I got a weird header from my local Apache 2.2.4 today. X-Pad: avoid browser bug These guys could tell me what it was: In six cases the HTTP message “X-Pad: avoid browser bug” was sent. This was an unannounced change to Apache version 1.2b9 which provided a fix for a bug in Netscape versions 2.x, …
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Tough choices in life
Tough choices in life Originally uploaded by sebilden My new amazing workplace in Malmö, Sweden (the new town I am moving to) has regular “Swedish” brewed coffee. But, if they had better coffee machinery, we might not be able to say “we need to go out for a coffee”. My wise previous co-worker Stefan said …
EU asks you for a comment
Support open standards in Europe. Go and sign the petition. I did, and wrote this 300 chars comment: Open standards enable as many creators as possible to invent around the standards-conforming documents and resources. EU citizens have many to-be-invented systems in their minds — open standards speed up their invention. Also, with readable documents to …
Carpentering handyman in Malmö area needed
Having assembled two-thirds of the A-Team that will build a hyperfunctional kitchen in our Malmö apartment, me and Luisa are now looking for a carpenter. Luisa will be the project manager, leading and supervising the progress on-site. Kirsten will be the AutoCADing architect, and also function as technical advisor. Ideally, among the people we know …
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Malmo Ho!
Pulling up the pegs, moving tents! Destination: Malmo, Lojtnantsgatan 8b. July 22 is the move day. Very little furniture, some books, some loose junk. Mostly, it’s a social occasion, so come join us. Either on the Malmo, or the Copenhagen side. By the way, if you happen to have a van in need of some …
Insulted!
I was just insulted. By a paperback. The book that insulted me was “Five equations that changed the world” by a Dr. Michael Guillen in 1995. His psychologizing take on Newton’s youth was demeaning to the reader’s intellectual capacity, and after having experienced the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, which contains quite a lot of …
Programming polyglossia ahead, new project
Thorbiorn has started the practical parts of his amazing programming language project called Project Polyglot. Read more at Thorbiorn’s now-actually-a-little-active weblog. “The ball is rolling.” [tags]programming,programminglanguages,projectpolyglot[/tags]
Pinter’s political stuff played in Malmö
A friend, who I met via Luisa, just sent me information about the stage design work she has done in the period of time. Keywords are, according to Sarah: Site-specific, literary, installations, video, and an amazing trombone player. So, without much further ado, I hereby inform you, the interested public, that there is great possibility …
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A good book
Today I got “Fascicle 1” of Don Knuth’s 1999 reworking of his classic 1960s work The Art of Computer Programming. Great book. No fuss, just stuff. I might write more about that here, if I keep reading it. It’s one of those books that are an experience to go through. Like GEB. Knuth explains how …
What is an offline computer?
“Without Internet connection, it is only a DVD player.” Quoth Oscar Berg, a wiseguy. Word to the wise.