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Archive for September, 2008
Memory is a fickle siren’s song
Sep 24th
We arrived in Paris on Sunday evening, and spent Monday sightseeing in the city. We hit up a number of monuments, that I will list later once I can spell them correctly. We visited a small church in Belleville where I lived for a time as a child. I remembered some parts of it, but much had changed.
We spent yesterday in Versailles, which was really lovely, and today back in Paris and travelling out the countryside where we are now. Tomorrow we’ll be exploring the country village I spent 6 months growing up in. A lot can (and has) changed More >
Off to Paris… then Toronto
Sep 20th
Maija and I and the fetus leave tomorrow for Paris. We’re quite excited. I used to live in Paris when I was a wee little lad, and have not been back since. We’ll also be going out to the Champagne region where I also lived, to visit the tiny village I spent time growing up in. It’s a bit odd to think about, but I’m excited to see all the places that are slowely drifting out of my memory.
After that, we’re in Toronto for a month. If you’re in Toronto, I insist we catch up.
Dangers with the iPhone
Sep 14th
Truth be told, I kinda like the iPhone. I’ve thought about buying one. Shocking? Haha, perhaps. I don’t want to like it really, because I don’t like Apple, but it’s a nice looking/functioning product. A good package. (My thoughts on Google Chrome are similar… nice, functional, but surely fueled by an evil empire.)
Anyway, one thing keeping me away from the iPhone is the slowly growing list of concerns surrounding it’s security and (more importantly to me) it’s openness and extensibility. Or lack thereof, it seems.
A number of sites are linking the recent story about an app Apple blocked. Here’s a More >
it felt like Kōji Kondō was there too
Sep 13th
Maija and I went to a wedding today, for a friend of ours who has moved to Jyvaskyla. He’s the brother of one of Maija’s best friends, so it was a special day, and a really beautiful wedding. We hope to spend more time with them once we’re back from Toronto. The ceremony was held in the Lutheran church of Jyvaskyla building, and the reception in a hotel not far from here.
The highlight of the day was surely seeing how happy they were with each other, they were so gorgeous… but, in close second place was the genius pianist who More >
Extending volumes in Windows Server 2003
Sep 12th
The holy grail of volume extension must surely be the system partition. The big C. I normally use GParted to extend partitions (including the system partition), which is a truly marvelous tool, but requires a reboot onto a bootable CD (or USB key) for the most part. I had need just now to extend a system partition on a machine I don’t have physical access to, and so can’t put in a bootable disk. The Windows Diskpart tool won’t extend system partitions. BUT… I just came across a little tool for extending volumes offered by Dell, and it can extend the system partition More >
Anniversary 3
Sep 11th
Yesterday marked our 3 year wedding anniversary. I love my wife! It also nearly marks the fact that we’ve been living in Finland for a year now. Crazy. And it marks almost the halfway point to our child being released from manufacturing. Thrilling!
Life is grand.
We’re off to Paris in 2 weeks, and then Toronto for a month. Can’t wait :)
New mix – Beatitudes Volume 3
Sep 8th
I’ve finally finished laying down the next installment of my regular trance and progressive series:
The third installment in my Beatitudes series comes at a slight delay since the others. I’ll blame the summer, and a lazy attitude. I’ve picked another 10 beautiful tracks from the last few months, sure to keep you happy as the autumn approaches, or the spring advances, depending on where you live. Trance music is alive and well around the world, and here’s another 55 minutes of proof.
Hawk – Out of Nowhere (Joonas Hahmo remix) Paul Keeley – A Sort of Homecoming (Michael Cassette More >
Building of the Lego minifigs
Sep 6th
One of things I’m most looking forward to about having a baby is the unavoidable Lego, once the baby levels-up to child.
Gizmodo have yet another exclusive Lego video. I don’t recall if I posted the last one… I can’t find it here when I search. Here’s the links. Anyway, the new video is a demo of the minifig assembly process. Quite impressive.
First, the raw plastic material is put into the molds to create all the parts: the head, the torso, the minuscule hands, the hips, and the left and right arms and legs, plus any minifig complements, like helmets or tools.
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5 most laughable terms of service on the internet
Sep 6th
Do you ever actually read the terms of service you agree to, when you sign up for things online? Facebook, Google apps, whatever… You really should. I can’t claim that I do either, but I should.
For your enjoyment, via Slashdot.
According to these five terms of service and EULA, Google owns any content you create using its Chrome browser and can filter your Gmail messages if it likes. Facebook says it can sell its users’ uploaded images as stock photography. YouTube can keep footage of your kids forever, even after you’ve deleted it from the site. And AOL can ban you More >
Nifty little tool for mounting ISOs
Sep 6th
Mounting an ISO disc image is sometimes useful, even if just to save the burning of a CD. Microsoft actually has a small tool for doing just this. Virtual CD Control Panel.
Found via.