365 + 1 = 365
As noted by many (e.g. here, here and here) the Microsoft Azure cloud service had problems on February 29. Hilarious. On the other hand, their products have "365" in the name, so I guess that is what they promised?
Category Archives: Internet
School and technological somnambulism
There has been for the past week or so a debate here in Sweden about some schools using tablets extensively. The debate started after a big daily in Sweden ran a story about schools and even kindergartens in one municipality using tablets extensively . Their goal is no school books by 2013. One school even …
Confessions of a middle-aged distrohopper
Like many GNU/Linux users, I on occasion fall prey to that great temptation: distrohopping. The title of this post is catchy, the content is decent. Sorry if anyone is disappointed 😛 Some distrohop because they are not happy with their present distribution, some do it just for the curiosity, and a hope for finding something …
A few that left us in 2011
The lists of people that died during the year fills newspapers, magazines and tv shows. Most lists show more or less the same people, e.g. the most famous terrorist in history and the guy that made electronics fruity. My list is not something I really prepared for a long time, and two of them I …
Oh no, someone stole my face!!!!
Saying that copying is theft is like saying taking a photo of my face means I lost my face Never leave culture to corporations and lawyers to decide.
Skattepengar till Facebook
Jaha Regeringen beviljar över 100 miljoner kronor i EU-stöd till ett privat framgångsrikt företag. Näringsminister Annie Lööf framträder med en namnplåt i Facebook-blått för att stolt meddela dessa fantastiska nyheter. Luleå kommun, där Feckboos datacenter skall ligga har uppvaktat dem hårt och vunnit, före bland annat Östersunds kommun. Det har varit en del kritik men …
Certifikat, https, hur säkert är det?
En väldigt intressant BlackHat-föreläsning på youtube om tillståndet med certifikat CA (certifikatutgivare) och hur det hela började. Både skrämmande och roligt. Teknisk men begriplig även för den som inte är så insatt i detta. Jag begrep den i alla fall. BlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity På Mozillas bugtracking finns en trollpost …
My second post – Diaspora pods
This is the first time I have actually managed to make two posts to a blog of my own. I sincerely hope there will be more. People’s use of Internet and the Web is more and more becoming a "cloud" experience. Private and public are more and more muddled, where Facebook is maybe the prime …