Archive for 2008
Happy new year,
published: 2008-01-02 08:50:13
A little greeting from my to all of my readers, the few I have; Happy New Year! ;)
Seher.no relaunched on new cms,
published: 2008-02-05 08:14:10
2 weeks ago we signed off seher.no . We've exported the site from Polopoly(Java Server Pages) to our own CMS and servers (LAMP). Seher.no reaches 140 000 unique visitors. For those unfamiliar with...
Fedora core 9 beta released,
published: 2008-03-27 08:42:20
Some good news for all of us Desktop Linux geeks, Fedora Core 9 is released! Some highlights of Fedora 9 Beta:
GNOME 2.22, with new features like a helpful world time clock, better
file system...
Adobe released air alpha for linux,
published: 2008-03-31 15:18:20
Adobe announced last night that they've released an early alpha version of their Air software for the GNU/Linux plattform. Air is a solution that combines several of the existing web technologies...
Attending go open 2008,
published: 2008-03-29 21:33:34
I am attending GoOpen 2008 in Oslo, 8th to 9th of April. Zak Greant from Mozilla Foundation and Chris DiBona from Google are some of the speakers at this event. The event is arranged by National...
Go open 2008 tomorrow,
published: 2008-04-07 15:08:33
As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, I'm attending Go Open 2008, a conference about Open Source arranged by the National Competence Center for Open Source.
I've already made my mind about...
Remember to set your clock,
published: 2008-03-29 22:41:47
Remember to set your clock FORWARD (no, not backward) one hour before you go to bed tonight. Yes, it means one hour less sleep, but it also means one hour more sunlight the entire summer! A little...
Norway says yes to ooxml despite protests,
published: 2008-03-29 23:25:13
Opera Software's CTO, Håkon Wium Lie, is shocked, and the OOXML-debate rages in Norway.
Standard Norge, the Norwegian standardisation organisation representing Norway could not finish the meeting ...
System rescue cd,
published: 2008-03-31 15:27:27
New distro from DistroWatch.com, SystemRescueCD! SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and your data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to...
Ikff.no launched today,
published: 2008-03-31 15:45:05
Ikff.no launched today, actually 00:05 last night! IKFF is the Norwegian equivalent of WILPF, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. The Women's International League for Peace and...
Dreamlinux 3.0,
published: 2008-03-31 21:02:50
Dreamlinux is a Brazilian distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. A live CD with a graphical hard disk installation option, it boots directly into an Xfce or GNOME desktops which provide access to...
Norway's yes to ooxml recieves formal protest,
published: 2008-04-01 11:08:08
There was a massive protest when Standard Norge decided that Norway will say yes to OOXML, despite the fact that most of the comitee-representatives were against.
The ISO-vote is currently...
Gparted livecd ,
published: 2008-04-01 11:20:00
New GParted distro out! GParted LiveCD is a business card-size live CD distribution with a single purpose - to provide tools for partitioning hard disks in an intuitive, graphical environment. The...
Clonezilla live 1.0.10-7,
published: 2008-04-01 11:24:04
Clonezilla Live is a Debian-based live CD containing Clonezilla, a partition and disk cloning software similar to Norton Ghost. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. With...
What is april fool's?,
published: 2008-04-01 13:24:16
What is April Fool's? Or All Fools' Day? I read the article on Wikipedia about this and learned some new things. A little excerpt from the article:
The origins of this custom are complex and a...
Magtheridon down, master brewers first!,
published: 2008-04-01 15:19:31
Bigfoot's review from Master Brewers (Trollbane EU) fight vs Maggy:After some success taking our first look at Maggy on Sunday night the Monday run that had been scheduled to Tempest Keep had been...
Gentoo linux 2008.0 beta 1 released!,
published: 2008-04-02 10:07:07
Great news from Gentoo Linux! They've released their latest beta, 2008.0 beta 1.Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux
distribution geared towards developers and network...
Damn small linux with new release candidate,
published: 2008-04-02 10:20:03
DSL 4.3 RC 1, get it now! Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) live CD GNU/Linux distribution. Despite its very minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop....
Gobolinux with new development release!,
published: 2008-04-03 08:58:59
GoboLinux just released GoboLinux 014.01 Beta 1! GoboLinux is a Linux distribution that breaks away from the historical UNIX directory hierarchy. Basically, this means that there are no...
Goblinx with new development release,
published: 2008-04-03 09:05:33
Another development release from Brazil! GoblinX 2.7 Beta 1 "Mini". GoblinX is a bootable live CD distribution based on Slackware Linux. The primary goal for GoblinX is to create a more pleasant...
