole iPhone service provider, and
just like AT&T their 3G coverage is spotty at best. So I find their
choice of "waiting music":http://www.thomashelmig.dk/resources/lyrics.php?track_id=1
("iTunes":http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=202830070&id=202830040&s=143458)
on their support hotline very appropriate.</p>
<p><blockquote>
Alle ved det går op og ned sådan er det jo<br>
Kom nu Livet venter Nu idag og igen i morgen<br>
sådan er det jo Kom nu Livet venter
</blockquote>
<footer>
<strong>Thomas Helmig</strong>
<cite><a href="None">None</a>
</footer></p>
<p>It's a song by danish singer "Thomas Helmig":http://www.thomashelmig.dk/ whose general theme is
waiting[1] and life's ups and downs - Just like their mobile
coverage. fn1. This post was written while I was on hold for their
support hotline for a total of 10 minutes and 53 seconds).</p>OmniFocus: My favorite iPhone app2008-07-21T00:42:42+02:002008-07-21T00:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-21:/2008/07/21/omnifocus-my-favorite-iphone-app/<p><img alt="IMG_0002.PNG" src="/assets_c/2008/07/IMG_0002-thumb-autoxauto.png">I
have had my iPhone 3G for just about a week now, and I already have
a favorite app. As you might have guessed from the screen shot it's
OmniFocus for iPhone. Having your todo list where ever you go is
such a huge benefit that I almost can't describe …</p><p><img alt="IMG_0002.PNG" src="/assets_c/2008/07/IMG_0002-thumb-autoxauto.png">I
have had my iPhone 3G for just about a week now, and I already have
a favorite app. As you might have guessed from the screen shot it's
OmniFocus for iPhone. Having your todo list where ever you go is
such a huge benefit that I almost can't describe how super nice it
is. "OmniFocus on the
iPhone":http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus/iphone/
completes the circle for me, as it puts "the system" in my pocket,
allowing me to capture new tasks when ever I want, where ever I go.
For "the system" to work you have to use and trust it 100%, and if
it exists solely on your computer, any tasks you create while away
from it has to be remembered, written down or otherwise captured
outside of the system. This will leave you with the uncertainty of
where your tasks exist and a half used system. bq. "Did I transfer
this item?" "Didn't I finish this task yesterday?" Having "the
system" in your pocket rocks! There is still a lot of room for
improvement in both the desktop and the iPhone app, but I still
think that OmniFocus is the best Getting Things Done app out there,
across all platforms and systems.</p>friend Book not available2008-07-20T13:36:51+02:002008-07-20T13:36:51+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-20:/2008/07/20/friend-book-not-available/<p><img alt="appstore_unavailable.png" src="/images/appstore_unavailable.png">I
tried to down load "friend Book":http://tapulous.com/friendbook/
from "Tapulous":http://tapulous.com/, but was greeted with a "not
available" message in iTunes. So not only does it take Apple
forever to get an app through the review process, the apps are
apparently not available in all …</p><p><img alt="appstore_unavailable.png" src="/images/appstore_unavailable.png">I
tried to down load "friend Book":http://tapulous.com/friendbook/
from "Tapulous":http://tapulous.com/, but was greeted with a "not
available" message in iTunes. So not only does it take Apple
forever to get an app through the review process, the apps are
apparently not available in all countries at the same time... -Bad
Apple!- Update: I just discovered that the availability issue is
not Apple's fault, as Tapulous has
"pulled":http://tapulous.com/blog/2008/07/friend-book-update/ their
app from the Appstore as it has some Handshake bugs... Bad
Tapulous! You could have warned your customers on the apps page
instead of just on your blog...</p>iPhone hand waving voodoo2008-07-16T21:10:52+02:002008-07-16T21:10:52+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-16:/2008/07/16/iphone-hand-waving-voodoo/<p>So I got this shiny new iPhone 3G, but my Mail.app would quit
as soon as I started it, and no number of restores would fix it...
- Bad Mail.app! A litte searching on Google found this little
"gem":http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7540260,
which has …</p><p>So I got this shiny new iPhone 3G, but my Mail.app would quit
as soon as I started it, and no number of restores would fix it...
- Bad Mail.app! A litte searching on Google found this little
"gem":http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7540260,
which has a nice little solution to this problem. bq. 1. Restore
your phone (back it up before restore) 2. Once phone is restored,
the iTunes iPhone welcome screen comes on (set up as new account,
restore from previous phone). Leave it alone. 3. Disconnect the
phone. The home screen should pop up. Click on the Mail app. This
is where it should have been crashing, but now you can see the
logos (Yahoo, GMail, AOL, etc.). Click on one of the icons, then
click cancel to get back to the home screen. 4. Plug in phone. See
iTunes iPhone welcome screen again. 5. Click Restore. 6. Mail
should work now. If this is not hand waving voodoo, I don't know
what is... I had the same problem on my old iPhone 1.1.4 which I
fixed it by setting the proper permissions on the mail directory -
Man I miss
"MobileTerminal":http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/ and ssh
access.</p>Life is magic!2008-07-14T00:42:42+02:002008-07-14T00:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-14:/2008/07/14/life-is-magic/<p><a href="http://david.olrik.dk/2008/07/14/life-is-magic/blob/"><img alt="image" src="/files/blob-200x147.jpg" title="Blob"></a>Today
I have been married to my sweet <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">wife</a> for a
whole year - And what a year it has been!
- We've moved to a new
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/">house</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/"></a>We've
been
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157600874874109/">married</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157600874874109/"></a>We've
been to
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157601181064335/">Egypt</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157601181064335/"></a>Our
basement has been flooded, ruining most of our
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157602333520554/">stuff</a>
((Fortunately the <a href="https://www.runa.dk">insurance guys</a> has been
very …</p><p><a href="http://david.olrik.dk/2008/07/14/life-is-magic/blob/"><img alt="image" src="/files/blob-200x147.jpg" title="Blob"></a>Today
I have been married to my sweet <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">wife</a> for a
whole year - And what a year it has been!
- We've moved to a new
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/">house</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/"></a>We've
been
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157600874874109/">married</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157600874874109/"></a>We've
been to
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157601181064335/">Egypt</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157601181064335/"></a>Our
basement has been flooded, ruining most of our
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157602333520554/">stuff</a>
((Fortunately the <a href="https://www.runa.dk">insurance guys</a> has been
very nice to us =) ))
- We wanted to remove a wall in our new house, and ended up
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157602787768314/">remodeling</a>
the whole house - new windows, new floors, new ceilings, new
kitchen - basically everything except the walls and the roof have
been replaced or fixed.
- My wife got a new job at <a href="http://www.adnuvo.com/">Adnuvo</a>
- My wife is pregnant again - wonder if it is a boy or a girl,
guess time will tell... ;-)</p>
<p>Time flies, a year passed - damn it was fast... To all the people
we know, friends and family who we haven't spent as much time with
as we would have liked: Our remodeling project is finally coming to
an end and we should hopefully soon have a lot of spare time on our
hands - prepare to be visited or just come visit us ((But please,
do call first ;-) )) :-) To my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">wife</a>: Happy
anniversary, I'm looking forward to another eventful year with you
and our little family :-D</p>iPhone 3G - Its in the mail...2008-07-11T07:42:42+02:002008-07-11T07:42:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-07-11:/2008/07/11/iphone-3g-its-in-the-mail/<p><img alt="48_iphone_icons.png" src="/images/48_iphone_icons.png">It's <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone
3G</a> day! The day of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G">3G</a> has finally arrived, but as we're<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>
getting too old and have too many kids to stand inline for several hours, so
we hit the <a href="http://www.telia.dk/iphone">Telia</a> web-store at 07:00 sharp. After
loosing the session a couple of times, and hitting reload …</p><p><img alt="48_iphone_icons.png" src="/images/48_iphone_icons.png">It's <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone
3G</a> day! The day of
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G">3G</a> has finally arrived, but as we're<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>
getting too old and have too many kids to stand inline for several hours, so
we hit the <a href="http://www.telia.dk/iphone">Telia</a> web-store at 07:00 sharp. After
loosing the session a couple of times, and hitting reload multiple times we
finally secured 2 shiny new <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone 3Gs</a>, which
hopefully will be delivered in 4 short days :-D</p>
<div class="footnote">
<hr>
<ol>
<li id="fn:1">
<p>That would be me and my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">wife</a> <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
</div>Firefox downloaded!2008-06-18T00:57:08+02:002008-06-18T00:57:08+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-06-18:/2008/06/18/firefox-downloaded/<p>So the Americans finally went to bed, and the Firefox servers are now actually
responding to requests without timing out... You can still make it, if you
haven't downloaded Firefox yet, please download Firefox 3 by 17:00 UTC on June
18, 2008. That's 10:00 a.m. in Mountain …</p><p>So the Americans finally went to bed, and the Firefox servers are now actually
responding to requests without timing out... You can still make it, if you
haven't downloaded Firefox yet, please download Firefox 3 by 17:00 UTC on June
18, 2008. That's 10:00 a.m. in Mountain View, 1:00 p.m. in Toronto, 2:00 p.m.
in Rio de Janeiro, 7:00 p.m. in Copenhagen, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Rome and
Warsaw, 9:00 p.m. in Moscow, and June 19, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. in Beijing and
2:00 a.m. in Tokyo.</p>Firefox download day - June 17th2008-06-15T21:31:15+02:002008-06-15T21:31:15+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-06-15:/2008/06/15/firefox-download-day-june-17th/<p><a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node&id=0&t=271"><img alt="180x150_02c_en.png" src="/images/180x150_02c_en.png"></a>
The world's best browser is going to set a world record - come join
us at
"Spreadfirefox.com":http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord</p>
<p>Don't forget to be part of Firefox's Download Day!</p>Java makes people sick2008-05-12T10:00:50+02:002008-05-12T10:00:50+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-05-12:/2008/05/12/java-makes-people-sick/<p>It's true - Java makes people
<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90IDMBG5&show_article=1">sick</a>.
