Bad Google!

Can anyone suggest a good online feed reader and webmail which doesn’t begin with a G?

Google Buzz created quite a stir from the start, with concerns over it’s privacy policy. The first time I logged in to see what all the buzz was about, I thought is was odd enough to see “followers” who I definitely know have never used ANY social media service. Some of them were probably just confused by the “Try Buzz” -notice and have since forgotten about it.
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The best winter in a long time

Luckily in Finland the beauty of winter isn’t spoiled by power outages every time it snows…

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Experimenting in HTML5 and CSS3

I decided to experiment with some of the new elements in HTML 5 and built my blog theme from scratch (with the help of the Carrington framework though). I’m now rolling article, section, header, footer and other stuff. Because IE needs a Javascript hack to enable support for these elements, I wouldn’t consider doing this in any client work, but hey, this is MY blog! Continue reading

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Using iStat to monitor remote servers

The iStat App from Bjango is one of the many cool reasons for having an iPhone. In addition to giving system stats of the device itself (not so interesting) it enables easy monitoring of remote servers. There’s a free server app for those with a Mac server they want to monitor, but most interestingly they have a command-line app for Linux and Solaris.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-08

  • Spotify can't connect. Outrageous! #
  • Ahh, now it works again. Jolly good! #
  • Huh: puhemiehen vaali: S. Niinistö – 89 ääntä. (via @jyrkikasvi) #
  • Finnish Rail discovers snow, fire, and that the sky is blue. A company spokesman comments: "Graaugh! Uh! Uh! Eegah! Snow bad!" / @alfrehn #
  • Setting up a new WP site for teaching-related articles. #
  • A New Direction and a New Project – The Web Standards Project http://www.webstandards.org/2010/02/02/reaching-out-to-small-businesses/ #
  • Just visited @hubtampere . Very interesting concept, a bit pricey though. Still, I hope it takes off! #
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