Monthly Archives: April 2008
One sturdy book
6 years, 4 OS X versions, 1 unkind meeting with a concrete sidewalk, 3 battery replacements, 3 hard drive replacements and now finally 1 broken power supply plug later and my G4 PowerBook Titanium is still ticking away. It is … Continue reading
History meme
Fun! Thanks to Mark. Here’s my most run commands:
Go little box!
Expelled Exposed
I wish I didn’t have to link to this site, but Expelled Exposed goes behind the scenes of the ridiculousness that is Ben “Ferris Bueller’s Professor” Stein’s latest film. The film is unlikely to have much impact outside of the … Continue reading
Speaking of Git
There seems to be somewhat of a git-is-cool wave going on on the web, I wonder what kicked that off. Certainly the introduction of neat web front ends such as GitHub must have helped, and from what I can work … Continue reading
MPAA scare tactics imported to Norway
Digi.no reports on IKT Norge’s response to the Norwegian lawyerly representative of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), Simonsen Advokatfirma. Simonsen’s Espen Tøndel has become somewhat of an infamous figure among Norwegian filesharers, and I imagine he’s on the … Continue reading
GitHub launches
GitHub officially launched today, after being in more-or-less-closed beta mode for a while. The site provides hosting of git repositories, free if your repositories are open to all. I’ve been meaning to check out git for a while so maybe … Continue reading
A new home
Just a quick note to say I’ve moved The Daily T to a new domain: thedailyt.com. Subscribers might want to update their newsreaders. Thanks! The reason for the move is just that this is easier to remember. Tjervaag is not … Continue reading
Fresh Air
Last thursday’s episode of the always interesting Fresh Air podcast hosted by Terry Gross has an in-depth and very well-explained rundown of the current US financial crisis by Michael Greenberger. It is fascinating to hear about the meta-meta-meta trading that … Continue reading