Lets hope they get the <a href="http://www.moscone.com/">Moscone Center</a>
disinfected in time for the
<a href="http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/">WWDC</a>, so the same won't be true
for <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple</a>. ;-) btw. Hope you all get well
soon! =)</p>I really miss VirtueDesktops...2008-04-21T02:14:24+02:002008-04-21T02:14:24+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-04-21:/2008/04/21/i-really-miss-virtuedesktops/<p>Man I miss <a href="http://virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktops</a> ... Even
after using Leopard for what seems to be more than a year, I still
haven't gotten used to
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> and the
way Apple thinks app switching/organizing should work (Actually its
more like 6 months, but it feels like a year because of the extreme …</p><p>Man I miss <a href="http://virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktops</a> ... Even
after using Leopard for what seems to be more than a year, I still
haven't gotten used to
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html">Spaces</a> and the
way Apple thinks app switching/organizing should work (Actually its
more like 6 months, but it feels like a year because of the extreme
suckines of Spaces). At least I am not the only one that
<a href="http://macresearch.org/holes_in_leopard_spaces">thinks</a>
<a href="http://www.perkiset.org/forum/mac_iphone_stuff/osx_leopard_spaces_sucks_horribly-t752.0.html">Spaces</a>
<a href="http://www.brosbeforeblogs.com/2008/01/spaces-sucks-i.html">sucks</a>
...</p>Yay We've got windows!2008-04-20T08:12:43+02:002008-04-20T08:12:43+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-04-20:/2008/04/20/yay-weve-got-windows/<p>It's true - We've got windows, but not in that boring PC kinda
way - we've got real actual windows in our humble
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wange-olrik/sets/72157603659218439/">abode</a>.
The windows was installed during last couple of weeks and they look
amazing! - I'm so looking forward for this whole building project
to come to an end...</p>0xe0030005 I loathe thee2008-03-09T11:27:42+01:002008-03-09T11:27:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-03-09:/2008/03/09/0xe0030005-i-loathe-thee/<p>Yesterday my MacBook Pro started to act weird, and I began
getting a lot of these in my system.log</p>
<p _="%" endcodeblock>{% codeblock lang:bash %}
kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).</p>
<p>Which according to
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=kernel%5B0%5D:+disk0s2:+0xe0030005+%28UNDEFINED%29">Google</a>
means my disk is failing... Which means crap, damn crap! It also means that I
got the chance …</p><p>Yesterday my MacBook Pro started to act weird, and I began
getting a lot of these in my system.log</p>
<p _="%" endcodeblock>{% codeblock lang:bash %}
kernel[0]: disk0s2: 0xe0030005 (UNDEFINED).</p>
<p>Which according to
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=kernel%5B0%5D:+disk0s2:+0xe0030005+%28UNDEFINED%29">Google</a>
means my disk is failing... Which means crap, damn crap! It also means that I
got the chance to test out the free demo of
<a href="http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html">SuperDuper!</a>
that can backup and clone drives. So far it seams like a really cool app. (and
If it saves my data, I'm definitely going to pay for the extra features, even
if I'm never going to use them). /me crosses fingers</p>Can your wife do this?2008-03-07T21:23:42+01:002008-03-07T21:23:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-03-07:/2008/03/07/can-your-wife-do-this/<p><img alt="sm_perl_id_bk_wt.gif" src="/images/sm_perl_id_bk_wt.gif">Today
my <a href="http://mamatux/">wife</a> got registered on
<a href="http://pause.perl.org/">PAUSE</a>, which means she can now upload her
own <a href="http://www.perl.com/">Perl</a> modules on
<a href="http://www.cpan.org/">CPAN</a> - She's even in the process of porting
a <a href="http://www.rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a> app to
<a href="http://catalystframework.org/">Catalyst</a>. Ain't she cool?</p>Apple please buy Yahoo!2008-02-05T22:42:42+01:002008-02-05T22:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-02-05:/2008/02/05/apple-please-buy-yahoo/<p>It would be really cool if <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple</a> bought
<a href="http://yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</a> instead of Microsoft, that way
<a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple</a> could really take
<a href="http://www.mac.com">.Mac</a> to the next level - and Microsoft
wouldn't <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/microsoft-keep-your-evil-grubby-hands-off-our-flickr/pool/">ruin flickr</a>.
So <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jobs.html">Steve</a>, please convince
the rest of the board that <a href="http://www.apple.com/">Apple</a> should buy
<a href="http://yahoo.com/!">Yahoo!</a></p>Apple IIc unboxing2008-02-05T22:38:54+01:002008-02-05T22:38:54+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-02-05:/2008/02/05/apple-iic-unboxing/<p>Now <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/dansays/sets/72157603835099525/">this</a> is cool!</p>Command line pasting2008-01-24T11:59:34+01:002008-01-24T11:59:34+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-01-24:/2008/01/24/command-line-pasting/<p><img alt="Terminal.png" src="/images/Terminal.png"> While working on a project at
<a href="http://www.neoconsult.dk/">$work</a>, I found the need to copy the
output from a command into my
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">pasteboard</a>. A little
digging around turned up [cc lang="bash"]pbcopy[/cc] and [cc
lang="bash"]pbpaste[/cc], which is shipped with Leopard per
default. So now I do stuff …</p><p><img alt="Terminal.png" src="/images/Terminal.png"> While working on a project at
<a href="http://www.neoconsult.dk/">$work</a>, I found the need to copy the
output from a command into my
<a href="http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/">pasteboard</a>. A little
digging around turned up [cc lang="bash"]pbcopy[/cc] and [cc
lang="bash"]pbpaste[/cc], which is shipped with Leopard per
default. So now I do stuff like: [cc lang="bash"] date | pbcopy cat
file.txt | pbcopy [/cc] +tab to program of choice, and +v to
paste it. Ain't it great ?</p>Addicted to Apple?2008-01-04T21:42:53+01:002008-01-04T21:42:53+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2008-01-04:/2008/01/04/addicted-to-apple/<p><a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/apple_addiction"><img alt="How_Addicted_to_Apple_Are_You.png" src="/images/How_Addicted_to_Apple_Are_You.png"></a>My
friends already know... I have an addiction - I'm a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technophilia">technophile</a>, with a
passion for everything that glows in the dark :-) This of-course
includes products from Apple, and now you too can find out if
you're addicted with this nice little
<a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/apple_addiction">test</a>.</p>Avatars 1.12007-12-30T20:54:17+01:002007-12-30T20:54:17+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-30:/2007/12/30/avatars-11/<p><img alt="AddressBook.png" src="/images/AddressBook.png">I have found a nice
little <a href="http://5xm.org/avatars">plugin</a> for Address Book, that'll
let you look up <a href="http://gravatar.com">gravatars</a> and
<a href="http://pavatar.com/">pavartars</a> for your contacts - Nifty! And to
quote
<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/29/liven-up-address-book-with-avatars/">TUAW</a>
"Now I just need more friends with avatars" ;-)</p>Christmas rocks!2007-12-29T00:49:43+01:002007-12-29T00:49:43+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-29:/2007/12/29/christmas-rocks/<p><a href="/images/060905_1.html"><img alt="060905_1.jpg" src="/images/060905_1-thumb-200x173.jpg"></a>
This year my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">wife</a> went crazy and got me a new
<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos40d/">camera</a>. Actually its
kinda a gift for both of us, as we'll both be using it - but
anyways, its a totally cool gift! Gotta love that! :-D</p>It has begun!2007-12-28T12:50:28+01:002007-12-28T12:50:28+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-28:/2007/12/28/it-has-begun/<p><a href="/images/IMG_0005.html"><img alt="IMG_0005.JPG" src="/images/IMG_0005-thumb-200x150.jpg"></a>
Well... it actually began quite a while ago, I have just been to
busy to write about it, and it should have been finished by now -
But stuff just takes time... <a href="http://www.dong.dk/">Dong Energy</a> is
<a href="http://www.dongenergy.dk/privat/Kundeservice/kabellaegning/index.htm">converting all air-power wires into ground wires</a>, and while doing that they also lay in
<a href="http://www.dongenergy.dk/privat/fibernet/index.htm">fibercables …</a></p><p><a href="/images/IMG_0005.html"><img alt="IMG_0005.JPG" src="/images/IMG_0005-thumb-200x150.jpg"></a>
Well... it actually began quite a while ago, I have just been to
busy to write about it, and it should have been finished by now -
But stuff just takes time... <a href="http://www.dong.dk/">Dong Energy</a> is
<a href="http://www.dongenergy.dk/privat/Kundeservice/kabellaegning/index.htm">converting all air-power wires into ground wires</a>, and while doing that they also lay in
<a href="http://www.dongenergy.dk/privat/fibernet/index.htm">fibercables</a>
and it is the fiber part that I am exicted about! Soon (come march)
we're going to have a true high-speed internet connection. - YAY!</p>It has arrived!2007-12-28T12:42:42+01:002007-12-28T12:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-28:/2007/12/28/it-has-arrived/<p><a href="/images/IMG_0088.html"><img alt="IMG_0088.JPG" src="/images/IMG_0088-thumb-200x150.jpg"></a>
Finally! - The package from <a href="http://www.apple.com">Apple</a> has arrived! Hopes
she likes it! - even if it is 5 days late... Guesses, as to what is in the box
is welcome in the comments ;-)</p>
<p>First clue - It's from Apple...</p>One-Click patent is still old and obvious2007-12-25T23:35:39+01:002007-12-25T23:35:39+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-25:/2007/12/25/one-click-patent-is-still-old-and-obvious/<p>Guess "USPTO":http://uspto.gov/ has _some_ common sense as
they have just "reaffirmed that the 1-Click Claim is 'Old And
Obvious'":http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/25/1933206.
They should just abandon software patents altogether, as they are
"bad":http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m …</p><p>Guess "USPTO":http://uspto.gov/ has _some_ common sense as
they have just "reaffirmed that the 1-Click Claim is 'Old And
Obvious'":http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/25/1933206.
They should just abandon software patents altogether, as they are
"bad":http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/index.html -
which is old news, and equally obvious.</p>Christmas morning...2007-12-24T08:45:42+01:002007-12-24T08:45:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-24:/2007/12/24/christmas-morning/<p><a href="/images/IMG_0072.html"><img alt="IMG_0072.JPG" src="/images/IMG_0072-thumb-200x150.jpg"></a>
Its christmas morning, everyone is still sleeping. The only sounds
in the house, is the sound of me wrapping the last gifts. This year
I have done my due diligence and everything should have been in
order, but alas "{color: #000; background-color:
#000;}Apple":http://www.apple.com didn't, and …</p><p><a href="/images/IMG_0072.html"><img alt="IMG_0072.JPG" src="/images/IMG_0072-thumb-200x150.jpg"></a>
Its christmas morning, everyone is still sleeping. The only sounds
in the house, is the sound of me wrapping the last gifts. This year
I have done my due diligence and everything should have been in
order, but alas "{color: #000; background-color:
#000;}Apple":http://www.apple.com didn't, and the gift that I
ordered for my "wife":http://mamatux.dk/ has yet to be delivered.
