the beginning and the end
August 29, 2010
I liberalers och nyliberalers och andra förespråkare av frisläppt kapitalisms argumentation hörs ganska ofta tal om “mina pengar”. “Mer pengar i plånboken”, “löna sig att arbeta”, alla dessa bygger på grundtanken att “pengar” tillhör “individer”; det är den tanken jag menar när jag pratar om “mina pengar”.
July 28, 2010
I’ve been plagued by a strange problem in Illustrator CS4; whenever I try to File->Place something, and then save, it crashes. And not very craciously - It just goes away, my whole work just gone. No backup. No nothing. I guess you understand why I consider this a Bad Thing. More on FIX: Illustrator CS4 silent crash in VirtualBox
July 19, 2010
I’ve had some problems using launchers with the gnome-panels. Sometimes, they’d disappear, or reappear, seemingly by random. Some days, one of my panels wouldn’t appear at all.
It seems this is all because of how gnome-panels launchers work.
July 15, 2010
I’ve stated, in the past, that I think Transformers 2 is kind of an OK film. In fact, more than OK - I’ve given it a 4 out of 5 on several occasions. Which has made some people question my judgement… I just watched it agsin, for the second time, this time in the comforts of my own living room…
June 8, 2010
För enkelhetens skull ställer jag upp det i punktform. Frågor och svar. Jag skulle kalla det en FAQ, om någon faktiskt frågat mig om saken.
April 26, 2010
Det var nu ett tag sedan jag skrev på svenska här på bloggen. Delvis har det att göra med att det var ett tag sedan jag skrev om svensk politik…
Den här gången, för nu är det dags igen, så tänkte jag prata lite om det här med arbete. Istället för att producera lösryckta åsikter om arbetslöshet, arbetslinjer etc så tänkte jag skriva ner hur jag tänker, den filosofi mina åsikter om det här med arbete grundar sig på.
I grunden handlar det givetvis om vilken typ av samhälle man vill ha, vilket i sin tur är en fråga om vad man anser är “meningen med alltihop”, om jag tillåts vara en smula metafysiskt flummig en kort stund. Många har en grunduppfattning om att “lyckan” är slutmålet med allting, att man bör sträva efter att i största möjliga mån göra folk lyckliga. Därav till exempel utilitarismen. Jag utgår från ett annat håll, som vi inte behöver gå in på närmare: Jag ser Utveckling som målet med alltihop. Förändring i sig som självändamål, så att säga. Att bli mer, bättre, annorlunda…
Nå; det är egentligen en parentes, men jag ville att alla ska vara på det klara med varför jag inte argumenterar primärt utifrån ett lyckomaximerande perspektiv. Alla med? Bra.
April 22, 2010
Ok, so the comparison between what claims to be a phone and an oversized mp3 player might not seem fair… But, you know, the idea, for me, is to get rid of devices. My habits of buying technical trinkets by the busload aside, sometimes you just want to go chasing that dream of the convergence device.
Prior to getting my n900, I made a list of stuff I can currently do with my iPod Touch, and that I’d like the n900 to do instead… More on The n900 vs. the iPod Touch… My wishlist
April 21, 2010
I’ve been pretty harsh on Apple and their software in recent months. Getting an iPhone was never really an option. It costs like a small computer while not, actually, being one.
So when the time came to get a new phone, I found something else: the Nokia n900. The fact that it’s using Linux and is completely open was the major selling point. It’s got GPS, camera, all that jazz - but to me, the main thing was its openness. It’s got Python, for god’s sake… I once read in a review that this was a phone not for professionals nor for the hip young crowd who wanted gadgets and glitter - this was a phone for engineers and programmers who were bitter because the iPhone was such a closed platform. It’s also been described as being more of a palmtop computer with phone capabilities than a phone with computer capabilities. In other words, it’s perfect for me - a match made in heaven.
March 9, 2010
My iPod Touch has dust under its glass. Yup. It sure has. How did it get there? Well, I imagine it was somewhere where there might be dust - such as a pocket. I imagine that I am not alone in placing my Touch in a pocket.
Also, I guess, the touch has at least one hole, somewhere, where dust can get in. Perhaps it’s that glaringly open USB port? perhaps it is.
Is it possible to remove the dust? Probably not. At least not for me, the consumer. As someone who has purchased an Apple product, I’ve already waved all my rights as a consumer. The iPod can only be “repaired” by Apple.
Only by Apple? Yes. And if there’s no warranty? If I bought the item on E-bay and the seller didn’t include the reciept, despite promising to do so? Well, then you’re fucked. You may spend the same amount a new iPod Touch would cost, and they’ll give you a new one. Yes, this is the same as just buying a Goddamn new one. This is not “service”.
You can attempt to remove the dust yourself. You will probably fail. Apple has decided that you don’t ever need to replace the glass or even open the device. Therefore, they’ve made it nigh-f**ing-impossible to do so. Especially without proper tools. You’ll probably break the glass.
And then you’re fucked.
Do I like this?
No, I don’t.
Will I buy anything from Apple again?
Probably not.
February 22, 2010
Apple are doing a lot of great things. I doubt there would be such a push for touchscreen phones if it weren’t for the iPhone, and if OSX hadn’t shown the world that OS’s don’t need to look clunky there would be no sleek Ubuntu or W7; it’d still look like windows 95. I have no doubt that the iPad will work as such a forerunner for tablet PC’s.
The trouble is, Apple’s own devices are just so incredibly locked. They don’t trust the user - they want to protect the user from him - och herself. To me, that’s kind of condescending. I got nothing against simplicity, especially in interfaces - but to jump from there to “All Powerusers Are Bad People” is quite a leap. But OK, their target audience doesn’t include people who like computers, that’s OK… almost.
