May 17th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, movies
According to its page on Youtube, the following video featuring a shrimp running on a treadmill is a bit old. Luckily, the included WTF value is still quite intact, at least for someone like me who doesn’t have a career in crustacean athletics. (Flash video from youtube.com embedded below)
There’s also a version with the Benny [...]
May 16th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in linux/unix, software, technology
After installing Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron), I didn’t get any sound when I tried to play sound files in Amarok (the distribution’s own package of version 1.4.9.1), a music oriented audio player/music library for *nix.
I fixed this by changing opening Settings - Configure Amarok - Engine and changing the Xine engine’s (no other engine [...]
May 13th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in hardware, in English, linux/unix
The Lexmark E232 laser printer I need to use at the office works for me in Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) if added in the “System -> Administration -> Printing” as a “Generic PCL 5c Printer” using the “CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.2 Simplified” CUPS driver.
In this particular setup, the printer is shared from its USB port using [...]
May 12th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, link tips, notes, technology, video
I generally find music videos with bands miming songs to be depressing nonsense. An exception to this rule is made by The Get Out Clause, an unsigned Manchester band with their video for a song titled “Paper” (link to higher quality Youtube video).
By cleverly taking advantage of The United Kingdom’s groundbreaking pioneer work in making [...]
May 12th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in Swedish, personal, politik, på svenska
Enligt artiklar i Huvudstadsbladet och Helsingin Sanomat vill Finlands Försvarsmakts kommendör amiral Juhani Kaskeala införa obligatoriskt uppbåd för kvinnor. Från Hufvudstadsblandet:
Försvarsmaktens kommendör amiral Juhani Kaskeala bedömer att Finland kunde ta i bruk en uppbådsplikt för kvinnor. [...] Kaskeala vill ändå inte utvidga den obligatoriska värn- och civiltjänstgöringsplikten till att gälla kvinnor. [...] Kaskeala specificerade inte [...]
May 10th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, internet, software, technology
Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger instant messaging network (formerly MSN Messenger) is currently blocking messages with urls that contain *.youtube.com. Tietokone, a Finnish IT publication reports that this applies to messages with links to *.mediafire.com, too.
WTF, how did the people running Windows Live even come up with such a lousy idea? I’m guessing the explanation, if [...]
May 9th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, linux/unix, notes, software
EDIT: This post gets some traffic from Google users who probably are more interested in a later post on fixing a problem causing Ubuntu 8.04’s Amarok not to play any sound.
After upgrading to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) I noticed that Amarok (Ubuntu package version 1.4.9.1-0ubuntu3), one of my preferred audio players/music libraries, didn’t [...]
May 8th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, linux/unix, notes, software
The GNOME desktop environment project is plagued by a design philosophy that apparently aims to make user interfaces suitable for lobotomy victims at the cost of removing features and options from the GUI. This has been discussed endlessly elsewhere.
Something probably related to this surfaced when I upgraded to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). A [...]
May 8th, 2008 | by Thomas Nybergh | published in in English, linux/unix, notes, software
Although the new Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS release is nice and polished, there are a few glitches in how the bundled GNOME environment allows the user to customize some behavior.
Settings for how the desktop environment should handle removable media are important for me as I loathe the idea of having to deal with any [...]
