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[caption id=“attachment_2418” align=“alignleft” width=“300”] Photo by Paul Hammond[/caption] It’s been awhile since I last logged on to Usenet to read some groups and to download stuff. I found this great application called Unison from a company called Panic. And it’s great. I even signed up for a Usenet account from them when buying the software. I now have a 10mbit line at home, and no Usenet provider has been able to provide a fast enough service to me, until now. Impressive stuff. The only downside with the account is that you only get 10gig of download. Now, that may sound like a lot, but I get through that fast. ...

Little Snitch keeps you covered Use Little Snitch to monitor what developers of programs sends home. Then you can stop that specific traffic. More and more programs phone home with information to the software company. Sometimes it’s harmless, like checking if a newer version is available, but sometimes they also send data like serial numbers and your registration information. So is there a way for you to control what programs can do? Yes, there is! There’s an excellent program called Little Snitch that monitors all communication from applications on your Mac OS X machine and asks you if the information is allowed to be sent over the internet. ...

When Sweden joined the European Union a couple of years ago, all the politicians promised that everything would be better. The food would get cheaper and a lot of other stuff. Well, the food is more expensive than ever. Other than that the only thing I noticed is some stupid things that changed. Let me give you a couple of silly examples. Here are some rulings coming out of Brussels. ...

So after reading all the crap, I write here, you probably wondering who this guy is? No? You insensitive clod! Well, here I go anyway. I’m a 38-year-old computer consultant who loves technology. So you Luddites, read something else. My main passion is computers, but I have occasional attacks of other interests as well. One thing that always interested me is cars. 12 years ago I decided to build a car. I bought an old beat up Chevy Nova 75. It’s the kind of car you always see on race day. Usually, the one at the receiving end of death-defying jumps with junk cars. Anyway, a sleeper car can never lose. I disassembled the car entirely with the help of my friend “Raggar”-Johan and rebuilt everything. Here is a picture of the car. ...

So this is my first try at weblogging. I’m probably going to get bored after about three days, but I will give it a try. This must be the ultimate in narcissistic acts one can do. That’s why I think this will fit me like a glove. Finally made some changes to my homepage for my company. Last time I did any significant changes was about three years ago. My next project will be to build a new WiFi access point with a board from Soekris. I’ll try to create my antenna from an aluminum can. I’m thinking of using a small Linux distribution called Pebble. It will fit on a 128mb CF card. All this for making a free access point. It will use throttling to limit bandwidth for non paying people. I think this is the way of the future. In Stockholm, there is a lot of access hot spots, but it´s usually because people haven’t configured their Wifi gear correctly;-) There are some commercial hotspots, but paying without first being able to try it out is the wrong way of doing it. ...