There we are, I went to Riksdata and bought myself this case, but in white. Very nice case for such a low price. All the hard drives go into a removable rack; the floppy rack can also take a hard drive under the floppy. This means I can cram a total of six drives into [...]

I really need to buy a new power supply unit for my computer. The fan in my current one is about to break down. It’s already stopped completely once, and if I hadn’t been at home and felt the smell of overheated electronics, it would probably have burned out. I don’t leave my computer on [...]

Lomo effect in Photoshop via Jason Kottke. A very nice effect on photos that the media whore in me likes.

Caring for your introvert, also from Jason. The first paragraph of the article fits me to a T (strange expression, that). Introverts, unite!

Daypop Top Word Bursts spots commonly used words in watched blogs. I really like [...]

I now own a Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen. And I love it! Sure, I would have preferred an iPod with its smaller size and smoother interface and general sexyness, but it’s hard to argue against 20Gb for the same price of an iPod with 5Gb.

And while we’re speaking of music, two new groups will be [...]

The annual book sale begins next Tuesday. I’ve skimmed through Akademibokhandelns catalog and found lots of interesting stuff. Especially among the computer and tech books — books normally costing some 7-800 SEK now go for 89 SEK.

Four books ordered:

Homepage Usability: 55 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen
Java, XHTML, HTML and XML (author unknown)
A book on C++ [...]

Mark Pilgrim is fuming again. This time over NewsMonster’s method of aggregating feeds. Here’s his gripe:

[...] it has one particularly disturbing feature: extracting full HTML content from linked RSS items. The feature is off by default, but once turned on (one checkbox during installation), every time it finds a new RSS item in your feed, [...]

MSN via Boing Boing:

‘Kalashnikov’ has long set the standard for powerful rifles, but if elderly Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov gets his way the famous name will soon be linked to umbrellas, watches and even aftershave.

The inventor has formed an unlikely alliance with a small German company that wants to attach the Kalashnikov brand to a [...]

Rich kids get free stuff: “Attendees at this year’s Grammy Awards will receive free 20GB iPods, courtesy of the Recording Academy.” (via Boing Boing)

Yeah, just give expensive toys away to the people who certainly couldn’t afford to buy them on their own. Bah.

Well, I do have enough money to buy myself a 5Gb iPod right [...]

Spaghetti
Tomato purée — much better than ketchup for cooking
Lots and lots of Coke
White bread
Sunflower bread
Boiled ham
Cheese
Stuff to make a salad of — tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, lettuce and whatever else that’s a vegetable and looks like it could fit in a salad
Feta cheese (for the salad)
Cooking margarine

I like cooking. I’m a far cry from a [...]

Page By Page Books is a site that contains a whole bunch of classic books you can read for free. The way I understand it, the copyrights on the books have expired and they’re now public domain. Very nice indeed.

How about The insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer? Or a whole bunch of stuff [...]