So yesterday, I went out on a wild-panic-shopping-spree™ and got
her a new gift. Actually the "wild-panic" part was minimal, as I
knew exactly what to get, because she has had her eye on it for
quite some time. The weather outside is moist and foggy, and the
snow is nowhere to be seen... Still, It's going to be a great
christmas! :-D</p>Happy Birthday Perl!2007-12-18T13:42:42+01:002007-12-18T13:42:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-18:/2007/12/18/happy-birthday-perl/<p><img alt="sm_perl_id_bk_wt.gif" src="/images/sm_perl_id_bk_wt.gif">Rumor
has it that this fine december day, Perl5Porters is giving us "Perl
5.10":http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.10.0/, the best Perl 5
yet. I hope its true, because 5.10 contains loads of fun and useful
new features! Well... Its still *very* early in the …</p><p><img alt="sm_perl_id_bk_wt.gif" src="/images/sm_perl_id_bk_wt.gif">Rumor
has it that this fine december day, Perl5Porters is giving us "Perl
5.10":http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.10.0/, the best Perl 5
yet. I hope its true, because 5.10 contains loads of fun and useful
new features! Well... Its still *very* early in the morning over
there in the Americas, guess I'll just have to be patient[1] for a
little while longer... fn1{text-align: right;}. btw. "when is Perl6
comming
out?":http://perlbuzz.com/2007/12/where-is-perl-6-the-question-that-wont-die.html
;-)</p>Is numeric?2007-12-17T15:57:21+01:002007-12-17T15:57:21+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-17:/2007/12/17/is-numeric/<p><img alt="obstacle10.jpg" src="/files/obstacle10.jpg"> I have a varchar in a
table on an Oracle 8i database, and I wanted to select only those
tuples that contain numbers. Had I used PostgreSQL I could just
have used a regex, which is nice and Perl like. But this is Oracle
and so the "Enterprise solution" to …</p><p><img alt="obstacle10.jpg" src="/files/obstacle10.jpg"> I have a varchar in a
table on an Oracle 8i database, and I wanted to select only those
tuples that contain numbers. Had I used PostgreSQL I could just
have used a regex, which is nice and Perl like. But this is Oracle
and so the "Enterprise solution" to this problem looks loke this:
[cc lang="sql"]select * from dual where
length(trim(TRANSLATE('NaN', '0123456789', ' '))) is null; [/cc]
And whenever the above statement is different from null, it is not
a number...</p>I just finished installing Movable Type 4!2007-12-16T03:38:41+01:002007-12-16T03:38:41+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-12-16:/2007/12/16/i-just-finished-installing-movable-type-4/<p>Welcome to my new blog powered by Movable Type. This is the first
post on my blog and was created for me automatically when I
finished the installation process. But that is ok, because I will
soon be creating posts of my own!</p>iDid!2007-07-15T09:42:00+02:002007-07-15T09:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-07-15:/2007/07/15/idid/<p><a href="http://david.olrik.dk/files/riskys.png">572" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Months
of planing finally came together to the most
<a href="http://bryllup.olrik.dk/">perfect day</a> ever! I would like to
extend my greatest thanks and appreciation to our friends and
family. Thank you for making our big day picture perfect! Thanks to
my
<a href="http://gallery.hamster.dk/Venner/20070714/IMG_6817.jpg?width=1024">beautiful</a>
<a href="http://mamatux.dk">bride</a>, for saying "I …</p><p><a href="http://david.olrik.dk/files/riskys.png">572" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>Months
of planing finally came together to the most
<a href="http://bryllup.olrik.dk/">perfect day</a> ever! I would like to
extend my greatest thanks and appreciation to our friends and
family. Thank you for making our big day picture perfect! Thanks to
my
<a href="http://gallery.hamster.dk/Venner/20070714/IMG_6817.jpg?width=1024">beautiful</a>
<a href="http://mamatux.dk">bride</a>, for saying "I do", and for being you!
"How wonderful life is now your in the world!"</p>Guess someone got a new job2007-06-30T07:24:00+02:002007-06-30T07:24:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-06-30:/2007/06/30/guess-someone-got-a-new-job/<p>The local bus service for the elderly just got a new driver,
alas he does not fully remember the route just yet ;)</p>Now only 42 days until iDo!2007-06-02T20:42:00+02:002007-06-02T20:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-06-02:/2007/06/02/now-only-42-days-until-ido/<p>Invitations have been sent out, plans have been made - much
still needs to be done, but I think "we'll
make":http://bryllup.olrik.dk/ it! It's going to be great!</p>Back to $work2007-05-08T19:49:00+02:002007-05-08T19:49:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-05-08:/2007/05/08/back-to-work/<p>My paternity leave is at an end, and today I returned to my
regular day job. While it would have been nice to stay at home for
a while longer, it was nice to be back! Now I just have to wade
through the 2 months of email that is …</p><p>My paternity leave is at an end, and today I returned to my
regular day job. While it would have been nice to stay at home for
a while longer, it was nice to be back! Now I just have to wade
through the 2 months of email that is cluttering up my
work-inbox... Yikes!</p>Numbers are fun! - And can't be censored...2007-05-03T06:42:00+02:002007-05-03T06:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-05-03:/2007/05/03/numbers-are-fun-and-cant-be-censored/<p>Everyones new favorit number seems to be
<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=13256278887989457651018865901401704640">13256278887989457651018865901401704640</a>
or if you want it in
hex <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0">09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0</a>
It even has a
<a href="http://09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63.com/">website</a></p>Speech unrecognition2007-05-02T18:42:00+02:002007-05-02T18:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-05-02:/2007/05/02/speech-unrecognition/<p>Isn't it great? - You know us living here in the future! The
calendar says 2007, and most scifi-movies about the future take
place in the years that closely follows the year 2000... Even in
"Star Trek":http://www.startrek.com/ earth gets contacted by the
"Vulcans":http://en.wikipedia.org …</p><p>Isn't it great? - You know us living here in the future! The
calendar says 2007, and most scifi-movies about the future take
place in the years that closely follows the year 2000... Even in
"Star Trek":http://www.startrek.com/ earth gets contacted by the
"Vulcans":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(Star_Trek) in the
year "2055":http://www.thewellers.com/startrek/enttm4.htm. And yet
there is a lack of all the cool future gadgets. There is offcourse
the "Segway":http://www.segway.com/, thats kinda futureish (and I
totally want one!! hint hint) - But thats pretty much it... the
greatness of the future begins to fade... !{float:
left;}/files/vejdirektoratet.png! Its not as if people don't try,
they really do - But its like "Master
Yoda":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda says: "Do or do not - There
is no try". The latest failure I have come across is the "Trafic
information
service":http://www.trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=2036
and their shabby "Speech
recognition":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_recognition that
was estabilshed while expanding the
"Motor-O3":http://www.trafikken.dk/m3.asp?page=dept&objno=84017
"motorway":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorway that encircles
Copenhagen - Man does it suck! You call
"1888":http://trafikken.dk/wimpdoc.asp?page=document&objno=91331
and is greeted by a friendly voice that tells you what todo, and
then completly ignores what you say. The word "København" is
interpreted most times as "Køge" and for some odd reason the
friendly voice keeps insisting on telling about Motorways in
Jylland, as if I care when I'm driving around Copenhagen some 200
kilometers away... "Do or do not - There is no try!"</p>Tivoli, Hidden gems...2007-04-15T22:04:00+02:002007-04-15T22:04:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-04-15:/2007/04/15/tivoli-hidden-gems/<p>Last thursday my "girlfriend":http://mamatux.dk/ and I went to
"Tivoli":http://www.tivoligardens.com/ without the kids to try all
the cool rides. After just two hours we had tried all the rides
twice, and to be honest "Tivoli":http://www.tivoligardens.com/ is a
lot more fun …</p><p>Last thursday my "girlfriend":http://mamatux.dk/ and I went to
"Tivoli":http://www.tivoligardens.com/ without the kids to try all
the cool rides. After just two hours we had tried all the rides
twice, and to be honest "Tivoli":http://www.tivoligardens.com/ is a
lot more fun when we bring the kids. !{float:
right;}/files/tivoli_dragon.png! I did find one sweet ride, that I
had never tried before. Tugged away in the far east corner behind
the "Demon" and the "Golden Tower" lies the "Dragon", which I now
think is _the_ coolest ride in
"Tivoli":http://www.tivoligardens.com/. It is a
"carousel":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel where each car
moves around all 3 axis in a completly random pattern - 360° of
fun! I have been to "Tivoli":http://www.tivoligardens.com/ millions
of times and I can't believe that I have missed this sweet ride...
Go try it out!</p>Tivoli, not quite up to speed...2007-04-15T20:50:00+02:002007-04-15T20:50:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-04-15:/2007/04/15/tivoli-not-quite-up-to-speed/<p>One should think that <a href="http://www.tivoligardens.com/">Tivoli</a>, the
second oldest amusement park in the world, would be up to speed
technology wise, but when it comes to handling tickets they are
still some what in the dark ages. I hold a season-pass to
<a href="http://www.tivoligardens.com/">Tivoli</a> and last thursday, the day
before this seasons …</p><p>One should think that <a href="http://www.tivoligardens.com/">Tivoli</a>, the
second oldest amusement park in the world, would be up to speed
technology wise, but when it comes to handling tickets they are
still some what in the dark ages. I hold a season-pass to
<a href="http://www.tivoligardens.com/">Tivoli</a> and last thursday, the day
before this seasons grand opening, season-pas-holders were invited
to a "Sneak-preview" for the mere sum of 50 DKK all rides included.
Quite a bargin. The "preview-ticket" could be bought online(with a
maximum of one ticket per "season-pass") and printed out at home.
