Misc.

How 'e' are you?

Jannik Anker — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:24:12 GMT

I'm an e-vangelist, apparantly... I envy all the e-experts here on GWB :-D

your e-score: 78
your e-group: e-vangelist
your e-ranking: 1040/9733

Check your own score at www.howeru.com.

Computer Laws

Jannik Anker — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:01:08 GMT

I found a bunch of great Computer Laws...

A few highlights:

Ellison's Law: The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. (Harlan Ellison)
Jakob's Law of the Internet User Experience: Users spend most of their time on other websites. (Jakob Nielsen)
Nathan's First Law: Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. (Nathan Myhrvold)
Ninety-ninety Law: The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. (Tom Cargill)
Osborn's Law: Variables won't; constants aren't. (Don Osborn)

Also, sysprog.net has quotes on everything from design over bugs to tech writing - plus a collection of predictions à là Bill Gates' 640K blunder...

Mouseless Computing

Jannik Anker — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:10:00 GMT

As I'm sitting here, my wrists are hurting slightly, due to the fact that at my new job (well, I'm back at my old workplace, but with a new title and all that) I don't have my normal keyboard. Also, my "new" chair sucks big time, so it's all agony ;-)

So I thought I'd share an old link with you guys: Jon Galloway : Mouseless Computing - although I know it sounds a bit backwards, asking you to use the keyboard more with my current keyboard being the culprit, it's a great post nevertheless, that should be as widely spread as possible...

Which superhero are you?

Jannik Anker — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:31:00 GMT

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man		85%
Robin		73%
Superman		70%
Hulk		65%
The Flash		60%
Iron Man		50%
Batman		40%
Green Lantern		40%
Supergirl		38%
Catwoman		35%
Wonder Woman		8%

You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

Good news for flickr users!

Jannik Anker — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:45:00 GMT

Pro users no longer have upload limits - and regular users now have a 100MB limit each month, instead of the 20MB they used to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Flickrblog/~3/60508217/ho_ho_ho_flickr.html

That's damn good news for me, having just bought a new 10,1MP camera - with a 2GB memory card...

A "do not forget this (again)" post...

Jannik Anker — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:34:00 GMT

Note to self: Hey self! That fantastic tool you forget the name and URL of, and found out that you badly needed at your new job, was Steve Millers PureText. The Googled URL to Steves web site seemed to be invalid, so you found it at pcworld.com instead :-)

Finally, it's all been worth it...

Jannik Anker — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:35:00 GMT

The hard work, the countless hours and endless nights. I am now finally a respected blogger (not like back in the old days):

My blog is worth $1,129.08.
How much is your blog worth?

Hehe ;-)

[OT] Mmmmm... Spore...

Jannik Anker — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:24:00 GMT

Did you guys hear about Spore from EA before this years E3? I certainly didn't - but it looks goooood... And won some awards, too!

CAPTCHA rocks!

Jannik Anker — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:33:00 GMT

So, I finally figured out why my blog didn't have CAPTCHA (why am I constantly writing CAPTHCA?) for the comments. It turns out that Jeff (Julian) had forgotten to add it to the skin I'm using here - I wish I had known before I manually deleted something like 60 spam comments, all from the same stupid [product name] moron.

I had been looking for the ~~CAPTHCA~~ ~~CAPTHCA~~ CAPTCHA (I hate that "word") option for ages, but didn't find it. Because it isn't there. So I asked Chris Williams what he'd done to get it, and he directed me to Jeff.

Thanks, guys!

Buzzaire - Metered Dose Caffeine Inhaler

Jannik Anker — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:53:00 GMT

ThinkGeek offers a lot of weird and very, very geeky stuff to the geeks in all of us. But this new thingy takes the prize:

Buzzaire - Metered Dose Caffeine Inhaler

This is insane - if someone needs an inhaler in order to get his/her caffeine buzz, he/she should go see a doctor. In fact, anyone willing to spend money on such a device should go see that doctor ASAP.

I'll admit that the idea is funny, and that it is indeed ultrageeky to own a gadget such as this. But hey, how about brewing some normal coffee instead?:

Caffeine Comparison Chart

Drink/Food	Caffeine Content
12oz Can of Coke	34mg
12oz Can of Mt. Dew	37mg
12oz of Jolt Cola	78mg
10oz Bottle of Bawls	80mg
8oz of Brewed Coffee	70-120mg
One breath of Buzzaire	150mg

Nah... Spend your money on this instead...