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Archive for November 2007

Dialog Boxing

November 29, 2007 – 0:19

I’m thinking of translating an operating system into Ramsay. How about this for a reboot dialog?

I’m so fucking annoyed. We shutting it down and starting it up again!

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in From the hip | No comments

The Smirking Gnu

November 23, 2007 – 18:22

I have been using GNU/Linux as my main desktop OS since 2002, but today was the first time I’ve seen “Linux” being explicitly mentioned in the system requirements for a regular run-of-the-mill hardware product:

Windows Vista 1) / XP (SP1 and above) / 2000 (SP3 and above)
Mac OS (10.x and above) Yes
Linux (2.4 and above) Yes

The product? A Kingston 1GB Datatraveler 100. Yes, I know, it should work with any OS supporting the USB mass storage class. I just thought it looked sweet.

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Linux, Computer, From the hip | No comments

The Sucker in Success

November 9, 2007 – 22:02

Success is something you have to learn, like seeking certain peoples advice and then run the opposite direction with it.

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in From the hip | No comments

Gmail — The Sequel

November 1, 2007 – 12:03

Whoo hoo!

When I turned on my desktop computer this morning the Gmail tally in my taskbar had some trouble logging in. Worried that I had lost my internet connectivity (not that unusual if you’re a Blixtvik customer) I fired up Firefox and logged into Gmail. It worked. Then I noticed the Older version link at the top right hand corner and realized that Gmail version 2.0 had arrived!

It’s not just faster. Or the undo messages in a paler shade of yellow. The URLs are finally meaningful. For example:

https://mail.google.com/mail/#all

Show you All Mail, while…

https://mail.google.com/mail/#drafts/10d2c8f89c01a8fe

…is a specific mail, in this case a draft.

By Anders Dahnielson | Published in Web, Internet, General | No comments
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