But if you botch this, you are screwed... My browser died, so no
ticket for me. No problem I thought, they sent me an email that
said "Click here to print out ticket", but alas no link was
included in the email. I called their support hotline, which was
very friendly, and they would see to that my ticket would be
printed and left at the ticket office for me to pick up - no
problem! But after waiting in line for an obscure amount of time my
ticket could not be found. So I found the confirmation email on my
<a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=gb&lc=en&ver=&template=pip1&zone=pp&pid=10336">cellphone</a>,
and finally they gave up trying to get their one computer to verify
my missing ticket and just let us in. If they had just assoiated my
ticket purchase with my season-pass there would be no need for
paper tickets, no stressed out ticket clerks(we were not the only
ones with this problem) and no unhappy customers. But I guess this
would be too high-tech for an old amusementpark like
<a href="http://www.tivoligardens.com/">Tivoli</a>...</p>TextMate & Remote editing2007-02-09T11:01:00+01:002007-02-09T11:01:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-02-09:/2007/02/09/textmate-remote-editing/<p><img class="right" src="/files/TextMate_Bundle_128.png"></p>
<p>I really like <a href="http://macromates.com/">TextMate</a> but it one serious flaw: When
editing a "large" project on a remote volume, saving and switching to and from
TextMate is extremely slow due to the fact that TextMate is constantly looking
for updates in the file system.</p>
<p>So even super cool apps such as …</p><p><img class="right" src="/files/TextMate_Bundle_128.png"></p>
<p>I really like <a href="http://macromates.com/">TextMate</a> but it one serious flaw: When
editing a "large" project on a remote volume, saving and switching to and from
TextMate is extremely slow due to the fact that TextMate is constantly looking
for updates in the file system.</p>
<p>So even super cool apps such as <a href="http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/">MacFuse</a>
that allows you to mount remote directories over ssh is not an option with
TextMate once your project grows to a certain size.<sup id="fnref:onefile"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:onefile">1</a></sup></p>
<p>The reason I like TextMate so much is because of its "bundle-system"! Bundles
allows you to customize TextMate and make it do whatever you want, and there
are tons of bundles out there.</p>
<p>Now there is even a <a href="/projects/textmate-remote-sync-bundle/">rsync-ssh bundle</a>,
which I wrote, that overcomes this shortcoming while we wait for TextMate 2.0.</p>
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<li id="fn:onefile">
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</li>
</ol>
</div>Irssi, Jabber & Adium2007-02-07T22:42:00+01:002007-02-07T22:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-02-07:/2007/02/07/irssi-jabber-adium/<p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/irssi_logo.png" title="Irssi logo" alt="Irssi logo">
A while ago I switched from <a href="http://colloquy.info/">Colloquy</a> to <a href="http://irssi.org/">Irssi</a>,
and I haven't looked back since - not even once.</p>
<p>While I really like this old-school text mode irc client, I do miss some of the
nice features from <a href="http://colloquy.info/">Colloquy</a> such as sounds
and growl popups when highlighted.</p>
<p>I wanted to write …</p><p><img class="right nobox" src="/files/irssi_logo.png" title="Irssi logo" alt="Irssi logo">
A while ago I switched from <a href="http://colloquy.info/">Colloquy</a> to <a href="http://irssi.org/">Irssi</a>,
and I haven't looked back since - not even once.</p>
<p>While I really like this old-school text mode irc client, I do miss some of the
nice features from <a href="http://colloquy.info/">Colloquy</a> such as sounds
and growl popups when highlighted.</p>
<p>I wanted to write an <a href="http://irssi.org/">Irssi</a> plugin that talks directly with
<a href="http://growl.info/">Growl</a> on my laptop - but their protocol is UDP and not
easy to tunnel through firewalls with ssh. So I wrote a <a href="http://jabber.org/">Jabber</a>
<a href="/files/jabber_notify.pl.gz">notifier plugin</a> in <a href="http://perl.com/">Perl</a> that
lets <a href="http://irssi.org/">Irssi</a> talk to my <a href="http://adiumx.com/">Adium</a> which
supports sounds and <a href="http://growl.info/">Growl</a> notifications.</p>
<p>Feel free to <a href="/files/jabber_notify.pl.gz">download</a> and <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.php">use it</a>
in your <a href="http://irssi.org/">Irssi</a> - You are running <a href="http://irssi.org/">Irssi</a>, aren't you ?</p>Firebug 1.0 released!2007-01-29T13:42:00+01:002007-01-29T13:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2007-01-29:/2007/01/29/firebug-10-released/<p>One of my <a href="http://getfirebug.com/">favorite tools</a> just went one
point oh! - An oh what an upgrade!
<a href="http://getfirebug.com/">Firebug</a> went from totally cool, to
insanely great - if you haven't upgaded already then hurry up, if
you haven't installed it, the do it - you won't regret it! It has
even obsoleted a couple of …</p><p>One of my <a href="http://getfirebug.com/">favorite tools</a> just went one
point oh! - An oh what an upgrade!
<a href="http://getfirebug.com/">Firebug</a> went from totally cool, to
insanely great - if you haven't upgaded already then hurry up, if
you haven't installed it, the do it - you won't regret it! It has
even obsoleted a couple of other plugins as you can now do inline
editing of CSS and lots of other cool stuff! For users of lesser
browsers, there is even a
<a href="http://getfirebug.com/lite.html">lite version</a> so they can develop
with <a href="http://getfirebug.com/">Firebug</a> and use all the cool
features on their development site that we can use on any site!
Oh... did it forget to mention it is
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/">free</a> ?</p>Firefox and lori2006-10-26T09:34:00+02:002006-10-26T09:34:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-10-26:/2006/10/26/firefox-and-lori/<p>For a long time I have been using
<a href="http://lori.mozdev.org/">lori - Life of request info</a> with much
joy. - Then came Firefox 2.0 ... Nice browser, but lori stopped
working... :-( Today I really needed it, so I unpacked it and
changed the max version from 1.5 to 2.0, and now it …</p><p>For a long time I have been using
<a href="http://lori.mozdev.org/">lori - Life of request info</a> with much
joy. - Then came Firefox 2.0 ... Nice browser, but lori stopped
working... :-( Today I really needed it, so I unpacked it and
changed the max version from 1.5 to 2.0, and now it works again :-)
You can download it
<a href="/files/lori_life-of-request_info_-0.1.0.20051225-fx.xpi">here</a>,
but I can't guaranty it won't blow up you your computer, but it
works for me.</p>Happy birthday Simon2006-10-23T12:35:00+02:002006-10-23T12:35:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-10-23:/2006/10/23/happy-birthday-simon/<p>Today one of my best friends turns 30, unfortunately
<a href="http://curnomatic.dk/">he</a> is no longer with us... A few days
before he drowned, his 12" PowerBook died. Just as unexpected. And
a few days later Apple abandoned the PowerPC in favor of Intel.
Strange days... I wish you could have seen it …</p><p>Today one of my best friends turns 30, unfortunately
<a href="http://curnomatic.dk/">he</a> is no longer with us... A few days
before he drowned, his 12" PowerBook died. Just as unexpected. And
a few days later Apple abandoned the PowerPC in favor of Intel.
Strange days... I wish you could have seen it, I wish we could have
debated it.. Laughed at the irony of it... I wish for a lot of
things...</p>
<p><blockquote>
Death is a natural path of life. Rejoyce for those around you who<br>
transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not.
</blockquote></p>iTerm redux2006-10-06T10:12:00+02:002006-10-06T10:12:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-10-06:/2006/10/06/iterm-redux/<p>I have great news for all you new Mac convertiees who dislike
Apples Terminal.app for one reason or another.
<a href="http://iterm.sourceforge.net/">ITerm</a> has just been released in
version
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=453175&group_id=67789">0.9.0</a>
- Lets just say that this version is a huge improvement over all
the previous releases! I have been using it …</p><p>I have great news for all you new Mac convertiees who dislike
Apples Terminal.app for one reason or another.
<a href="http://iterm.sourceforge.net/">ITerm</a> has just been released in
version
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=453175&group_id=67789">0.9.0</a>
- Lets just say that this version is a huge improvement over all
the previous releases! I have been using it for a day or so, and it
hasn't crashed once, it is much faster, the tabs have been improved
<a href="http://www.adiumx.com/">Adium</a> style, there is
<a href="http://growl.info/">Growl</a> support and all kinds other goodies! If
you tried it in the past and thought it was too unstable like I did
- now is the time to try it again =) Oh, and if you descide you
like it you might like
<a href="http://www.tco.net/~dscott/software/itermhere/">this one</a> too...</p>September 11. - What a glorious day2006-09-10T19:27:00+02:002006-09-10T19:27:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-09-10:/2006/09/10/september-11-what-a-glorious-day/<p>I know what you must be thinking: "How can you say a thing like
that?", but please forget about the terrorists for a moment and let
me enlighten you... On this September 11.
<a href="http://minitux.dk/articles/2006/09/11/vraeaeaeaell">I became a father</a>
to <a href="http://sebastian.olrik.dk/">Sebastian</a>, the cutes little boy.
September 10. started out as any given …</p><p>I know what you must be thinking: "How can you say a thing like
that?", but please forget about the terrorists for a moment and let
me enlighten you... On this September 11.
<a href="http://minitux.dk/articles/2006/09/11/vraeaeaeaell">I became a father</a>
to <a href="http://sebastian.olrik.dk/">Sebastian</a>, the cutes little boy.
September 10. started out as any given sunday, we were relaxing at
home after a busy week. Around 17:00 my
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/">girlfriend</a> started having
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth">contractions</a>, and about
19:30 we left for the hospital - it was all very zen like, no
stress, no worries. As the contractions grew in strength, our
unborn sons heartrate dropped dangerously low for each contraction,
and at 00:05 all hell broke loose... Doctors and nurses came
running from all coners of the
<a href="http://www.rigshospitalet.dk/rh.nsf/Content/obstetriskklinik">maternatity ward</a>
- Sebastian needed to get out <em>now</em>! In little under 15 minutes an
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarean_section">emergency caesarean section</a>
was performed - Sebastian had managed to wrap the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord">umbilical cord</a> 3
times around his neck, and tied a true knot on it. On September 11.
at 00:27 <a href="http://sebastian.olrik.dk/">Sebastian</a> was delivered into
this world, alive and well, with 2 perfect 10's on the
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score">Apgar score</a>. Child,
Mother and Father are all well. What a glorious day!</p>Sodastream nostalgia2006-08-30T20:10:00+02:002006-08-30T20:10:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-08-30:/2006/08/30/sodastream-nostalgia/<p>This week my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">future wife</a> went on
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/08/29/barsel">maternity leave</a>,
and on her last day on <a href="http://catpipe.net/">$work</a>, her co-workers
gave her a little <a href="http://www.sodastream.se/">present</a>. This
present brought back all kinds of cool memories from way back. Way
back when the handle on the
<a href="http://www.sodastream.se/%20">Sodastream</a> machine was orange,
terrorism didn't exist and …</p><p>This week my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">future wife</a> went on
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/08/29/barsel">maternity leave</a>,
and on her last day on <a href="http://catpipe.net/">$work</a>, her co-workers
gave her a little <a href="http://www.sodastream.se/">present</a>. This
present brought back all kinds of cool memories from way back. Way
back when the handle on the
<a href="http://www.sodastream.se/%20">Sodastream</a> machine was orange,
terrorism didn't exist and the Soviet union wanted to nuke us. The
"Cola" still has that very special syntetic taste that we love to
hate, and there is still something cool and refreshing about
carbonating your own beverages.</p>Intelligent life...2006-08-16T09:00:00+02:002006-08-16T09:00:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-08-16:/2006/08/16/intelligent-life/<p>It would seem that there really is some intelligent life
somewhere... If you are serious about web development, you too
would use <a href="http://getfirefox.com/">this browser</a>. The reason? -
Firefox has a super cool extention system for which some must
have/can't live without extentions exist. The most notable being
these two:
1 …</p><p>It would seem that there really is some intelligent life
somewhere... If you are serious about web development, you too
would use <a href="http://getfirefox.com/">this browser</a>. The reason? -
Firefox has a super cool extention system for which some must
have/can't live without extentions exist. The most notable being
these two:
1. <a href="http://joehewitt.com/software/firebug/">FireBug</a>
2. <a href="http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/">Web Developer</a></p>
<p>Download and install!</p>Tired of editing textareas ?2006-08-11T08:42:00+02:002006-08-11T08:42:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-08-11:/2006/08/11/tired-of-editing-textareas/<p>Fear not the solution is near! Download the
<a href="http://mozex.mozdev.org/">Mozex</a> extention, it will enable you to
edit textareas in your <a href="http://macromates.com/">favorite editor</a>.