Get your statistics on with clicky!,
published: 2008-04-03 11:27:16
Get your statistics on with Clicky! Do you have a personal or proffesional website and wondered how many visitors you have? Do you think about what your readers search for to be directed to your...
How to speed up your site,
published: 2008-04-03 16:32:52
How can you speed up your site on an Apache PHP server? Piece of cake if you ask me. How simple is it? With some copy and paste jobs from my article you can speed up your site significally. Follow...
New slax distro release - 6.0.3,
published: 2008-04-04 15:22:58
New distro from the Czech Republic is out, Slax 6.0.3! Slax is a Slackware-based bootable CD containing a Linux operating system, designed with a modular approach. Despite its small size, Slax...
My april desktop,
published: 2008-04-04 16:00:18
We are getting closer to summer, and I found this image amongst a Windows Vista Wallpaper pack (ssh!). It calms me down when I am working, and I can almost hear the waves touching the beach if I...
OOXML problems will be fixed,
published: 2008-04-04 23:53:22
Anders Brenna got to interview the ODF project editor, Patrick Durusau:Patrick Durusau is the project editor for ODF 1.2. Considering the escalated conflict between OOXML-backers and opposers, one...
Twitter me this, twitter me that,
published: 2008-04-04 16:06:27
A little rhyme with reason, I've just registered on twitter! You can add me with the nick phun_ky, ( I really don't know why I can't use DASH here instead of UNDERSCORE ), and I created my own...
My favourite web comics,
published: 2008-04-06 00:42:50
Just a little post here, I thought I'd share with you what my favourite web comics are: Dark Legacy Comic by Arad Kedar.
Looking For Group by Blind Ferret Entertainment.
The Noob Comic by Gianna...
Opposition states: - norway voted no to ooxml,
published: 2008-04-08 00:08:11
There's been a lot of fuzz lately in Norway about the whole OOXML vote process. Standard Norge has, despite the opposition's majority vote against OOXML, voted yes to OOXML. In response to this,...
Go open 2008 day 1: Chris DiBona and Zak Greant,
published: 2008-04-08 15:20:06
Go Open is the largest nordic knowledge and network arena for the open source community, with over 500 people participating and 50 keynotes, nationally and internationally. In this article I'm...
Mandriva linux 2008.1 released!,
published: 2008-04-09 18:35:17
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux) was created in 1998 with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone. At that time, Linux was already well-known as a powerful and stable operating...
High performance web sites,
published: 2008-04-10 10:40:56
This book is written by Steve Souders. Steve Souders created YSlow, the Firefox add-on that analyzes web page performance according to the 14 rules described in this book. It works with Firebug....
Myspace dedicated linux distro? gOS 2.9 released,
published: 2008-04-11 09:33:21
I stumbled upon a very interesting new linux distro when I checked DistroWatch this morning, a new distro called gOS (Good OS), with integration of Google products and MySpace apps.
gOS is an...
Wow blacksmithing guide , from 0 to dragonstrike,
published: 2008-04-13 19:22:09
I came across a very nice blacksmithing guide, written by ShadowPanther. It's painfully accurate and will help you in your quest to get the Drakefist Hammer. The original guide is updated to...
Recovery is possible, with RIPLinux latest release,
published: 2008-04-14 11:00:51
A new distro that could soothe the pain every helpdesk has ever had when it comes to loss of data!
Recovery Is Possible (RIP) is a Slackware-based CD or floppy boot/rescue/backup/maintenance...
Latest distro from norway, draco 0.3.0 released,
published: 2008-04-16 09:52:33
The latest Draco Linux distro is out! Fresh from Norway.
Draco GNU/Linux is a distribution based on Slackware Linux and "pkgsrc", a package management system developed by NetBSD.
A new version,...
Where have I been? intrepid ibex is ubuntu 8.10,
published: 2008-04-16 11:02:16
Ok, I know that I'm not continously searching the Internet for IT news, but this is something I really should've noticed. I noticed today on the Ubuntu Brainstorm site, under "Implemented ideas",...
Digi.no relaunched with new design!,
published: 2008-04-16 14:31:59
A big congrats to Digi.no! No new functionality,just a spanking new design! Took us a month, but we're pretty satisfied with it. Digi.no is Norways largest IT-news site, with over 100 000 unique...
2.6.25 kernel live today,
published: 2008-04-17 17:56:43
Kernel 2.6.25 stable went live today! Read the changelog here, and download the kernel patch here
Symphonyone 2008.1 released,
published: 2008-04-17 18:05:32
The dorment SymphonyOne project has just(?) woken up from the hibernation and released the 2008.1 distro.SymphonyOne is a whole new type of Operating System, based on an advanced GNU/Linux base...
