Archive for the 'General' Category

What happened to plain old HTTP redirects?

So, I was looking for an offer on IP telephony and thus decided to point my browser to one of the larger ISP:s. I get a blank page back (blank as in “all white”). A couple of years ago, this wasn’t uncommon if you were brave enough to use a non-mainstream browser. But today it […]

Self-imposed RSS reading ban…

Am I alone having trouble staying away from the RSS reader? With the number of subscriptions I have there is always something interesting to read. This absolutely kills productivity when you try to use the 1 hour free time per day you have when you are on parental leave. Must. Stop. Reading.
And who cares about […]

IKEA may start selling computers

Chief Executive Anders Dahlvig in an interview with Reuters said IKEA aimed to put a “bigger focus” on the living room in the next year, adding accessories for TV and videogames alongside new sofas and storage ranges.
When asked if that could lead to electricals being sold in its iconic blue and yellow stores, he replied: […]

Blogs increasingly more popular among senior citizens

Via PR 2.0 (in swedish) I found the recently published TeliaSonera report on communication trends in Sweden (PDF in swedish). 10,000 people were interviewed about their online media use and expectations.
Most of their findings were not surprising; people expect wifi in hotel rooms, want to be able to watch TV on their cell phone and […]

Putting Camping in the Camping logo

The camping framework embedded in the campin logoHaving played with the Digital Invisible Ink Toolkit (DIIT) lately it was interesting to see how big the logo file for the camping framework would become if the camping framework itself was embedded in it…

Capture Full Web Page in OS X

If you need to capture an image of a full web page without having to do the scroll-cut-paste-repeat dance you should have a look at Paparazzi. Paparazzi uses the WebKit framework to create nice full length captures of web pages.
If you need to do this programmatically for a large number of sites there is a […]

Staying Up-to-date With Technology During Parental Leave

So, after Christmas and New Year’s Eve I am on parental leave until October 2007. Nine months is a long time in the technology industry so I am planning some projects to keep up-to-date. My project list is getting longer every day but for some reason no-one is taking it seriously. My wife tells me […]