Here is how to do it: On my mac the preference window for this
extention is "abit broken" but still usable. Go to the second tab
and enter the …</p><p>Fear not the solution is near! Download the
<a href="http://mozex.mozdev.org/">Mozex</a> extention, it will enable you to
edit textareas in your <a href="http://macromates.com/">favorite editor</a>.
Here is how to do it: On my mac the preference window for this
extention is "abit broken" but still usable. Go to the second tab
and enter the following in "Text Editor" [cc
lang="bash"]/Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/Resources/mate -w
%t[/cc] Assign a cool hotkey (I use meta e) and you are done :-)</p>Complaints...2006-08-11T08:20:00+02:002006-08-11T08:20:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-08-11:/2006/08/11/complaints/<p>People have been complaining about the update frequency of this
site, and at the same time some of the same people suggested that I
write about all the little apps and tools I find and use on my Mac.
((and I use a lot of small apps, guess I'm kind …</p><p>People have been complaining about the update frequency of this
site, and at the same time some of the same people suggested that I
write about all the little apps and tools I find and use on my Mac.
((and I use a lot of small apps, guess I'm kind of an App'oholic))
So I think I'll try do do that :-)</p>I'm getting maried!2006-07-11T19:59:00+02:002006-07-11T19:59:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-07-11:/2006/07/11/im-getting-maried/<p>The strangest things happen, and sometimes the most wonderfull
things happen... On the 30th of May - the date of our anniversary -
I had prepared a very special day for my
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/">future wife</a> and her son. First we went by
horse carriage
to <a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billede:Eremitagesletten_03-05-06_02.jpg">Eremitage sletten</a>,
for a picnic and afterwards we …</p><p>The strangest things happen, and sometimes the most wonderfull
things happen... On the 30th of May - the date of our anniversary -
I had prepared a very special day for my
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/">future wife</a> and her son. First we went by
horse carriage
to <a href="http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billede:Eremitagesletten_03-05-06_02.jpg">Eremitage sletten</a>,
for a picnic and afterwards we went to <a href="http://tivoli.dk/">Tivoli</a>
in the heart of Copenhagen. What she didn't know, was that that I
had a secret plan... We went in, bought a Multi-ride ticket and
went casually over to the
<a href="http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-4687.htm">The Ferris Wheel</a>. As the
Farris wheel were loaded, our gondola came closer and closer to the
top - pausing each time the next pair of passengers entered their
gondola. As the sun was setting, our gondola finally paused at the
top after what seemed like an eternity and I got down on one knee
and asked her to marry me ... She said
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/07/09/saa-blev-det-min-tur"><em>Yes</em></a>!
=) <em>What a wonderfull day...</em></p>Can your wintel box do this ?2006-05-26T05:40:00+02:002006-05-26T05:40:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-05-26:/2006/05/26/can-your-wintel-box-do-this/<p>All new *Books from Apple has a build in motion sensor that is
there protect the harddrive for harm, should you descide to hurl
your *Book through the room. Some clever guys wrote a piece of
<a href="http://blog.medallia.com/2006/05/smacbook_pro.html">software</a> that
that allows you to use the sensor to perform actions in
<a href="http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/">DesktopManager …</a></p><p>All new *Books from Apple has a build in motion sensor that is
there protect the harddrive for harm, should you descide to hurl
your *Book through the room. Some clever guys wrote a piece of
<a href="http://blog.medallia.com/2006/05/smacbook_pro.html">software</a> that
that allows you to use the sensor to perform actions in
<a href="http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/">DesktopManager</a> like "go to the
next desktop". Some other clever guys wrote another piece of
<a href="http://www.mactelchat.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=11">software</a>
that does the same for
<a href="http://virtuedesktops.info/">VirtueDesktops</a>, which is a much
cooler fork of <a href="http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/">DesktopManager</a>
and my perfered virtual desktop program. Now that is cool! =)</p>Kids and Legos...2006-05-07T22:31:00+02:002006-05-07T22:31:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-05-07:/2006/05/07/kids-and-legos/<p><img alt="image" src="/files/mini-lego_takeshi.png">Having kids has it's bonuses
=) Eventhough one is all grown-up and everything, I now have an
excuse for playing with <a href="http://www.lego.dk/">Legos</a> again! It has
been a very busy weekend, we held our housewarming on friday, went
to a friends 30st birthday on saturday and cleaned up the house
after party …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/files/mini-lego_takeshi.png">Having kids has it's bonuses
=) Eventhough one is all grown-up and everything, I now have an
excuse for playing with <a href="http://www.lego.dk/">Legos</a> again! It has
been a very busy weekend, we held our housewarming on friday, went
to a friends 30st birthday on saturday and cleaned up the house
after party on sunday. And what better way to end a busy week, than
building a
<a href="http://exoforce.lego.com/Profiles/Humans/TakeshiALL.aspx">set of legos</a>
while relaxing in front of the telly with the
<a href="http://mamatux.dk">cutest</a> girl ever. Hope
<a href="http://babytux.dk/">he's</a> gonna like it...</p>Moved...2006-04-20T12:22:00+02:002006-04-20T12:22:00+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-04-20:/2006/04/20/moved/<p>So we finally moved... nice! During the Easter holidays we have
painted the wall and unpacked all most of our stuff. (We have way
too much stuff, and I am happy I don't have to move it again any
time soon) Our internet connection should have been up and running …</p><p>So we finally moved... nice! During the Easter holidays we have
painted the wall and unpacked all most of our stuff. (We have way
too much stuff, and I am happy I don't have to move it again any
time soon) Our internet connection should have been up and running
on the 7th but since this is a completely new building, it hasn't
been wired yet, so the <a href="http://tdc.dk">TDC</a> tech guy called and
canceled on us - Now we are just waiting for the 24th to arise, so
we can get back online for real, and not just at $work... The new
apartment is really nice, much bigger than our last one - I think
we are going to be happy here :-D</p>Life ... It's magic!2006-03-15T22:42:00+01:002006-03-15T22:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-03-15:/2006/03/15/life-its-magic/<p>Today we went to the hospital to get scanned, and when I say we get
scanned I mean my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">girlfriend</a> got scanned. It
was a fantastic experience, to see actual life - to really see it
move and touch its head, and twitch its little spine. Today
fatherhood got a little …</p><p>Today we went to the hospital to get scanned, and when I say we get
scanned I mean my <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">girlfriend</a> got scanned. It
was a fantastic experience, to see actual life - to really see it
move and touch its head, and twitch its little spine. Today
fatherhood got a little more real, now its not just my
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/02/13/babytux-v2">girlfriends</a>
stomach that is growing, today I have seen it with my own two eyes.
It's magic!</p>Life, the Universe and Everything2006-03-15T12:35:00+01:002006-03-15T12:35:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-03-15:/2006/03/15/life-the-universe-and-everything/<p><a href="http://www.kk.org/">Kevin Kelly</a> from Wired magazine has written
an
<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.03/play.html?pg=4">article</a>
about quantum mechanic
<a href="http://www-me.mit.edu/people/personal/slloyd.htm">Seth Lloyd</a> who
says "The universe is one giant, hackable computer." - Let's hope
it's not running Windows.</p>Homeless...2006-03-14T21:21:00+01:002006-03-14T21:21:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-03-14:/2006/03/14/homeless/<p>Today all of our stuff got picked up by the
<a href="http://www.jonas-co.dk/">moving guys</a>, and our new home is not
completely build until the 7. of April. So we are now officially
homeless. Fortunately we have some really good friends,
<a href="http://www.soeren-hansen.dk/">one</a> of whom has taken us in for the
next 3 weeks …</p><p>Today all of our stuff got picked up by the
<a href="http://www.jonas-co.dk/">moving guys</a>, and our new home is not
completely build until the 7. of April. So we are now officially
homeless. Fortunately we have some really good friends,
<a href="http://www.soeren-hansen.dk/">one</a> of whom has taken us in for the
next 3 weeks, while the construction workers finish the last
details on our <a href="http://www.absignalgaarden.dk/">new home</a>. Thanks
<a href="http://www.soeren-hansen.dk/">bonde</a>!</p>Apple's wierd sometimes...2006-03-08T22:47:00+01:002006-03-08T22:47:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-03-08:/2006/03/08/apples-wierd-sometimes/<p>I really dig Apple's products, they look nice, they feel nice, they
even work nice... But when things break, Apple sometimes sucks... I
broke my arrow down key on my almost shinny new
<a href="http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html">PowerBook</a>, guess I
read too much mail. I walked up to Apple's booth on
<a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/">LinuxForum</a> last saturday …</p><p>I really dig Apple's products, they look nice, they feel nice, they
even work nice... But when things break, Apple sometimes sucks... I
broke my arrow down key on my almost shinny new
<a href="http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html">PowerBook</a>, guess I
read too much mail. I walked up to Apple's booth on
<a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/">LinuxForum</a> last saturday, and asked
them how to get this fixed as easy as possible - I really just need
the arrow down key - and they said: "You must send it in for
repairs, we'll change the entire keyboard". How stupid is that? - I
couldn't even buy the missing key, and I can't live with out my
laptop as it is my main workstation for both $work and $home. Come
on Apple, you can do better than that!</p>The Da vinci Junkie2006-03-08T21:42:00+01:002006-03-08T21:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-03-08:/2006/03/08/the-da-vinci-junkie/<p>I know this cute <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">girl</a>, who thinks she might
be
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/03/04/er-jeg-mainstream">mainstream</a>
, actually I live with her, and I would definitely say no. Recently
she picked up
<a href="http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html">The Da vinci Code</a>
, and she haven't been able to put it down until she finished it
yesterday evening. Every free moment, every time …</p><p>I know this cute <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">girl</a>, who thinks she might
be
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/03/04/er-jeg-mainstream">mainstream</a>
, actually I live with her, and I would definitely say no. Recently
she picked up
<a href="http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html">The Da vinci Code</a>
, and she haven't been able to put it down until she finished it
yesterday evening. Every free moment, every time of the day she
just had to read a couple of pages... I remember seeing a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Blood_and_the_Holy_Grail">BBC TV documentary</a>
on <a href="http://www.discovery.dk/">Discovery channel</a> a couple of years
ago, before the book came out. I then found it an interesting story
- but I totally dismissed the book when it came out, thinking its
just a copy with some lame murders thrown in for the fun of it.
