Jacken’s Blog

I don’t know how many times I have read a thread that’s interesting, and then forget the URL. But now I use co.mments and it’s great. I have put an icon on posts on this site, so all you have to do is to press the co.mments button to keep track of a discussion.

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After trying the latest pre-release version of Firefox, I’ve switched over completely. It’s amazingly fast! There are some bugs, like problems of making the browser windows active when switching between applications, but I don’t care. It’s so fast that I can put up with that.

Download Firefox Alfa 3 (Bon Echo) here

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The last couple of albums of Pearl Jam pretty much sucked. I’ve seen a lot of links to their new music videos, but I just ignored them. But they’re back! I’m actually going to buy the new CD. I haven’t bought a CD since I bought Henry Fiat’s Open Sore a year ago… [gv data="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DvgAAAG7ggqAHSiJjpW0D3w4aYTVhnhtRNWE0MyRQp3IfM-QsTnyzS0dRlbfae86pQtrE1wOrbSl7BmSHXBAlb78vCHIh4R1Ypsx1rdOaID4YuH88ZHcOhB3T-KNsnZ29YzNJk5om6PoXg3LsRqdgMKUVL5HDqsEHhhFMDCtFLJ4o03ZlnSM08fc2U3R0f-sHKM4TL8KF3GkL67V-FjdiVJcySdS-JMobaZxZAPA6pUJvLlqWytzPAhBuvmOFx3hdw9g%26sigh%3DcxLc3WsmkwBqVsRUtp7jefvCLM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D237269%26docid%3D6187666924357770983&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fapp%3Dvss%26contentid%3Da6478c422f838c32%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1148715648%26sigh%3DxBBRTBJ00TiNlX56YlUM9tBJopM&playerId=6187666924357770983" &playerMode=embedded"][/gv]

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Wonderful. Simply wonderful…

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There’s been a lot of buzz on the internet about a method to Getting Things Done. I use an simple and elegant solution called Tracks. It’s made in Ruby on Rails, so to set it up can be a pain for the more technically challanged. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to set it up [...]

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I’ve been trying to install the latest version of Ruby on Rails on my 10.3.9 Panther server with no luck. First I tried to install from source, but RubyGems refuses to install. So I tried to install from DarwinPorts, with the same problem. Very annoying.

Then I tried to install ettercap on my powerbook with 10.4. [...]

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I’ve been reading a book about Cary Grant. He was one of the first 300 persons to go through clinical tests using LSD as a therapy tool. Today I found this on reddit, showing a man drawing during the influense of LSD. Interesting stuff.

I wouldn’t mind having the second and sixth picture hanging on the [...]

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So you think you are ready for the crossroads? First kick back with this one…

Found on Screenhead

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A couple of weeks ago, when at the vacation house at Åland, a guy I known for a number of years came by for a visit. He looked really horrible. He travelled all the time from Poland to Åland to make some money for his family. And a lot of people took advantage of him, [...]

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I found the site CSS Library, a great source for CSS code snippets and ideas. Fits me perfectly because I’m working on a Drupal site for work, and this comes in handy.

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