Posted on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 in Technology • Tagged with Google, Microsoft, Search, WTF
So
Microsoft released a new search engine
called Bing. Yes that's right
Bing, what an awesome name... or maybe not.
They named it Bingbecause 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 …
Posted on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 in Productivity • Tagged with 1Password, Apps, iPhone, MacOSX, Tools
Everyone's
favorite credential manager will be out in version 3.0 later this
year with a completely redesigned UI.
Agile offered us a sneak-peak of
the
new Locked Screen,
and I must say it looks spiffy. While we wait for 3.0 I suggest you
upgrade your keychain to the …
Posted on Sun, 24 May 2009 in Books
Tomorrow
is May 25th, also known as Towel Day
amongst friends. This is the day where we celebrate the life and
works of my favorite author of all time
Douglas Adams
((Douglas is the reason for my weird obsession with the number
42)). Douglas is the author of
The Hitchhiker's …
Posted on Thu, 21 May 2009 in Security • Tagged with Apple, Exploit, Java, Sun, WTF
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!
Please disable Java in your browser now!
There, now we can continue - Six months ago a really nasty exploit was discovered in Java. This …
Posted on Tue, 19 May 2009 in Personal • Tagged with Environment, Green, Wind power
As
of July 1st our entire household will be using green power from
danish wind turbines
((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 …
Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 in Personal • Tagged with Geocaching, iPhone
I've been wanting to try
Geocaching 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
cache,
and after dinner I took the …
Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 in Personal • Tagged with Bike, Environment, Green, trioBike
After much debate and
careful consideration we, The Olrik Family,
have decided to go green! 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
Amish ((Also the Amish is a …
Posted on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 in Technology • Tagged with 1Password, Apps, Files, iPhone, OmniFocus, Stanza, Tweetie, WifiTrak, Wordpress
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 …
Posted on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 in Productivity • Tagged with Apple, Backup, MacOSX
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 …
Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 in Personal
Ever
since reading the holy
trilogy
soon to be
hexology
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
pictures
on flickr in the 42 group. Just
the other …
