Jacken’s Blog

All the time when growing up, my father always said that giving money to charity is pointless, all the money disappeared on the way to the recipient. He could be a bit of a sceptic my father, but often you’ll read about some charity stealing money. My wife has always given to charities like Amnesty [...]

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I’ve been reading a lot about Skype and finally got curious enough to try it out. And the current Beta version seems Mac-like enough for me. The thing I would really like to have is a Olympia cordless DU@Lphone, but the software for it is Windows only. Maybe there will be a mac version (from [...]

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My wife and I decided that instead of the typical Swedish Christmas dinner with ham, meatballs and pigs feet we would try to prepare a turkey instead. Neither of us have ever done that before so it felt like a challenge. I’m used to chicken so to get your hand on one of those mutthas [...]

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My dear wife gave me new headphones, the Shure E2c. I used to use Koss Porta Pro, but after trying sound isolating in-ear phones I was hooked. My first pair was a set of mid-priced Sonys. But after listening to the E2c’s and then switching to my old Sony headphones the difference is amazing. The [...]

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Could we all agree on one thing? Before calling an mp3 player an iPod killer, could you maybe wait until it actually kills the iPod? I’m so fuckin tired of reading of all the iPod killers out there.

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My six year old son, Groucho has converted to hindu. He’s been asking around about different religions, and has decided that the coolest religion is hindu. Why? Because one of the gods, Siva swallowed poison intended for mankind, turning blue in the process. So there you have your lethal god that could poison you at [...]

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It’s been a while since I wrote something here. Haven’t been able to sleep, but now I’ve got sleeping pills and I have slept three full nights in a row. What a difference that makes.

I was out partying on sunday and managed to loose my Sony Ericsson p900. Thanks to iSync none of my addresses [...]

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I’ve been looking for a screen calibrator for a while now, and have finally ordered the Colorvision Spyder 2. I have used the excellent program SuperCal for a long time, but I think it’s time to step up a notch and use a hardware calibrator for my sceens. I will write up a small review [...]

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After packing the car for the trip to Gothenburg I was in a bit of a hurry. So I managed to drive the car up on a big rock just outside my house. There is these rock that someone put there so the drivers don’t cut corners up on the grass. The car hanged with [...]

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