Earlier this evening I had my 3rd (out of 5) basic theory lesson that will eventually allow me to take a driving exam, and hopefully get a license. Here in Norway you first have to take 17 hours of basic traffic education before you are allowed to start your actual driving lessons. Trafikalt grunnkurs is […]
Actually, the title of this posting is a bit inaccurate… There is no vs. when it comes to operating systems. All there is is an and! Almost every day I run into people who are… narrow-minded, for the lack of a better word. Narrow-minded, because they approach the whole thing backwards. They first set their
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A friend of mine brought the latest product of Bill-soft (aka Microsoft) to my attention: Microsoft Songsmith. Songsmith immediately generates a musical accompaniment after a voice is recorded. The user can either go with the choices of Songsmith, or the user can adjust tempo, genre (such as pop, R&B, hip-hop, rock, jazz, or reggae), and
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Yes, the day is finally approaching on which yours truly will be taught how to pilot a automobile. Most teenagers here in Norway (as in most other countries) can hardly wait until they reach the minimum age to start with driving lessons, but somehow it has never really appealed to me… And until now I
About 40 minutes ago there was an extreme temperature difference measured in the small country of the Netherlands. In the north, on Vlieland (one of the Frisian Islands), the mercury reached 1.3°C (approx. 34.3°F). In the south, in the town of Ell, a temperature of -20.4°C (approx. -4.7°F) was measured. This is a difference of
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I just watched Futurama: Bender’s Game on DVD. A delightful mixture of many great movies, series and even a board game! The idea was to spoof Dungeons and Dragons. That the execution of this idea happened to coincide with its creator, Ernest Gary Gygax, is just a… well… coincidence! 😉 The movie producers have managed
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