Hmm... guess I have to read it too - It must be
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/03/08/slut-med-da-vinci">good</a>,
and now <a href="http://mamatux.dk/">she</a> has made me too curious not to
read it. Hope it doesn't make me mainstream too... but at least
I'll know what all the fuss is about.</p>LinuxForum v92006-03-04T18:26:00+01:002006-03-04T18:26:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-03-04:/2006/03/04/linuxforum-v9/<p>Right now i am sitting in auditorium #1, listening to
<a href="http://www.klein.com/dvk/personal/">Dan Klein</a> on
<a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/2006/program/saturday/DanKlein.shtml">Perfect Data in an Imperfect World</a>.
Great fun, and quite interesting! All in all it has been a great
day here at <a href="http://www.linuxforum.dk/">LinuxForum</a>.</p>All I ever wanted...2006-02-26T00:06:00+01:002006-02-26T00:06:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-02-26:/2006/02/26/all-i-ever-wanted/<p><img alt="image" src="/files/depechemode_19_playingtheangel.jpg">Just got back
from <a href="http://www.parken.dk/">Parken</a> where
<a href="http://www.depechemode.com/">Depeche mode</a> gave concert number 55
in their marathon tour
<a href="http://www.depechemode.com/tour/dates.html">Touring The Angel</a>.
Great fun and all in all a cool concert. It had the usual problem
all larger concerts in Denmark have
<em>Really bad beverage logistics</em>. They can't figure out an efficient
way …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/files/depechemode_19_playingtheangel.jpg">Just got back
from <a href="http://www.parken.dk/">Parken</a> where
<a href="http://www.depechemode.com/">Depeche mode</a> gave concert number 55
in their marathon tour
<a href="http://www.depechemode.com/tour/dates.html">Touring The Angel</a>.
Great fun and all in all a cool concert. It had the usual problem
all larger concerts in Denmark have
<em>Really bad beverage logistics</em>. They can't figure out an efficient
way to serve beverages to that many people at once... The stage
show while somewhat sparse compared to U2's huge stage show, was
still pretty cool - futuristic, nice and stylish =) Still 71 more
concerts to go, got to admire their tour stamina. - So if you like
<a href="http://www.depechemode.com/">Depeche mode</a> go check them out when
they come to your part of the world! [gallery=1]</p>Pride & Prejudice2006-02-20T23:04:00+01:002006-02-20T23:04:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-02-20:/2006/02/20/pride-prejudice/<p>I have a confession... I dig
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Flick">chick flicks</a>, its not
something that I am proud of, but there you have it... Last sunday
<a href="http://moviefans.dk/">we</a> went to see
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/">Pride & Prejudice</a>, and I
must say that I really like it =) The charaters are very well
depicted and the scenery is beautifull, although …</p><p>I have a confession... I dig
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Flick">chick flicks</a>, its not
something that I am proud of, but there you have it... Last sunday
<a href="http://moviefans.dk/">we</a> went to see
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/">Pride & Prejudice</a>, and I
must say that I really like it =) The charaters are very well
depicted and the scenery is beautifull, although some of the
photoage could have benefitted from a second color grading. Go see
it, even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ebert">Ebert</a> likes it
...</p>Typo sidebar plugin: Countdown timer2006-02-14T10:02:00+01:002006-02-14T10:02:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-02-14:/2006/02/14/typo-sidebar-plugin-countdown-timer/<p>I needed a cute countdown timer for my website, so I created one.
You can download it <a href="/files/countdown.tar.gz">here</a>!</p>iPod upgrades & gifts...2006-02-10T22:35:00+01:002006-02-10T22:35:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-02-10:/2006/02/10/ipod-upgrades-gifts/<p><img alt="image" src="/files/ipod_white_60GiB.jpg">Today <a href="http://www.tnt.dk">TNT</a>
finally managed to deliver our new
<a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/">iPods</a>. They managed to drive around
with it for <strong>3</strong> days before delivering it. And even then I had to
call them and speak to the driver who said he already had been
there but no one was home - guess it is …</p><p><img alt="image" src="/files/ipod_white_60GiB.jpg">Today <a href="http://www.tnt.dk">TNT</a>
finally managed to deliver our new
<a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/">iPods</a>. They managed to drive around
with it for <strong>3</strong> days before delivering it. And even then I had to
call them and speak to the driver who said he already had been
there but no one was home - guess it is hard to read read the big
sign on the door that says <a href="http://www.neoconsult.dk/">NeoConsult</a>,
and even harder to open said door... But never mind that, at least
we now have them! I bought both a black and a white 60 GiB
<a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/">iPod</a>, one of them was a gift for my
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/">girlfriend</a>, the other an upgrade for my
"aging" 40 GiB <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/">iPod</a>. Our first
impressions are very positive.</p>Ant sucks, and doesn't respect symlinks...2006-02-01T16:29:00+01:002006-02-01T16:29:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-02-01:/2006/02/01/ant-sucks-and-doesnt-respect-symlinks/<p>Man I hate Ant! So I was working on this project, in which Ant
generates a build directory. - I created a symlink inside the build
dir for something that was not quite ready to be build for real
just yet. That way ant could do what ever it wanted to …</p><p>Man I hate Ant! So I was working on this project, in which Ant
generates a build directory. - I created a symlink inside the build
dir for something that was not quite ready to be build for real
just yet. That way ant could do what ever it wanted to, my code was
stored safely in another location. Or so i thought...
ant clean
ant build</p>
<p>Did Ant delete just the symlink ? - Noooo... like a busy little
beaver it delete the *contents* as well! The following little
statement in the clean target nukes the specified directory
recursevly deletes *all* files and *follows* symlinks as well.
Bad Ant!</p>The "Blonde joke" of the year!2006-01-09T07:42:00+01:002006-01-09T07:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-01-09:/2006/01/09/the-blonde-joke-of-the-year/<p>I know it's still early in the year, but this is one of the funiest
<a href="http://mamatux.dk/articles/2006/01/09/blondine-joke">blonde jokes</a>
ever! Cute and to the point! ;)</p>Being sick sucks!2006-01-05T13:42:00+01:002006-01-05T13:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-01-05:/2006/01/05/being-sick-sucks/<p>Man I hate being sick... It truly sucks to be lying in bed, head
pounding, throat hurting - Being unable to think straight for
longer periods of time.</p>Emacs Keybindings in Firefox2006-01-02T07:37:00+01:002006-01-02T07:37:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2006-01-02:/2006/01/02/emacs-keybindings-in-firefox/<p>I have decided to use Firefox as my main browser for a little while
- One have to try something new once in a while... A plain Firefox
1.5 does not have Emacs key bindings, as all other Mac OS X
applications have, and this sucks big time! Fortunately google …</p><p>I have decided to use Firefox as my main browser for a little while
- One have to try something new once in a while... A plain Firefox
1.5 does not have Emacs key bindings, as all other Mac OS X
applications have, and this sucks big time! Fortunately google
found a solution:
<a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Emacs_Keybindings_(Firefox)#Any_OS.2C_without_GTK">Emacs Keybindings (Firefox) - MozillaZine Knowledge Base</a></p>Now we're cooking!2005-12-31T11:36:00+01:002005-12-31T11:36:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2005-12-31:/2005/12/31/now-were-cooking/<p>Getting ready for New Years Eve, this year we'll be eating Tapas, a personal
favorite. We have been cooking all evening, and right now
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything">42</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada">Empanadas</a> with
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorizo">Chorizo</a> and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamon_serrano">Serrano</a> are sitting on our
kitchen table just waiting to be put in the oven when the guests arrive
tonight. Its …</p><p>Getting ready for New Years Eve, this year we'll be eating Tapas, a personal
favorite. We have been cooking all evening, and right now
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything">42</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada">Empanadas</a> with
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorizo">Chorizo</a> and
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamon_serrano">Serrano</a> are sitting on our
kitchen table just waiting to be put in the oven when the guests arrive
tonight. Its gonna be great! - Happy new years everyone, see you on the other
side!</p>SNOW!2005-12-29T01:34:00+01:002005-12-29T01:34:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2005-12-29:/2005/12/29/snow/<p>Man I love snow! .. And today the world was covered in it -
Normally we don't get any real snow in this part of the world, its
usually just something best described as a wet, cold and gray
substance that makes the pavement slippery... But today was
different, white show all …</p><p>Man I love snow! .. And today the world was covered in it -
Normally we don't get any real snow in this part of the world, its
usually just something best described as a wet, cold and gray
substance that makes the pavement slippery... But today was
different, white show all around, in the southern part of Denmark,
they even had the military help motorist that had got stuck in the
snow... Here we just geared up for a huge snowball fight - great
fun!</p>I give up...2005-12-28T01:28:00+01:002005-12-28T01:28:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2005-12-28:/2005/12/28/i-give-up/<p>Ok ... I give up, well kinda - I have come to realize that I will
never get a blog/personal website
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/david.olrik.dk">again</a> if I have to
code it my self.... Not that its hard or anything but it seems that
I can't find the time to finish it ((Well it wasn't …</p><p>Ok ... I give up, well kinda - I have come to realize that I will
never get a blog/personal website
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/david.olrik.dk">again</a> if I have to
code it my self.... Not that its hard or anything but it seems that
I can't find the time to finish it ((Well it wasn't actually me
that came to that conclusion but by girlfriend, never the less -
its true)) ... So here it is - my blog! - Not as feature rich as I
would like but it'll get the job done until I find some spare time
=) And for those who find me silly for wanting to build my own blog
... remember that sometimes when you reinvent the wheel, you will
get roller skates!</p>Finally!2002-11-05T23:07:42+01:002002-11-05T23:07:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2002-11-05:/2002/11/05/finally/<p>I finally pulled my self together and updated the site... I even
did a complete redesign just for the fun of it! - I'll try to keep
the site more current in the future! =)</p>Just got my C-license2002-01-26T09:58:42+01:002002-01-26T09:58:42+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2002-01-26:/2002/01/26/just-got-my-c-license/<p>After completing all the mandatory jumps and tests I am finally a
licensed skydiver! Did the last 3 jumps yesterday and took the oral
exam today.</p>Almost up and running!2001-09-01T11:12:42+02:002001-09-01T11:12:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2001-09-01:/2001/09/01/almost-up-and-running/<p>Whew... major redesign complete! .. The rest should be up and
running shortly!</p>Now we are cooking!2001-06-19T00:13:42+02:002001-06-19T00:13:42+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2001-06-19:/2001/06/19/now-we-are-cooking/<p>I finally got NSI to fix the glue record for ns.hashbang.org, so
now everything should work as it should! - Sorry for the downtime.
