Hell froze over — iTunes for Windows

N� har Apple introdusert iTunes for Windows og lar med det Windows-brukerne ta del i deres OnlineMusicStore (vel, ihvert fall dersom du bor i USA). Dette er uansett en god nyhet for de av oss som har Ipod og som trenger et godt verkt�y for � lage backup av v�r musikk eller lage egne CDer av v�r musikksamling p� andre maskiner enn Apples egne.

Fri 17/10-2003 23:30 • /blogg/Softwarecomments: 7 • permalink

Bilen trenger ny gummi

N� kommer vinteren med stormskritt, noe enkelte fikk smertelig erfare p� E6 i dag. Siden jeg har relativt d�rlige vinterdekk liggende, tenkte jeg at jeg skulle ta et par telefoner og sjekke noen priser. Etter en rask studie av Motors dekktest kom jeg fram til at Continentals piggdekk nok er det optimale valget for meg.

Siden jeg har mine r�tter fra Sel i Gudbrandsdalen tenkte jeg at jeg skulle sjekke prisene der for � se hvordan de kunne konkurrere med Dinsides prisoversikt her i Oslo. Det omtalte dekket koster hos den billigste forhandleren i Oslo kr 4 180,- inklusive avgifter og omlegging. Hos Dekkmann p� Otta selger de samme dekkene, ferdig p�lagt med alle avgifter for kr 2600,-

Med andre ord, jeg sparer 37,8% p� � ta dekkskiftet i en weekend mens jeg er p� bes�k der oppe. Djiiis.

Fri 17/10-2003 16:24 • /blogg/Life/Carcomments: 9 • permalink

D�dsmarkene

Det er ikke ofte jeg f�r rigget meg til for � se en film p� TV den siste tiden, men i kveld viste NRK2 “D�dsmarkene” eller The Killing Fields som er orginaltittelen. Dette er en film jeg lenge har hatt lyst til � se, og er det andre som er interessert i � f� et lite innblikk i R�de Khmers revolusjon i Kambodsja anbefaler jeg denne klassikeren.

Thu 16/10-2003 23:37 • /blogg/Filmcomments: 0 • permalink

Where are you?

I just got off the phone with Apple Store. I needed an update and someone to talk to after days of frustration while waiting for my PowerBook to show up. I have received quiet a few of those “Apple order updates” telling me how sorry they are and that they will send me the lean-mean-monster-machine in the first, than the third and last time, the second week of October.

I felt I needed an qualified explanation after observing the Slashdot-thread stated that OS X 10.3 Panther was due to be released the 24th of October. Does my machine get this preinstalled? Do I have to pay full price for this new must-have OS?

First, the nice person at Apple kindly explained me that my machine still was at the assembly-line in Taiwan. Great. And without telling me, I understood that it wasn’t much he could do to make them work harder or escalate my order. The delay was caused by some lack of airport components, he was told.

When I asked him about the release of Panther and the fact that my very delayed order still wasn’t shipped (preloaded with an soon-to-be-obsolete OS), he said that my package would contain an upgrade-ticket I could use to order Panther only for the price of shipment ($20 or NKR 140,-).

As all Apple releases, things are kept very tight until release-date, so I just had to wait until my package arrived and then do the Panther-order when I had my PowerBook serial-number in front of me. He calmed me with the phrase that “this order wouldn’t take that long since all this DVD’s would be available throughout the Apple Store chain in good time before the release date”. Yeah, right. I can’t wait to get my hold on this thing.

Wed 08/10-2003 20:04 • /blogg/Hardware/Applecomments: 9 • permalink

Apple PowerBook 15” — waiting…

I’ve made my decision. I’ve become a switcher
(*). Well, it’s really a while since I made up my decision about that. I’ve had enough of “sleeping-modes” and hibernates that never recovered and things that didn’t work as intended.

I have been waiting for Steve Jobs Keynote for months and when he finally pulled out the new 15-inch PowerBook from his hat, I was sold. I ordered one immediately together with a 20GB Ipod and a Brenthaven T2 backpack.

Now I am just walking around waiting for my gear to appear. My last order-status received from Cupertino estimated the deliverance to ship the second or third week of October. What can I do except to wait?

Sun 05/10-2003 04:13 • /blogg/Hardware/Applecomments: 9 • permalink

Egen blog oppe � kj�re

Etter et par dagers tr�ling har jeg omsider f�tt opp denne blogsiden s�nn jeg vil ha den. Jeg har tidligere ogs� sett p� forskjellige blog-verkt�y, men har ikke t�lt tanken p� � bruke et elendig webgrensesnitt til � oppdatere teksten n�r jeg uansett har et shell tilgjengelig stort sett hele tida.

Da dukket plustelig Blosxom opp, og jeg tenkte jeg skulle gi den en sjanse. Den best�r bare av et lite perl-script som parser filstrukturen din, slik at du bare trenger � jobbe med enkle tekstfiler som du kan vedlikeholde med en teksteditor (Emacs) i ditt eget filhierarki.

Forel�pig har jeg satt opp denne l�sningen med f�lgende plugins:

I tillegg har jeg plundret litt med longlines.el og auto-fill-mode i Emacs for � f� den til brekke tekst akkurat som “M-q” uten � legge inn linjeskift.

Sat 04/10-2003 17:12 • /blogg/Bloggingcomments: 33 • permalink

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