Pick of the week: Flight Control

Posted on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 in Pick of the week • Tagged with Apps, iPhone

Flight ControlInspired by Leo and his gang on TWiT, I am starting a weekly post series about apps and technology I find particular cool. This weeks pick is a small game called Flight Control from Firemint. Flight Control is a very simple game with exceptionally beautiful graphics and it's very addicting …


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To Bing or not to Bing

Posted on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 in Technology • Tagged with Google, Microsoft, Search, WTF

Bada Bing 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 …


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1Password touch 2.0 and 1Password 3.0

Posted on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 in Productivity • Tagged with 1Password, Apps, iPhone, MacOSX, Tools

1Password 3.0 - LockedEveryone'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 …


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Don't forget your towel!

Posted on Sun, 24 May 2009 in Books

42 Utility TowelTomorrow 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 …


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Remote execution exploit - Disable Java in your OS X Browser

Posted on Thu, 21 May 2009 in Security • Tagged with Apple, Exploit, Java, Sun, WTF

Java - Evil EditionOk, 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 …


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Powered by wind turbines

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2009 in Personal • Tagged with Environment, Green, Wind power

Green PowerAs 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 …


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Geocaching

Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 in Personal • Tagged with Geocaching, iPhone

GeocachingI'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 …


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Going green!

Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 in Personal • Tagged with Bike, Environment, Green, trioBike

TriobikeAfter 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 …


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My top 8 favourite iPhone apps

Posted on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 in Technology • Tagged with 1Password, Apps, Files, iPhone, OmniFocus, Stanza, Tweetie, WifiTrak, Wordpress

My favorite iPhone apps 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 …


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Creative use of Apples Time Machine

Posted on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 in Productivity • Tagged with Apple, Backup, MacOSX

Time MachineI 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 …


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