http://www.ludvig.no/blog/ - a technologist's view of the world en-us 2005-03-07T01:51:10+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/03/more_zen_micro_firmware_trouble.html Last week I had a wierd incident with my Zen Micro. Dumping into my seat on AF7711 I wanted to listen to some music before take-off. Great was the confusion when my Zen proclaimed that I had exactly 0 files stored on my player. Mind you; it was only roughly... Hardware ludvig 2005-03-07T01:51:10+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/03/what_kind_of_animals_does_norway_have.html Another question found in the referral logs; What kind of animals does norway have? The Norwegian Department of Foreign Affairs has a brief overview in English. The Department of Environment also has an up-to-date report on their website.... Q & A ludvig 2005-03-05T00:27:43+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/deicing_with_a_broom.html Bad weather including snow is something that doesn't occur in southern parts of France very frequently. And seemingly, when it does people aren't all that prepared. Today I flew Air France AF7711 from Nice to Paris CDG. Last night it snowed slightly in Nice and the wings of most aircraft... Travel ludvig 2005-02-28T23:45:42+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/freefr_and_my_adsl.html Just got my ASDL connection set up in France this weekend after a few months of work to get it sorted. (Mostly because the provider Free.FR required proof that I am the rightful owner of the phone line I registered with - something which is not that easy when the... Technology ludvig 2005-02-27T00:22:49+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/zen_micro_no_license_to_play.html Had my first issue with the Zen Micro / Napster To Go combo today. Suddenly many of my Napster downloaded files refused to play, citing "No Licence to Play, please sync with PC". Brilliant. So I tried to sync with the PC, but no luck, seemingly the licenses didn't copy... Hardware ludvig 2005-02-26T23:20:54+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/where_does_norway_get_most_of_its_income.html Another good question found in the referral logs. The best place to get answers to any question relating to Norway and numbers is Statistics Norway, the governments statistics branch, which every year publishes the Statistical Yearbook, hundreds of pages of numbers about Norway. The answer to our question could be... Q & A ludvig 2005-02-25T10:01:26+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/rss_aggregator_java142_02.html Lately I have been taking quite a few hits on my index.rdf with the browser reported as 'Java/1.4.2_02'. I assume this is what happens if you use the java.net classes to connect to a web-server, but does anyone know if this is a off-the-shelf aggregator or some home made product?... Blog ludvig 2005-02-24T02:40:44+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/executables_on_an_audio_cd.html Found in the referral log: can't play cd computer no tracks only exe Well, sorry to say you probably bought a CD with copy protection.... Q & A ludvig 2005-02-24T01:32:05+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/trillian_3_and_simp.html Someone was searching Google for how to configure Trillian 3 and Secway SIMP, and ended up here. It is quite simple; open up the connection preferences of the connection you want to pipe through SIMP, change server host to localhost or 127.0.0.1. Recycle the connection. PS: SIMP supports piping of... Q & A ludvig 2005-02-24T01:26:12+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/virus_and_spam_storms.html Caught an interesting little thing in my mail logs the other day. Take note of the two sudden and sustained peaks. The graph shows incoming SMTP connections. Now the next graph shows messages delivered. The increased number of incoming SMTP connections seems to have no impact on the number of... Spam ludvig 2005-02-23T23:59:49+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/offtherecord_messaging.html The Register reports from Codecon about the new Off-the-Record Messaging protocol. In short OTR gives paranoid instant messagers authenticated secrecy and repudiation. According to the authors this is perfect for the paranoid chatter that wants to engage in casual conversations online, wants to keep them secret, but wants to be... Technology ludvig 2005-02-20T23:36:56+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/plaxo_ringo_and_bebo.html Keeping ones address book in sync has never been easy. People move, and forget to tell you where. Changing e-mail address is at times more popular than changing underwear. As a result trying to keeping things up-to-date has been the driving force behind many a website. Lately I have been... Websites ludvig 2005-02-20T23:22:27+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/copyright_music_and_fair_use.html Norwegian copyright law has up until now been very relaxed, relaxed to the extent that downloading of music and copying between friends has been legal. Well, that is not going to last long. A new law is in the pipeline, and the proposition (norwegian only) put forward to the Norwegian... Thoughts ludvig 2005-02-14T00:11:05+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/creative_zen_micro_the_first_hours.html Today my Creative Zen Micro arrived. :) We love Creative, we love Amazon. And we don't hate Parcelforce too much for spending a bit too much time on delivery. First impressions: It is small, beautiful and cool. Most design principles have been stolen from Apple, but well, who cares. Compared... Hardware ludvig 2005-02-09T23:45:35+01:00 http://www.ludvig.no/blog/archives/2005/02/napster_to_go_here_we_go_again.html The new Napster To Go service seems to be a hot potato these days. After posting their initial attack the Register received a load of letters both for and against the service. Wierd thing; most people either love it or hate it. And especially the haters have a tendency to... Technology ludvig 2005-02-09T23:14:22+01:00