Category: computerwelt

I often sit down with my N95 and listen to podcasts when I’m out traveling or just moving about in the great city of Oslo. I am a subscriber to some 8-9 different podcasts, and one of them is Hacker Public Radio which carries the torch from the somewhat abandoned HackTV that I loved watching. […]

Tonight I’ve been sitting for a few hours making myself acquainted with the process of compiling my own linux kernel for the first time! It’s one of those dates, like when you popped your cherry, that you’ll remember the rest of your life.. It was well-documented process (nice FAQ here), went smooth as a Michael […]

I was so happy when I came into work this morning to find a case with a wine bottle standing on my desk. I reckoned it was well deserved. Alas, it turned out to be a 16-port router/switch previously gone missing:) Walking to work this morning I found an abandoned stationary PC and accessories standing […]

<Client>hey, can you look at the pc again? <Sigg3>What’s wrong? <Client>it’s jumping and acts funny all the time and the printer doesn’t work either. …It’s jumping?

Symptom: After you’ve repaired a Windows XP (SP2) installation using recovery media, any update from Windows Update or Microsoft Update refuses to install. You’ll end up downloading 50+ updates that simply won’t install. Solution: Re-register the Windows Update services. Open Notepad  Copy and Paste in the following (as is): regsvr32 /s wuapi.dll regsvr32 /s wuaueng1.dll […]

Model: WD5000D032-000 (Dual-interface, FW & USB 2.0) Many thanks to Don Insalata and Rich Andrews for their wonderful tutorials. I thought I’d supplement with my own pictures from the process, and I think you’ll find most of them self-explanatory. As usual you should never play with electronics without the proper care. Remove the power adapter […]

I’ve always praised the security of Skype‘s phone calls, and it’s even reached international news that authorities cannot break Skype’s encryption. This is still the case to my knowledge. But IP telephony is extravagant and only for the bandwidth-rich. It’s also discouraged in open offices like my own where people are trying to concentrate which […]

Subtitled: Like Edmund and Turkish delights I used to be one of them. One of the few remaining individuals completely resistant to the assimilation of cell phones into our daily brains. I would chant towards the sky on sunny days, praying for the downfall of these soul-sucking, sickening devil machines. And all my friends hated […]

Many of my co-workers are frequently in the media patting the public on the back, saying: "There’s nothing to see here, move along" or "CHECK THIS DATA OUT OMFG!". Some of them are too nervous or drawn into the debate to actually realize how they behave, so they come to me and ask for help […]

Sometimes when a client comes with a request for aid you’re all like: WTF? From a scientific viewpoint it’s always interesting to see what kind of shady stuff that lurks beneath the surface of quote unquote normal people. But when you’re just trying to handle your overfilled schedule it’s not interesting, it’s not welcome, and […]