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Dear possibly existing feed subscribers,

I've migrated to Wordpress now. The new feed is located at obli.net/feed and offers exciting features such as:

Images

That's all really, now you won't have to visit my site again just to see the images. Ever. :)

Oh, and as you may have guessed:
old blog: http://obli.net/index2.php
new blog: http://obli.net/

Jag kunde inte annat än att dra på munnen när jag läste Värmlandsdelen i Metro i morse:


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"När vi ser andra som sliter med att rensa ogärs [sic] så fattar man verkligen att vi har ett grymt bra sommarjobb! Det säger (namn) och (namn) som får pröva på sitt "drömsommarjobb". Det är Forshaga kommun som gett ungdomar chansen att få pröva på något som de själva vill. Bland andra drömjobb kan noteras att träna tjejer i innebandy, konstkurs och att jobba på reningsverket."

What did I ever do to deserve this? :(



Does this mean fewer people will leech images from my server?

I woke up today, craving for some Half-Life 2, especially because I didn't get a chance to finish it. So I booted my computer. Linux. Linux doesn't run games, at least it's not very good at it if you try to force it into doing so.

The only backup I had to do before waving Ubuntu goodbye was to sync my bookmarks for Firefox, highly recommended if you value your bookmarks. Formatting and installing went on during breakfast and shower, after the formalities like passwords and time zones, the Windows CD was the last one I used, and here's what struck me: Everything's become so convenient:

Steam - Downloads, updates and even defragments your game files, all tied to your steam account

Google pack - Everything I was going to scavenge old CDs for was on there, and a little more, including google desktop, my personal grade-saving Jesus.

Google sync - already mentioned, the biggest feeling discomfort coming from a fresh install is the uncustomized browser, mine's instantly pimped out again now:)

iTunes - Don't remind me of last time I had to migrate my mp3s, iTunes picked all my music off my iPod (the iPod renames files to random sequences of letters because apple is evil) and renamed them according to the ID tags, done over lunch.

Last but not least, my iPod finally saw it's first sync in 3 months!

Naturally, there's always something that ruins a perfect streak of get-along-with-a-computer; Microsoft's genuine advantage spyware thingie, who wouldn't let me install DirectX. What's the point of protecting DirectX from distribution when it's on every game CD out there since 1995?

Also, it just struck me that Microsoft software integration about as seamless as Anna Nicole Smith...

50 SEK is about $7, but it's ok, I like surveys, I'm actually the personification of a demand characteristic, I'll answer any questions you've got about my car, my golf set, or what I think about your virtually unknown product (yes, I'm looking at you, fanta, no one cares about oranges anymore). A small but important fact is that I neither know nor own many of these products.

Anyways, I like surveys, checkboxes have a hugely underestimated therapeutic value, just try it:

I

love

checkboxes

whee...

Most companies that you'll find searching for 'surveys' on Google will be scams, so don't bother, here's what I've tried:

Cint - Swedish, some kind of consumer intelligence service, review products and stuff like that, makes a deposit to your bank account when you reach 100 SEK (takes about 2 years :)). Signup through web site.

TEMO - Swedish, The Gallup poller of Sweden, you get a triss scratcher for every third or fourth survey on average. SIgnup seems to be limited to those who are (un?)fortunate enough to be called by them for a thorough questioning about your opinions about papier mache hats and interest in yodeling competitions.

Testandvote - Seems nice, their surveys won't work in Firefox, though.