Ubuntu hardy heron release candidate is out!,
published: 2008-04-19 17:09:38
Steve Langasek announced the release candidate of Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron": "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and...
Jan'alai down guild first!,
published: 2008-04-23 11:27:08
Cyronix's review from Master Brewers' (Trollbane EU) fight vs Jan'alai (Dragonhawk avatar):
(Read the review from our first Magtheridon kill aswell.)
After having difficulty getting a group...
Ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron LTS is out!,
published: 2008-04-24 14:51:46
Get it while it's hot (norwegian mirror)! Stay tuned for more mirrors.
Mirror at phun-ky.net
Feature list
NOTE! Remember the known bugs
Back from amsterdam,
published: 2008-04-29 12:39:20
Update: Photos out!There, back from the cruise to Amsterdam! Will get pictures out shortly, when and if I've got the time that is. In the mean time, I hope you've tried out ubuntu 8.04, if not,...
Seher.no relaunched with new design,
published: 2008-05-07 14:43:27
We launched www.seher.no with a new design today. Congratulations are in order!! I was the project manager and did some of the XHTML markup + php funcionality.
Fedora 9 out,
published: 2008-05-13 17:19:27
Fedora 9 is finally out! Get it while it's hot!Download it hereRead the release note here.
A phun-ky redesign,
published: 2008-07-01 21:35:10
I got so bored of the way my blog was presented and whipped something together;) I hope you like it, personally I think it's much better than the old look. Feel free to give me some notes in the...
Dinside.no relaunched with new design!,
published: 2008-07-08 17:17:48
Well, DinSide.no is 10 years this year and a fitting gift is a new design. Our biggest redesign yet (due to MANY services and old article templates), but we've done it well. DinSide.no is the...
I love discovery channel,
published: 2008-07-21 10:21:50
Nuff said, this video makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside! Survivor man, Man against nature, deadliest catch and Mythbusters! I love the world, I love discovery!
Set max camera distance in wow,
published: 2008-07-24 20:53:19
After many months of a tiny FoV (Field of View), I've rediscovered the little macro that sets the camera distance to the max! Copy and paste the line under in the chat and voilá!:
script S...
Road trip to lofoten in northen-norway, leg 1,
published: 2008-07-25 01:03:36
Me and my girlfriend are taking a vacation together in Nordland in Norway. To get there, we're road tripping. I'm going to upload some pictures and keep my few readers updated on our trip. Why...
We stopped for a swim on dovrefjell,
published: 2008-07-25 17:22:51
After driving 7 hours in 30 degrees, we stopped on Dovrefjell to cool of in one of the lakes, mighty refreshing! And yes, I am a hunk.
Road trip to lofoten, leg 2,
published: 2008-07-26 10:02:32
After a sleepless, hot and back-injuring night at the motel in Namsskogan, we startet our second part of the road trip, from Namsskogan to Hamarøy. In this leg, we're driving over Saltfjellet and we'...
Road trip to lofoten, leg 3,
published: 2008-07-28 16:16:04
Well, after some fantastic days (without net connection, thank God) in Hamarøy, we're starting our 3rd leg on our road trip, from Hamarøy to Reine. Now we're waiting for the ferry to arrive so we can emba...
Road trip in lofoten, leg 4,
published: 2008-08-01 16:29:40
Well, we've started the very very short 4th leg now, it's about 40 minute drive from our last stop, Reine. We're heading to Fredvang, because there's a music festival there that we're going to...
Road trip in lofoten, the new leg 4,
published: 2008-08-05 13:33:40
After some wavering back and forward about visiting the Alo-festival in Fredvang, we ditched the original plan and drove to Svolvær and met up with Marthe's grandparents on her mother side instead. W...
Road trip in lofoten, leg 5,
published: 2008-08-07 12:49:40
A quick post whilst we wait for the ferry from Lødingen to Bognes, we've started leg 5 and we're on our way to Hamarøya. Stay tuned for surprises!
The last leg and great news!,
published: 2008-08-18 17:21:50
Well, we came back home a week ago, after spending 3 days at Hamarøya. The drive home from Hamarøya took about 16.5 hours alltogether if we don't count the breaks we had in. Was great to come home and see ...
Epiphany guild first fathom-lord karathress in ssc,
published: 2008-08-23 11:28:46
So, another picnic to SSC, and another two bosses down! Four tries on Hydross and down the big fat elemental went. Five tries on Karathrass, and down he went too, so now we master 2 Tier5 token...
