Author Archives: Geir-Tore

Chax 1.4.6b

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Geir-Tore

I have updated the Norwegian translation of the latest beta version of [Chax](http://www.ksuther.com/chax/) now, and sent it to Kent for submission in the final version of 1.4.6. If anyone would like to have it before 1.4.6, just drop me a … Continue reading →

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Fortune cookies

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Geir-Tore

Applescript is a scripting language I haven’t played much with since I got my Powerbook. I actually haven’t found any use of it…until now I have created a small Applescript which uses the shell “utility” fortune to display some wisdom … Continue reading →

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Incoming telephone spam

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Geir-Tore

I now received spam on my phone too! I was sitting here working on my thesis when I heard the phone rang in the living room. It immidiately stopped, and there was a WAP Push message in my inbox. Obviously, … Continue reading →

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Skype – Online status

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Geir-Tore

Skype includes an option to poll the online status from a username, and that is what I use for the online status display on the sidebar here. Since I want the plain text version (and not all caps like the … Continue reading →

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Updates

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Geir-Tore

I have been quite busy lately, so it’s been a while since my last post on this blog. My thesis is approaching the deadline, and there is still a lot of work to do, but I’m really looking forward to … Continue reading →

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So…is Google SketchUp free?

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Geir-Tore

It appears that [Google](http://www.google.com) has a launch frenzy for Mac OS X these days. Last week they released [Google Video Player](http://video.google.com/playerdownload), a video player for watching videos downloaded from [Google Video](http://video.google.com/). I can’t say I have found the great usefulness … Continue reading →

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WordPress updated

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Geir-Tore

The publishing platform which I use for this site, [WordPress](http://www.wordpress.org), have now been updated to v2.0.3. This is a bug fix and security release, and is recommended for all WordPress users. They’ve also backported a number of security enhancements from … Continue reading →

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Migrating MSN contacts

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Geir-Tore

I have now changed the email address associated with my MSN account. It is now the same email address as I use for Jabber messaging: geir-tore at jabber dot no. So now I can be contacted with the same address … Continue reading →

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Why use Unicode?

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Geir-Tore

Allan Odegaard, the developer of [TextMate](http://macromates.com), has put up a great post about the advantages of [Unicode](http://www.unicode.org/). I must say that this is mandatory reading for those who are producing text files (especially html), and still are unaware of the … Continue reading →

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Missing seat row no 13

Posted on April 27, 2006 by Geir-Tore

I took a round trip to Copenhagen yesterday for a meeting with our thesis supervisor. Although I drove from home as early as 4:45 in the morning I noticed something weird during the flight to Copenhagen – seat row no. … Continue reading →

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