Månadsarkiv: maj 2004

Word of the day

”Procrastiplanning”

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Hardware sucks, part 2

A month ago the hard disk in my home desktop computer crashed. Yesterday, the hard disk in my laptop crashed. I’ve been using computers with hard disks for at least 15 years, and before last month, I had never had … Läs mer

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Microsoft and transparency

Noone in the Microsoft development space can have missed the big change that has taken place within Microsoft during the last year. The company goes further in trying to build ties with the developers, employees are blogging, they are trying … Läs mer

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New IDG column

This time, it’s about the recently discovered flaws in WinZip 9.0′s AES support and the importance of knowing exactly what it is that a security solution protects against. Read it here (as always, in Swedish) Update: Better yet, read it here, with nicer … Läs mer

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More music sites that doesn’t suck

Every metalhead’s favourite news service, Blabbermouth.net, now has a RSS feed. Subscribed!, as they say.

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Quickies of the day

I’ve read lots of interesting things the last week, but haven’t sat down to go through my ”Items for Review” folder until now. By the way, that RSSBandit feature rocks! Gunnar Kudrjavets has an interesting discussion about wheter to have … Läs mer

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Alice, Bob and Friends

The paper about the new WinZip 9.0 AES encryption security problems does of course mention our old friends Alice and Bob, used in almost every example of a cryptographic system, but also a new adversary, Mallory. According to this, it seems … Läs mer

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T-Shirt Origami

I never thought that there was anything wrong with my old way of folding t-shirt, but clearly this is a superior method. After a couple of tries I got the hang of it, and it looks really impressive.

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Stockholm Marathon: Three weeks left

So, I did another half marathon today, and did NOT run into the wall this time. I ended up with a finishing time of 2:15:15, which all in all is OK, but it’s going to be difficult to hit my goal of … Läs mer

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Back at fourth!

In march, I noticed that a google search for ”staffan” yielded my blog at 23th place, down from 4th. I am now happy to announce that I’m yet again the fourth most important ”staffan” on the web (at least on … Läs mer

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