Grow up!

July 26, 2009

Everything it seems is born, grows old and then it dies. Interesting then to compare humanity to a human lifetime.
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☑ Choose a todo application

July 8, 2009

I’ve been looking for a way to manage my tasks for a few years now. I’ve tried web based approaches as well as desktop apps. After years of misery here is the current state of affairs.
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Flying high

July 5, 2009

Traveling is great fun. Flying is a step up from that. Or at least it used to be.

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Signs of (material) love

July 2, 2009

There are many ways to mark a wedding anniversary. One might have a nice dinner, go on a holiday getaway, have heaps of sex or simply get a divorce. But in our consumer society that we are still trying to keep afloat, giving gifts is usually the best way to go. What to give of course depends on how long one has been together. After all, those expensive gifts need to be earned.

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Microsoft’s Acid Reflux

July 1, 2009

Microsoft recently claimed, among other things, that they follow browser standards and that indications otherwise are only myths. Below are results from the ACID 3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_3) tests I conducted with all browsers I happened to have, including Internet Explorer 8. I was surprised by the results, but I really should not have been.

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