The whole thing is now running on 4 machines, with two more to be
added shortly.</p>My Palm IIIx has passed away!2000-02-29T00:00:00+01:002000-02-29T00:00:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,2000-02-29:/2000/02/29/my-palm-iiix-has-passed-away/<p><img alt="Rest in peace..." src="/images/tombstone.jpg">After a year of faithful
service, my trusted Palm IIIx has passed away. Guess it couldn't
handle year 2K being a leap year. 8-) It traveled with me all over
the world in sunshine, snow and rain, only to end its final days
with a cracked screen in a dark …</p><p><img alt="Rest in peace..." src="/images/tombstone.jpg">After a year of faithful
service, my trusted Palm IIIx has passed away. Guess it couldn't
handle year 2K being a leap year. 8-) It traveled with me all over
the world in sunshine, snow and rain, only to end its final days
with a cracked screen in a dark drawer. My Palm fell 2 meters, and
didn't survive ((Guess I now have the perfect excuse for getting me
one of the new <strong>color</strong> Palms!)) - May it rest in peace. Backing
up a broken Palm is a pain, but after about 2 hours I succeeded!</p>Look what I got for Xmas!1999-12-24T01:38:46+01:001999-12-24T01:38:46+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-12-24:/1999/12/24/look-what-i-got-for-xmas/<p><a href="/images/explosives.jpg"><img alt="explosives.jpg" src="/images/explosives-thumb-200x169.jpg"></a>
Wow! - What a gift! This fantastic box contains only one piece of
fireworks! But damn, it's a big one! Just 2db below Danish safety
regulations and a minimum safety distance of 25 meters, this "bomb"
is definitely going to be lots of fun! Click on the image for a
closer …</p><p><a href="/images/explosives.jpg"><img alt="explosives.jpg" src="/images/explosives-thumb-200x169.jpg"></a>
Wow! - What a gift! This fantastic box contains only one piece of
fireworks! But damn, it's a big one! Just 2db below Danish safety
regulations and a minimum safety distance of 25 meters, this "bomb"
is definitely going to be lots of fun! Click on the image for a
closer look...</p>Say no to software patents!1999-12-18T11:32:13+01:001999-12-18T11:32:13+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-12-18:/1999/12/18/say-no-to-software-patents/<p>Since <a href="http://noamazon.com/">Amazon</a> isn't
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/0915226.shtml">giving</a><a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/0915226.shtml">up</a>
its ludicrous software patent I have decided to boycott them! As of
today I have removed all links to
<a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">Amazon</a>! The reason for the
boycott is because <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">Amazon</a>
has filed filed suit against Barnes & Noble over this ludicrous
patent. These kind of patents threatens to …</p><p>Since <a href="http://noamazon.com/">Amazon</a> isn't
<a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/0915226.shtml">giving</a><a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/0915226.shtml">up</a>
its ludicrous software patent I have decided to boycott them! As of
today I have removed all links to
<a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">Amazon</a>! The reason for the
boycott is because <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">Amazon</a>
has filed filed suit against Barnes & Noble over this ludicrous
patent. These kind of patents threatens to put a halt on
technological innovation and ruin the Internet for all of us. The
technology that <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">Amazon</a> has
patented, is their 'one-click ordering' system
((<a href="http://www.uspto.gov/%20%225,960,411%22:http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&r=1&l=50&f=G&d=PALL&s1=5960411.PN.&OS=PN/5960411&RS=PN/5960411">US Patent 5960411</a>))
which is a simple system based on cookies! To patent this would be
like patenting 'the process of taking a credit card order over the
phone. Stop typing <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">Amazon</a>
- Start typing
<a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html">noamazon.com</a>!</p>The Mummy1999-06-04T11:39:34+02:001999-06-04T11:39:34+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-06-04:/1999/06/04/the-mummy/<p><a href="/1999/06/04/the-mummy/the-mummy-2/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/the-mummy-199x300.jpg" title="The Mummy"></a>Or
should I say, 'Army of Darkness II'? Aside for its setting i Egypt
and not starring
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Name?Campbell,+Bruce+(I)">Bruce Cambell</a> as
our anti hero, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0120616">The Mummy</a> is
almost a complete copy of
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Name?Raimi,+Sam">Sam Raimi's</a>
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0083907">Evil dead</a> /
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0106308">Army of darkness</a> movies. Buy
hey, I totally dig Sam Raimi's way of making movies …</p><p><a href="/1999/06/04/the-mummy/the-mummy-2/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/the-mummy-199x300.jpg" title="The Mummy"></a>Or
should I say, 'Army of Darkness II'? Aside for its setting i Egypt
and not starring
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Name?Campbell,+Bruce+(I)">Bruce Cambell</a> as
our anti hero, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0120616">The Mummy</a> is
almost a complete copy of
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Name?Raimi,+Sam">Sam Raimi's</a>
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0083907">Evil dead</a> /
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0106308">Army of darkness</a> movies. Buy
hey, I totally dig Sam Raimi's way of making movies, so if you
forget about the amount of plagiarism then
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0120616">The Mummy</a> is a really cool
movie! It has super nice special effects, a ok story ((Sam Raimi
wrote it... well kinda...)), a cool hero and a cute heroine.</p>The Faculty1999-05-30T11:43:31+02:001999-05-30T11:43:31+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-05-30:/1999/05/30/the-faculty/<p><a href="/1999/05/30/the-faculty/the-faculty-2/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/the-faculty-197x300.jpg" title="The Faculty"></a>This
movie is the very reason why words like
'<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0133751">suck</a>' exists! Give me $100, a
pixie book and a bucket of goo and I'll make you a better film! The
only good thing in this movie was nurse Harper played by
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Name?Hayek,+Salma">Salma Hayek</a> ((and no! it
is not because she …</p><p><a href="/1999/05/30/the-faculty/the-faculty-2/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/the-faculty-197x300.jpg" title="The Faculty"></a>This
movie is the very reason why words like
'<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0133751">suck</a>' exists! Give me $100, a
pixie book and a bucket of goo and I'll make you a better film! The
only good thing in this movie was nurse Harper played by
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Name?Hayek,+Salma">Salma Hayek</a> ((and no! it
is not because she is a babe)).</p>I'm sailing...1999-05-28T11:46:06+02:001999-05-28T11:46:06+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-05-28:/1999/05/28/im-sailing/<p>Yow! - The sun shines and it's Friday! What a treat... lets go
boating. A friend of mine has a speedboat(140 horse powers), and
what better thing to do on a Friday afternoon, than packing a boat
full of delicious food and a couple of bottles of good red wine …</p><p>Yow! - The sun shines and it's Friday! What a treat... lets go
boating. A friend of mine has a speedboat(140 horse powers), and
what better thing to do on a Friday afternoon, than packing a boat
full of delicious food and a couple of bottles of good red wine and
then to go boating in the sun! It was lots a fun cruising around
the channels of Copenhagen.</p>Hilary & Jackie1999-05-21T11:48:28+02:001999-05-21T11:48:28+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-05-21:/1999/05/21/hilary-jackie/<p><a href="/1999/05/21/hilary-jackie/hilary-and-jackie/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/Hilary-and-Jackie-202x300.jpg" title="Hilary and Jackie"></a>This
is a film of the serious kind and I can not figure out why
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0150915">Hilary & Jackie</a> was so badly
beaten in the Danish news papers because I think it was really
good! It had a very moving story about two sisters and their
insanely jealously relationship and extremely nice …</p><p><a href="/1999/05/21/hilary-jackie/hilary-and-jackie/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/Hilary-and-Jackie-202x300.jpg" title="Hilary and Jackie"></a>This
is a film of the serious kind and I can not figure out why
<a href="http://www.imdb.com/Title?0150915">Hilary & Jackie</a> was so badly
beaten in the Danish news papers because I think it was really
good! It had a very moving story about two sisters and their
insanely jealously relationship and extremely nice camera work! You
could literally feel your self getting sucked into the music.</p>The Matrix once more...1999-05-19T11:58:37+02:001999-05-19T11:58:37+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-05-19:/1999/05/19/the-matrix-once-more/<p>Hmmm... It seems that I just can't get enough of this movie... If
you haven't seen it already, then go now! Forget everything else
just go see <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093">The Matrix</a> right
now!</p>Bian Lian (The King of Masks)1999-05-16T12:00:44+02:001999-05-16T12:00:44+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-05-16:/1999/05/16/bian-lian-the-king-of-masks/<p><a href="/1999/05/16/bian-lian-the-king-of-masks/bian-lian/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/bian-lian-168x300.jpg" title="Bian Lian"></a>Yet
another trip to the cinema! This time for a Chinese drama about an
old man, his art and a young girl.
<a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115669">Bian Lian</a> is a truly uplifting
story about how life will bring you joy when you least expect it...
you just can't help being in in a good …</p><p><a href="/1999/05/16/bian-lian-the-king-of-masks/bian-lian/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/bian-lian-168x300.jpg" title="Bian Lian"></a>Yet
another trip to the cinema! This time for a Chinese drama about an
old man, his art and a young girl.
<a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115669">Bian Lian</a> is a truly uplifting
story about how life will bring you joy when you least expect it...
you just can't help being in in a good mood after seeing it! This
was also the day when the sun came to Denmark! And what better
excuse to put on ones in-liners and blade recklessly down the
streets of Copenhagen... (Lets just hope the sun stays...)</p>The Matrix revisited1999-05-10T12:03:18+02:001999-05-10T12:03:18+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-05-10:/1999/05/10/the-matrix-revisited/<p>Just saw <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093">The Matrix</a>! - It you
haven't seen it yet, then hurry down to your local cinema! - It
simply has to be seen on the big screen!</p>The Matrix1999-04-30T12:07:07+02:001999-04-30T12:07:07+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-04-30:/1999/04/30/the-matrix/<p><a href="/1999/04/30/the-matrix/matrix/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/matrix-216x300.jpg" title="The Matrix"></a>Just
saw <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093">The Matrix</a>, now there is a
cool movie. It really makes you think about what's real and what is
not... The idea in the movie is not that far fetched, the two
technologies that create the whole mess already exist, although in
a very primitive state. The two …</p><p><a href="/1999/04/30/the-matrix/matrix/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/matrix-216x300.jpg" title="The Matrix"></a>Just
saw <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093">The Matrix</a>, now there is a
cool movie. It really makes you think about what's real and what is
not... The idea in the movie is not that far fetched, the two
technologies that create the whole mess already exist, although in
a very primitive state. The two technologies I speak of is of
course, Artificial intelligence and cybernetics, e.g. electronic
implants that works by directly stimulating the nervous system.