How to get your ice.net d50 modem to work on ubuntu,
published: 2008-09-05 15:48:44
A quick little how to on how to get your d50 modem to work on Ubuntu. I used the d50 on my laptop my entire summer vacation and it worked perfectly!
The basic setup
Install wvdial if you don't...
How to remove empty lines in vi/vim,
published: 2008-09-05 17:42:20
Some simply ways to remove empty lines in a file:
# Use this sub:
:%s/^\n//
# Or this:
:g/^$/d
# Or this:
:g/^\s*$/d
Upcoming topics in 2008,
published: 2008-09-08 14:16:48
A few topics that I will try to write something about this year. I really doubt it, but it will give you an idea on what kind of material you will expect to see here from now ;)
The...
Epiphany guild first anetheron kill,
published: 2008-09-08 14:16:48
This is the raid report from the guild leader in Epiphany, Handsome.
With one week since the last trip and Rage Winterchill fresh in mind, we went back to Mount Hyjal. A progressrun scheduled...
Epiphany guild first rage winterchill kill,
published: 2008-09-11 15:19:58
This is the raid report from the guild leader in Epiphany, Handsome.
With a progress run scheduled for the night, the officers had a meeting before the raid and figured we would give the raid a...
Henne.no released with new design!,
published: 2008-09-15 14:20:22
Ok, they released it over two weeks ago, but we've very happy with the outcome! Henne.no now uses the same grid as her sister site, kk.no. A congrats to the Henne.no staff is in order!
This...
How to put a gravatar on your blog,
published: 2008-09-19 12:21:29
Gravatar, what is it? Gravatar stands for Globally Recognized Avatars. A gravatar is an avatar that's linked with your email adress. This avatar can be used on all sites that support Gravatar....
Epiphany guild first supremus and shade of akama kill,
published: 2008-09-23 08:28:38
This is the raid report from the guild leader in Epiphany, Handsome.
Continuing sunday's nice raid with killing Naj'entus and nearly downing Supremus, our fines ventured into the temple again...
Gparted livecd is now updated to version 0.3.4-6,
published: 2008-09-23 13:45:57
From DistroWatch.com:
GParted LiveCD has been updated to version 0.3.4-6:
“
GParted LiveCD 0.3.4-6 has been released. Changes: we now use Squashfs LZMA witch allows best...
David Liu gOS 3.0 "Gadgets" released,
published: 2008-09-25 07:51:03
More good news on the DistroWatch.com feed!
David Liu has announced the release of gOS 3.0 "Gadgets" edition, an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring a large number of pre-installed Google...
Gnome 2.4 is released!,
published: 2008-09-26 12:31:46
GNOME 2.24 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME's focus is ease of use, stability, and first class...
One small step for man, one giant leap for space tourism,
published: 2008-09-29 09:47:37
A big congratulations to Elon Musk and his company SpaceX for the first privately sponsored rocket to reach orbit!
This is another milestone after the human endavour of the space race that...
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Beta release next week,
published: 2008-09-26 12:56:12
Steve Langasek has now reported that they have now frozen their beta version of Ubuntu 8.10, and is ready to relase it next week.
If you're curious on what bugs they're focusing on, you can...
Light-Paint Piano Player,
published: 2008-09-29 15:22:21
A very cool video made by Ruan Cashman that features a piano player animated with a green laser and long exposure time, pretty sweet.
This is how Ryan Cashman made this masterpiece:
Animated...
Mandriva Linux 2009 released,
published: 2008-10-10 07:51:53
If you've been up to date with the beta and rc releases lately, this won't come as a surprise:
Mandriva Linux 2009 has been released:
“
We have released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new...
It's friday at last, once again,
published: 2008-10-10 14:47:23
I introduce the KazooKeylele:
It's the penultimate countdown you might say! Hey, it's friday!
World of Warcraft patch 3.0.2 deployed!,
published: 2008-10-15 07:42:49
We welcome one of the last patches before Wrath of the Lich King! Download it and enjoy your barber, new arenas, a new proffesion and a free respec! (Image used in article is from...
Archive frozen for preparation of Ubuntu 8.10,
published: 2008-10-16 11:23:08
Steve Langasek reporting:
“
We are one week out from the 8.10 release candidate and two weeks from the final release, so the archive is now frozen and will not thaw again before...
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex release candidate is out!,
published: 2008-10-24 13:27:10
The release of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex is getting closer with the release of the 8.10 RC.
DistroWatch.com reports that the release candidate for Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" is out:...
It's friday, again... Yahoo!,
published: 2008-11-07 13:06:22
Well, if you like Star Wars and John Williams, like me, you will enjoy this clip. *Jedi hand trick*
If you're norwegian, take a look on the funny pages we've got at DinSide!
