Tag Archives: Hardware

iPhone Personal Hotspot

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Kalle

The next version of iOS (iPhone OS), 4.3, features a thing that android phones have had for awhile now (and jailbroken iPhones) — Personal Hotspot. I.e. the ability to set up a WiFi station on your iPhone and surf the … Continue reading →

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Organisms and software. And space travel!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Kalle

Earlier today I saw two unrelated posts that somehow lead back to human engineering being compared to evolutionary engineering. The first one is a slightly naïve (but nonetheless interesting) post on Discover Magazine called “Linux versus E. coli” which brings … Continue reading →

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Guilty pleasures.

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Kalle

I guess most of the people who know me even remotely know that I’ve gotten into iPads and iPhones and Macs and such lately. Part of this has to do with work, actually, as I’m currently tasked with writing software … Continue reading →

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Apple versus Adobe.

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Kalle

The iPad won’t have Flash support. I giggle when I write this. It’s not news, at all, I’m just slow on the pick-up. Adobe person on Adobe’s blog reacts to this. A guy at TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) responds … Continue reading →

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Three.

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Kalle

To most people, there are two options out there when it comes to computers — Windows or Mac OS. The former is cheaper (in the sense that its hardware is cheaper) but stable as nitroglycerin (improving, but I’ve yet to … Continue reading →

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iPod, then iPhone, then… iPad…?

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Kalle

So Apple announces the iPad — http://www.apple.com/ipad/ — I suggest you look at the video (not the keynote). I mean, seriously, I’ve been thinking for the last 10 years that the computers of the future will be exactly what that … Continue reading →

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iPhone does not love linux.

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Kalle

With my previous praise for the iPhone, I must of course balance it with some flak. You know me, I’m big on the balance stuff. After all, I did play a Seeker*. Anyway, the iPhone does not love linux. I … Continue reading →

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I’m home.

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Kalle

Yes indeed I am. And I bought an iPhone. For anyone who speaks Japanese (or for that matter, Chinese or any other language which requires more than the average a-z), I can inform you that which I had wished somebody … Continue reading →

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October, the month of no internet.

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Kalle

The 4th of October, as I was talking to my girlfriend on the phone while walking across the room I managed to get the far-too-short ethernet cable across my foot which resulted in me literally bashing the modem into the … Continue reading →

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