Blog this, sucker!

Yeah, so I finally joined Blogger to try out their blogging service. It's quite functional, actually. The AJAX-interface is as smooth as a baby's behind, the selection of default templates is stylish and complete, and it's exceptionally easy to get started with.

In other news, I started playing around with Audioscrobbler and Last.fm again, and found it quite fun. Seeing what other people with similar taste listened to is very interesting, and having it compile charts and map out my own listening habits is great.

So what have I been up to lately? Well, except for watching the entire X-files series, not much. This friday I'm going to see Depeche Mode and Muse here in Stockholm, and the week after I'm starting my summer job. I'll be working in the IT department at Stockholm University, helping out where ever I'm needed.

I'm also contemplating the move over to Linux. Windows XP has been on my desktop computer for as long as I've had my own machine. The only good reason for keeping it is that while there are plenty of OpenSource alternatives out there, none of them really cut it in the end. Winamp5 has an unbeatable concept in it's Media Library and Jump-to dialog. Photoshop CS2 does work through wine, but not as stable as I would want it to. Also, for some reason, everything in Gnome or KDE seems to be way bigger than in Windows XP. Text is bigger and more spaced out, buttons and menus take up more room. I know there are plenty of more lightweight windowmanagers out there (Like Fluxbox or Ion), but they seem more focused towards coders or developers in general. I work more graphically than in the terminal (though I'm definitely not CLI-shy) and I like the feeling of completeness and stability that KDE gives me.

Hmm... Maybe I should give writing a review of the latest Ubuntu a shot. Get my gripes out in the open :)

The day of the Dapper Drake

As the only living creature more handsome than James Bond, the beta of the latest Ubuntu release is inching it’s way closer and closer to my harddrive. The 6.06 ISO is burning as we speak, and within 5 minutes I’ll be trying out the new Espresso Live Installer.

Having just experienced what can’t be anything but a harddrive crash, I’m tempted to do a low-level format, change the filesystem to EXT3 or FAT32 and take the plunge into the heavenly blueish water that is Linux. Granted, I expect to hit some rocks on my way to the bottom… But hey, it’s still better than Windows :)

Well, wish me luck!

Review: V for Vendetta

"Remember, remember, the fifth of november…"

Went to the movies last night, expecting to see a cool flick with Nathalie Portman sporting her new, shaved head. I came out having seen a cool flick with Nathalie Portman and her new, shaved head, but also with something more. I came out feeling strong, feeling free.

The first thing, the first little detail, that struck me was that this was a movie NOT set anywhere in the united states. This was all London, this was all british. Even the fact that in the first couple of minutes, the USA had already been referred to as “an ungodly country” made me chuckle a bit in my seat. It’s very refreshing to see Good Cop not look like Brad Pitt, and not seeing Hugo Weavings face at all was also kinde of a ballsy move. Reminds me of Phone Booth, where Kiefer Sutherland stole the entire movie from the other side of a telephone line.

All in all, it’s a great story and an awesome movie. I’d give it 4 out of 5, which is damn good in my book.

Now, what are you waiting for. Go get yourself tickets to see it!

Now THAT’s funny!

Wait… No, it isn’t :/

I’ve been reading bash.org randoms for 3 weeks straight now. This internship is really going kinda slow. But I have to say, getting to fondle some 15 brand new Dell Xeon servers isn’t something I get to do everyday, so I guess there are some perks after all.

Now, back to lame nigger-jokes and people claiming their room is on fire…

One year of World of Warcraft

Well… The title kind of says it all, don’t you think?

It’s been little over a year since Blizzards alltime masterpiece, World of Warcraft, was released in stores and shop. In that year, WoW has somehow managed to take over the entire MMORPG category and make it it’s own. It’s an amazing achievement.

But now it’s time to move on. My gametime expires the first of march, strange how it would happen to be on such a perfect date.

…and no, you can’t have my stuff ;)