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Archive for October 2005

5 things not to do in a cinema

In Movies on 27 October 2005 with Comments Off

I know im gonna sound like a narrowminded grumpy old man, but I really need to get this of my chest. So here goes: 1. Please dont take your 7 year old buy to watch a movie rated for 11 and up. Firstly its anoying listening to you answering all his questions during the movie, [...]

How to backup your DVDs

In DVDs, HowTo, Software on 26 October 2005 with Comments Off

While surfing around del.icio.us/popular today I discovered this site on how to backup your DVDs on a Mac. It features a nice little presentation video of the programs and their usage. Now my problem is that I dont use Macs. So what to do but do a little; How to backup your DVDs when you’re [...]

My blog is worthy, or…

In Links and Finds on 24 October 2005 with 2 comments

My blog is worth $1,129.08.How much is your blog worth?

Great photos from Iceland and beyond

In Photography on 24 October 2005 with Comments Off

Kottke linked to this great set on Flickr. This great photographer also have other splendid sets on flickr: Japanese Tea Garden, 2005 San Francisco Grand Prix, Icer Air 2005, San Francisco, Seattle & Washington

Skating

In My Photos on 23 October 2005 with Comments Off

Fall

In My Photos on 23 October 2005 with Comments Off

Comment Spam 2

In Software on 19 October 2005 with Comments Off

A little while ago my blog started to receive comment spam. In something less than 2 months the spam has gone from 1 or 2 per week, to 22 the last 26 hours. If it wasnt for Spam Karma 2, soon all my time would be spend deleting spam comments.

Links

In Links and Finds on 18 October 2005 with Comments Off

A tale of capitalism in the MORPG EVE. One of the better descriptions Ive come across, telling about the inner workings when capitalism becomes the method and ideoligy for a MORPG gamer. Made up words from The Simpsons. A very funny read for a Simpsons fanboy like me. Also funny to see that wikipedia contain [...]

DVDs to Buy in November

In DVDs on 16 October 2005 with Comments Off

After going through the DVDs to buy in November list I can already see that I aint gonna buy many christmas gifts this year. Well fsck those spoiled kids, they already have enough toys. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – Two-Disc Deluxe Edition [Imdb] Let me see 1) Best actor alive appearing, check! 2) Semi [...]

Links

In Links and Finds on 12 October 2005 with Comments Off

How to lose your readers without trying A bloggers nightmare. Just remember for most bloggers its just another narcistic thing, so losing readers is losing selfconfidence. gDisk Turn your Gmail account into a portable drive.

Son

In My Photos on 10 October 2005 with 2 comments

Happy birthday.

Mom and Dad

In My Photos on 8 October 2005 with Comments Off

How to get more visitors to your blog

In Software on 6 October 2005 with 1 comment

Ive been blogging since early 2000. Ive started out with blogger using the free webspace provided by my ISP. At that time all I cared about was writing and figure out how I could use this new media. In the process I learned some basic html, first by copy and paste, and later the tags [...]

Links

In Comics, Links and Finds on 4 October 2005 with Comments Off

Top 10 Windows Freeware tools for 2005 I really like MusicBrainz Tagger, VLC and Foxit PDF Reader from this list. If you know just a little bit about web comics then this movie is for you. I havnt stopped laughing yet.

Skating

In My Photos on 2 October 2005 with Comments Off

8 years old and already skating like a pro.