Visit the <a href="http://www.whatisthematrix.com">official Matrix site</a>
for background info, pictures and a cool screen saver! - For those
of you that run a real 8-) operating system, can go to the home of
<a href="http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/">XScreenSaver</a>.</p>Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1999-04-30T12:04:58+02:001999-04-30T12:04:58+02:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-04-30:/1999/04/30/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels/<blockquote>
<p><a href="/1999/04/30/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels/lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels_ver2/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels_ver2-202x300.jpg" title="lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels_ver2"></a>Four
London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high
stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a
million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This simple plot lays the basis for one of the …</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="/1999/04/30/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels/lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels_ver2/"><img alt="image" src="/files/2009/09/lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels_ver2-202x300.jpg" title="lock_stock_and_two_smoking_barrels_ver2"></a>Four
London working class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high
stakes card game, but things go wrong and they end up owing half a
million pounds and having one week to come up with the cash.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This simple plot lays the basis for one of the most surprising and
entertaining films in a long time. Go see
<a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120735">Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels</a>
before your dentist!</p>Linux World Expo1999-03-07T11:42:00+01:001999-03-07T11:42:00+01:00David Jack Wange Olriktag:david.olrik.dk,1999-03-07:/1999/03/07/linux-world-expo/<p>Just got home from
<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/">Linux World Expo</a> in
<a href="http://www.sanjose.org/">San Jose</a>, California. What a trip, met
all kinds of interesting people, saw all kinds of wonderful places.</p>
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<h3>My trip to San Jose March 1999</h3>
<p>February 28, 1999 - Waking up, just before the crack of dawn...
Everything is packed and ready, my …</p><p>Just got home from
<a href="http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/">Linux World Expo</a> in
<a href="http://www.sanjose.org/">San Jose</a>, California. What a trip, met
all kinds of interesting people, saw all kinds of wonderful places.</p>
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<h3>My trip to San Jose March 1999</h3>
<p>February 28, 1999 - Waking up, just before the crack of dawn...
Everything is packed and ready, my Palm III is loaded with travel
utilities, and funny little games. I'm ready for the journey of a
lifetime. For the first time in my life, I'm going to California in
the United states of America for the Linux World Expo ... Kind off
a geek thing, going halfway around the earth to go to a Linux
event. I'm going to be flying for about 22 hours, but with the time
zone thing and everything, it'll only take about 9 hours... Who
said there was no such thing as a time machine! =) Enjoy the
photos... You can click on anyone of them to see it in full size.</p>
<p><em>Copenhagen -> London -> Seattle -> San Jose</em></p>
<h3>Getting there</h3>
<p>Could the plane possibly get any bigger? - I don't think so!
[singlepic id=13 w=220 h=165 float=left]I had real a nice flight
going over there, got to sit on the first floor, by the window and
everything. There was almost no clouds while flying over Greenland
... What a view, ice as far as the eye could see.. untouched by
human hand. The journey home, however, sucked totally .. I was put
way down in the cheap end of the plane, and almost froze to death
during the night (Well almost..) Next time I'm flying first class!
=)</p>
<h3>My temporary home</h3>
<p>Totally jet lagged, I arrived in San Jose airport around 8 o'clock
pm, the weather was so nice, and I guess that the winter clothes I
was wearing kinda stood out from everybody else. While waiting for
man baggage, Linus Torvalds walked by... And right then I knew that
it would be an awesome trip! =) Anyway, I hailed a cab, and I was
on my way to my temporary new home. On the way I was totally
marveled by seeing all the huge domiciles of some the great ones in
the business. (e.g. Adobe)</p>
<h3>The real purpose of the trip</h3>
<p>And now for the real purpose of the trip, it was time to enter geek
mode! The day before the event started, I went to pick up my
conference badge, and guess what I was the first person to receive
it! I had signed up two tutorials 'Bullet proof UNIX programming'
with Chip Salzenburg and 'Introduction to programming with Python'
with Sean Reifschneider and Evelyn Mitchell. The first one ruled
totally! =) Chip has excellent humor, and I learned many valuable
little tips on how to make my C/C++ and Perl programming more
secure. The second one didn't rule as much, in fact I think it
sucked. But at least it taught me to avoid Python if possible.
Don't get me wrong, I do think Python is usable in some cases, but
it puts too many restrictions on the hacker using it. The McEnery
convention center I also attended a lot of conference sessions, at
the Linux World Expo here is a small list... [singlepic id=42 w=220
h=165 float=right]
- Perl: The First Post-Modern Programming Language by Larry Wall
- Introduction to XFree86 4.0 by Dirk Hohndel
- OpenGL/Mesa 3D Support by Darryl Strauss
- The BitKeeper Distributed Source Code Management System by
Larry McVoy
- How to Copyright Your Software and Choose a License by Bruce
Perens</p>
<h3>The people</h3>
<p>One of the greatest things about this trip, was that I got to meet
all kinds of interesting people. [singlepic id=38 w=220 h=165
float=left]I even got to speak to Larry Wall =) in person, take his
picture and get him to sign my Perl book. What a treat! Guess I
kinda needed to go into teenage idolizing mode, since I never had
any real idols as a teenager... ;)</p>
<h3>Not Linux, but GNU/Linux</h3>
<p>On the third day there was a panel discussion with Richard
Stallman, Guido van Rossum, Larry Wall and Linus Torvalds moderated
by Eric Raymond. The discussion was about what we, the Linux
community, could do over the next 9 months to achieve Linux world
domination, very fun and informative. Richard Stallman kept on
insisting on everybody saying GNU/Linux instead of just plain
Linux. This obviously annoyed some, because they thought that
Richard was out to tout his own horn, but I think what Richard was
trying to say, was that the free in free software means free
speech, not free beer! (Richard doesn't need to tout his own horn,
I think his achievements speak for them selves)</p>
<h3>License ? um.. what license?</h3>
<p>Bruce Perens held an excellent talk about licensing your software
and some of the pitfalls one might stumble into. He also went into
great detail on the most common licenses in the OpenSource
community. Very useful knowledge!=) [singlepic id=50 w=220 h=165
float=left] [singlepic id=21 w=220 h=165 float=left] [singlepic
id=27 w=220 h=165 float=]</p>
<h3>All the big ones...</h3>
<p>Finally all the big companies in the business are opening their
eyes to the wonderful world of Linux. All the different Linux
distributions were represented. VA Research, Penguin Computing and
Corel were there. Some of the new guys included Sun, IBM, Compaq,
LinuxCare and Computer Associates. IBM had a rather funny slogan on
their booth: Building the Linux community, how can they build
something that has existed for a long time? Especially when they
just joined the game?!?! Well the importing thing is that they have
joined the game, and more importantly on our side! =) Perhaps this
is the beginning to a world where software does not suck... Got a
chance to chit-chat with Arnt from Troll Tech in Norway. Man I
can't wait until QT 2.0 is released! I also talked to the Debian
guys, they had flown in representatives from all over the world. I
even had the chance to say hello to Rob Malda from Slashdot. One
rarely meet so many interesting people all at once. [singlepic
id=28 w=220 h=165 float=left] [singlepic id=29 w=220 h=165 float=]</p>
<h3>Gotta get me one of those!</h3>
<p>[singlepic id=33 w=220 h=165 float=right] Yow! - Now is that a cool
=) car or what? I definitely want one! Unfortunately the price for
the smallest configuration cost well over $44000 because of our
crazy taxes here in Denmark. Maybe I should consider moving to San
Jose? Not only are the cars a lot cheaper, the weather is also a
lot nicer...</p>
<h3>Mmmmm power...</h3>
<p>The nice people from Turbo Linux had build a cool little Linux web
server cluster. This just goes to show how well Linux is able to
scale. All in all I must say, that the Linux World Expo was a
really cool place to be, and I hope I get a chance to be there
again in August! =)</p>
<h3>Playing tourist!</h3>
<p>In between conference sessions, coffee drinking and hanging out at
the Expo, I also has time to play tourist... Just look at how clean
and nice the streets of San Jose looks. They have very excellent
public transportation that is real cheap! For only $2,50 a day, you
can get a ticket that'll take you anywhere you want to go in the
San Jose / Santa Clara area! Second street, Star Bucks is just ten
paces to the left... Excellent coffee! West San Carlos street,
Martin Luther King Jr. library San Fernando street First street
Being the geek that I am, I thought I had died and gone to heaven
when I entered the magic realm of Fry's electronics. Everything
that uses any kind of power, you can buy here, and I do mean
everything.TVs, Computers, Electronics components, GPS systems,
cell phones, PDAs, Washing machines, Toasters, Curling irons, and
refrigerators. You name it, they've got it! The only thing they
don't have is competent and service minded sales people. But if you
can live with that, it is an ok store. [singlepic id=37 w=220 h=165
float=left] [singlepic id=59 w=220 h=165 float=left]</p>
<h3>Exploring science</h3>
<p>Almost right opposite from the McEnery Convention center, is The
Tech Museum of Innovation. The Tech Museum of Innovation is a
hands-on technology museum devoted to inspiring the innovator in
everyone. They had all kinds of cool displays, e.g. Communication:
Global Connections, Exploration: New Frontiers, Innovation: Silicon
Valley and Beyond. Here you could 'Shake in a earthquake', 'build a
micro chip' and all different kinds other cool stuff!</p>
<h3>Addicted to The Movies</h3>
<p>Guess you know you are addicted to movies, when you can't go for a
single week with out visiting a cinema at least once... So I just
had to see a couple of movies while in San Jose, and so I did.
[singlepic id=65 w=220 h=165 float=left]
- You've got mail
- Blast from the past
- My Favorite Martian
- Pleasantville
- Office space</p>
<p>Office space was really funny, kinda of a real life Dilbert. Blast
from the past and You've got mail, was both really cute movies,
take your girlfriend and go see them! Plasantville was also real
nice, makes me remember to live in the moment, and not be afraid of
taking chances, you should definitely go see this one. My Favorite
Martian was ok, but nothing special... guess it was targeted at a
much younger audience, which no doubt would enjoy it a lot!</p>
<h3>Relaxing in front of the TV</h3>
<p>[singlepic id=26 w=220 h=165 float=right]After a long day of
conference sessions and shopping, it was real nice just to sit in
my hotel room watching some mind numbing TV. Cable in the States is
not much different than cable in Denmark.</p>
<h3>Home sweet home...</h3>
<p>A week had passed, almost too fast! I could easily had used a week
more... But I must say that I had a lot of fun and educational
experiences during the last week.
<em>San Jose -> Seattle -> London -> Copenhagen</em></p>
<p>On my way home, I ran in to an old friend, from when I lived at a
dorm in Herlev, guess it is a small world after all..</p>